Gesink abandons Tour de Pologne with fatigue
Robert Gesink pulled out of the Tour de Pologne on Tuesday morning just a few hours ahead of the start of stage 3. The Dutchman rode to sixth place overall at the Tour de France in July and the exertion of that race, which finished just a week before the start in Poland, has taken its toll.
Gesink was a fairly late and surprising inclusion in LottoNL-Jumbo's plans for Poland and he will now rest up and prepare for the Grand Prix Cyclistes in Québec and Montréal, both of which he has won in the past.
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"I'm exhausted after my hard-fought sixth place in the Tour de France," said the 29-year-old. "That's why I have to take some rest for a while, so I can prepare myself perfectly for the one-day races in Canada."
Speaking to Cyclingnews outside the team bus ahead of stage 3, directeur sportif Mathieu Heijboer added: "It's not a big deal, he just wasn't ready for this race. After the Tour de France he was too tired. The legs were not there."
The Dutch squad's focus will now turn to stage wins, with Tuesday's flat stage followed by a rolling one, two days in the mountains, and a final-day 25km time trial in Krakow. With Marcel Kittel looking like he has rediscovered something of his form of old, and with Alex Dowsett in attendance, the best bet may be from a break in the mountains.
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