Howard replaces Devenyns in IAM Cycling Tour de France team
Dries Devenyns has been forced to withdraw from IAM Cycling’s Tour de France team just three days before the Grand Départ due to illness. The Belgian had already been struggling with a throat infection in the final days of the Tour de Suisse and then suffered from gasto-enteritis at the Belgian national championships.
After abandoning the road race on Sunday, Devenyns began to realise that his participation at the Tour was at risk and, after consultation with his team on Tuesday, the 32-year-old withdrew.
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“It was getting better but I hadn’t trained for four days,” Devenyns said, according to RTBF. “I barely managed to eat anything during the Belgian championships and I had a fever on Monday. I still gave myself a 50 per cent chance then of taking the start.”
IAM Cycling later announced that Leigh Howard will replace Devenyns in the Tour line-up. The Australian, who won the Clasica de Almería earlier this year, is making his Tour debut.
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