On the back of Sep Vanmarcke being ruled out of Paris-Roubaix due to injury, Cannondale-Drapac has confirmed that Taylor Phinney will also skip the race after suffering a concussion.
The American crashed and broke his helmet in the Tour of Flanders and was taken to hospital for a check-up, where it was revealed that he suffered the injury. The team’s medical protocol insists that riders must takes six days off from racing if such an injury occurs. Despite Phinney returning to training in the last few days, the rider and the team’s medical staff have decided that Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix comes too quickly on the back of the injury.
“Until yesterday, I was feeling pretty optimistic about being able to ride Roubaix this weekend,” Phinney said in a statement issued by the team.
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“I’d been feeling ok at the dinner table and hanging out. But then yesterday was my first ride outside. I started riding and got a little bit of a headache. Then it went away and I thought, ‘ok, I’ll be fine’. But then it came back and I started experiencing some emotional ups and down that reminded me of the last concussion I had.”
Phinney has endured a difficult start to life at Cannondale-Drapac after his winter move from BMC Racing. A knee injury disrupted his early season programme and he was finally coming into form before his Tour of Flanders crash, which came shortly after he'd put in an attack. This latest setback means that the former U23 winner of Paris-Roubaix will take time to recover before turning his attention to the Tour of California in May, and then the Tour de France in July, where he is expected to make his debut at the race.
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