18-03-2009, 03:07 PM
Voor Scholten en Fred: Ballan start zaterdag niet!
Alessandro Ballan won't take part in Milano-Sanremo 2009.
World Champion had to quit the Classicissima because of the illness of the last weeks.
Carlo Guardascione, Lampre-NGC's medical responsible, explains reasons of the forfait: "The exams performed in Castelfranco Veneto hospital noticed a recent infection caused by Citomegalovirus, contagion datable at 15 days ago. The cyclist must rest for 15/20; he will able to begin again the training only when the sore values (checked every 15 days) will disappear".
Ballan's disappointment is intense: "I'm very sad because I won't take part in Milano-Sanremo and my presence in the Classics of the North is compromised. Now I know why I wasn't well, I have to wait for a complete recovery. I can't say when I'll be back to races, because all will depend on the course of the infection".
Aldus het persbericht van Lampre, in mijn mailbox
Alessandro Ballan won't take part in Milano-Sanremo 2009.
World Champion had to quit the Classicissima because of the illness of the last weeks.
Carlo Guardascione, Lampre-NGC's medical responsible, explains reasons of the forfait: "The exams performed in Castelfranco Veneto hospital noticed a recent infection caused by Citomegalovirus, contagion datable at 15 days ago. The cyclist must rest for 15/20; he will able to begin again the training only when the sore values (checked every 15 days) will disappear".
Ballan's disappointment is intense: "I'm very sad because I won't take part in Milano-Sanremo and my presence in the Classics of the North is compromised. Now I know why I wasn't well, I have to wait for a complete recovery. I can't say when I'll be back to races, because all will depend on the course of the infection".
Aldus het persbericht van Lampre, in mijn mailbox