Tao Geoghegan Hart has been compelled to withdraw from the Volta a Catalunya ahead of Tuesday’s 2nd level after falling unwell with digestive problems.
The Briton was once main Lidl-Trek on the week-long level race, heading up a group together with Quinn Simmons, Juan Pedro López, and Lennard Kämna – who’s again racing for the primary time in a yr.
On the other hand, the group introduced on Tuesday morning that Geoghegan Hart would not get started level 2.
Geoghegan Hart began his 2025 marketing campaign in Portugal on the Figueira Champions Vintage and the Volta ao Algarve, completing 9th on the latter. Previous this month he took at the Faun-Ardèche Vintage and Faun Drome Vintage ahead of heading to Catalunya this week.
He is set to focus on the Excursion de France this summer time, along with his provisional agenda main as much as the race together with April’s Excursion de Romandie and the Critérium du Dauphiné in June.
Writing in an Instagram put up, Geoghegan Hart mentioned that he had spent a big portion of Monday’s opening level vomiting, including that he hadn’t been in a position to devour for the reason that end.
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“Gutted to be out of Volta Catalunya before it had even really begun,” Geoghegan Hart wrote. “I spent much of the stage yesterday throwing up anything I tried to eat, and after not being able to get any fuel in the tank since the finish yesterday, I won’t be lining up at the start today.
“It was once every week I used to be tremendous taking a look ahead to and had educated all over the wintry weather towards. For now, I will handiest thank the Lidl-Trek workforce & riders for the fortify and look ahead to getting wholesome and racing once more.
“Here we are on the ups and downs of the road.”
The Volta a Catalunya continues with an anticipated dash level on Tuesday afternoon forward of the race’s first mountain level over the Coll de los angeles Crueta and Los angeles Molina on Wednesday. Matthew Brennan (Visma-Rent A Motorcycle) leads the race after successful level 1 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols.
