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Dani Ostanek

Christophe Laporte ruled out of Tour de France participation due to cytomegalovirus

French rider of team Visma Lease A Bike Christophe Laporte celebrates on the podium after he won the 118th edition of the 213,9 km Paris-Tours one day cycling race, in Tours, central France on October 6, 2024. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP).

Having already missed out on this year's spring Classics, suffering with cytomegalovirus, Visma-Lease A Bike rider Christophe Laporte will also now miss this summer's Tour de France.

The Frenchman, a stage winner in Cahors at the 2022 race, won't recover from his illness to make a return to the race in July, even if his condition is improving.

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