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'Health comes first' - Maxim Van Gils skips Strade Bianche due to illness as bad luck continues

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CUEVA DE NERJA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 19: Maxim Van Gils of Belgium and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 71st Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2025, Stage 1 a 162.6km stage from Torrox to Cueva de Nerja 126m on February 19, 2025 in Cueva de Nerja, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).

Strade Bianche podium finisher Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) won't be back to try and better his third place from last season as a "feverish infection" has kept him out of training and forced him to miss the Italian Classic.

His new team for 2025, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, announced that the Belgian would not be on their seven-rider roster for Saturday's race on the white roads of Tuscany, as he needs time to recover ahead of later goals at the Ardennes in April.

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