
Amidst a season start that has seen several important UAE Team Emirates-XRG riders sidelined by injury, Tadej Pogačar regained an important domestique ahead of the Tour of Flanders as Mikkel Bjerg made his return to racing on Friday.
Bjerg crashed back at the Tour Down Under, suffering fractures in his hand and acromioclavicular joint. He returned to riding relatively soon, but missed all of the early-season European racing, only returning for the E3 Saxo Classic, where he started what will be a short build up to next weekend's Tour of Flanders.