Kittel out of Scheldeprijs, Paris-Roubaix

With just one victory under his belt so far this season, Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin) has decided to take a break to fully recover from a virus rather than try for a fourth consecutive victory in the Scheldeprijs on Wednesday or race Paris-Roubaix next week.

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