Arnaud De Lie to skip Milan-San Remo, changes Classics programme

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Arnaud De Lie during Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Arnaud De Lie during Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Image credit: Getty Images)

Arnaud De Lie, one of the top sprinters in the world will not be on the line at Milan-San Remo this Saturday after dropping out of Paris-Nice last week.

After crashing in Le Samyn earlier this month, De Lie was anonymous in Paris-Nice and only finished the first three stages.

"We sat down together today and re-examined his program," sports manager Kurt Van de Wouwer explains to Sporza. "If you are not 100 percent, there is no point in travelling to Milan-San Remo. We suggested to Arnaud ourselves that he should scrap La Primavera and he agreed."

The new schedule will help De Lie, "first and foremost to gain competitive rhythm."

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