Lampre-Caffita's Giuliano Figueras has joined the European peloton's increasingly lengthy sick list, bowing out of Tirreno-Adriatico with what team doctor, Dr. Guardascione describes as "flu with acute throat inflammation. The team hopes Figueras will be well again in time for Milano-Sanremo on March 19.
For the 40th Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts today, the team will field Daniele Bennati, Giosuè Bonomi, Gian Luca Bortolami, Paolo Fornaciari, Enrico Frantoi, Juan Fuentes Annullo, Oleksandr Kvachuk, Samuele Marzoli.
