Silence-Lotto's Greg van Avermaet has been replaced by Jürgen Roelandts in the Belgian team's roster for this weekend's race, which mark the opening of Belgian's Spring season. The ProTour outfit confirmed yesterday that van Avermaet would sit out the race, after suffering from a middle-ear infection that affects his sense of balance.
"Of course I am sorry, but it's not the end of the world," van Avermaet told Sportwereld.be. "This is not a permanent problem, and that makes it bearable."
