Bart Lemmen will not be able to compete on behalf of Visma | Lease a Bike for the time being. The Dutchman, who had performed strongly in this year's Giro d'Italia and Tour de Suisse, crashed in Austria and injured himself. Lemmen recently spent time in Livigno and inserted a stopover in Austria, where he crashed on Friday. "Not good," he wrote on Strava.
“Clipped out during a full sprint and hit the deck quite hard,” Lemmen said. “Broke my scapula and some other injuries. Afraid that I have to spend some time off the bike now.”
Laporte aims to return at end of August
Christophe Laporte has not raced for the team
this season, but a return beckons for him. The Frenchman, who would normally be at the start of the Tour,
is aiming for a comeback at the end of August after a long period on the sidelines with a virus.