>“Stevie Williams is still undergoing intensive rehabilitation for a thigh tendon condition,” writes the WorldTeam, which was Israel-Premier Tech last year, in a social media update. “With the plan to return to full training within the next four to six weeks.”

>Like the 29-year-old Williams, his 23-year-old teammate Blackmore is also absent. Although the team had placed him on provisional start lists, this was against better judgment. “Joe will undergo further consultations with specialists in the United Kingdom and Belgium. This is to investigate persistent knee pain during training, which has kept him sidelined so far this year,” the team stated.

fucking hell did they hire the previous ag2r dude as physio