Alberto Bettiol will not participate in the Tour of Flanders . After the last negative period and the physical form that was struggling to arrive, the tests have certified that the XDS-Astana rider has a bacterial lung infection (Chlamydia). Bettiol will have to undergo antibiotic therapy for at least nine days.

The Tuscan rider, winner of the 2019 Tour of Flanders , will not be in Belgium and will stop to try to be at his best in view of the next Giro d'Italia , which will start on Friday 9 May from Durazzo (Albania).