03-04-2025
Germany's Politt fit after crash to help Pogacar win Tour of Flanders
Germany's Politt fit after crash to help Pogacar win Tour of Flanders
Germany's Nils Politt signs in before the men's road race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Jan Woitas/dpa
German cyclist Nils Politt is fit to race in Sunday's Tour of Flanders as his team UAE Emirates said that he has not suffered serious injuries in a crash at another race in Belgium.
Politt crashed on Wednesday during the Dwaars door Vlaanderen race on Wednesday some 40 kilometres from the finish and had to retire.
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UAE Emirates team told dpa he would be ready to race on Sunday and help team mate and world champion Tadej Pogacar in his attempt to win the 269km event from Brugge to Oudenaarde for a second time.
The Tour of Flanders is one of the five prestigious spring one-day races named Monuments in the sport, the others being Milan-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, Il Lombardia and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
Only three riders have managed to win all five in their career, Belgians Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy and Roger De Vlaeminck.
Main rivals for Giro d'Italia and Tour de France champion Pogacar, who recently missed a first Milan-Sanremo victory again, are led by three-time race winner and cyclocross world champion Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands.
