Johan Vansummeren
The 2011 Paris-Roubaix champion Johan Vansummeren could miss the entire Classics season, with the heart problems diagnosed at the Tour of Oman continuing to prove a mystery.
Vansummeren, who is in the final year of his contract at Ag2r La Mondiale, was withdrawn in Oman before stage three after an irregularity was discovered with his heart and the Belgian is undergoing tests in his homeland to get to the root of the problem.
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