Rohan Dennis pulls out of Volta a Catalunya with illness

Australian forced to abandon race with 'flu-like' symptoms, having had to already abandon Paris-Nice with illness earlier this year

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Rohan Dennis (BMC) has been forced to pull out of a second race this month after suffering from illness at the Volta a Catalunya. The Australian was forced to miss the start of Paris-Nice on March 6 with sinusitis.

Dennis finished Monday's 175.8km stage one, which was won by Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), crossing the line over six minutes down on the winner.

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Richard Windsor