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Blow for Visma-Lease a Bike as Matthew Brennan withdraws from Milan-San Remo
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Alasdair Fotheringham
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British youngster out of Saturday’s race with illness
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Fast-rising British sprinter Matthew Brennan has been forced to withdraw from Milan-San Remo because of illness.
The 20-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike pro was expected to make his debut in La Primavera this Saturday, but will now have to wait for another year.
As the winner of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in late February and 12 races in his rookie pro season in 2025, anticipation had been high about what Brennan could achieve in his first participation in a race that seemed tailor-made to his talents.
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Lacking their key sprinter, Visma-Lease a Bike will now have to rely more fully on 2020 Milan-San Remo champion Wout van Aert, American all-rounder Matteo Jorgenson and former Ghent-Wevelgem winner Christophe Laporte.
Brennan will be replaced by one of teammate Jonas Vingegaard’s key domestiques, Victor Campenaerts.
The Belgian is currently engaged in a last-minute dash to Italy to be present for Saturday’s Milan-San Remo start, in what will be his fourth participation in five years. Last year, Campenaerts completed cycling’s longest Classic in 87th place.
It is not clear when Brennan will return to racing, but he was provisionally due to take part in Gent-Wevelgem on March 29 as well as Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Tour of Flanders before finishing off his Classics campaign with a repeat ride in his only Monument of 2025, Paris-Roubaix.
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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Blow for Visma-Lease a Bike as Matthew Brennan withdraws from Milan-San Remo
By
Alasdair Fotheringham
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British youngster out of Saturday’s race with illness
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Fast-rising British sprinter Matthew Brennan has been forced to withdraw from Milan-San Remo because of illness.
The 20-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike pro was expected to make his debut in La Primavera this Saturday, but will now have to wait for another year.
As the winner of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in late February and 12 races in his rookie pro season in 2025, anticipation had been high about what Brennan could achieve in his first participation in a race that seemed tailor-made to his talents.
Article continues below
Lacking their key sprinter, Visma-Lease a Bike will now have to rely more fully on 2020 Milan-San Remo champion Wout van Aert, American all-rounder Matteo Jorgenson and former Ghent-Wevelgem winner Christophe Laporte.
Brennan will be replaced by one of teammate Jonas Vingegaard’s key domestiques, Victor Campenaerts.
The Belgian is currently engaged in a last-minute dash to Italy to be present for Saturday’s Milan-San Remo start, in what will be his fourth participation in five years. Last year, Campenaerts completed cycling’s longest Classic in 87th place.
It is not clear when Brennan will return to racing, but he was provisionally due to take part in Gent-Wevelgem on March 29 as well as Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Tour of Flanders before finishing off his Classics campaign with a repeat ride in his only Monument of 2025, Paris-Roubaix.
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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1‘A women’s Il Lombardia will happen but it’s complicated’ – RCS Sport working on creating the missing women’s Monument
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2Who will be king of the spring? – How Milan-San Remo could write the next chapter of Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel’s thrilling rivalry
-
3‘It is fantastic to have one more card to play’ – Ineos Grenadiers look to Josh Tarling as a wildcard for Milan-San Remo alongside Filippo Ganna
-
4Illness forces Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini to pull out of Milan-San Remo Women
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5‘Stuck on Mount Teide because of the snow’ – Remco Evenepoel’s participation in the Volta a Catalunya flung into doubt
Blow for Visma-Lease a Bike as Matthew Brennan withdraws from Milan-San Remo
By
Alasdair Fotheringham
published
British youngster out of Saturday’s race with illness
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Fast-rising British sprinter Matthew Brennan has been forced to withdraw from Milan-San Remo because of illness.
The 20-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike pro was expected to make his debut in La Primavera this Saturday, but will now have to wait for another year.
As the winner of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in late February and 12 races in his rookie pro season in 2025, anticipation had been high about what Brennan could achieve in his first participation in a race that seemed tailor-made to his talents.
Article continues below
Lacking their key sprinter, Visma-Lease a Bike will now have to rely more fully on 2020 Milan-San Remo champion Wout van Aert, American all-rounder Matteo Jorgenson and former Ghent-Wevelgem winner Christophe Laporte.
Brennan will be replaced by one of teammate Jonas Vingegaard’s key domestiques, Victor Campenaerts.
The Belgian is currently engaged in a last-minute dash to Italy to be present for Saturday’s Milan-San Remo start, in what will be his fourth participation in five years. Last year, Campenaerts completed cycling’s longest Classic in 87th place.
It is not clear when Brennan will return to racing, but he was provisionally due to take part in Gent-Wevelgem on March 29 as well as Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Tour of Flanders before finishing off his Classics campaign with a repeat ride in his only Monument of 2025, Paris-Roubaix.
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