Chris Froome to miss Tirreno-Adriatico due to chest infection

BySportsbeat

Updated 09/03/2015 at 20:16 GMT

Chris Froome insists he is not about to hit the panic button after announcing he will miss this year's Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in Italy because of a chest infection.

Christopher Froome (Sky) - Ruta del Sol 2015

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The 2013 Tour de France winner has enjoyed a fine start to this year and last month won the Ruta del Sol stage race.

Froome was due to take part in the Tirreno-Adriatico for Teak Sky having sat out last year with a back injury, as he looked to once again go up against Spaniard Alberto Contador and 2014 Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali.

However the 29-year-old revealed he will sit the trip out after failing to shake off an illness, although Froome believes he will be back to race in the Volta a Catalunya, which begins on march 23.

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"I've been ill for a few days now and, unfortunately, I couldn't shake it off in time," he said.

"After speaking with the doctors we decided as a precaution that it would be best to take a few days off the bike to recover fully.

"This is obviously frustrating after the good start that I've had to the season, but it's a minor setback."

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