Navardauskas out of Giro

Manama : Dr. Carlo Guardascione a member of the Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team medical staff has confirmed that Lithuanian cyclist Ramunas Navardauskas will miss the Giro d’Italia starting on May 5 and won’t be joining his teammates on the races in the near future, due to health problems.

He said, “The persistence of a gastrointestinal symptomatology, which had already appeared at the end of the Tenerife Training camp had forced him to retire during the recent Tour of Croatia, convinced the medical staff of Bahrain Merida Team to support further in-depth examinations carried out by the rider himself in Lithuania. These examinations showed a gastric infection by helicobacter pylori and some deficiencies of microelements, requiring adequate antibiotic therapy and reintegration for at least two weeks.”

This unfortunately means for precautionary purposes, Navardauskas will not be able to take part in Giro d’Italia and his fellow riders and staff fully support him in his medical examinations, although he will be very missed on the races, as one of the strongest members of the team.