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Stage 2 winner Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) is all smiles on the podium.(Image credit: Bettini Photo) Volta ao Algarve leader Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) awaits the start.(Image credit: José António Fernandes) Overall leader Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) chats with points leader Matti Breschel (Rabobank).(Image credit: José António Fernandes) Edvald Boasson Hagen will sit out the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this weekend due to illness.
"I'm glad I got the cold now," he said, according to nieuwsblad.be. "It would have been worse if it had come later in connection with Paris-Roubaix."
The 24-year-old Norwegian, who races for Team Sky, has shown he is on good early season form after winning stage 2 of the Tour of Algarve last week.
In 2011, he finished 41st in the Belgian classic, but in 2010, he was sixth.
