The Discovery Channel team will make its final decision later on Friday whether to include the injured Roger Hammond in its line up for Sunday's Paris-Roubaix. Hammond crashed in Wednesday's Gent-Wevelgem and broke his right thumb as well as spraining his ankle. However, he was back on his bike on Thursday morning and managed to ride for two hours.
"He has been working the whole winter and doesn't want to miss it," said team director Dirk Demol. "If the doctor agrees that he can ride, then it's OK with me. We just want to make sure he won't do any more damage to the thumb by racing on Sunday."
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