Hincapie recovering

Discovery Channel's George Hincapie, who wasn't able to take the start of Milano-Sanremo last weekend because of a virus, is recovering from his illness at his home in Spain. Hincapie has taken up soft training again, but said that he's still not feeling a 100 percent.

"I have a little more power today, but nowhere where I need to be," he said. "Hopefully I'll continue to recover and would like to race on Saturday (Belgium's GP E3 Harelbeke). That would be the ideal situation - race Saturday, do (Three Days of) de Panne next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and be ready for Flanders (Saturday, April 3). I need to get better. Today I'm not in any condition to race, but things can change quickly."