While Tom Boonen seems to be immune to the hype surrounding him at the Paris-Roubaix team presentation; the other (ex) golden boy of Belgian cycling has more problems coping with the pressure. Only one thing is certain as far as Frank Vandenbroucke is concerned: he won't be starting in Paris tomorrow.
Vandenbroucke has been admitted to hospital; suffering from what appears to be an allergy to the medication he received earlier this week, to treat a case of food poisoning. "On Friday Frank went to see the doctor and it is the GP who referred him to the hospital for treatment," team director Hilaire Van Der Schueren said. "Maybe people will take his complaints serious now; and believe Frank. After all, no-one gets taken into hospital for nothing I think."
