Wout van Aert to line up at Paris-Roubaix in support role

SANREMO ITALY MARCH 19 Wout Van Aert of Belgium and Team Jumbo Visma competes during the 113th MilanoSanremo 2022 a 293km one day race from Milano to Sanremo MilanoSanremo on March 19 2022 in Sanremo Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Wout van Aert will line up at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, making his return from COVID-19, with Jumbo-Visma saying medical staff had cleared the Belgian rider to resume racing but that his preparation had been less than ideal. 

Van Aert last raced at Gent-Wevelgem but missed the Tour of Flanders after testing positive for COVID-19. He was also absent from the Amstel Gold Race but had reportedly been seen training in Spain. That raised the prospect that he would line up at Paris-Roubaix, where he took seventh in the wet and muddy conditions last year. 

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