Illness also keeps Vermeersch at home
His team Alpecin-Fenix announced this via Twitter. Earlier it was announced that Mathieu van der Poel will be at the start of La Primavera.
Gianni Vermeersch has returned home from Italy and will sadly miss #MilanoSanremo due to illness (no covid). His race program will be reviewed.
get well soon, @GVermeersch† pic.twitter.com/cqHqtbpoX7
— Alpecin-Fenix Cycling Team (@AlpecinFenix) March 18, 2022