Biniam Girmay (Intermarché Wanty-Gaubert) has been confirmed to have no permanent vision problems, but is not yet able to resume training or racing.

The Tour de France is not part of the Eritrean's comeback plans, and he has made the World Championships in Australia his late-season focus.

Biniam Girmay injured his eye while opening a celebratory bottle of Prosecco after winning stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia. The cork popped out and hit his left eye, causing anterior chamber hemorrhage.

After a trip to the hospital and an overnight examination, he was deemed unfit to start stage 11 and his Giro, in which he became the first black African-American to win a Grand Tour stage, was over.

On Tuesday, one week after the accident, Gilmey underwent a new medical check near the team's Belgian base. The results showed that his eye had not recovered enough to return to the bike, but it was determined that he would be able to do so within the next 10 days.

"I feel better, but I can't ride my bike yet. Fortunately, there will be no after-effects, and I'm glad about that," Gilmey said. I want to thank the doctors for their good advice and the team for their support."

With a full recovery assured, attention is now turning to the possibility of a comeback for the rising Eritrean star, who also won Ghent-Wevelgem in the spring. There was speculation that he might change his schedule and make his Tour de France debut, but it appears that he will follow the originally planned structure of the season.

Gilmey did likewise in the spring, resisting calls to race the Tour de Flanders after his victory in Ghent-Wevelgem and instead returning to Eritrea as planned.

"After a rest at home in Asmara, as I had planned before the season started, I hope to race soon and resume my racing program," Gilmey said.

Team director Eike Visbeek admitted to a Belgian newspaper at the Tour of Norway that he would not compete in the Tour de France.

"The Tour de France is not an option. Maybe next year," Visbeek said, suggesting that his planned entries in the Brussels Cycling Classic and the Ronde van Limburg, both scheduled for early June, had been cancelled.

Gil May will return to Europe for the Tour de Pollogne at the end of July, before heading to Australia for the world championships.