Currently, due to the risk of coronavirus infection, riders from the WorldTour team, Israel Startup Nation, are being allowed to choose whether to compete in the upcoming Italian spring races, Strade Bianche, Tirreno Adriatico, Milan - San Remo, and the French stage They are allowed to choose whether or not to compete in the race, Paris-Nice. [Het Nieuwsblad reported on Tuesday that if neither the riders nor staff wish to travel, they will be allowed to stay at home.

The team is one of several that have yet to announce their full roster for this Saturday's Strade Bianche and Sunday's Paris-Nice start, and according to sports director Dirk Demol, the Israel Startup Nation's player decision of the "deadline" is Wednesday evening, he said.

On Tuesday, team member Hugo Hofstetter won Le Samin, and the Frenchman will compete in Paris-Nice, which starts this weekend in Plaisir, just west of Paris.

Bert Van Lerberghe broke his collarbone in a crash at Le Samyn in Belgium on Tuesday; the Deceuninck-QuickStep rider crashed with around 90km remaining in the race and will undergo surgery at a hospital in Roeselare, Belgium, on Wednesday.

"We were putting pressure on the peloton, there was a small group and Van Lerberghe was in a line on the side of the road.

"He ran into a ditch and crashed and suffered this injury. It's a real shame because he was in very good condition to start the season and was one of the riders we could have used in the classics."

Deceuninck-QuickStep's Remco Evenepoel, according to Het Nieuwsblad, is currently cycling in warmer weather in Calpe, Spain, to avoid the rainy weather in Belgium.

Evenepoel will compete in the Tirreno Adriatico, an Italian stage race that starts Wednesday, March 11, in Tuscany's Lido di Camaiore, but first he will compete in this year's Giro d'Italia stage 14 this weekend (Conegliano in the Veneto and 33.7km individual time trial between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene in the Veneto), but first he is likely to preview the route.