Team Sky's Ian Stannard is out of of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix after he crashed during the Gent-Wevelgem classic race.
Stannard, who had won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. ended up in a ditch after a crash and was taken to hospital in Belgium, where he was diagnosed as having fractured a vertebra .
Team Sky Doctor Phil Riley told his team's website: “Ian has a fracture in one of his vertebrae as a result of his fall.
"The fracture is stable and he will undergo a review with a UK-based neurosurgeon this week, as well as having an MR scan. That should allow us to find out more information following his CT scan.”