It’s unclear if the recent operation will affect his upcoming race progamme with the 26-year-old set to race the Critérium du Dauphiné at the very end of May before gearing up for the Tour de France and then the Olympic Games road race in Tokyo in August.
Van Aert took to Twitter to announce the news with the Belgian making the announcement on a morning in which he was meant to take part in a charity run.
“Just literally out of the running”, the rider said on his social media on Saturday.
Van Aert has not raced since his victory in Amstel Gold Race in mid-April.
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