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Late roster move puts Ronde van Brugge defending champion Lorena Wiebes back in lineup for 'tough race' with forecast of rain and wind

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The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful SD Worx-Protime called Lorena Wiebes back into action on one day's notice, confirming the Dutch Champion would now be in the lineup Thursday at Ronde van Brugge and have a chance to defend her title. Marie Schreiber, the reigning Luxembourg champion on the road and cyclo-cross, was deemed not yet ready to compete, still recovering from an Achilles tendon injury. Schreiber, who completed her cyclo-cross season in February after finishing 20th at Worlds in Hulst, will now target Scheldeprijs Women on April 8 to begin her road season. Meanwhile, Wiebes filled a roster spot for the Women's WorldTour mid-week contest, a revamped Belgian race she has won twice before when it was called Classic Brugge-De Panne. “Lorena Wiebes was originally not planned for the Tour of Bruges in order to maintain a good balance between load and rest.…

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