AusCycling performance's chief has said while Rohan Dennis was taken to hospital and then discharged in the same day at the Commonwealth Games in England last weekend, he was still not entirely sure what forced him out of the road race.
Dennis, who has been TT world champion twice, won the TT at the Commonwealth Games in Warwick last Thursday. However, while he was due to line out again for Australia in Sunday's road race, he was forced to withdraw just before the race.
It was stated he had experienced an unspecified health issue and had been taken to hospital for examination. Neither Dennis nor his Jumbo Visma trade team have made any public comments about his issue since it arose.
However, AusCycling performance boss Jesse Korf has told AP that the new Commonwealth Games TT champion had experienced some form of abdominal, though he was unclear exactly what the problem had been. He also confirmed Dennis was well enough to join a team debriefing after the road race on Sunday.
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Korf said it would be "pure speculation" for him to make any specific remarks on Dennis's condition ahead of big races to come this season, including La Vuelta with Jumbo Visma and a home World Road Championships with Australia.
"HIs discomfort has subsided, but what the exact item was, it's still a bit in the dark," Korf said. "He is feeling better and he is on his way home."
"It's hard to say exactly what because the medical staff are still looking at tests. He was tested extensively, so to pinpoint what it was exactly, I don't want to get into that, because I don't know. But it is correct that it was discomfort in and around his abdominal area."
"Rohan is incredibly tough and he is also incredibly proud to wear the green and gold... if it wasn't significant to that extent, he would have been racing. It was definitely at a point where Rohan had to call it and get some checks done."
