Woet Poels has described himself as disappointed, but not angry, at being left out of Team Sky`s nine-man line up for the Tour de France. The Dutchman played a vital role in Chris Froome`s overall victories in the last two editions of the race but a knee injury has disrupted his 2017 campaign. After a nearly five months on the sidelines, Poels returned to racing at the Route du Sud last week and said he was `confident` he`d make the Tour team, but the Sky camp clearly felt the question marks over his shape were too great. `Dave Braislford called me on Wednesday,` Poels told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. `If you get that call and you hear that you`re not going, it hits you. In recent months I have done everything to get to the Tour. I was confident that I was going. I think I was ready.ADVERTISEMENT `I`m not angry, but certainly disappointed. As I understand it, I could not help it. Because of that knee injury I am of course a bit of a question mark.` Asked if it had changed his attitude towards his team, Poels added: `No, this does not necessarily mean that I want to get away from Sky. I`m fine at the team and have another two years on my contract after this year. Disappointments are part of sport, I am very well aware of that.` Poels will now have to readjust his season, with the Vuelta a Espaņa coming in as the big target, though it is likely to be a case of helping Froome try and win the Spanish Grand Tour for the first time.
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