Oomen ends season to undergo iliac artery surgery
(Cyclingnews.com)

Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) has been forced to end his season due to an iliac artery problem that will require surgery.  The 23-year-old Dutchman, who finished ninth overall at last year`s Giro d`Italia while supporting Tom Dumoulin, has been struggling with pain and loss of power in his left leg for a number of months and was recently diagnosed with iliac artery flow limitation.  Despite posting some strong results, such as fifth at the Volta ao Algarve and ninth at Tirreno-Adriatico, physiotherapy was deemed unsuccessful and it was decided an operation would be required to fully rectify the problem.ADVERTISEMENT After crashes brought a premature end to his Giro d`Italia - where he`d been drafted in late to cover for the injured Wilco Kelderman - Oomen has been booked in for surgery in six weeks` time.  `In an attempt to solve the issues we tried numerous treatments such as physical and manual therapy, alongside adjusting his position on the bike. Throughout the process he was still able to get some good results which gave us confidence towards his late call up for his role at the Giro, but after all of our conservative methods of treatment were to no prevail, we decided that surgery would be the only option to permanently solve the issue,` said Team Sunweb physician Camiel Aldershof. `It will take him a relatively long time to recover, and we already consider this season to be over to give him sufficient time to do so.` You can read more at Cyclingnews.com