{"id":80112,"date":"2025-08-20T12:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80112\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:20:07","slug":"max-poole-diagnosed-with-epstein-barr-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80112\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Poole diagnosed with Epstein\u2013Barr virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#section-1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In his build-up and preparation towards the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a Max Poole wasn\u2019t reacting positively to training. Things worsened at the recent Tour de Pologne and he left the race on medical grounds to investigate the potential cause. The results of these investigations have concluded that Max is suffering from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and he is therefore unable to train or race for the upcoming period.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the situation Poole said: \u201cIt\u2019s been difficult few weeks trying to work out what the situation was and I appreciate the support the team has given me during this period. I\u2019m pretty relieved to now understand the root of the problem as it means that I can start to focus on recovery and getting my health back on track. I\u2019m really disappointed to miss the team at the Vuelta, and wish them the best of luck there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team Picnic PostNL head coach Rudi Kemna added: \u201cMax didn\u2019t come away from altitude feeling as we\u2019d hoped, and when he continued to decline during Poland we removed him from the race on medical grounds to conduct thorough investigations. Now that we know the full extent of his illness, our focus is simply on looking after him and giving him the time and support he needs to recover fully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team Picnic PostNL doctor, Camiel Aldershof said: \u201cWe\u2019ve been looking into the possible reasons for Max\u2019s health problems over the past few weeks, and today we confirmed that he has Epstein-Barr virus with glandular fever. Sadly, this means he\u2019ll need a longer period of rest while we work on getting him back to full health. Now we know what\u2019s behind his symptoms, we can start moving in the right direction with his recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In his build-up and preparation towards the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a Max Poole wasn\u2019t reacting positively to training. Things&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-80112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}