Team LottoNL-Jumbo er én mand mindre på holdet, når første etape af Abu Dhabi Tour køres onsdag. Amerikaneren blev stoppet i den hollandske lufthavn Schiphol, da der var problemer med hans pas. Passets bagerste side var blevet frigjort, hvilket medførte til at Powless ikke kunne rejse med resten af det hollandske hold til De Arabiske Emirater. Team LottoNL-Jumbo postede tirsdag på Twitter omkring denne situation.

🇦🇪 #ADT Unfortunately Neilson Powless didn’t make it to Abu Dhabi. He has stranded in Amsterdam due to passport issues. #DNS

— LottoNLJumbo Cycling (@LottoJumbo_road),

20. februar 2018

Powless ligger heller ikke selv skjul på sine problemer med sit pas. Amerikaneren postede tirsdag nedenstående billede på Instagram.

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After a moment to collect myself. I started flipping through some of the pictures I took during the passport fiasco. This picture stands out the most because although I felt like I was in such a state of stress and worry, I was still able to capture this small moment of bliss...little moments like this (as well as the supportive messages) are what kept me moving as efficiently as possible onto the next option as it presented itself. • • Abu Dhabi was a race I was looking forward to as soon as I saw it on my schedule this past winter. I can only thank @lottonljumbo_road for the incredible work they put in to try and get me into the Middle East. Having a team like this behind me is such a blessing and the only thing to do now is to prepare for my next race and repay their kindness and understanding with some equally incredible strength on the bike!

Et opslag delt af Neilson Powless (@neilsonpowless) den 20. Feb, 2018 kl. 12.03 PST

Det professionelle hollandske cykelhold har i år tilskaffet sig fire sejre, hvoraf tre etapesejre til Dylan Groenewegen og én sejr til Danny van Poppel. Neilson Powless fik en samlet fjerdeplads i ungdomskonkurrencen ved Vuelta a Valencia i starten af februar.