Tom Boonen makes his return to racing tomorrow at the Tour of Turkey and Giro d’Italia, but his DS Wilfried Peeters has told fans not to expect wins from the 34 year old Belgian star in any of those races.

"It's all right with Tom. He is ready,” sports director Wilfried Peeters told sporza.be. “His arm feels good but after a few hours his shoulder of course is painful. But that's normal after the operation."

“In Turkey, you should not expect immediate stage victories from Tom, because we are also taking Cavendish. He (Boonen) has to make sure he has a good condition for the Giro."

His job in the Giro is to act as road captain as Rigoberto Uran looks to win the race overall. After the Giro he will ride both the Belgian TT and Road Race before skipping the Tour to build towards the Worlds in Richmond.