The important thing is that the team wins the Giro. Obviously, I want to win it, but if a teammate wins it, then it's mission accomplished as well.
I would say probably unlikely [he returns this season], but we probably won't know until a week, 10 days in to where we get the doctors' protocols and then the ramp up as you go.
"It's obviously disappointing news," Postecoglou said at a news conference on Thursday. "Initially we thought it wasn't too serious because obviously the medical team were worried about how the knee was structurally, but it seemed pretty good. But then it kind of blew up a day after and so we knew there was an issue there."