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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Team RadioShack-Nissan has confirmed that Fränk Schleck will ride the 2012 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia. He replaces Jakob Fuglsang, who was to have been the team's captain but 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:had to withdraw due to 🔯a knee injury.

On Saturday evening the team confirmed Schleck's nomination, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:which had earlier been rumoured. He ওfinished third last year in the Tour de France and is expected to go for the podium in Paris again this 🌜summer along with his younger brother Andy.

Schleck has ridden the Giro once be෴fore, finishing 42nd overall in 200♔5.

“My season was directed at peaking in the Tour,” Schleck said, "but when you think about it, this situation creates opportunities. For sure, I wil🍸l come to the start with a different preparation than the other GC riders, but that is not necessarilཧy a bad thing. My condition is not so bad and it can only grow the coming weeks.

“The Tour of Italy is one of the big monuments o♊f cycling as well, so it is at least a big challenge for me.”

“I see a lot of opportunities for Fränk as well as for the team,” commented Team Manager Johan Bruyneel. "Fränk is a born leader and a team needs a leader. Moreover – though bad luck and circumstances did not provide the right results - he has shown in the last few weeks that his condition has alrea༺dy reached a high level. I am confident he can surprise us in the coming weeks.

“It all reminds me of the 2008 Tour of Italy when, one week before the start, we got an invitation for the rac𒉰e. In the end we won t🔯he overall.”