RadioShack-Nissan rider 🥃returns at Tour of Luxembourg
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Frank Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Frank Schleck (RadioShaꦗck-Nissan) lies in 8th place in the overall GC after nine stages (Image credit: Sirotti)
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As he returns to racing at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Luxembourg on Wednesday, Fränk Schleck has declared himself “very confident” of earning selection for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:RadioShack-Nissan’s Tour de France line-up, in spite of mounting speculation th🐷at he will not figure in manager Jﷺohan Bruyneel’s plans for July.
A late and reticent replacement for the injured Jakob Fuglsang at the Giro d’Italia, Schleck stoked the ire of Bruyne𝐆el when he aban♓doned the race ten days ago, citing a shoulder inj✅ury. The Luxembourger said that he is still suffering from the effe𝐆cts of that injury and has trained fitfully ahead of his home tour.
if his programme would change if he were unable to complete the Tour of Luxembourg, Schleck quipped, “As you know, I’m flexible. For the moment, I should be at the Tour de Suisse. After that, we don’t know. But I’m very confident for the Tour de France. All the same…”
Last week, Bruyneel pointedly noted that only Fabian Cancellara was guaranteed selection for the Tour, while on Tuesday he expressed the wish that Frank Schleck would be “168澳洲5最新开奖结果:motivated to do better in future.꧂” For his part, Schleck again denied that he had abandoned the Giro in order to prepare for the Tour with his brother Andy, but insisted that it was due to his shoulder injury.
“I have communicated the things that I wanted to communicate,” Schleck said. “If you take my abandon, I’ve spoken about it to various media. All the facts need to be joined together to know if it was planned or not. I’m not going to repeat myself. Yes, I had a problem with my shoulder and, rightly, I’m not very confident for the Tour o꧃f Luxembourg.”
But why race 🌳the Tour of Luxembourg if his shoulder injury has stil🥃l not healed?
“It’s a legitimate question,” Schleck said. “It’s a choice. I know that we alsoꦛ have a certain responsibility in Luxembourg. There are a lot of people behind us. We need to be clear – the people support us and we have sponsors. Giving something back to the people here in Luxembourg is also a responsibility.
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“We’ll see afterwards if I feel bad. Nobody can put themselve༒s in my body and feel my pain. I’♒m going to try and do my best.”
