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Andreas Klöden and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Janez Brajkovic will ride the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a Espana for RadioShack. The team announced that the two captains, who both had abandon the Tour de France due to injuries, were among the seven riders already set for the raꦐce in Spain, which starts on August 20.

Klöden crashed numerous times in the Tour, and had to leave tཧhe race on the 13th stage with bac𓆉k problems. The Vuelta will be his first race back. “Klöden has focused on recovering from the crashes and has started light training,” team manger Johan Bruyneel told BiciCiclismo.com.

Klöden “was the best” in ❀the Tour, and if he had not been injured, “would likely have been on the podium,&ಌrdquo; Bruyneel said.

Brajkovic was the first of RadioShack's four Tour captains to leave the race, when he suffered a concussion and broken collarbone in a crash on the fifth sta💎ge. As ﷺpreparation for the Vuelta he will ride the Tour of Utah (August 7-14).

The team's other two Tour captains were Christopher Horner, who abandoned the race w♈ith a concussion a🌸fter the seventh stage, and Levi Leipheimer, the only one of the four to finish the race. Both will ride the Tour of Utah and the US ProCyꦬcling Chaꦇllenge in Colorado (August 22-28).

The other five riders nominated for the Vuelta are Spaniards Haimar Zubeldia and Markel Irizar, and Portuges🅰e riders Tiago Machado, Sergio Paulinho and Nelson Oliveira.  The remaining two riders will be announced later.