Cycling: RadioShack selects veterans
RadioShack announced two 40-year-old riders in their team for the Tour de France.
PARIS:
RadioShack announced two 40-year-old riders in their team for the Tour de France, already shorn of Andy Schleck, the 2010 champion having sustained a fractured pelvis last week. German Jens Voigt and American Chris Horner, born within a month of each other in 1971, will be on the start line in Liege, Belgium, on June 30 alongside Frank Schleck, third in last year’s Tour. The team also includes Fabian Cancellara, German Andreas Kloeden, Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia and Tony Gallopin.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2012.
RadioShack announced two 40-year-old riders in their team for the Tour de France, already shorn of Andy Schleck, the 2010 champion having sustained a fractured pelvis last week. German Jens Voigt and American Chris Horner, born within a month of each other in 1971, will be on the start line in Liege, Belgium, on June 30 alongside Frank Schleck, third in last year’s Tour. The team also includes Fabian Cancellara, German Andreas Kloeden, Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia and Tony Gallopin.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2012.