Alberto Contador Andreas
Klφden and Levi Leipheimer will make their European racing debuts at the
Volta ao Algarve on Wednesday.
Tour de France winner Contador is opening his season in Portugal, as
“the start of his long preparation for the Tour de France”.
Contador
will look to repeat his overall victory from 2009. Last year, he
finished second on the race’s mountainous third stage, and won the time
trial by more than 30 seconds to take the lead.
Team RadioShack is sending a high-powered team led by Klφden and
Leipheimer, Gert Steegmans will contest the sprint finishes. Klφden
finished fifth overall in the race last year, riding for Astana.
The Volta ao Algarve runs February 17-21, and features several
mountain stages before ending with a 17km individual time trial.
Team Astana for the Volta ao Algarve: Alberto Contador, David de la
Fuente, Maxim Gourov, Andriy Grivko, Jesus Hernandez, Daniel Navarro,
Daniel Noval, and Sergey RenevTeam RadioShack for the Volta ao Algarve:
Andreas Klφden, Levi Leipheimer, Tiago Machado, Sergio Paulinho, Gregroy
Rast, Sebastien Rosseler, Gert Steegmans, and Thomas Vaitkus
