Haussler delays season start

By Susan Westemeyer

Gerolsteiner's Heinrich Haussler will have to delay his season debut, after his dentist pulled two wisdom teeth last week. "They seem to have been responsible for some sharp pains in his knees from time to time," team spokesman Jörg Grünefeld told Cyclingnews. Everything turned out well, and "since yesterday he's back in training on Mallorca, making up some lost kilometres," Grünefeld said. The German-Australian rider will probably open his season with the GP Chiasso on March 3.

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