Klöden to skip Worlds

Andreas Klöden has given up his final ambition of the season and withdrawn as a candidate for the German World Championship team, the Astana rider announced Thursday.

The German injured his hand the end of August in a training accident, and returned to training "as soon as the injury on my hand allowed it". However, despite training hard, he wrote on his website, andreas-kloeden.com, "I must now see that there is not enough time before the end of September in order for me to start at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 100 percent form."

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