T-Mobile and Menikini-Gysko for tougher Tour de l'Aude

The Menikini-Gysko and T-Mobile squads have announced the riders they will send to the Tour de l'Aude, the longest stage race on the women's calendar. The 10 stage event gets underway tomorrow with an individual time trial in Gruissan and T-Mobile coach Petra Rosner believes the girls are in for an event like no other.

"It's longer and tougher than any other race currently on the women's calendar," noted Rosner, who has contested the event 17 times herself, on the team's website. "It used to be second hardest after the women's Tour de France, but now it occupies that space on its own."

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