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By Cycling News published 18 August 2011

Brajkovic and Klöden to lead

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Team RadioShack heads out in the morning. (Image credit: Jon Devich)

While Levi Leipheimer remains in the US for the Tour of Colorado, teammates Jani Brajkovic and Andreas Klöden will take aim at the Vuelta a España, which starts on Saturday in Benidorm, Spain.

Klöden and Brajkovic to lead RadioShack in Vuelta a España

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