A year after testicular cancer, Torstein Træen on the attack at Tour of the Alps

Torstein Træen racing at the Tour of the Alps
Torstein Træen racing at the Tour of the Alps (Image credit: Getty Images)

A year ago, Torstein Træen won the climber’s competition at the Tour of the Alps, not knowing he was racing with cancer.

Incredibly, after an early diagnosis and treatment thanks to an anti-doping test spotting early indicators of the disease, he is back at the Austrian-Italian stage race with Uno-X and even went close to victory on stage 4 to Predazzo.

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