Auger retires

Ludovic Auger will retire from competition at the end of the year according to Wieler Report. The 36 year-old Frenchman has ridden for Française des Jeux. Previously he was on the Big-Mat team for ten years. In 2000, he won the Tour of Normandie and in 2004, he won one stage and the overall at the Tour de la Manche.