Breschel back on the mend

Although abandoning last week's International Bayern Rundfahrt due to recurring back problems, Team CSC's Matti Breschel says he's hopeful of a more successful return to racing at the end of this week, with part of his team heading Stateside to compete in the Commerce Bank Triple Crown.

The 21 year-old Dane broke his back in March with the Bayern Rundfahrt Breschel's first race since the accident, which may have been too much of a shock to his system: "My back started hurting and I had a talk with sports director Dan Frost about it. We agreed that it wasn't worth risking it so I abandoned," Breschel explained on team-csc.com.