Andreas Klöden will race the four-day, 566km Tour de l'Ain starting Sunday, August 10 in Lagnieu as preparation for the Tour of Germany in two weeks' time according to the AFP. As a former Tour de France podium visitor, he and German compatriot Linus Gerdemann are the favorites along with winner of the 2007 edition Frenchman John Gadret.
The French will pin their hopes on climber Rémy Di Gregorio and young European champion Cyril Breton Gauthier as well as David Moncoutie who will replace his Cofidis team-mate Belgian Rik Verbrugghe, after he crashed and broke his collarbone in the Clasica San Sebastian last Sunday.
