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Janez Brajkovic finished third at the Tour of Utah as he is charged up for Vuelta

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Janez Brajkovic finished third at the Tour of Utah as he is charged up for Vuelta
Janez Brajkovic who had to leave the Tour de France, 2011 as he crashed during a stage 5 crash has now fully recovered from the injury as he participated in the Tour of Utah, 2011.
Brajkovic aimed to find a top slot in the general classifications as he rode the Tour for the top position and he finished third at stage 5 of Tour of Utah, 2011 earning himself the third position in the final general classifications.
The 27-year-old finished 18 seconds behind the race leader Sergio Luis Henao as Levi Leipheimer finished second. Brajkovic also earned 9 points with a second position at the Mountain 1 followed by 7 points at the Mountain 3 category.
While commenting about his return after the crash at the Tour de France Brajkovic said, “I’m OK from that and it didn’t take me long to recover. I was back on the bike after three days and another five day I was on the road. I didn’t have very good training.”
Brajkovic mentioned that he has been training hard for Vuelta a Espana and the only reason why he has raced in the Tour of Utah was to hit his form before the Vuelta. He commented on his form as he mentioned that he is in the best shape at the moment since
he had been training in Italy for ten days with one week of training in Colorado followed by a week at the Tour of Utah.
Brajkovic is positive for Vuelta a Espana starting on August 20 and is happy with his current preparation and performance at the recent Tour of Utah as he mentioned, “My form is quite good here and that makes me very optimistic for the Vuelta,
Obviously I am not 100 percent yet but I am very happy with my performance so far. I will be one of the leaders at the Vuelta.”
Brajkovic joined team Radio Shack in 2009 as he left his old team Astana and joined many of his old team-mates including Johan Bruyneel and will now be representing team Radio Shack in the 2011 Vuelta a Espana starting this week.

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