25 Aug 2010

Roulston says he'll ride the Vuelta

6:16 pm on 25 August 2010

The New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston will ride the Tour of Spain which starts this weekend.

Roulston crashed a week ago and injured his knee, however he says he passed an 80km training ride today and so will join his HTC-Columbia team in Seville tomorrow.

Roulston says his team doctor has assured him that he'll continue to improve and should be back to normal during the first week of the 3-week classic.

Roulston, who missed the Tour of Italy and the Tour de France this year, hurt his knee and suffered a cut to his leg when he came off his bike in a race in Italy last week.

He says his goals haven't changed, he wants a stage win.