Horner rides himself onto the Tour team

After his dramatic solo win yesterday, Chris Horner was granted the honor of riding the upcoming Tour de France. Obviously he deserves to ride the Tour and perhaps his broken leg will be a blessing in disguise. Chris opted to ride the Giro d'Italia instead of le Tour at the start of the year, but missed the Giro while mending his broken leg. Cyclingnews.com confirms the good news:

Cyclingnews' Anthony Tan spoke to yesterday's stage winner Chris Horner last night. While Horner was of course very excited to have won at the Tour de Suisse, he placed less emphasis on it than on the fact that his manager had just confirmed to him that he had gotten the ticket for his team's Tour de France roster - something Horner has been wishing for a long time, since neither FDJ nor the Mercury team had taken him to France. So watch out for a full News story on this later on on Cyclingnews.