Andy Schleck will miss the Tour de France and the London Olympics with a fractured pelvis, local news reports said on Wednesday.
The Luxembourg rider Schleck, declared 2010 Tour winner recently after original winner Alberto Contador was disqualified for doping, sustained the injury in a crash during last week’s Criterium du Dauphine race.
The Luxemburger Tageblatt paper said he will be sidelined “for at least six weeks.” Schleck’s team RadioShack-Nissan has set a news conference for later Wednesday.
ADVERTISEMENT
Schleck has been criticised for lack of form by team leader Johan Bruyneel but would have still been rated a top contender at next month’s Tour and the London Olympics races in July/August.
This is a Premium article available exclusively to our subscribers. To read 250+ such premium articles every
month
You have exhausted your free article limit.
Please support quality journalism.
You have exhausted your free article limit.
Please support quality journalism.
The Hindu operates by its editorial values to provide you quality journalism.
You have read {{data.cm.views}} out of {{data.cm.maxViews}} free articles.
This is your last free article.