Schleck ruled out of Tour de France


  • Cycling
  • Tuesday, 23 Jun 2015

Trek Factory team rider Frank Schleck of Luxembourg concentrates before a training session for the Tour de France cycling race near Leeds, July 4, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) - Luxembourg's Frank Schleck is to miss next month's Tour de France because of a knee injury.

The Trek Factory Racing rider, older brother of 2010 Tour winner Andy, has been struggling since crashing in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race earlier this season and skipped the closing time trial at the Tour de Switzerland last week in a bid to recover.

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