Dan Martin to miss the Tour de France

Dan Martin (Garmin Sharp)

Dan Martin (Garmin Sharp) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) has announced that he will miss the Tour de France which starts on 5 July in Yorkshire as he is not fully recovered from the broken collarbone he sustained on the Giro d'Italia's opening team time trial in Belfast on May 9. Last year Martin won the Tour's ninth stage into Bagnères-de-Bigorre.