Movistar's Alex Dowsett is out of the Tour De France which starts on Saturday.
Dowsett, pulled out of the British National Road Race championship in Abergavenny during the race and his manager Sky Andrew has issued a statement saying that the Essex hailing rider will not compete in this year's Tour De France due to illness.
In a statement, Andrew said: "Three-time national time trial Champion Alex Dowsett will miss the Tour de France due to illness.
"The Giro D'iItalia stage winner was taken ill at the recent Tour De Suisse and will not recover in time to be part of the nine-man Movistar team.
"He is expected to be fully fit for the Commonwealth Games later this month, where he will team-up with Sir Bradley Wiggins."
Movistat boss Eusebio Unzue said: "It's so sad for us to leave Dowsett out of the team - despite his efforts, he couldn't get to his best form due to breathing problems resulting from an infection he suffered."
Source: DSG
