Di Luca out
By Hedwig Kröner , with assistance from Susan Westemeyer published
The Tour de France has its first non-starter: Italian Danilo Di Luca will not participate in the...
The Tour de France has its first non-starter: Italian Danilo Di Luca will not participate in the second stage of the race, taking place on Monday, July 3. The Liquigas-Bianchi pro, who finished last season as the leading rider in the ProTour, is suffering from a prostate infection and has been treated with antibiotics for days. Now, he has to give up the race altogether.

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