Dan Martin out of the Garmin Tour de France team

Daniel Martin

Garmin's climbing prodigy Dan Martin has been removed from Garmin's Tour de France team after a bout of tendonitis of the knee.

The Irish rider was set to make his debut appearance in the Tour de France and would have provided invaluable support to Christian Vande Velde in the mountains.

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