All year Eduardo Sepulveda has been set to lead the Bretagne team in their debut Tour de France but now an injury has forced him to forfeit his participation. A replacemenent will be selected after tomorrow's French road race championships.

When Eduardo Sepulveda nearly won the big Mont Faron stage in the Tour Mediteraneen and went on to finish the race in second overall, the Bretagne team made it clear that they had big plans for the talented Argentinean this summer. With the team having earned an invitation to its debut Tour de France, they were curious to see how far the versatile rider could get in the French grand tour.

Despite showing solid condition in the recent Bayern Rundfahrt, Sepulveda will unfortunately have to watch La Grande Boucle from the sidelines. A crash in the German race has given him lots of discomfort over the last few weeks, putting his participation at tisk, and now he has definitively been ruled out of the race. Yesterday and MRI scan revealed a bone edema in the tibia that makes it impossible for him to take the start.

Brice Feillu, Jean-Marc Bideau, Anthony Delaplace, Armindo Fonseca, Arnaud Gerard and Florian Vachon have already been selected for the roster. The final three names will be revealed after tomorrow's French road race championships