( CNN ) -- Luxembourg 's Andy Schleck has been forced to pull out of this year 's Tour de France due to injuries he suffered in a warm-up race , he confirmed Wednesday . It is a bitter blow for the 27-year-old , who was recently crowned the 2010 champion of cycling 's most famous race following the disqualification of Alberto Contador of Spain for doping offenses . RadioShack 's Schleck was among the favorites for the 98th edition , which will start from Liege in Belgium on June 30 , but a fractured pelvis has put paid to his hopes . He sustained the injury when he crashed during the 53km time trial stage of the Criterium du Dauphine last Thursday , caught by a ferocious gust of wind . `` It is the biggest disappointment of my career . I would rather have finished last on the Tour than not be able to participate at all , '' Schleck told a press conference in Luxembourg . `` I will need to be back to 100 percent before I can start riding again . I hope to be at the Olympics , '' he added . It completes a miserable 2012 for Schleck , who has been forced to abandon preparatory stage races such as Paris-Nice , the Tour of Catalunya and the Dauphine through a mixture of injury and illness . But he had hoped to attend a final training camp in the Pyrenees mountains until hospital scans revealed the full extent of his injuries . His brother Franck , who finished third in last year 's Tour de France , will now spearhead the RadioShack effort at this year 's race . Team Sky 's Bradley Wiggins , who has won the Paris Nice and Criterium du Dauphine this season , will start the three-week race as favorite . He will be bidding to become the first British rider to win the Tour while Australia 's Cadel Evans will be defending his title . Contador , given a retrospective two-year ban which ends after this year 's Tour de France , is set to make his return at the Tour of Spain where Andy Schleck hopes to compete . In other cycling news Wednesday , David Millar has been named in the Great Britain squad for the road race at the London Olympics . Millar served a two-year ban from 2004-2006 for a doping offense and under a then British Olympic Association bye-law was banned for life from Olympic competition . But the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned that ruling in April , allowing Millar to be selected . Millar has been named in a long-list of eight riders which will be whittled down to five before the Games .
Andy Schleck pulls out of this 2010 's Alberto Contador through injuruy . Luxembourg 's Schleck injured in a crash in a warm-up race . RadioShack rider awarded year race after Tour de France disqualified . Andy Schleck named in British squad for Olympic road race .