Does this mean they are saving him for the Giro? Would have been nice to see him go head to head agains't Booby, Floyd, Levi, Lance, etc......
He has a broken hip and was told to stay off the bike till it is healed ( after first being told he could keep training if he wanted and could put up with the pain). Full story at http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/7880.0.html