After a disappointing start to the season, Tom Danielson has announced that he will not be part of the Garmin-Sharp team for the Tour de France. The American has been suffering from a knee injury and will now focus on his recovery for the Tour of Utah and USA Pro Challenge in August.

Due to a knee injury, Tom Danielson has not had the season he was hoping for and his struggles now mean that he won't be at the start line of the Tour de France later this summer. The American has announced via Twitter that his name will be missing from the list when Garmin-Sharp announe their roster.

Danielson got his season off to a solid start in the Tour de San Luis where he claimed to have had the legs to win one of the mountain stages but decided to ride in service of teammate Phil Gaimon who was a surprise leader of the race. Since then a knee injury has slowed him down and he failed to reach his best condition for the Tour of California in May.

Recently, he did the Tour de Suisse but clearly still wasn't at his best level and this has led him and his Garmin-Sharp team to the decision that it is better to skip the Tour to recover and focus on his late-season objectives that include a title defence at the Tour of Utah.

"No Tour de France for me this year. I haven't been myself and am looking forward to this month to get back to normal for Utah and Colorado," he wrote on Twitter before adding. "Also excited to see the team contend for a podium in France!!! What a team we have this year!"

The Garmin team is likely to be built around Dauphiné winner Andrew Talansky. Dan Martin who crashed out of the Giro, may be part of the team but the Irishman is more likely to skip the race to focus on the Worlds and Il Lombardia in the autumn and will ride the Vuelta in preparation. 2012 Giro champion has already said that he won't be at the start line in Leeds.