Tour de France 2011: RadioShack down to six riders after Popovych exit

The RadioShack rider Yaroslav Popovych has pulled out of the Tour de France after failing to recover from illness. The Ukrainian picked up a fever on Sunday and he was worse on Monday's rest day, the team's spokesman Philippe Maertens said. RadioShack are down to six riders as Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia and Chris Horner of the United States had to pull out of the race after crashes. The German Andreas Klöden was to take part in Tuesday's 158-kilometre 10th stage from Aurillac to Carmaux, despite suffering from muscle pains in his lower back.