Tour de France withdrawals –  All the riders who have abandoned the French Grand Tour

The queen stage of the Tour de France featured a second consecutive ascent to Alpe d’Huez and accomplished a difficult three days within the Alps. Ending stage 20 proved a problem for a lot of within the peloton, and unimaginable for 2 riders, Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal-QuickStep) and Pascal Ackermann (Jayco-AlUla), who didn’t end and won’t be a part of their teammates on the ultimate roads to Paris.

Vital within the mixture of common classification riders, Van Wilder had been as excessive as eleventh place on GC after stage 17, and was 35:47 behind race chief Tadej Pogačar in twelfth place to begin stage 20. He was concerned in a crash 40km into the 172km stage, on the descent off the primary HC climb of the day at Col de la Croix de Fer and en path to an intermediate dash.

Van Wilder was capable of remount a brand new bike quickly after a group car handed. Nonetheless, solely 7km farther on he couldn’t proceed and deserted the stage. He was taken to hospital later for an examination and Soudal-QuickStep mentioned on social media „Preliminary assessments point out he has sustained a number of abrasions, however fortunately no damaged bones“.

Ackermann deserted the race on the slopes of the Col de la Croix-de-Fer. He spoke to German media on the group bus later about his nice disappointment in not with the ability to end.

From the unique 184 riders taking the beginning in Barcelona, 26 riders is not going to be a part of the proceedings on Sunday with three passes on Côte de la Butte Montmartre and the end on the Champs Élysées.

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As three weeks of racing takes its toll, Grand Excursions usually see tens of riders abandon throughout the 21 days and two relaxation days. Riders could abandon for quite a lot of causes, together with crashes, accidents, sickness, or just fatigue. Riders can stop mid-stage, climbing right into a group automobile or, within the worst case, leaving in an ambulance, or they could end the stage however resolve to not begin the following one.

If a rider quits mid-stage, they’re recorded as ‚didn’t end‘ (DNF), and in the event that they fail to begin a stage, it is a ‚didn’t begin‘ (DNS).

Riders will also be made to depart the race by the commissaires or race jury, who implement all the foundations, both with a disqualification (DSQ) for critical rule infringements, or for ending exterior the time restrict on a given stage (OTL). You could find out extra concerning the time restrict with our explainer.

Right here, we are going to observe all of the 2026 Tour de France withdrawals, as riders drop out of the race between Barcelona and Paris.

Tour de France 2026 abandons

Stage 2

Clément Berthet (Groupama-FDJ United) – DNS, crash on stage 1

Stage 3

Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) – DNF

Stage 4

Kelland O’Brien (Jayco-AlUla) – OTL

Stage 6

Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) – DNS, fractured fingerCian Uijtdebroeks (Movistar) – DNF, illnessBert Van Lerberghe (Soudal-Quickstep) – DNFArvid de Kleijn (Tudor) – DNF

Stage 7

Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility) – DNS, concussion and a number of rib fractures

Stage 10

Matteo Trentin (Tudor) – DNS, fever

Stage 11

Chris Harper (Pinarello Q36.5) – DNS, thumb damage sustained in stage 10 crash

Stage 12

Crash inside remaining 5km so riders concerned didn’t lose time, however accidents incurred set to ship a number of DNS entries for subsequent stage

Stage 13

Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) – DNS, damaged collarbone from crash on stage 12Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto-Intermarché) – DNS, damaged collarbone after stage 12 crashFrits Biesterbos (Picnic-PostNL) – DNS

Stage 14

Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Premier Tech) – DNS, developed a fever overnightAnthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) – OTL after crashes on stage 12 and a pair of

Stage 15

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), DNF attributable to crashTim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep), DNFTom Van Asbroeck (NSN), DNF

Stage 16

Lars Craps (Lotto Intermarché) – DNSFlorian Lipowitz (Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) – DNF

Stage 18

Brandon McNulty (UAE Staff Emirates XRG) – DNF, illnessJose Felix Parra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) – DNS

Stage 19

Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike) – DNFEiner Rubio (Movistar Staff) – DNF

Stage 20

Ilan van Wilder (Soudal-QuickStep) – DNFPascal Ackermann (Jayco-AlUla) – DNF

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