Giro 2026: Withdrawals

fotobureau Cor VosOn 8 May, the Giro d’Italia got underway in Bulgaria with 184 riders on the start list, and 33 of them did not reach the finish in Rome. Among those who abandoned the race were Jay Vine, Marc Soler, Santiago Buitrago, Adam Yates, Wilco Kelderman, Kaden Groves and three-time stage winner Jhonatan Narváez.

Last updated: 31 May 2026

The finale of the 1st stage was disrupted by a crash, of which Matteo Moschetti was the biggest victim. The following morning he did not start, and later that day it was also the end of the Giro for Jay Vine, Marc Soler, Santiago Buitrago, Adam Yates, Andrea Vendrame and Ådne Holter, as a result of in a major crash in the peloton.

Wilco Kelderman became the final casualty of that big crash. He made it to the first rest day but was too battered to start stage 4. Kaden Groves endured a similar fate: the Australian crashed on the opening day in the same incident as Moschetti, continued racing, but withdrew early in stage 4.

Three-time stage winner Jhonatan Narváez abandoned the race with three days remaining before the finish in Rome.

DNS stage 2
117. Matteo Mosschetti (ita - Pinarello Q36.5)

DNF stage 2
11. Santiago Buitrago (col - Bahrain Victorious)
196. Marc Soler (spa - UAE Team Emirates)
198. Jay Vine (aus - UAE Team Emirates)
213. Ådne Holter (nor - Uno-X Mobility)

DNS stage 3
148. Andrea Vendrame (ita - Team Jayco AlUla)
191. Adam Yates (gbr - UAE Team Emirates)

DNS stage 4
173. Wilco Kelderman (nld - Visma | Lease a Bike)

DNF stage 4
1. Kaden Groves (aus - Alpecin-Premier Tech)
71. Arnaud De Lie (bel - Lotto-Intermarché)

DNF stage 5
42. Samuele Battistella (ita - EF Education-EasyPost)
73. Joshua Giddings (gbr - Lotto-Intermarché)
75. Milan Menten (bel - Lotto-Intermarché)
152. Timo de Jong (nld - Team Picnic PostNL)

DNS stage 6
145. Felix Engelhardt (ger - Team Jayco AlUla)

DNF stage 8
106. Jake Stewart (gbr - NSN Cycling)
112. Fabio Christen (swi - Pinarello Q36.5)

DNF stage 11
5. Edward Planckaert (bel - Alpecin-Premier Tech)
218. Martin Tjøtta (nor - Uno-X Mobility)
221. Davide Ballerini (ita - XDS Astana Team)

OTL stage 11
211. Erlend Blikra (nor - Uno-X Mobility)

DNS stage 12
78. Lennert Van Eetvelt (bel - Lotto-Intermarché)
111. Sjoerd Bax (nld - Pinarello Q36.5)

DNF stage 12
87. Javier Romo (spa - Movistar)

DNF stage 14
226. Christian Scaroni (ita - XDS Astana Team)

DSQ stage 15
28. Enrico Zanoncello (ita - Bardiani CSF 7 Saber)

DNS stage 16
142. Pascal Ackermann (ger - Team Jayco AlUla)

DNF stage 17
118. Nickolas Zukowsky (can - Pinarello Q36.5)

DNS stage 19
46. James Shaw (gbr - EF Education-EasyPost)
47. Michael Valgren (den - EF Education-EasyPost)

DNF stage 19
109. Ethan Vernon (gbr - NSN Cycling)
195. Jhonatan Narváez (ecu - UAE Team Emirates-XRG)

DNS stage 21
153. Sean Flynn (gbr - Team Picnic PostNL)

Last year, Mikel Landa crashed heavily in the finale of the 1st stage and had to abandon the race with a fractured vertebra. Geoffrey Bouchard also had to withdraw with multiple bone fractures.

That made them the first riders to abandon. In the end, 25 riders would not reach the finish in Rome. Among the withdrawals were Primoz Roglic, Juan Ayuso, Giulio Ciccone and Jai Hindley.