The Tour de France of 2014 faced in the first five days withdrawals of two former winners (Chris Froome and Andy Schleck) and a 25-fold stage winner (Mark Cavendish). The remaining former winner Alberto Contador abandoned after a hard crash in the 10th stage.
Withdrawals
Disqualified in stage 18
18. José Joaquin Rojas (Spa – Movistar)
Withdrawals in stage 18
194. Heinrich Haussler (Aus – IAM Cycling)
Withdrawals in stage 17
28. Simon Spilak (Slo – Team Katusha)
Did not start in stage 17
181. Simon Gerrans (Aus – Orica-GreenEDGE)
195. Reto Hollenstein (Swi – IAM Cycling)
Did not start in stage 16
111. Rui Costa (Por – Lampre Merida)
189. Simon Yates (GBR – Orica GreenEDGE)
Withdrawals in stage 14
105. Dries Devenyns (Bel – Giant Shimano)
119. Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa – Lampre Merida)
Out of time in the 13th stage
25. Alexander Porsev (Rus – Team Katusha)
Withdrawals in stage 13
92. Janier Acevedo (Col – Garmin-Sharp)
129. Arthur Vichot (Fra – fdj.fr)
171. Daniel Navarro (Spa – Cofidis Solutions)
Withdrawals in stage 12
203. David De La Cruz (Spa – Team NetApp)
Did not start in stage 12
191. Andrew Talansky (USA -Garmin-Sharp)
Did not start in stage 11
163. Fabian Cancellara (Swi -Trek Factory Racing)
Withdrawals in stage 10
31. Alberto Contador (Spa – Tinkoff-Saxo)
54. Ted King (USA – Cannondale)
185. Mathew Hayman (Aus – Orica GreenEdge)
Withdrawals in stage 9
173. Egoitz García (Spa – Cofidis Solutions)
Withdrawals in stage 8
133. Bart de Clercq (Bel – Lotto Belisol)
Did not start in stage 8
191. Mathias Frank (Swi – IAM Cycling)
Withdrawals in stage 7
63. Stef Clement (Nld – Team Belkin)
142. John Darwin Atapuma (Col – BMC Racing team)
167. Danny van Poppel (Nld – Trek Factory Racing)
Withdrawals in stage 6
9. Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa – Team Sky)
26. Egor Silin (Rus – Team Katusha)
33. Jesus Hernandez (Spa – Tinkoff-Saxo)
Did not start in stage 6
117. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg – Lampre Merida)
Withdrawals in stage 5
1. Chris Froome (GB – Team Sky)
Withdrawals in stage 4
137. Greg Henderson (Nzl – Lotto Belisol)
Did not start in stage 4
166. Andy Schleck (Lux – Trek Factory Racing)
Withdrawals in stage 2
115. Sacha Modolo (Ita – Lampre Merida)
Did not start in stage 2
71. Mark Cavendish (GB – OmegaPharma-Quickstep)
Not participating
Amongst others, the following riders will not participate in this year’s Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins, Cadel Evans, Nairo Quintana, Tom Boonen, Daniel Martin, Roman Kreuziger, Michael Matthews and Robert Gesink.
Tour de France 2014: Images and more
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I enjoyed reading this very much. The site was easy to travel through and passed with information. Thank you.
Surprised and saddened to note some big names I used to see on the tour in the past like Cadel Evans, Nairo Quintana, Tom Boonen, Daniel Martin Roman Kreuziger and Robert Gesink.will not be taking part in this edition of the tour. Hope you will be regulars in the starting line up next year.