Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz abandoned the Tour de France after crashing on the same corner in the descent of Côte de Vivero. The Olympic Champion remounted and reached the finish, only to find out after tests that his left knee had been fractured. Mas did not continue with a fractured scapula, so he was the first rider to abandon the 2023 Tour de France.
Mark Cavendish hit the deck in stage 8 and pulled out with a shoulder injury.
DNF stage 1
131 Enric Mas (spa – Movistar)
DNS stage 2
41 Richard Carapaz (ecu – EF Education-EasyPost)
DNS stage 5
186 Jacopo Guarnieri (ita – Lotto-Dstny)
197 Luis León Sánchez (spa – Astana Qazaqstan Team)
DNF stage 8
191 Mark Cavendish (gbr – Astana Qazaqstan Team)
214 Steff Cras (bel – TotalEnergies)
DNS stage 9
87 Quinn Simmons (usa – Lidl-Trek)
DNS stage 12
56 Fabio Jakobsen (nld – Soudal-QuickStep)
DNS stage 12
193 David de la Cruz (spa – Astana Qazaqstan Team)
DNS stage 13
28 Ben Turner (gbr – INEOS Grenadiers)
181 Caleb Ewan (aus – Lotto-Dstny)
DNS stage 14
44 Esteban Chaves (col – EF Education-EasyPost)
47 James Shaw (gbr – EF Education-EasyPost)
108 Ramon Sinkeldam (nld – Alpecin – Deceuninck)
114 Louis Meintjes (rsa – Intermarché-Circus-Wanty)
132 Ruben Guerreiro (por – Movistar)
138 Antonio Pedrero (spa – Movistar)
141 Romain Bardet (fra – Team dsm-firmenich)
DNS stage 15
25 Daniel Felipe Martínez (col – INEOS Grenadiers)
DNS stage 16
135 Matteo Jorgenson (usa – Movistar)
DNS stage 17
127 Alexis Renard (fra – Cofidis)
DNF stage 17
64 Phil Bauhaus (ger – Bahrain Victorious)
DNS stage 18
6 Wout van Aert (bel – Jumbo-Visma)
126 Anthony Perez (fra – Cofidis)
DNF stage 18
123 Simon Geschke (ger – Cofidis)
DNF stage 20
125 Victor Lafay (fra – Cofidis)
The first riders left last year’s Tour de France in stage 5, which was a race with eleven cobbled sectors. Jack Haig, Michael Gogl and Daniel Oss were the first victims. They all crashed out of contention immediately, while Primoz Roglic pushed on until stage 15 before he decided to stop his efforts.