Tour de France 2026: Withdrawals

fotobureau Cor VosOn 4 July, 184 riders from 23 teams set off in Barcelona. Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, Florian Lipowitz and Tim Merlier, who had already won three stages at that point, were the most notable riders to abandon the race. In total, 26 riders did not make it to the finish in Paris.

Last updated on 26 July

Clément Berthet was the first rider to abandon the Tour de France. The Frenchman crashed in the opening team time trial after losing control on a manhole cover. Although he finished the stage, he was too badly injured to take the start of stage 2.

Double Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard crashed in stage 15 and was forced to abandon, while Tim Merlier pulled out that day in the high mountains after winning thee sprints stages earlier in de Tour.

Florian Lipowitz, who finished third in 2025, crashed during the stage 16 time trial and was forced to abandon the race. At the time, he was fifth overall.

DNS stage 2
182 Clément Berthet (fra - Groupama-FDJ)

DNF stage 3
151 Arnaud De Lie (bel - Lotto-Intermarché)

OTL stage 4
116 Kelland O'Brien (aus - Team Jayco AlUla)

DNS stage 6
224 Alex Molenaar (nld - Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)

DNF stage 6
96 Bert Van Lerberghe (bel - Soudal-QuickStep)
141 Cian Uijtdebroeks (bel - Movistar)
192 Arvid de Kleijn (nld - Tudor)

DNS stage 7
127 Torstein Træen (nor - Uno-X Mobility)

DNS stage 10
197 Matteo Trentin (ita - Tudor)

DNS stage 11
173 Chris Harper (aus - Pinarello Q36.5)

DNS stage 13
153 Jenno Berckmoes (bel - Lotto-Intermarché)
212 Frits Biesterbos (fra - Team Picnic PostNL)
221 Fernando Gaviria (col - Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)

DNS stage 14
102 Ramses Debruyne (bel - Alpecin-Premier Tech)

OTL stage 14
123 Anthon Charmig (den - Uno-X Mobility)

DNF stage 15
11 Jonas Vingegaard (den - Visma | Lease a Bike)
91 Tim Merlier (bel - Soudal-QuickStep)
138 Tom Van Asbroeck (bel - NSN Cycling)

DNS stage 16
154 Lars Craps (bel - Lotto-Intermarché)

DNF stage 16
25 Florian Lipowitz (ger - Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)

DNS stage 18
228 José Félix Parra (Spa - Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)

DNF stage 18
4 Brandon McNulty (usa - UAE Emirates-XRG)

DNF stage 19
12 Edoardo Affini (ita - Visma | Lease a Bike)
148 Einer Rubio (col - Movistar)

DNF stage 20
97 Ilan van Wilder (bel - Soudal-QuickStep
112 Pascal Ackermann (ger - Team Jayco AlUla)

The 2025 Tour de France saw both Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger crash early in the opening stage, just moments apart. Although they remounted, neither made it to the finish. Other high-profile withdrawals in 2025 included João Almeida, Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel.