Tour de France 2026: Withdrawals

fotobureau Cor VosOn 4 July, a 184-rider peloton representing 23 teams rolled out in Barcelona. Not all of them will make it to the finish in Paris. Cyclingstage.com keeps track of every rider who abandons the race.

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.

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182 Clément Berthet (Fra - Groupama-FDJ)

The 2025 Tour also began with a peloton of 184 riders. Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger both crashed 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.