Tour de France 2026: Withdrawals

withdrawals - Tour de France 2026: Withdrawalsfotobureau 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.

Last updated on 19 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.

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)

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.

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