Vuelta 2018: Withdrawals

The start list of the 2018 Vuelta a España featured 22 teams and 176 riders. These riders were forced to leave to La Vuelta. (Slideshow route/profile)

Did not start in the 8th stage
126. Maurits Lammertink (nld - Katusha)

Did not start in the 10th stage
176. Daniel Martin (irl - UAE-Emirates)

Withdrawal in the 10th stage
177. Simone Petilli (ita - UAE-Emirates)

Withdrawal in the 11th stage
17. Alexis Gougeard (fra- AG2R)
55. Georg Preidler (aut - Groupama-FDJ)
201. Nacer Bouhanni (fra - Cofidis)

Withdrawal in the 13th stage
123. José Gonçalves (por - Katusha)

Did not start in the 14th stage
148. Dylan van Baarle (nld - Sky)

Withdrawal in the 14th stage
147. Pavel Sivakov (rus - Sky)

Did not start in the 15th stage
65. Bjorg Lambrecht (bel - Lotto-Soudal)

Did not start in the 16th stage
164. Nicola Conci (Ita - Trek Segafredo)

Did not start in the 17th stage
34. Rohan Dennis (aus - BMC)

Withdrawals in the 17th stage
5. Mark Padun (urk - Bahrain Merida)
186. Jordi Simón (spa - Burgos-BH)

Did not start in the 18th stage
7. Hermann Pernsteiner (aut - Bahrain Merida)
153. Simon Geschke (ger - Sunweb)

Did not start in the 19th stage
47. Lukas Pöstlberger (aut - BORA-hansgrohe)

Withdrawal in the 19th stage
93. Laurens De Plus (Bel - Quick-Step Floors)

In last year's Vuelta a España, 37 riders did not reach Madrid. The most prominent withdrawals were John Degenkolb, Warren Barguil, George Bennett, Sam Oomen, Domenico Pozzovivio, Rohan Dennis, and David de la Cruz.