Vuelta 2019: Withdrawals

Mickaël Delage was the first rider to be forced out of the 2019 Vuelta a España. A high fever and a sore throat caused him to abandon the race. Since then prominent riders such as Steven Kruijswijk, Rigoberto Uran and Fabio Aru left La Vuelta for different reasons.

DNS in stage 3
83 Mickaël Delage (fra – Groupama-FDJ)

DNF in stage 4
135 Steven Kruijswijk (nld – Jumbo-Visma)

DNF in stage 5
47 Gregor Mühlberger (aut – BORA-hansgrohe)

DNF in stage 6
71 Rigoberto Uran (col – EF Education First)
72 Hugh Carthy (gbr – EF Education First)
51 Victor de la Parte (spa – CCC)
155 Nicolas Roche (irl – Sunweb)

DNS in stage 7
46 Davide Formolo (ita – BORA-hansgrohe)

DNF in stage 7
78 Tejay van Garderen (usa – EF Education First)

DNF in stage 9
33 Phil Bauhaus (ger – Bahrain-Merida)

DNS in stage 12
88 Benjamin Thomas (fra – Groupama-FDJ)

DNS in stage 13
171 Fabio Aru (ita – UAE Emirates)

DNS in stage 14
194 Domingos Gonçalves (por – Caja Rural-Seguros)

DNF in stage 14
105 Luka Mezgec (slo – Mitchelton-Scott)

DNS in stage 15
54 Patrick Bevin (nzl – CCC)

DNF in stage 15
204 Jesper Hansen (den – Cofidis)
96 Brian van Goethem (ned – Lotto Soudal)

DNS in stage 17
201 Jesús Herrada (fra – Cofidis)

DNF in stage 18
114 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (eri – Dimension Data)
126 Vasil Kiryienka (blr – Ineos)

DNF in stage 18
137 Tony Martin (ger – Jumbo-Visma)
175. Marco Marcato (ita – UAE Emirates)

DNS in stage 20
44 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux – BORA-hansgrohe)

During the last edition eighteen of the 176 riders didn’t finish in Madrid.