A crash in the rain-soaked second stage made Guillaume Martin the first rider to abandon the Vuelta. The Frenchman pulled out with two fractured vertebrae.
The 2024 runner-up, Ben O’Connor, called it quits on stage 13, on the way to El Angliru, when he was languishing in 25th place overall.
DNF stage 2
135. Guillaume Martin (fra – Groupama-FDJ)
DNS stage 3
12. Axel Zingle (fra – Visma | Lease a Bike)
31. Jorge Arcas (spa – Movistar)
DNF stage 4
53. Valentin Paret-Peintre (fra – Soudal-QuickStep)
216. Carlos García Pierna (spa – Burgos Burpellet BH)
DNS stage 6
54. Pepijn Reinderink (nld – Soudal-QuickStep)
174. Simon Carr (gbr – Cofidis)
203. Arjen Livyns (bel – Lotto)
DNF stage 6
152. Koen Bouwman (nld – Team Jayco AlUla)
DNS stage 7
165. Cristián Rodríguez (spa – Arkéa B&B Hotels)
DNF stage 7
78 Luca Vergallito (ita – Alpecin-Deceuninck)
218. Daniel Cavia (spa – Burgos Burpellet BH)
DNF stage 8
177. Oliver Knight (gbr – Cofidis)
213. Eric Antonio Fagúndez (uru – Burgos Burpellet BH
221. George Bennett (nzl – Israel-Premier Tech)
DNS stage 10
197. Casper van Uden (nld – Team Picnic PostNL)
DNF stage 10
161. Raúl García Pierna (spa – Arkéa B&B Hotels)
DNS stage 11
73. Ramses Debruyne (bel – Alpecin-Deceuninck?
178. Paul Ourselin (fra – Cofidis)
DNF stage 11
156. Chris Harper (aus – Team Jayco AlUla)
DNF stage 12
81. Esteban Chaves (col – EF Education-EasyPost)
217. Sinuhé Fernández (spa – Burgos Burpellet BH)
DNF stage 13
34. Pablo Castrillo (spa – Movistar)
86. Archie Ryan (irl – EF Education-EasyPost)
143. Fernando Barceló (spa – Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
151. Ben O’Connor (aus – Team Jayco AlUla)
DNS stage 14
124. Sergio Higuita (col – XDS Astana Team)
DNS stage 16
13. Victor Campenaerts (bel – Visma | Lease a Bike)
58. Gianmarco Garofoli (ita – Soudal-QuickStep?
DNF stage 16
38. Javier Romo (spa – Movistar)
DNF stage 17
113. Xabier Mikel Azparren (spa – Q36.5)
In 2024, La Vuelta started with 176 riders, 39 of whom did not reach the finish in Madrid. After a crash in stage 2, Dylan van Baarle was the first rider to abandon. João Almeida was the first GC contender forced to quit, as he had contracted COVID-19. Antonio Tiberi, who at the time was leading the young riders classification, failed to complete stage 9 due to heatstroke.
Three-time stage winner Wout van Aert abandoned in stage 16 after a crash on the descent of the Collada Llomena. At that point, he was leading both the mountains and points classifications.