Tour de France abandons – All the riders who have quit the 2026 race

Riders may abandon for a variety of reasons, including crashes, injuries, illness, or simply fatigue. Riders can quit mid-stage, climbing into a team car or, in the worst case, leaving in an ambulance, or they may finish the stage but decide not to start the next one.

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If a rider quits mid-stage, they are recorded as ‘did not finish’ (DNF), and if they fail to start a stage, it’s a ‘did not start’ (DNS).

Riders can also be made to leave the race by the commissaires or race jury, who enforce all the rules, either with a disqualification (DSQ) for serious rule infringements, or for finishing outside the time limit on a given stage (OTL). You can find out more about the time limit with our explainer.

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Here, we will track all the riders who drop out of the 2026 Tour between Barcelona and Paris.