Tour de France abandons: All of the riders who have left the 2024 edition

Every rider who starts the Tour de France wants to finish the race, but there isn't a single edition of the sport's biggest show that doesn't end in heartbreak for a significant number of riders.

This year's Tour began in Florence, Italy rather than on French soil with the 2024 Paris Olympic Games pushing the race south with a finish in Nice rather than the usual parade onto the Champs-Élysées.

Cyclingnews will track the withdrawals from the Tour de France from stage 1 to the finish on stage 21.

Stage 1

Michele Gazzoli (Astana) DNF

Astana's Tour de France got off to a terrible start, with Mark Cavendish struggling off the back in the searing head of Tuscany on stage 1. As his team rallied around him, helping him through episodes of vomiting, Gazzoli was hit by apparent leg cramps and climbed off, not finishing the stage and missing the opportunity to race the Tour de France through his home region of Lombardy on stage 3.

Stage 4

Casper Pedersen (Soudal-QuickStep) DNS

Casper Pedersen was set to become a DNS on stage 4 of the Tour after crashing heavily in the closing kilometres of stage 3, breaking his collarbone. The Soudal-QuickStep completed stage 3 into Turin in 175th position, but after the full extent of his injuries were revealed later in medical examinations, he could not continue the race.