Matteo Jorgenson abandons Tour de France ahead of stage 16

BELLEVILLEENBEAUJOLAIS FRANCE JULY 13 Matteo Jorgenson of USA and Movistar Team crosses the finish line of stage twelve of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1688km stage from Roanne to BellevilleenBeaujolais UCIWT on July 13 2023 in BellevilleenBeaujolais France Photo by Jean CatuffeGetty Images
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Movistar’s difficult Tour de France has continued into the third week of the race as the team announced Tuesday morning that Matteo Jorgenson would be a DNS for stage 16.

The squad said that Jorgenson was pulling out after tearing his thigh muscle, adding to a growing list of abandons at this year's Tour de France.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.