{"id":251688,"date":"2026-07-06T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:09:25","slug":"arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnaud De Lie out of Tour de France after brutal day of suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-80a7bba7-02c1-4bc1-b5e7-e7c77d4684ff\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/arnaud-de-lie\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/arnaud-de-lie\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/arnaud-de-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arnaud De Lie<\/a> has suffered another dose of hardship and Grand Tour misery, abandoning the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a> towards the end of a day of suffering on a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/racing\/tour-de-france-stage-3-tadej-pogacar-blasts-away-from-jonas-vingegaard-on-final-section-of-les-angles-ascent-for-victory-and-bonus-seconds\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/racing\/tour-de-france-stage-3-tadej-pogacar-blasts-away-from-jonas-vingegaard-on-final-section-of-les-angles-ascent-for-victory-and-bonus-seconds\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/racing\/tour-de-france-stage-3-tadej-pogacar-blasts-away-from-jonas-vingegaard-on-final-section-of-les-angles-ascent-for-victory-and-bonus-seconds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brutal stage<\/a> 3.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian, who had to abandon May\u2019s Giro d\u2019Italia after just three stages due to illness, has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-and-edoardo-affini-recover-from-pre-tour-de-france-misfortunes-to-start-in-barcelona\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-and-edoardo-affini-recover-from-pre-tour-de-france-misfortunes-to-start-in-barcelona\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-and-edoardo-affini-recover-from-pre-tour-de-france-misfortunes-to-start-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered a very similar fate at this Tour de France<\/a>. He was forced to miss Thursday\u2019s teams presentation due to a stomach problem, struggled to train ahead of the race and has suffered badly since the race began on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-80a7bba7-02c1-4bc1-b5e7-e7c77d4684ff-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">After playing no real role in the opening team time trial, De Lie finished dead last on stage 2, but Monday\u2019s stage 3 was when he started to flirt with an exit from the race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;jYDCcabO&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;X9\\\/mXVGac0NphghLH9hZaqWA5d3dhAM\\\/Ih07grnEyMLjuO2E&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Dropped early amid a furiously-paced start as a breakaway struggled to form, De Lie quickly found himself several minutes behind, and continued to bleed time all along a route headed into the medium mountains under a blazing Pyrenean sun.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">As the gap rose above the half-hour mark with 40km to go, the prospect of missing the time cut began to come into focus.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">However, despite battling on for most of the day, De Lie never reached the finish. As we waited for news of whether he would cross the line in time, it was reported that he had abandoned, deep into the stage.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">It has been a trying season for De Lie, who commented that he&#8217;d &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/soon-ill-be-a-buddhist-monk-arnaud-de-lie-struggles-to-stay-calm-amid-avalanche-of-misfortune\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/soon-ill-be-a-buddhist-monk-arnaud-de-lie-struggles-to-stay-calm-amid-avalanche-of-misfortune\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/soon-ill-be-a-buddhist-monk-arnaud-de-lie-struggles-to-stay-calm-amid-avalanche-of-misfortune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soon be a Buddhist monk,<\/a>&#8221; such was the avalanche of misfortune he has had to process. He made that comment at the Tour de Wallonie in early June, and while he did manage to win a stage of that race, in the end, he is back in suffer mode as another Grand Tour has gone off the rails.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-PNN7Jsxa8znUJsyH5x7UEa\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-PNN7Jsxa8znUJsyH5x7UEa slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The big question now, as he lives to fight another day, is whether he can get it back on track.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em>More to follow<\/em><\/p>\n<hr id=\"elk-895ad36c-6ccc-43c0-9907-cf7faa443d58\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-b2c78b58-fc29-4807-b1c1-5c33c56fbacf\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><strong>The world\u2019s biggest bike race deserves world-class coverage. 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