{"id":251876,"date":"2026-07-07T18:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/tour-de-france-abandons-peloton-three-riders-down-after-four-stages\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:31:24","slug":"tour-de-france-abandons-peloton-three-riders-down-after-four-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/tour-de-france-abandons-peloton-three-riders-down-after-four-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France abandons \u2013\u00a0Peloton three riders down after four stages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-b4745626-7a29-11f1-8dba-29567b7068fa\">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>kicked off in Barcelona on Saturday, and despite the heatwave and reports of sickness, only three riders have exited the race over the first four stages.<\/p>\n<p>While all the riders got through the opening stage, there was a toll the following day as the first rider had to abandon the race, with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/a-real-blow-groupama-fdj-united-already-a-climber-down-after-tour-de-france-team-time-trial-crash\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/a-real-blow-groupama-fdj-united-already-a-climber-down-after-tour-de-france-team-time-trial-crash\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/a-real-blow-groupama-fdj-united-already-a-climber-down-after-tour-de-france-team-time-trial-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cl\u00e9ment Berthet (Groupama- FDJ United) a DNS (did not start) on stage 2<\/a>.<\/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-b4745626-7a29-11f1-8dba-29567b7068fa-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Only <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one rider failed to finish stage 3, sprinter Arnaud De Lie<\/a><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/arnaud-de-lie-out-of-tour-de-france-after-brutal-day-of-suffering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a>(Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9), who had been dealing with sickness and had finished last on stage 2. The Belgian fought the time cut for most of the day, only to climb off with less than 10km remaining.<\/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\">Stage 4 saw the first rider fall foul of that time cut, with Kelland O&#8217;Brien (Jayco-AlUla) <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/australian-kelland-obrien-deemed-a-real-fighter-as-he-rides-into-foix-finish-more-than-eight-minutes-after-stage-4-time-limit-to-end-tour-de-france-debut\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/australian-kelland-obrien-deemed-a-real-fighter-as-he-rides-into-foix-finish-more-than-eight-minutes-after-stage-4-time-limit-to-end-tour-de-france-debut\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/australian-kelland-obrien-deemed-a-real-fighter-as-he-rides-into-foix-finish-more-than-eight-minutes-after-stage-4-time-limit-to-end-tour-de-france-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffering in the heat and finishing several minutes after the imposed cut-off<\/a>. He will play no further part in the race.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">A total of 184 riders started in Barcelona with the hope of making it to Paris, but as three weeks of racing takes its toll, Grand Tours often see tens of riders abandon across the 21 days and two rest days.<\/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\">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.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">If a rider quits mid-stage, they are recorded as &#8216;did not finish&#8217; (DNF), and if they fail to start a stage, it&#8217;s a &#8216;did not start&#8217; (DNS).<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-wwrGrYgJaPnSNM4iud94R3\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-wwrGrYgJaPnSNM4iud94R3 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\">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.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Here, we will track all the riders who drop out of the 2026 Tour between Barcelona and Paris.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-b4745694-7a29-11f1-8821-3f6d092d1463\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tour-de-france-2026-abandons-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Tour de France 2026 abandons<\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"elk-stage-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-stage-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Stage 1<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul id=\"elk-b4745752-7a29-11f1-9fea-69f28badd0d7\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">\n<li>All riders complete stage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"elk-stage-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-stage-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Stage 2<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul id=\"elk-b4745810-7a29-11f1-9a89-cb60378fbe42\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">\n<li>Cl\u00e9ment Berthet (Groupama-FDJ United) \u2013 DNS, crash on stage 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"elk-stage-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-stage-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Stage 3<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul id=\"elk-b47458ce-7a29-11f1-ac74-bd2b2fe7722c\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">\n<li>Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9) \u2013 DNF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"elk-stage-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-stage-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Stage 4<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul id=\"elk-0fa60dde-7a32-11f1-a083-6d10a6062faf\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">\n<li>Kelland O&#8217;Brien (Jayco-AlUla) &#8211; OTL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-b4745928-7a29-11f1-96cb-27a1de9db0d0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em><strong>The world\u2019s biggest bike race deserves world-class coverage. 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While all the riders got through the opening stage, there was a toll the following day as the first rider had to abandon the race, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6804],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-251876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}