'Fighter' João Almeida continues Tour de France with broken rib while Eddie Dunbar is forced out of the race following stage 7 crash

ROUEN, FRANCE - JULY 08: (L-R) Mathieu van der Poel of Netherlands and Team Alpecin - Deceuninck - Yellow Leader Jersey, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and Joao Almeida of Portugal and UAE Team Emirates - XRG attack during the 112th Tour de France, Stage 4 a 174.2km stage from Amiens Metropole to Rouen / #UCIWT / on July 08, 2025 in Rouen, France. (Photo by Bernard Papon - Pool/Getty Images).

Jayco-AlUla racer Eddie Dunbar has become the latest rider to abandon the Tour de France ahead of Saturday's sprint stage to Laval, the Irishman forced to pull out after crashing hard late on stage 7 to the Mûr-de-Bretagne.

Dunbar, who lay 29th overall after finishing fourth from the break on stage 6 to Vire Normandie, was among numerous riders going down hard in a mass crash with 6.5km to go on Friday's stage.