Along with its beautiful route throughout Italy, the Giro d’Italia is known for its drama. Unpredictable weather, chaotic finishes and brutally tough terrain make for a very difficult 21 days of racing.
This year’s Giro d’Italia has seen riders abandon, of course, through unfortunate crashes as there always are, but the field was also heavily affected by illness in the second week, with viruses and fever being reported across teams after the first rest day. That also continued into the final week, with the mountains and harsh weather not exactly kind on riders who were already suffering.
Stage 20, however, was free of abandons. The most recent victims of the Giro's capricious nature of the race were on stage 19, when Andrea Piccolo (EF Education-Easypost) crashed and had to leave as a result. Before the race, Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) decided not to start.The previous day, Christian Scaroni (Astana) dropped out before the stage, while David Dekker (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) departed the race during stage 17.
The day after the final rest day, though, remains the biggest day for departures in the final week, with four riders departing the race. Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), Julius Van den Berg (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) and Jenthe Biermans (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) dropped out.
Danny van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) was also among those leaving due to illness in week three, but the field of fast men had already thinned significantly and it will be a reduced sprint field that battles for honours on the final stage of the race in 2024.
In contrast, the rider who is set to claim the maglia rosa in Rome, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), looks likely to ride across the line with a full squad.
142 riders remain at the 2024 Giro after stage 20 of the 2024 race, with a considerably larger field looking set to finish the race than in 2023, as the high attrition rate last year meant only 124 riders finish in Rome.
Read on for the full rundown of withdrawals from the 2024 Giro d'Italia.
Stage 2
- Robert Gesink (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS, fractured hand
Stage 3
- Eddie Dunbar (Jayco AlUla) - DNS, knee injury
- Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) - DNF, knee injury
Stage 4
- Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) - DNF, crash
- Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) - DNF, knee injury
- Bram Welten (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) - DNS, sickness
Stage 5
- Adrien Petit (Intermarché-Wanty) - DNF, sickness
Stage 6
- Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) - DNS, crash on stage 5
- Riley Pickrell (Israel-Premier Tech) - DNS, crash on stage 5
- Nadav Raisberg (Israel-Premier Tech) - DNS, crash on stage 5
- Florian Lipowitz (Bora-Hansgrohe) - DNS, illness
Stage 8
- Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS, crash on stage 5
Stage 9
- Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) - DNS, sickness
- Alexander Krieger (Tudor) - DNF, fractured ribs and pelvis
Stage 10
- Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS, fever
- Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) - DNS, sickness
- Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor) - DNS, gastrointestinal problems
- Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan) - DNS, acute respiratory viral infection
Stage 11
- Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS, illness
- Stefano Oldano (Cofidis) - DNS, sickness
- Louis Barré (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) - DNS, crash on stage 10
Stage 12
- Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) - DNS, crash on stage 11
Stage 14
- Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) - DNS, lack of upcoming sprint chances
- Luka Mezgec (Jayco-AlUla) - DNS
Stage 15
- Vadim Pronskiy (Astana Qazaqstan) - DNS, sickness
- Clément Davy (Groupama-FDJ) - DNF
Stage 16
- Jenthe Biermans (Arkea-B&B Hotels) - DNS, crash on previous stage
- Danny van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) - DNS, sickness
- Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) - DNF, sickness
- Julius van den Berg (DSM-Firmenich Postnl) - DNF, sickness
Stage 17
- David Dekker (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) - DNF
Stage 18
- Cristian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan) - DNS, fever
Stage 19
- Andrea Piccolo (EF Education-EasyPost) DNF, crash
- Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) DNS
The full list of remaining riders at the 2024 Giro d'Italia, powered by FirstCycling
