Caja Rural-Seguros RGA remained determined to fight on in the 2026 Tour de France, but they recognised that losing former yellow jersey Fernando Gaviria to a mass crash on stage 12 constituted a major setback.
The team had already lost one rider, Alex Molenaar, on stage 5 into Pau after he fell and fractured a finger in another late crash, and a week later, Fernando Gaviria will now be unable to continue.