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Tour de France 2023 : Les abandons

Retrouvez la liste des abandons du Tour de France 2023 avec une mise à jour quotidienne et en temps réel, étape par étape. Ils sont 176 coureurs à s’élancer mais ne seront pas autant de participants à rejoindre les Champs-Elysées trois semaines plus tard.

Différentes raisons comme une chute, maladie, fatigue physique, un hors délais, peuvent expliquer un abandon sur une épreuve cycliste. Retrouvez tous les abandons du  Tour de France 2023 .

MAS Enric (Movistar Team) Abandon

CARAPAZ Richard (EF Education-EasyPost) Non partant

SANCHEZ Luis Leon (Astana Qazaqstan Team) – Non partant GUARNIERI Jacopo (Lotto Dstny) – Non partant

CAVENDISH Mark (Astana Qazaqstan Team) – Abandon CRAS Steff (TotalEnergies) – Abandon

SIMMONS Quinn (Lidl – Trek) – Non partant

JAKOBSEN Fabio (Soudal – Quick Step) – Non partant DE LA CRUZ David (Astana Qazaqstan Team) – Abandon

EWAN Caleb (Lotto Dstny) – Abandon TURNER Ben (INEOS Grenadiers) – Abandon

GUERREIRO Ruben (Movistar Team) – Abandon SINKELDAM Ramon (Alpecin-Deceuninck ) – Abandon CHAVES Esteban (EF Education-EasyPost) – Abandon PEDRERO Antonio (Movistar Team) – Abandon MEINTJES Louis (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) – Abandon SHAW James (EF Education-EasyPost) – Abandon BARDET Romain (Team dsm – firmenich) – Abandon

MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe (INEOS Grenadiers) – Non partant

JORGENSON Matteo (Movistar Team) – Non partant

RENARD Alexis (Cofidis) – Non partant BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain – Victorious) – Abandon

VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo-Visma) – Non partant PEREZ Anthony (Cofidis) – Non partant GESCHKE Simon (Cofidis) – Abandon

LAFAY Victor (Cofidis) – Abandon

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Following a relatively incident-free opening two weeks of the 2023 Tour de France, stage 14 of the race saw a number of key crashes which reduced the peloton by seven more riders. 

A large pile-up early on the stage saw a number of riders hit the deck: Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) were two of the biggest names to withdraw from the race following a 20 minute neutralisation. 

EF's day got even worse when James Shaw, who had been enjoying an impressive debut Tour, left the race in an ambulance after crashing not long after the race had resumed. Team DSM-firmenich leader Romain Bardet also crashed on the same descent and left the Tour. 

The fall out didn't stop there however as Dani Martínez (Ineos Greandiers) was forced to end his race early after showing symptoms of concussion the following morning.

Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) then abandoned ahead of the individual time trial on stage 16, bringing the total number of riders to have left this year's race to 20; the most notable being the abandon of Mark Cavendish on stage eight. 

Last year, 134 riders finished the 2022 Tour de France after 42 riders failed to finish. With a handful of stages still remaining, there is potential for plenty more dropouts, which Cycling Weekly will keep updated stage-by-stage. 

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Enric Mas (Movistar) DNF - broken shoulder blade

Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) DNS - cracked patellar

Jacopo Guanieri (Lotto-Dstny) DNS - fractured collar bone, ribs

Louis Leon Sanchez (Astana Qazaqstan) DNS - broken collarbone

Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) - broken collarbone

Steff Crass (TotalEnergies) - crash

Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) - crash

Fabio Jakobson (Soudal - Quick-Step) - shoulder injury

David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan) - elbow trauma

Ben Turner (Inoes Grenadiers) - stomach illness

Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) - fatigue

Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) - crash

James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost) - crash

Louis Meintjes (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) - crash

Romain Bardet (DSM-firmenich) - crash 

Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) - crash

Ramon Sinkeldam (Alpecin-Deceuninck) - crash

Antonio Pedrero (Movistar) - crash 

Daniel Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) - DNS, concussion from crash on stage 14

Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) - DNS, hamstring tear from crash Stage 17 Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) Illness

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Jack Elton-Walters hails from the Isle of Wight, and would be quick to tell anyone that it's his favourite place to ride. He has covered a varied range of topics for Cycling Weekly , producing articles focusing on tech, professional racing and cycling culture. He moved on to work for Cyclist Magazine in 2017 where he stayed for four years until going freelance. He now returns to Cycling Weekly from time-to-time to cover racing, review cycling gear and write longer features for print and online.

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“I Won’t Lie, I Cried.” The Peloton Reacts After Mark Cavendish Is Forced to Abandon His Last Tour

The cycling world is collectively devastated about the result none of us wanted for Cav in this year's Tour de France.

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Yesterday, on stage 8, Cavendish, who announced that he would retire from professional cycling at the end of this season, suffered a crash about 40 miles from the finish line of the 125 mile route from Libourne to Limoges.

“Someone changed line, and he just hit the rear wheel of the guy in front of him and went down,” said Astana-Qazaqstan teammate Gianni Moscon according to NPR .

Television images showed the legendary rider laying on his back with his sunglasses on the ground. Cavendish attempted to elevate his upper body to no avail. As he grimaced in pain while holding his right shoulder it was immediately clear that this injury was more than road rash.

“This is not good news,” said the Tour’s announcer . “Cavendish is holding that right collarbone.”

Within minutes Cavendish was moved to an ambulance. With his shoulder in a sling and his helmet removed, the Tour announcers confirmed the unimaginable: “Mark Cavendish has abandoned the Tour de France.”

Hours later, his team tweeted “ @MarkCavendish broke his right collarbone. Moreover because of the fracture an ostesynthesis screw in the acromioclavicular joint (being there since his crash in 2017 Tour de France) is loose.” He was taken to a hospital in France where he is expected to undergo surgery according to ESPN .

The peloton and cycling media reacted quickly to the news.

“I won't lie, I cried,” said Mark Renshaw, Cavendish's lead-out man for nine seasons and Astana-Qazaqstan sprint consultant according to SBS Sport . “Who would’ve thought, in January, that he’d be here running second in the Tour de France and the next day crashing.”

“It’s so sad that such a legend has to finish the Tour like this. Hopefully I can do the last race he’s going to do as well to honor a legend,” said stage 8 winner Mads Pedersen according to Velon CC .

"If you're going to sprint 100 times, he's going to beat me 100 times," said Peter Sagan according to Velon CC .

"It's really, really, a shame,'' said Tadej Pogacar according to the Associated Press . “Everybody wanted to see him go for one more win."

“When I asked him a few weeks ago what he’d like to be remembered for, Mark said he’d want people to look at his story and [realize] the importance of never giving up. Mark Cavendish simply never gave up. In the face of critics, doubters, team non-selection and against the odds themselves, he kept doing what he does, and almost pulled off one final stage win,” posted sports journalist Orla Chennaoui.

Cavendish’s fall came hours after his agonizingly close sprint finish loss to Jasper Philipsen on stage 7. After the race Cavendish explained that he suffered a mechanical mishap-his second of the day-just 50 meters from the finish line.

“Unfortunately, I had a problem with my gears when I was sprinting,” Cavendish said according to Cycling Weekly. “I went from the 11 [sprocket] to the 12 and had to sit down and go back to the 11. It was pretty devastating there, actually. It wasn’t good. I guess it’s not meant to be.”

But no one wants that conclusion. No one.

Especially not the Manx Missile. Cavendish joined Astana-Qazaqstan earlier this year to try for a 35th win after he was left off the Tour de France roster by his former team-Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl. If he retires as planned, fans and critics may wonder what could have been. Until then, Bicycling wishes the sprint legend a speedy recovery.

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Tour de France 2023: Withdrawals

Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz abandoned the Tour de France after crashing on the same corner in the descent of Côte de Vivero. The Olympic Champion remounted and reached the finish, only to find out after tests that his left knee had been fractured. Mas did not continue with a fractured scapula, so he was the first rider to abandon the 2023 Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish hit the deck in stage 8 and pulled out with a shoulder injury.

DNF stage 1 131 Enric Mas (spa – Movistar)

DNS stage 2 41 Richard Carapaz (ecu – EF Education-EasyPost)

DNS stage 5 186 Jacopo Guarnieri (ita – Lotto-Dstny) 197 Luis León Sánchez (spa – Astana Qazaqstan Team)

DNF stage 8 191 Mark Cavendish (gbr – Astana Qazaqstan Team) 214 Steff Cras (bel – TotalEnergies)

DNS stage 9 87 Quinn Simmons (usa – Lidl-Trek)

DNS stage 12 56 Fabio Jakobsen (nld – Soudal-QuickStep)

DNS stage 12 193 David de la Cruz (spa – Astana Qazaqstan Team)

DNS stage 13 28 Ben Turner (gbr – INEOS Grenadiers) 181 Caleb Ewan (aus – Lotto-Dstny)

DNS stage 14 44 Esteban Chaves (col – EF Education-EasyPost) 47 James Shaw (gbr – EF Education-EasyPost) 108 Ramon Sinkeldam (nld – Alpecin – Deceuninck) 114 Louis Meintjes (rsa – Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) 132 Ruben Guerreiro (por – Movistar) 138 Antonio Pedrero (spa – Movistar) 141 Romain Bardet (fra – Team dsm-firmenich)

DNS stage 15 25 Daniel Felipe Martínez (col – INEOS Grenadiers)

DNS stage 16 135 Matteo Jorgenson (usa – Movistar)

DNS stage 17 127 Alexis Renard (fra – Cofidis)

DNF stage 17 64 Phil Bauhaus (ger – Bahrain Victorious)

DNS stage 18 6 Wout van Aert (bel – Jumbo-Visma) 126 Anthony Perez (fra – Cofidis)

DNF stage 18 123 Simon Geschke (ger – Cofidis)

DNF stage 20 125 Victor Lafay (fra – Cofidis)

The first riders left last year’s Tour de France in stage 5, which was a race with eleven cobbled sectors. Jack Haig, Michael Gogl and Daniel Oss were the first victims. They all crashed out of contention immediately, while Primoz Roglic pushed on until stage 15 before he decided to stop his efforts.

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Tour de France 2023: Pedersen wins stage eight after Cavendish crashes out – as it happened

Mark Cavendish crashed out of his ifnal Tour with 60 kilometres to go on a stage that was won in a sprint finish by the Danish Lidl-Trek rider Mads Pedersen

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The top five on General Classification

Jonas Vingegaard retains the yellow jersey with a lead of 25 seconds over Tadej Pogacar. Simon Yates’s crash five kilometres from home cost him 47 seconds and he drops from fourth to sixth on GC.

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 34hr 09min 38sec

2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +25 sec

3. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1min 34sec

4. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +3min 30sec

5. Adam Yates (UAE Emirates) +3min 40sec

Cavendish crashes out as Pedersen prevails

Stage eight report: Mark Cavendish crashed out of the Tour de France on stage eight from Libourne to Limoges, after suffering a suspected broken collarbone, with Danish sprinter Mads Pedersen taking his first stage win this year. Jeremy Whittle reports from Limoges …

An email: “I feel absolutely gutted for Mark Cavendish,” writes David Alderton. “He is superb, and I think he would have got one more win this year, and I reckon most thought it, too. Cycling is the most beautiful yet the cruellest sport.

“On collarbones, in 2003 Tyler Hamilton fractured his in a couple of places in the early stages, yet (I think) finished the Tour in the service of Lance Armstrong. He ground his teeth down, he says, as the pain was so bad.

“Speaking of the early 2000s and Armstrong, I’m really enjoying the duel between the Vingegaard and Pogacar on the climbs. It’s reminding me of the Armstrong and Pantani rivalry, but it seems much better natured. There’s apparently genuine respect there, and after the race everything gets put back in the box.”

Mark Cavendish: The Manx Missile was forced to pull out his final Tour de France , after crashing about 60 kilometres from the finish and appearing to fracturie his collarbone. Mads Pedersen, today’s stage winner, pays tribute to the great man.

“For me it was a pleasure to be able to race with Mark,” he says. “I always had a good relationship with him in the peloton and it’s so sad that such a legend has to finish the Tour like this. I wish all the best for Mark and hopefully I can do the last race he’s going to do as well, to honour a legend who is top in cycling.”

The sprint finish: Wout van Aert almost certainly should have won the stage but was forced to brake after getting boxed in behind his own teammate, Christophe Laporte in the closing stages. Laporte was on leadout duty for Van Aert, but failed to get out of his way once he’d finished his duties. Van Aert was forced to brake briefly before resuming his effort but despite a fine effort, he ran out of road before he could catch Pedersen and Philipsen. I suspect the atmosphere at the Jumbo-Visma dinner table could be frosty this evening.

General classification: Jonas Vingegaard retains the yellow jersey, while Simon Yates seems to have dropped two places to sixth in the GC following his crash five kilometres from the finish.

Mads Pedersen wins stage eight: On a day in which Mark Cavendish was forced to abandon the Tour, the Danish rider holds off Philipsen and Wout van Aert to win the stage in a time of 4hr 12min 26sec. Dylan Groenewegen was fourth.

Mads Pedersen wins the stage!

The Lidl-Trek rider wins the sprint despite the best attempts of Jasper Philipsen to nick it in the closing metres.

1.5km to go: Wout van Aert, Jasper Phiilipsen, Mads Pedersen, Bryan Coquard, Julian Alaphilippe and Dylan Groenewegen are all well placed as we enter the final kilometre, which is uphill.

3km to go: Steff Crass (TotalEnergies) was involved in that crash in which Simon Yates hit the deck and has been forced to abandon.

4km to go: Jasper Philipsen is near the front of the bunch, surrounded by Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates.

6km to go: There’s another crash and Simon Yates, who is fourth in the General Classification, comes down. He remounts and sets off to try and rejoin the peloton.

6km to go: As the peloton tries to sort itself out ahead of the finish, Lotto-Dstny rider Victor Campenaerts tries a sneaky attack. He’s quickly reeled in.

8km to go: After a heroically doomed effort, Anthony Turgis sits up and is swallowed by the peloton. Chapeau that man.

9km to go: The riders of Jumbo-Visma are lined up at the front of the peloton, putting the hammer down and piling the hurt on the bunch in an effort to get rid of the pure sprinters to increase Wout van Aert’s chances of winning the stage. Alexander Kristoff and Phil Bauhaus have been dropped.

12km to go: Anthony Turgis hits the foot of the final climb of the day, the Category 4 Côte de Condat-sur-Vienne. It’s 289 metres high and 1.3km in length, with an average gradient of 5.4%.

15km to go: ANthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) is on his own in front with a lead of 38 seconds over the peloton. The road is wide and the riders of Jumbo-Visma, Lotto-Dstny and Uno-X are at the front of the chasing posse.

16km to go: In the breakaway, Anthony Turgis attacks and drops his two fellow riders, who are unable to keep up with him.

18km to go: If you’re just joining me for the ubnsinmess end of the stage, we have three leaders, Anthony Delaplace (Arkea), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) and Tim Declercq (Soudal-Quick Step), out in front with a dwindling lead that is now down to 50 seconds. The sad news from today’s stage is that Mark Cavendish has been forced to abandon after crashing near the back end of of the peloton with 59 kilometres to go. He appeared to have broken his collarbone.

20km to go: Having been told his teammate has been caught by the peloton, Tim Declercq has started pulling his weight in the breakaway again. Anthony Delaplace is struggling a little to stay on his wheel.

21km to go: Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan van Baarle is doing another pull at the front of the peloton and they’ve reeled Kasper Asgreen back in. The gap to the three leaders is down to one minute.

26km to go: Kasper Asgreen has opened a lead of 20 seconds on the peloton, while the lead trio are 1min 42sec ahead of the bunch. Dylan Groenewegen’s Jayco-AlUla teammates are putting in the hard yards at the front of the peloton. In the leasd group, Declercq has stopped doing his turns on the front, all the better to help Asgreen, his teammate, bridge the gap between the peloton and the leaders.

32km to go: “Devastated for Cav here,” writesd Ali Kinnaird. “It wasn’t supposed to end this way but this will not overshadow his stupendous achievements. A cycling immortal and surely one of the greatest British sportspeople of all time.”

Fun fact: Cavendish did his first ever mainstream media interview with me ahead of his first Tour as a cocky young whippersnapper riding for the German T-Mobile team. I’d never heard of him at the time and had no idea how good he’d turn out to be but remember being very impressed with his self-assurance and good sense of humour.

35km to go: The gap from the breakaway to the bunch is steadily coming down and is now at 1min 46sec. Asgreen is 10 seconds clear of the peloton.

37km to go: Soudal-Quick Step rider Kasper Asgreen attacks off the front of the peloton and opens a conspicuous gap of 10 seconds. His teammate Tim Declercq is already up the road in the breakaway.

39km to go: “I can’t stand the new green jersey,” writes Nick Honeywell. “The whole point of the jerseys for the leaders in the classifications is that they’re supposed to help them stand out from the rest of the peloton, and the drab green this year completely fails to do this. Bring back the unmissable lurid green jersey!

“I had similar complaints albeit from the other direction back when Jumbo-Visma raced in almost all-yellow jerseys, as that made it harder to spot the genuine yellow jersey.

“As for the points, I’m quite happy for pure sprinters to win it if they get the chance. I mean, isn’t the jersey for the rider who competes best across all terrain in the race the, er, yellow jersey?”

40km to go: With a stiff tailwind behind them, the peloton is being towed along by a teammate of Cofidis sprinter Bryan Coquard, another man who’ll have his eye on today’s prize. The gap is down to 2min 10sec and big news today is that Mark Cavendish has been forced to abandon the race.

45km to go: Anthony Delaplace (Arkea), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) and Tim Declercq (Soudal-Quick Step) continue to wend their way towards Limoges, their lead at 2min 21sec.

48km to go: Lidl-Trek continue to make the pace at the front of a peloton that has just lost Mark Cavendish to what looks like a broken collarbone. He climbed into the back of a medical car looking quite dazed, turned down the offer of painkillers and the door was closed behind him. It’s an awful shame that he wasn’t able to finish his final Tour in Paris on his own terms.

53km to go: Anthony Delaplace (Arkea), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) and Tim Declercq (Soudal-Quick Step) remain out in front with a lead of 2min 22sec.

55km to go: Following his near miss yesterday, Cavendish goes out of the race on the back of some absolutely rotten luck. He was motoring along near the back of the peloton, came down with five or six other riders and seems to have landed on his shoulder. It could scarcely have been more innocuous but it’s put an end to his final Tour de France . “It’s an absolute sickener,” says Rob Hatch on Eurosport and he’s not wrong.

💔 Mark... #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/7CXUazZrbO — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 8, 2023

Mark Cavendish abandons the Tour de France!

58km to go: Looking extremely disconsolate, Cavendish climbs into the back of a medical van. That’s a heart-breaking way to finish his final Tour. He will end his career with 34 stage Tour wins, the joint record-holder with Eddy Merckx.

59km to go: Cavendish is helped back to his feet and is walking around but has yet to remount his bike. He’s still holding his shoulder.

Mark Cavendish has crashed!

There’s a touch of wheels in the peloton and the Astana rider goes down with several others. He’s lying flat on his back in the road, holding his shoulder. I’m no doctor but the way he’s holding himself, it looks like he might have broken his collarbone. Hopefully that’s not the case.

63km to go: Lidl-Trek riders Giulio Ciccone and Alex Kirsch are pulling the peloton along with the gap down to 2min 40sec. The riders of Jumbo-Visma are tucked in behind them, next to their rivals from Alpecin-Deceuninck.

66km to go: In the breakaway, Anthony Turgis was first over the climb, taking two KOM points, Tim Declercq followed him over and bagged one.

70km to go: The riders are making their way up the Côte de Champs-Romain, the first of theree categorised climbs on today’s route. The gap from the leading trio to the peloton is down to 2min 59sec.

73km to go: James in Amsterdam writes regarding the mini-controversy surrounding yesterday’s sprint finish. “I’m not seeing anything more than Philipsen moving across to grab Cavendish’s wheel,” he says. “Both Girmay and Philipsen wanted Cavendish’s wheel, Philipsen got it. That sort of move happens several times in the run up to every sprint finish and no way will the jury start handing out DSQs for that.

“Two riders wanting the same wheel, one insisting, one relinquishing is an essential and mundane part of the sport. Philipsen’s swerve didn’t impede anyone, cause anyone to brake or put anyone in danger. Therefore it was correctly not considered as a ‘foul’.”

I concur and would add that in his pre-stage interveiw this morning, Cavendish didn’t seem to have any beef with Philipsen or convey any sense of being hard done by. He blamed his defeat on a slipped gear.

75km to go: The riders of Mads Pedersen’s Lidl-Trek team are currently putting in the hard yards at the front of the peloton and the gap is at 3min 38sec. Giulio Ciccone is doing the donkey work at the front of the bunch.

78km to go: “I would be interested to hear from you and fellow readers if they prefer to see the green jersey point system won from sprint wins or consistent finishes,” writes Robin Lynch. “Although it is hard to begrudge Jasper Philippsen his commanding lead, I prefer to see the final jersey won by a rider who competes across all terrain (Sean Kelly, Peter Sagan, Michael Matthews, Wout Van Aert) and the current system of 50 points for a flat stage win makes it more likely that a dominant sprinter takes it. Although not impossible as we saw last year. I’m also keen to hear views on the new style maillot vert - it looks great on the podium but hard to pick out in the peloton. 6/10.”

I’m not a massive fan of the new green jersey, as I think the dark shade of green makes it look like a Bora Hansgrohe jersey.

85km to go: The gap from Declercq, Delaplace and Turgis back to the peloton is in to 3min 53sec and any hopes they have of winning this stage are looking more forlorn by the kilometre. It’s likely to be a hotly contested finish and there are no shortage of riders in the peloton who will fancy thewir chances. Wout van Aert, Jasper Philipsen, Binian Girmay, Mathieu van der Poel, Caleb Ewan and Mads Pedersen are among the favourites.

🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻🌻🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻🌻🌻 🌻… pic.twitter.com/wWgj8b3NsF — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 8, 2023

95km to go: “US coverage just spent a good 4-5 minutes analyzing yesterday’s sprint and the complaints that were filed by the teams of Mark Cavendish and Biniam Girmay,” writes Alex Whitney. “I’m not a competitive cyclist, and am definitely too faint of heart for a sprint, but it seemed pretty clear that there wasn’t a crash solely because Girmay made a choice to not let Philipsen embroil him in one.”

97km to go: Mathiu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), for whom the finish of today’s stage looks tailor made, drops back to his team car for some refreshments and a pow-wow with one of the occupants. Further up the road in the lead trio, Tim Declercq collects an energy bar from his team car.

99km to go: Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan van Baarle is towing the peloton along at 47km per hour. The gap is hovering around the four-minute mark.

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Tour de france stage 3: one for the sprinters, green jersey contenders to get their opportunity..

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Stage 3 — Monday, July 1 Plaisance to Turin Distance: 231.1km (144 miles) Profile: Flat stage

Stage 3: Green jersey contenders to get their chance

Following two days rewarding the climbers, their bulkier colleagues in the peloton will get a chance for the stage honors. Beginning in Plaisance, the stage to Turin is a mostly flat one, although a trio of category 4 climbs will encourage breakaways, including those with ambitions for the polka dot jersey.

The first of those ascents is the Côte de Tortone-Fausto Coppi, named after one of the greatest Italian riders ever. It is situated just outside the village of Tortona, where Coppi lived and, at just 40 years of age, died from malaria.

At just 1.1km, it is far shorter than the type of climbs he thrived upon, but the Tour visiting there is nonetheless an important tribute.

Following an intermediate sprint in Alexandrie, the peloton will race on towards the final two climbs of the stage. The Côte de Barbaresco (km 154) is the day’s steepest at 6.5 percent, but is a mere 1.5km. The Côte de Sommariva Perno is double the length but will also pose few problems for the sprinters, who will be pushing forward inside the remaining 46km before a big bunch finish in Turin.

The view of Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme: “The sprinters will have started the 2024 Tour with their teeth gritted, but now they’ll have something to sink them into with the finish in Turin. Prior to that, the peloton will pay a passing tribute to Fausto Coppi by heading through Tortone, where il Campionissimo died.

“By that point, though, the sprinters’ domestiques will already be hard at work, their focus on ensuring a sprint finale. There’ll be little room for maneuver for the breakaway riders.”

Richard Carapaz abandons Tour de France

Powless takes the polka-dot jersey but Carapaz out after crash with Enric Mas

The EF Education-EasyPost team endured a bittersweet opening stage of the Tour de France , where the cruelty and joy of professional racing stood in stark contrast.

Richard Carapaz was caught up in a crash with Enric Mas (Movistar) that ended each rider’s overall hopes for this year’s race . 

Mas was forced to abandon the Tour due to shoulder injury, while Carapaz sat in the road for several minutes composing himself after the crash. The Ecuadorian champion eventually got a new bike, fought the pain and rode to the finish in central Bilbao, but he lost 15:24. Shortly after the finish, he visited the Tour’s mobile X-ray truck.

The team announced later that further scans revealed a small fracture to Carapaz's left kneecap, meaning he could not continue the race. He also needed three stitches to close the wound in his knee.

On a more positive note, Neilson Powless jumped away to lead over the category 2 Cote de Vivero climb and took the first king of the mountains jersey of the 2023 Tour.

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Cyclingnews saw how Carapaz struggled to walk from the X-ray truck to his team vehicle.

A huge Basque and Colombian crowd packed around the EF Education-EasyPost bus, cheering every rider as they arrived. However, everyone in the team was concerned about Carapaz’ injury.

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Rigoberto Uran lost 5:36, leaving Education-EasyPost with no alternate plans for the overall classification.

Powless lost 1:36 after being distanced on the Côte de Pike after UAE Team Emirates sent first Tadej Pogačar and then eventual stage winner Adam Yates up the road. He was proud to pull on the polka-dot jersey but was also saddened to hear about Carapaz’s crash.

“It’s definitely a mix of emotions right now,” Powless told Cyclingnews behind the podium area.

“I’m so happy to be in this jersey but I really want to find out how Richie is doing. All I heard is that he managed to finish. I hope he is okay.”

EF Education-EasyPost have the knack of taking the polka-dot jersey in the early stages of the Tour. Magnus Cort claimed it in the early stages of the 2022 Tour in Denmark and kept it for a week before later winning the mountain stage to Megève from the breakaway.  Powless hopes to do the same. 

“We knew it was an opportunity but you sort of have to let the opportunity come to you,” Powless said.

“We were lucky and I was happy to have the strength to go for it and get it. We didn’t want to gamble with someone in the breakaway but we thought that if the break was caught before the climb, then the first one over the top would take the jersey.”

Powless made sure he was at the front of the peloton at the foot of the Vivero and then jumped away at the summit to just beat Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché - Circus - Wanty) to the line.

“As soon as I saw the banners indicating the KOM, I just went for it and luckily it was enough to take the points and so the jersey,” Powless said. He has a total of five points and leads Zimmermann by two points.

There are five classified climbs during Sunday’s second stage to San Sebastian and so Powless and EF Education-EasyPost have to decide if they try to defend the jersey and if Powless goes in the break or if they save their strength for a stage win.

Powless won the Clasica San SEbastian in 2021 and so could win stage 2 or other hillier stages in the Tour. 

“It’s a long journey to Paris and this race can go in so many different ways. I’m so happy to have the jersey because this is the Tour de France and I get to wear a jersey,” Powless said gratefully. 

“I felt really good and really strong on the climb, so I hope that bodes well for the rest of the Tour. 

“It’d be nice to keep it but I don’t have too many points. I’m sure there are a lot of other riders who want to wear it too. We’ll see what happens on Sunday.

“I definitely paid for the effort today and getting a stage win should be nice too, though it’ll be difficult to balance those two things. I feel I'll have to decide day by day.”

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters , Shift Active Media , and CyclingWeekly , among other publications.

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