Medical Report and withdrawals Tour de France 2024 Update stage 3 - Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Phlipsen involved in crash-marred stage

Throughout the 2024 Tour de France there will be many riders to withdraw from the race, for several different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the Grand Boucle, as well as list out a few of the main crashes and health issues that take place during the race.

Stage 1

The first day of the race was as eventful as one could expect. Even before the race began Jan Hirt of Soudal - Quick-Step had a freak incident, having been caught in a backpack of a spectator in the starting area which caused him to fall and chip three teeth.

Mark Cavendish has fell ill during the stage, a very complicated start for Astana Qazaqstan Team which also saw Michele Gazzoli as the first DNF of the race, only a few hours after it started. Wilco Kelderman of Visma has been involved in a crash.

Stage 2

A day without major injuries but with big figures hitting the deck. Just before the intermediate sprint there was a crash in the peloton that involved Wout van Aert and Matteo Jorgenson of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, who only suffered minor injuries. Laurens de Plus of INEOS Grenadiers suffered quite a lot of road rash however. Johannes Kulset of Uno-X Mobility was also involved in a fall.

Stage 3

The Tour sees it's second abandon as Remco Evenepoel's domestique Casper Pedersen crashed today and suffered a fractured collarbone. The Dane still finished the day, but will not start stage 4. Mostly a calm day, it then had a furious finale with crashes in the final kilometers. Mathieu van der Poel for one was involved in an individual incident as was Bruno Armirail; but then there was a mass crash inside the final 2 kilometers which likely involved all of the following: Jasper Philipsen, Michael Morkov, Soren Kragh Andersen, Ion Izagirre, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Christophe Laporte, Robbe Ghys, Guillaume Boivin, Jake Stewart, Alexis Renard and Soren Waerenskjold.