Medical Reports & Withdrawals Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 stage 7 - Seixas crashes; Onley injured; Almeida, Nordhagen, Healy and Martínez leave the race; Visma block ill

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has long built its reputation on attrition as much as spectacle. From the 7th to 14 of June, crashes, illness, exhaustion, and withdrawals can completely reshape the race, whether in chaotic bunch sprints, freezing mountain conditions or much more.

This live Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes medical reports and withdrawals hub will be updated throughout the race with the latest confirmed injuries, DNS' and DNF's for all stages. As teams release medical updates and riders undergo further assessment after crashes or illness, this article will track all verified developments affecting the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes peloton.

The first stage of the race saw plenty riders already withdraw from the race, a difficult day in the mountains where there was no shortage of suffering. Matthew Riccitello of Decathlon abandoned the race after contracting an illness, putting Paul Seixas is a more fragile position when it comes to the race's mountainous stages.

Furthermore Picnic PostNL's Juan Guillermo Martínez and NSN duo Brady Gilmore and Rotem Teme have all withdrawn from the race as well. Astana's Florian Samuel Kajamini has been removed from the race after missing out on the time limit for the stage.

Two more DNF's on stage 2. Both Roel van Sintmaartensdijk of Lotto-Intermarché, and Gorka Sorarrain of the Caja Rural - Seguros RGA team abandoned the race on stage 2.

Diego Pescador (Movistar Team): did not start stage 3 due to a flu-like illness after a bad night - abandoned the race

UAE's Ivo Oliveira did not start the stage whilst at the finish, it was Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's Haimar Etxeberria who did not cross the line. Throughout the stage we've also seen crashes from Baptiste Veistroffer and Sam Watson, two riders who finished the stage together in the last two positions.

Three riders were DNS at the start of the day, with Matej Mohoric, and Movistar Team duo Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda and Ivan Romeo all out of the race through illness.

Six riders DNS on stage 6. Wout van Aert leaves the race for medical examinations following a training crash last week. Other riders not to take to the line included Michael Matthews, Finn Fisher-Black, Matevž Govekar, Hannes Wilksch and Pau Marti.

There were abandonments during the stage. Josh Tarling suffered a crash and left the race, Kevin Geniets and Senna Remijn also abandoned.

There were also crashes for Dillon Corkery, Santiago Buitrago and Oscar Onley during the stage, but those riders finished.

The day was marked by the fall of Paul Seixas, described in detail by the Frenchman following the stage. He finished the stage after a high-speed crash, but suffered abrasions in multiple parts of his body.

Many riders did not start the stage, some due to injuries, others due to the lack of form, and others who were taken out of the race with other goals in mind. Oscar Onley's injuries were confirmed as a dislocated shoulder and leg contusions, after he was left hanging from a tree next to a ravine on stage 6's crash.

João Almeida was amongst those who did not start the stage, alongside Ben Healy, Marco Frigo, Alexey Faure Pront, Dillon Corkery, Gijs Leemreize, Jorgen Nordhagen, Per Strand Hagenes, Pepijn Reinderink, Nicola Conci and Emanuel Buchmann.

Many more did not finish the stage: Daan Hoole, Gal Glivar, Steff Cras, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Daniel Martínez, Anders Johannessen, Sam Watson, Pablo Castrillo and Mathieu Kockelmann.