Medical Reports & Withdrawals Tour de Suisse 2026 stage 5 - 31 riders out as brutal finale claims Mikel Landa, Matthew Brennan, Julian Alaphilppe and more
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The 2026 Tour de Suisse may have been shortened to five days, but the risk of attrition remains high across a route that starts with steep Italian roads and ends with a mountain stage in Villars-sur-Ollon. Crashes, illness, heat, fatigue and withdrawals can quickly reshape the race, especially with many riders using Suisse as one of their final tests before the Tour de France.
This live Tour de Suisse medical reports and withdrawals hub will be updated throughout the race with the latest confirmed injuries, DNS updates and DNF news from every stage.
As teams release medical statements and riders undergo further checks after crashes or illness, this page will track all verified developments affecting the 2026 Tour de Suisse peloton.
From pre-race non-starters to mid-stage abandonments and post-stage medical updates, this page will follow every confirmed rider withdrawal and injury update across the 2026 Tour de Suisse.
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Stage 1
Oliver Peace of Team Picnic PostNL finished 43:27 down on stage winner Tadej Pogacar and was outside the time cut, which was set at 4:00:11, or 31:20 behind the winner. Owain Doull of Team Visma | Lease a Bike and Matthew Dinham of Team Picnic PostNL both recorded DNFs.
Alessandro Pinarello of NSN Cycling Team did not start the stage, having already been confirmed as a DNS before the race began.
Stage 2
It was a challenging day for Uno-X Mobility, who lost two riders. Both Markus Hoelgaard and Fredrik Dversnes Lavik were both DNF's. Team Picnic PostNL also lost Tim Naberman to DNF, meaning they are already down to four riders.
Stage 3
Stage 3 of the 2026 Tour de Suisse saw seven confirmed withdrawals, with Kaden Groves and Casper van Uden among the riders abandoning on the storm-hit stage around Bad Ragaz.
Remi Cavagna of Groupama - FDJ United, Gil Gelders of Soudal - Quick-Step, Louis Barre of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Cedric Beullens of Lotto Intermarche and Marius Mayrhofer of Tudor Pro Cycling Team also abandoned during the stage.
Stage 4
Patrick Konrad of Lidl-Trek, Alberto Dainese of Soudal - Quick-Step and Orluis Aular of Movistar Team were the three confirmed non-starters for the Aarburg individual time trial.
Stage 5
The brutal final stage of the 2026 Tour de Suisse produced 31 confirmed absences from the results sheet, with 26 riders abandoning during the day and five more not starting in Villars-sur-Ollon.
Mikel Landa was the biggest GC name to abandon, while Paul Lapeira, Oscar Riesebeek, Patrick Gamper, Davide De Pretto, Domen Novak, Alberto Bettiol, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Milan Vader, Fred Wright, Menno Huising, Sven Erik Bystrom, Alexander Kamp, Ben Swift, Pelayo Sanchez, Felix Orn-Kristoff, Jonas Rutsch, Alexey Lutsenko, Pier-Andre Cote, Moritz Kretschy, Dion Smith, Markel Beloki, Luke Lamperti, Marijn van den Berg, Colby Simmons and Arthur Kluckers were also listed as DNFs.
The five confirmed non-starters were Sjoerd Bax, Matthew Brennan, Brandon Smith Rivera, Alec Segaert and Julian Alaphilippe.
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
His reporting spans the full racing calendar, from one-day classics to stage races, with a focus on accurate, real-time coverage and clear contextual analysis. For statistics, results, and historical context, he regularly uses resources such as ProCyclingStats. To support reporting on rider activity and training context where relevant, he also references Strava.
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