The Vuelta a Espana has been seeing several withdrawals over the opening days of racing for several different, and here you can keep up with all riders who abandoned the race, in which stage that has happened and why.
Latest update: During the 18th stage of the Vuelta, there was a very heavy crash involving several high-level riders in the opening kilometers of the stage. This included the likes of Mads Pedersen and Carlos Rodríguez, but has also forced KOM classification leader Jay Vine and Quentin Pacher to abandon.
Nairo Quintana (Arkéa Samsic). UCI sanction defense
Stage 1
198 - Manuel Peñalver (Burgos-BH). Covid-19
Stage 2
114 - Steff Cras (Lotto Soudal). Crash; broken scafoid, elbow, finger
Stage 3
101 - Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech). Crash; concussion and road rash
Stage 4
Stage 5
164 - Daan Hoole (Trek - Segafredo). Covid-19
Stage 6
92 - Jan Hirt (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux). Covid-19
Stage 7
13 - Jaakko Hänninen (AG2R Citroën Team). Covid-19
18 - Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën Team). Covid-19
57 - Rémy Rochas (Cofidis). Crash
Stage 8
78 - Jake Stewart (Groupama - FDJ). Covid-19
104 - Itamar Einhorn (Israel - Premier Tech).
151 - Nikias Arndt (Team DSM). Covid-19
155 - Mark Donovan (Team DSM). Covid-19
195 - Victor Langellotti (Burgos-BH). Crash; concussion, broken collarbone
222 - Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa Samsic). Covid-19
Stage 9
6 - Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma). Fever
34 - Wout Poels (Bahrain - Victorious). Covid-19
97 - Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux). Injuries from past crash
136 Pieter Serry (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team). Covid-19
158 - Henri Vandenabeele (Team DSM).
Stage 10
2 - Edoardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma). Covid-19
41 - Sam Bennett (BORA - hansgrohe). Covid-19
56 - José Herrada (Cofidis). Covid-19
84 - Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers). Covid-19
115 - Jarrad Drizners (Lotto Soudal). Covid-19
117 - Harry Sweeny (Lotto Soudal). Covid-19
122 - Mathias Norsgaard (Lotto Soudal). Covid-19
182 - Floris de Tier (Alpecin-Deceuninck). Saddle sore
Stage 11
87 - Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers). Covid-19
131 - Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team). Crash; dislocated shoulder
141 - Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange - Jayco). Covid-19
201 - Roger Adrià (Equipo Kern Pharma). Covid-19
203 - Héctor Carretero (Equipo Kern Pharma). Covid-19
206 - Pau Miquel (Equipo Kern Pharma). Covid-19
Stage 12
32 - Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain - Victorious). Covid-19.
98 - Boy van Poppel (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux). Covid-19
148 - Callum Scotson (Team BikeExchange - Jayco). Covid-19
Stage 13
223 - Thibault Guernalec (Arkéa Samsic). Crash DNF
Stage 14
147 - Kelland O'Brien (Team BikeExchange - Jayco)
Stage 15
95 - Domenico Pozzovivo (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux). Illness
Stage 16
118 - Maxim van Gils (Lotto Soudal). Covid-19
64 - Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost)
Stage 17
1 - Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma). Several injuries from crash
52 - Bryan Coquard (Cofidis).
113 - Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal). Covid-19
96 - Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché - Wanty - Govert Matériaux).
Stage 18
22 - Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan Team). Fatigue
72 - Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ). Fatigue
188 - Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck). Wrist injury from crash.
75 - Quentin Pacher (Groupama - FDJ). Several injuries from crash.
Stage 19
Stage 20
Stage 21