Nishimura finished the ITT on the first day of action in 17.30 minutes. As there was a 30% time limit, the Japanese rider was eliminated.
OTL in stage 1
146 Hiroki Nishimura (jap – Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè)
DNS in stage 4
216 Juan Sebastián Molano (col – UAE Emirates)
DNF in stage 4
93 Matti Breschel (den – EF Education First)
187 Daniel Navarro (spa – Katusha Alpecin)
DNS in stage 5
46 Kristijan Koren (slo – Bahrain Merida)
DNF in stage 5
191 Tom Dumoulin (nld – Team Sunweb)
127 Jelle Vanendert (bel – Lotto Soudal)
DNF in stage 5
77 Laurens ten Dam (nld – CCC)
197 Robert Power (aus – Team Sunweb)
DNF in stage 7
211 Fernando Gaviria (col – UAE Emirates)
173 Laurens De Plus (bel – Jumbo-Visma)
91 Sacha Modolo (ita – EF Education First)
DNS in stage 9
55 Umberto Orsini (ita – Bardiani-CSF)
DNS in stage 11
208 Matteo Moschetti (ita – Trek Segafredo)
DNS in stage 12
81 Elia Viviani (ita – Deceuninck Quick-Step)
121 Caleb Ewan (aus – Lotto Soudal)
OTL in stage 12
75 Jakub Mareczko (ita – CCC)
DNS in stage 13
85 James Knox (gbr – Deceuninck Quick-Step)
126 Roger Kluge (ger – Lotto Soudal)
151 Giacomo Nizzolo (ita – Dimension Data)
DNF in stage 13
103 Ignatas Konovalovas (lit – Groupama FDJ)
147 Giovanni Lonardi (ita – Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè)
157 Mark Renshaw (aus – Dimension Data)
163 Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr – Team Ineos)
198 Louis Vervaeke (bel – Team Sunweb)
DNF in stage 14
51 Enrico Barbin (ita – Bardiani CSF)
196 Sam Oomen (nld – Team Sunweb)
DNF in stage 15
123. Jasper De Buyst (bel – Lotto Soudal)
DNS in stage 16
133 Brent Bookwalter (usa – Mitchelton Scott)
DNF in stage 16
11 Tony Gallopin (fra – AG2R La Mondiale)
142 Nicola Bagioli (ita – Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè)
DNF in stage 17
186 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (rus – Katusha)
DNS in stage 18
214 Valerio Conti (ita – UAE Emirates)
DNF in stage 20
87 Florian Sénéchal (fra – Deceuninck Quick-Step)
Last year, the Giro d’Italia started with a field of 175 riders. Siutsou crashed hard on the course recon ride before the 1st stage. He was forced to abandon the race even before the start.
In the course of the race 25 more riders were forced to abandon.Thibaut Pinot, Tim Wellens and Fabio Aru were some of the most prominent abandonees. Read about the withdrawals of 2018.