Anass Ait El Abdia was the first rider to abandon the race. The Moroccan had to withdraw as early as stage 2 due to a crash he suffered.
Withdrawals in the 2nd stage
73 Michael Kolar (svk – BORA-hansgrohe)
123 Anass Aït el Abdia (mor – UAE Team Emirates)
155 Javier Moreno (Spa – Bahrain Merida PCT)
Did not start in the 3rd stage
176 Benjamin King (usa – Dimension Data)
Withdrawal in the 3rd stage
162 Marc Fournier (fra – FDJ)
Did not start in the 5th stage
7 John Degenkolb (ger – Trek-Segafredo)
Withdrawal in the 6th stage
104 José Gonçalves (por – Katusha)
Did not start in the 7th stage
52 Carlos Betancur (col – Movistar)
Withdrawals in the 7th stage
177 Merhawi Kudus (Eri – Dimension Data)
188 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel – Cofidis)
207 Larry Warbasse (VS – Auqa Blue Sport)
Did not start in the 8th stage
62 Warren Barguil (fra – Sunweb)
103 Sven Erik Bystrøm (nor – Katusha)
Withdrawals in the 8th stage
74 Cesare Benedetti (ita – BORA-hansgrohe)
135 Jesper Hansen (den – Astana)
Withdrawals in the 9th stage
144 Jens Debusschere (Bel – Lotto Soudal)
164 Johan Le Bon (fra – FDJ)
Withdrawal(s) in the 11th stage
89 Domenico Pozzovivo (ita – AG2R)
Did not start in the 12th stage
112 George Bennett (nzl – LottoNL-Jumbo)
179 Serge Pauwels (bel – Dimension Data)
Withdrawals in the 12th stage
51 Jorge Arcas (spa – Movistar)
66 Lennard Hofstede (nld – Sunweb)
Withdrawals in the 13th stage
174 Omar Fraile (spa – Dimension Data)
Did not start in the 14th stage
84 Axel Domont (fra – AG2R)
Withdrawals in the 14th stage
69 Sam Oomen (nld – Sunweb)
Withdrawals in the 15th stage
54 Rubén Fernández (spa – Movistar)
Did not start in the 16th stage
33 Rohan Dennis (aus – BMC)
34 Kilian Frankiny (swi – BMC)
46 Svein Tuft (can – Orica-scott)
83 Nico Denz (ger – AG2R)
86 Alexandre Geniez (fra – AG2R)
Did not start in the 17th stage
35 Daniel Oss (ita – BMC)
67 Lennard Kämna (ger – Sunweb)
Did not start in the 18th stage
147 Maxime Monfort (bel – Lotto Soudal)
Withdrawal in the 19th stage
108 Matvey Mamykin (Rus – Katusha)
Withdrawal in the 20th stage
11 David de la Cruz (spa – Quick-Step Floors)
Did not start in the 21st stage
169 Odd Christian Eiking (nor – FDJ)
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Avid fan but stage 18 is unwatchable due to the noise of the motor bikes cars etc. I can barely hear the commentators especially with their accents.