La Vuelta lasted just a few kilometres for Laurens De Plus. The Belgian crashed in the rain-soaked team time trial in Barcelona and pulled out with an injury to his right hip. Young Briton Oscar Onley hit the deck the next day and he abandoned with a broken collar bone.
DNF stage 1
35. Laurens De Plus (bel – INEOS Grenadiers)
DNF stage 2
167. Oscar Onley (gbr – Team DSM–firmenich)
DNS stage 5
132. Kobe Goossens (bel – Intermarché–Circus–Wanty)
143. Ruben Guerreiro (por – Movistar)
155. Bryan Coquard (fra – Cofidis)
DNF stage 5
121. Eddie Dunbar (irl – Team Jayco AlUla)
128. Filippo Zana (ita – Team Jayco AlUla)
DNF stage 6
2. Andrea Bagioli (ita – Soudal-Quick Step)
18. Jay Vine (aus – UAE Emirates)
124. Michael Hepburn (aus – Team Jayco AlUla)
166. Lorenzo Milesi (ita – Team DSM–firmenich)
DNF stage 7
32. Thymen Arensman (nld – INEOS Grenadiers)
DNF stage 8
84. Samuel Gaze (nzl – Alpecin–Deceuninck)
185. Pierre Latour (fra – TotalEnergies)
DNS stage 10
194. Javier Romo (spa – Astana Qazaqstan Team)
215. Jefferson Cepeda (col – Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
DNS stage 13
85. Robbe Ghys (bel – Alpecin–Deceuninck)
184. Alan Jousseaume (fra – TotalEnergies)
DNF stage 13
126. Callum Scotson (aus – Team Jayco AlUla)
DNS stage 14
211. Orluis Aular (ven – Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
DNF stage 14
136. Rein Taaramäe (est – Intermarché–Circus–Wanty)
DNF stage 15
171. Kévin Vauquelin (fra – Arkéa Samsic)
DNS stage 16
123. Welay Hagos Berhe (eti – Team Jayco AlUla)
192. David de la Cruz (spa – Astana Qazaqstan Team)
DNF stage 16
133. Rune Herregodts (bel – Intermarché–Circus–Wanty)
182. Thomas Bonnet (fra – TotalEnergies)
DNF stage 17
112. Geoffrey Bouchard (fra – AG2R Citroën)
DNS stage 19
115. Damien Touzé (fra – AG2R Citroën)
Last year’s Vuelta started with 182 riders and 48 of them did not make it to Madrid. A lot of riders pulled out after a postive COVID19 test, while title defender Primoz Roglic crashed out in the finale of stage 16.