Giro d'Italia abandons: The full list of riders who have left the race

By Daniel Ostanek
last updated

51 riders out as race hits final days

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) have both left the 2023 Giro d'Italia with COVID-19
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) have both left the 2023 Giro d'Italia with COVID-19 (Image credit: Tim de WaeleGetty Images)

This year's Giro d'Italia is shaping up to be the most attritional edition of the race in recent memory. With the race heading into the final week, only 125 riders remain, down 51 on the 176 who set off at the Grande Partenza in Abruzzo on May 6.

COVID-19 has hit the Giro hard. 16 riders to date have headed home after falling ill with the virus, which returned in the peloton in the weeks leading up to the race.

Race favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) didn't make it past Monday's rest day after testing positive, while fellow GC contenders Domenico Pozzovivo (Israel-Premier Tech) and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) are among the others who left the race with the virus.

Stage 11 saw four of Evenepoel's teammates also leave the race with COVID-19, the quartet was among eight riders to miss the start of the stage. Later on the stage, Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed out of third place overall.

Only Jumbo-Visma and Bahrain Victorious remain with full squads in the final week, while Soudal-QuickStep battle on with just two riders – Pieter Serry and Ilan Van Wilder.

The race has already passed the recent low of 133 finishers at the COVID-19-hit 2020 race. There's some way to go to match the races of 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2003, though, where fewer than 100 men made the finish due to harsh time cut rules in the mountains.

The Giro's record low is the 1914 edition, which saw just eight finishers from 81 starters, while the post-war record low is 40 finishers in 1946.

Read on for the full rundown of withdrawals from the 2023 Giro d'Italia.

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Stage 9

Stage 10

Stage 11

Stage 12

Stage 13

Stage 14

Stage 16

Stage 18

  • Luca Covili (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) – DNS, gastroenteritis
  • Niccolò Bonifazio (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) – DNS, bronchitis

Stage 19

A full list of riders remaining at the Giro d'Italia, powered by FirstCycling

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Daniel Ostanek
Daniel Ostanek
Production editor

Daniel Ostanek is production editor at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired as staff writer. Prior to joining the team, he had written for most major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly, Rouleur, and CyclingTips.

 

Daniel has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France and the spring Classics, and has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Wout van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.

 

As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Daniel also runs The Leadout newsletter and oversees How to Watch guides throughout the season. His favourite races are Strade Bianche and the Volta a Portugal, and he rides a Colnago C40.