The opening stages of the 2026 Giro d’Italia have seen some big high-consequence crashes, with a number of the 184 starters failing to make it beyond Bulgaria.
The latest abandon is Wilco Kelderman of Visma-Lease a Bike, who left the race ahead of stage four, depriving Jonas Vingegaard of a key domestique in his bid to win the maglia rosa.
Visma posted: “Unfortunately, Wilco Kelderman will not start stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia following his crash a couple of days ago, as he is still experiencing lingering effects from the crash.”
Somewhat controversially, UAE’s British GC hopeful Adam Yates was allowed to continue, despite looking as though he’d collided with a combine harvester, only to be withdrawn from the Giro on Sunday, before the start of stage 3, with what has been described as ‘delayed concussive symptoms’.
Riders who have abandoned the 2026 Giro
- Matteo Moschetti (Pinarello Q36.5) – DNF stage 1 after crashing
- Jay Vine (UAE Emirates-XRG) – DNF stage 2 after crashing
- Marc Soler (UAE Emirates-XRG) – DNF stage 2 after crashing
- Ådne Holter (Uno-X Mobility) – DNF stage 2 after crashing
- Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) – DNF stage 2 after crashing
- Adam Yates (UAE Emirates-XRG) – DNS stage 3 after crashing on stage 2
- Andrea Vendrame (Jayco AlUla) – DNS stage 3 after crashing on stage 2
- Wilco Kelderman (Visma-Lease a Bike) – DNS stage 4 after crashing on stage 2
