Steven Kruijswijk abandons Tour de France, leaving Jumbo-Visma with four riders

Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) at the Tour de France
Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) at the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Steven Kruijswijk abandoned the Tour de France after 30 kilometres of stage 17 to Saint-Lary-Soulan, leaving Jumbo-Visma with just four riders as they try to defend Jonas Vingegaard’s third place overall.

Kruijswijk climbed off after a fast start on the flat roads towards the Pyrenees, with Jumbo-Visma soon announcing that he started to feel ill during the rest day and had not recovered. 

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