126 riders started La Vuelta Femenina 2026, and 102 of them made it to the finish of the first Grand Tour of the year atop the Alto de L'Angliru.
This year, the first rider to abandon was Lea Lin Teutenberg (Lotto-Intermarché). It is unclear what happened to the German, but her withdrawal was announced over the race radio with around 35km to go on the stage, soon after a snaking descent.
The Lotto-Intermarché team have not provided an update on Teutenberg's abandon. There were no further withdrawals on stage 1, with 125 riders crossing the finish line.
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On stage 1, Marianne Vos crashed in the closing kilometres, but still finished in the top 10. She did not start stage 2 after being diagnosed with a fractured collarbone.
Then, race leader Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) crashed with 12km to go and abandoned the race. Ella Wyllie (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) also dropped out on the stage.
Two riders did not start stage 3, but the field then remained intact across the next two days.
By Friday's sixth stage and one day to go, the field of 126 was down to 112. Two riders did not start on the mountainous ride to the summit of Les Praeres – Marthe Goossens (AG Insurance-Soudal) and Natalie Qjuinn (Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie). Goossens crashed on stage 5, with a wound on her elbow requiring stitches.
Four riders were not able to finish the full 106.5km for stage 6 – Elisabeth Ebras (Lotto-Intermarche), Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and two UAE Team ADQ riders.
Maëva Squiban crashed with just under 40km to go on the stage. Though she attempted to continue, after moving ahead another 2km she got off her bike and ended her Grand Tour. Her teammate, Greta Marturano, who crashed on stage 3 and suffered an abrasion to her chin and bruising on her right arm, also abandoned the race on Friday.
The final stage up the Angliru proved to be the most attritional of the race, with 10 riders not making it to the top. Those included Marie Le Net (FDJ United-SUEZ), who was a DNS on stage 7, and several who didn't finish the 132.9km stage, including Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) and Arlenis Sierra (Movistar).
Riders might abandon mid-stage after a crash or illness, climbing into a team car or being taken away by ambulance instead of finishing the stage, whilst others may decide to pull out overnight and not start the next day.
Riders can also be taken out of the race by the organisation, either by finishing outside of the time limit or even being disqualified due to rule infringements. 'DNF' means 'did not finish', 'DNS' means 'did not start', 'OTL' means 'outside time limit' and 'DSQ' means 'disqualified'.
Here is the list of all the riders who have pulled out of La Vuelta Femenina so far, which we will keep updated through the week.
La Vuelta Femenina 2026 abandons
Stage 1
- Lea Lin Teutenberg (Lotto-Intermarché) – DNF, no reason given as yet
Stage 2
- Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) – DNS, fractured collarbone
- Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-EasyPost) – DNF, crash injuries
- Ella Wyllie (Liv AlUla Jayco) – DNF
- Alice Arzuffi (Laboral Kutxa_Fundación Euskadi) – DNF
- Sara Casasola (Fenix-Premier Tech) – DNF
Stage 3
- Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic PostNL) – DNS, crash on stage 2
- Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Lidl-Trek) – DNS
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
- Marthe Goossens (AG Insurance-Soudal) - DNS, crash stage 5/ elbow stitches
- Natalie Quinn (Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie) - DNS
- Elisabeth Ebras (Lotto-Intermarche) -DNF
- Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) - DNF
- Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) - DNF
- Greta Marturano (UAE Team ADQ) - DNF
Stage 7
- Marie Le Net (FDJ United-SUEZ) - DNS
- Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) - DNF
- Maria Martins (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) - DNF
- Marit Raaijmakers (Human Powered Health) - DNF
- Nora Jenčušová (Vini Fantini-Bepink) - DNF
- Delfina Dibella (Vini Fantini-Bepink) - DNF
- Sara Martín (Movistar) - DNF
- Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) - DNF
- Léa Rondel (Mayenne Monbana My Pie) - DNF
- Henrietta Christie (EF Education-Oatly) - DNF
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