Updated list of abandons after stage 6 in the 2012 Tour de France
- By Agence France Presse
- Published Jul. 7, 2012
LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (AFP) — A reduced peloton of 182 riders, from 198 starters, began the seventh stage of the Tour de France Saturday a day after a mass pile-up on Friday led to 12 abandons and many riders nursing injury and severe road rash.
Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) retired after 44km of racing in Saturday’s 199km stage to the first hilltop finish due to the pain of a fractured wrist. Following is a list of the retirements and reasons for retirement:
AG2R La Mondiale
Hubert Dupont (FRA) — sprained ankle, vertebrae and radius
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Mikel Astarloza (ESP) — elbow
Amets Txurruka (ESP) — right collarbone fracture
Garmin-Sharp
Tom Danielson (USA) — shoulder
Robert Hunter (RSA) — vertebrae
Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) — hematoma hip, left knee
Katusha
Oscar Freire (ESP) — broken rib
Lampre-ISD
Davide Vigano (ITA) — broken collarbone
Movistar
Imanol Erviti (ESP) — right leg
Jose Ivan Gutierrez (ESP) — right knee
Rabobank
Maarten Wynants (BEL) — broken ribs, perforated lung
Saur-Sojasun
Anthony Delaplace (FRA) — broken wrist
Vacansoleil
Wouter Poels (NED) — broken ribs, injured spleen
Retirements prior to Friday:
Argos-Shimano
Marcel Kittel (GER) — stomach virus
Movistar
Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP) — shoulder
Rabobank
Maarten Tjallingii (NED) — hip fracture
Sky
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) — tibia fracture
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