German road race champion Georg Zimmermann withdrew from the Tour de France on Monday in the wake of a nasty crash the previous day. Zimmermann's Intermarché team said that the decision was taken ahead of a demanding stage with an altitude gain of 4,

The seventh stage of the Tour de France was rattled by a heavy crash in the finale. Among the casualties were Thursday’s stage winner Ben Healy, João Almeida, Enric Mas, and Santiago Buitrago. Jack Haig also hit the ground: the Bahrain Victorious rider was forced to abandon the race after the hard crash,

Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France hopes suffered a blow on Sunday as the Slovenian's key domestique Joao Almeida withdrew following a crash on Friday.