La Planche des Belles Filles, France – 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.
Frenchman Anthony Delaplace retired after 44 km of racing in Saturday's 199 km 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
Hubert Dupont (FRA) - sprained ankle, vertebrae and radius
Euskaltel
Mikel Astarloza (ESP) - elbow
Amets Txurruka (ESP) - right collarbone fracture
Garmin
Tom Danielson (USA) - shoulder
Robert Hunter (RSA) - vertebrae
Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) - hematoma hip, left knee
Katusha
Oscar Freire (ESP) - broken rib
Lampre
Davide Vigano (ITA) - broken collarbone
Movistar
Imanol Erviti (ESP) - right leg
Jose Ivan Gutierrez (ESP) - right knee
Rababank
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 – Sapa-AFP