This year's Giro d'Italia is shaping up to be the most attritional edition of the race in recent memory. With the race having just passed the halfway mark, only 142 riders remain at the start of stage 11, down 34 on the 176 who set off at the Grande Partenza in Abruzzo on May 6.COVID-19 has hit the Giro hard. 16 riders to date have headed home after falling ill with the virus, which returned in the peloton in the weeks leading up to the race.Race favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) didn't make it past Monday's rest day after testing positive, while fellow GC contenders Domenico Pozzovivo (Israel-Premier Tech) and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) are also leaving the race with the virus.Stage 11 saw four of Evenepoel's teammates also leave the race with COVID-19, the quartet was among eight riders to miss the start of the stage.Only UAE Team Emirates, Jumbo-Visma, Astana Qazaqstan, Movistar, and Bahrain Victorious remain with full teams, while Soudal-QuickStep battle on with just three riders – Davide Ballerini, Pieter Serry, and Ilan Van Wilder.Already, the race isn't far off the recent low of 133 finishers at the COVID-19-hit 2020 race. There's some way to go to match the races of 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2003, though, where under 100 made the finish due to harsh time cut rules in the mountains.The Giro's record low is the 1914 edition, which saw just eight finishers from 81 starters, while the post-war record low is 40 finishers in 1946.Read on for the full rundown of withdrawals from the 2023 Giro d'Italia. Stage 4 Paul Lapeira (AG2R Citroën) – DNF, illness Stage 5 Valerio Conti (Corratec-Selle Italia) – DNS, fractured pelvisRémy Rochas (Cofidis) – DNS, undisclosedRamon Sinkeldam (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – DNS, stomach problems Stage 6 Clément Russo (Arkéa-Samsic) – DNS, COVID-19 Stage 7 Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – DNS, COVID-19Giovanni Aleotti (Bora-Hansgrohe) – DNS, COVID-19 Stage 8 Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) – DNS, COVID-19Lars van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ) – DNS, fever & stomach problemsSamuele Zoccarato (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) – DNF, gastroenteritisFlorian Stork (Team DSM) – DNF, stomach problemsDavid Dekker (Arkéa-Samsic) – DNF, undisclosed Stage 9 Davide Cimolai (Cofidis) – DNS, crash injuries Stage 10 Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) – DNS, COVID-19Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost) – DNS, COVID-19Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) – DNS, Pre-planned restDomenico Pozzovivo (Israel-Premier Tech) – DNS, COVID-19Mads Würtz Schmidt (Israel-Premier Tech) – DNS, illnessSven Erik Bystrøm (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) – DNS, COVID-19Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) – DNS, stomach problemsOscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – DNS, fever & diarrhoeaCallum Scotson (Jayco-AlUla) – DNS, COVID-19Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM) – DNF, crash injuriesSimone Petilli (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) – DNF, illnessErik Fetter (Eolo-Kometa) – DNF, illnessAleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) – DNF, COVID-19 Stage 11 Jan Hirt (Soudal-QuickStep) – DNS, COVID-19Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-QuickStep) – DNS, COVID-19Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal-QuickStep) – DNS, COVID-19Josef Černý (Soudal-QuickStep) – DNS, COVID-19Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën) – DNS, COVID-19Stefano Gandin (Corratec-Selle Italia) – DNS, COVID-19Natnael Tesfatsion (Trek-Segafredo) – DNS, fluJonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost) – DNS, viral illness