Jonas Vingegaarddouble winner of the Tour and main contender for victory in the next edition of the French round, will leave the Txagorritxu hospital in Vitoria, the Basque capital, this Tuesday, where he has been admitted since Thursday the 4th after having been one of the main affected in the multiple crash that occurred during the dispute of the fourth stage of Itzulia.
The Danish star fell to the ground after going off in a corner along with other important riders such as Remco Evenepoel y Primoz Roglic. Since then, communication and news about the state of health of Vingegaard have been scarce due to the discretion that his family, mainly his wife, had requested. Trine who moved to the Basque Country from Switzerland shortly after her husband’s accident.
Little information about the team
The first communication from the Visma group (formerly Jumbo) indicated that Vingegaard He suffered fractures in a clavicle and several ribs, although it was later added that the Danish cyclist also suffered from a pneumothorax that forced him to remain in the ICU of the Basque hospital for several days.
Since then there have been no communications about the state of health or the evolution of his injuries apart from reporting that he had undergone surgery to reduce the fracture in his clavicle. Visma is not in favor of giving much information about the riders in its squad affected by falls, in a season in which the Dutch team seems especially affected by accidents since the mishap of Vingegaard We must add those of Wout van Aert and Wilco Kelderman, the riders who were called to lead the squad in the Giro and who will miss participation in the Italian round due to fractures.
The departure of the Tour
There are 74 days left until the Tour begins in Florence and Vingegaard, after running the Itzulia, did not plan to attend any race until Critérium del Dauphiné, which begins Sunday, June 2. The serious fall represents a huge setback, but the recovery times could allow him to attend the French round, although neither the team doctors nor those who treated him in Vitoria have made any type of statement. The month of June also allows him to look for other alternatives if he believes that he can reach the Dauphiné very quickly, such as signing up for the Return to Switzerland which begins a week later (from the 9th to the 16th) and is usually the other way to prepare for the Tour that many of the candidates to fight in the general classification choose.
2024-04-15 17:14:01
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