It was on the sports app Strava that two amateur cyclists reported on Monday about the fall of Jonas Vingegaard. Vingegaard reportedly descended at high speed, after which he was found near the guardrail. With blood in the face.
“I stopped to check on Jonas, but he was annoyed that I was in his wheel during the descent,” wrote Pedro Garcia Fernandez, one of the eyewitnesses, on Strava.
The other person talked about the moment he found Vingegaard near the guardrail in the last bend. “His face was bleeding profusely, so he must have had a serious fall. I asked if he needed help, but he told me to leave. I think he felt a bit pressured and therefore went faster on a descent (the Fuente de la Reina, ed.) that he does not know particularly well,” it said.
Visma-Lease a Bike has now issued a communiqué about the situation. “Fortunately, Vingegaard is okay. He did not sustain any serious injuries.”
Furthermore, the Dutch cycling formation also wants to address the behavior of the eyewitnesses. “In general, we as a team would like to encourage cycling fans to always put safety first. For both your own well-being and that of others, we ask that riders train and give them as much space and rest as possible.”
Vingegaard normally makes his first competitive kilometers in the UAE Tour, which starts on February 16. He will later make his debut in the Giro.
