The images are chilling. Thursday, Jonas Vingegaard fell on the roads of the Tour of the Basque Country and had to be evacuated by ambulance with oxygen. The Dane came very close to disaster and the toll increased this Friday after new examinations. Frans Maassen, the sports director of Visma-Lease a Bike, believes that it is still too early to say whether or not his rider will be able to compete in the Tour de France.
A massacre has struck the peloton in recent days. While Wout van Aert fell on Through Flanders last week, fracturing several ribs, sternum and collarbone, a spectacular fall took place on the roads of Tour of the Basque Country Thursday involving among others Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel but also Jonas Vingegaard. Lying on the ground for a long time, the Dane caused enormous concern. Obviously, its presence on the Tour de France is strongly compromised, even if its sports director refuses to announce it forfeit for the moment.
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The toll is heavy for Vingegaard
A few hours after his fall, Jonas Vingegaard had undergone examinations to assess the severity of his injuries. The results were rather reassuring since they only reported a fracture of the clavicle and several ribs. But the toll has increased in recent hours since the Dane also suffers from a pneumothorax and a pulmonary contusion. Reassuring despite everything because the terrible images of his fall suggested the worst. Fortunately, the head and legs of the double winner coming out of the Tour de France are not affected and his absence at the start in Florence on June 29 for the start of the Big loop is not yet implemented.
“We will have to wait days or even weeks before we can say anything about the Tour”
Pour Sporzaits sports director Frans Maassen came out of the silence. “ We will have to wait days or even weeks before we can say anything about the Tour. We can look to the future again. His head and legs are fine. But of course he’s still in pain and recovery will take some time », Specified the Dutchman. The countdown is on for Jonas Vingegaard and the Visma.
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