Vingegaard Withdraws From Tour De France Due to Crash Injury

WHO:

Team Visma - Jonas Vingegaard is a rider for Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Cyclingnews - Tadej Pogačar is a competitor from UAE Team Emirates-XRG.

Cyclingnews - Victor Campenaerts and Bruno Armirail are teammates of Vingegaard.

WHAT:

Team Visma - Vingegaard's team stated, “The entire stage went according to plan. We had two riders in the breakaway and controlled the peloton. Jonas felt extremely good and we wanted to go for the victory today. Unfortunately, cycling can be very cruel at times.”

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard was seen holding his right shoulder on the ground after the crash.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard was taken in the race ambulance to the medical truck near his team bus in Vougy, where he remained for more than half an hour before boarding a team car to his hotel.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard stated, “It's of course very disappointing for us to end up like this, and for the Tour to end like this. But that's how cycling is. Luckily, it's only a broken collarbone.”

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard mentioned he had talked to his family about the situation and they had come up with a plan for what would happen next.

Team Visma - Vingegaard's team confirmed that he will undergo surgery for his collarbone injury in the coming days.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard had a deficit of 4.30 to Tadej Pogačar at the start of stage 15.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard stated, “It’s no use hanging your head. It just makes it worse,” regarding his exit from the race.

Team Visma - Vingegaard crashed and abandoned the Tour de France.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard suffered a fractured collarbone and multiple abrasions due to the crash.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard will undergo surgery for his collarbone injury.

Cyclingnews - This is the first time Vingegaard has abandoned a Grand Tour.

WHERE:

Team Visma - The incident occurred during stage 15 of the Tour de France, specifically at a roundabout.

WHEN:

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard started stage 15 in second place.

Cyclingnews - The crash occurred with 21 kilometers remaining in stage 15.

WHY:

Defector - Anti-doping authorities woke Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar for unannounced tests at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., respectively, outside of the normal testing window.

Defector - Vingegaard expressed that the late-night doping tests were a significant disruption, stating, “It ruined his sleep,” as noted by Pogačar.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard mentioned that the crash may have been influenced by the pace into the roundabout, stating, “We maybe came into this roundabout a little too fast, and then my front wheel just slips.”

Team Visma - The team was executing a plan to control the peloton and had two riders in a breakaway when the crash happened.

HOW:

Defector - Vingegaard's crash occurred when he was fourth in line as the team turned right on the inside of a roundabout, and he appeared to clip the kerb on the exit.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard explained that he was fourth in line when he crashed, indicating that the team was executing a plan to control the peloton.

Cyclingnews - Vingegaard crashed after appearing to clip the kerb on the exit of a roundabout while in fourth position.

In a disappointing turn of events, Jonas Vingegaard crashed during the race after a late-night doping test disrupted his sleep, leading to a broken collarbone. Following the incident, he was taken to the medical truck near his team bus in Vougy, where he remained for over half an hour before heading to his hotel. Vingegaard expressed his disappointment about how the Tour ended, but noted that he and his family have already discussed a plan for what comes next.