Jonas Vingegaard abandons Paris-Nice with injury ahead of stage 6
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Jonas Vingegaard’s Paris-Nice campaign has come to an abrupt and disappointing end, with Team Visma | Lease a Bike confirming that the Danish star will not start today’s stage following his crash on Stage 5.
The incident, which occurred midway through Thursday’s stage, immediately put Vingegaard on the back foot. Despite continuing to the finish, he lost significant time on the final climb, relinquishing the leader’s jersey to his teammate Matteo Jorgenson.
Jorgenson later revealed that Vingegaard initially feared he had broken his hand, while also suffering from facial pain and dizziness. However, a team update later in the evening diagnosed only a bruised hand, providing some relief for both Vingegaard and the team.
Despite the relatively minor injuries, Visma’s medical staff decided overnight that withdrawing was the best option to ensure proper recovery. With the Tour de France as his primary focus, there was no sense in taking unnecessary risks at this stage of the season.
This raises a key question for Team Visma, can Jorgenson now go on to win the yellow jersey? The American has shown strong form throughout the race, and with Visma already proving its tactical strength, he has a genuine chance of securing the overall victory. However, with several tough stages still to come, he will need to defend against strong competition if he is to deliver an important win for the team.
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Unfortunately, Jonas Vingegaard will not start in today’s stage of Paris-Nice. Our medical staff has decided that it is best for him to recover from yesterday’s crash at home and focus on his next goals for the season. pic.twitter.com/KqFHbR6hhQ
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) March 14, 2025
Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
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- That made me smile Suipedali. Nice one!Cyclingsbestfan14-03-2025
- Even if Pogi has 5s on top of Poggio, he's getting caught on descent unfortunately. And it's extremely unlikely that he will have morevappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- If Pogi can drop him, then he will winabstractengineer14-03-2025
- In that sense, those two have less in common than the link you could make between demonstrators, right handers, Hinault and Merckx.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- "He apparently thought it was completely fine." Nothing broken and no concussion, that's as completely fine as it gets in cyclingvappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
santiagobenites14-03-2025 - Well spotted :-)Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- One thing Jonas Vingegaard has in common with Hinault is that they are moaners, although I couldn't see Jonas giving a demonstrator a right hander!Suipedali14-03-2025
- They are surprisingly rare on the pro circuit, around our area, one in four races finishes of with a really steep 500m climb at the end.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- Give him an uphill sprint, then he may win against pure sprinters.
KerisVroom14-03-2025