Jonas Vingegaard may be transferred by medical plane to Denmark

Saturday, 13 April 2024 at 21:52

Jonas Vingegaard continues in the Txagorritxu hospital in Vitoria after undergoing surgery on his collarbone last Monday and being transferred to the ICU to control his pneumothorax. The Danish rider has been in the hospital for week and a half and may be transferred to Denmark by special means.

According to the newspaper AS, there has been talk of the possibility of the rider being transferred by medical plane to Denmark to continue his recovery at home. The option is open, but has not yet been decided. The Visma - Lease a Bike leader was involved in the multiple crash in the fourth stage of the Itzulia that also sent Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel home. The Dane bore the brunt along with Jay Vine and Steff Cras.

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Thus, and taking into account that Vingegaard declared a few months ago that he was going to change his residence to Switzerland, and these latest reports from the newspaper AS, the rider may be transferred in the coming hours, but nothing is certain at this time.

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