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Jonas Vingegaard might not race again until Criterium du Dauphine says Visma DS: "He has to talk it over with his family"

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by Kieran Wood
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 07:40
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Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is out of action currently. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader suffered a nasty crash at the recent edition of Paris-Nice, ultimately being forced to abandon the race. Although he is now back riding his bike, a return to competitive action could still be some way off.
"Jonas is already feeling better. That’s a huge relief for everyone, especially for Jonas. The most important thing is that he didn’t break his hand, and that he can start training again soon," Team Visma | Lease a Bike sports director Frans Maassen updates of the Dane's condition in conversation with Feltet.dk from the start of the 2025 Volta a Catalunya, where Vingegaard himself had hoped to ride. "To start this race, you need to be well-prepared, and that wasn’t the case. Jonas lost nine days of training, but the good thing is that he’s doing better now."
Although, as mentioned, Vingegaard is now back on the bike and building up his condition once again in training, a return to racing and the competitive peloton remains unclear. "I’m not going to say anything about what he will race," Vingegaard’s sports director states firmly. "We had a good conversation with Jonas last Friday, where we gave him some options. We didn’t want to make a decision immediately after the crash, even though we could have, but we felt it was better for everyone to take an extra moment to think."

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It might turn out though, that Vingegaard isn't actually seen in the peloton again until the Criterium du Dauphine, with the iconic French stage race then being his only outing before the Tour de France later this summer. "We will make a final decision within the next couple of weeks," says Maassen, refusing to rule out the likelihood of the calendar outlined. "Yes, that plan is also a possibility."
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Vingegaard had a spell in the Maillot Jaune at Paris-Nice 2025
"So far, we have a clear plan, but we still have to wait and see," the DS concludes his assessment. "The coaches need to think it through, and Jonas needs to think about it. He also has to talk it over with his family."

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Senna1960 25 March 2025 at 12:39+ 304

One more big crash and I think he will consider to pack it in.

Mistermaumau 25 March 2025 at 18:03+ 3546

Yeah, might not feel like leaving his family or ending up like Senna or Schumacher. I’d have no problems with that, critics might have a tough time, finding a new target to focus on, maybe Remco? He’d be more tricky.

b3tlla 25 March 2025 at 12:39+ 44

Door 1: get past this mentally and race again
Door 2: retirement

vappaxbipmv 26 March 2025 at 15:10+ 847

Ah, you could have made such an amazing Matrix parallel with blue and red pill

Mistermaumau 26 March 2025 at 15:10+ 3546

This is cycling, no pills ;-)

mij 25 March 2025 at 05:16+ 818

a concussion is a serious deal and I wish him well, but really he seems so fragile mentally and physically for a great champion. he won the tour 2 x which is insane, but he faced no adversity. he is crumbling with some tough times.

Jumpyjohn 26 March 2025 at 12:51+ 204

Certain crashes do that to you, make you think further than just about racing. Nobody is going to give Fabio or Wout or Primoz much stick if they stop being at their level or retire, yet here some keep picking on a “fragile” (yeah, must be, to get to that level in cycling) wiry kid, sounds like schoolyard bullying to me.

awp 26 March 2025 at 13:37+ 1215

If this is true then he has checked out mentally. This is a very bad sign for this team.

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