Jonas Vingegaard spotted training in Mallorca - Visma leader back in action after Tour de France crash as he misses late season races
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As the season winds down this week with the last major races to be concluded, Jonas Vingegaard is seemingly ramping things up as he has been spotted training in Mallorca. The Visma | Lease a Bike leader has been out of action since breaking his collarbone in a nasty Tour de France crash.
The Danish rider is a two-time winner of the Tour, and second in the last two editions before his race was cut short at the end of week two. Both rider and team announced that his season would end in the aftermath as he underwent surgery for his broken collarbone.
However, with a lengthy gap between his Tour crash and the beginning of next season, the 29-year-old has seemingly recovered well and is already out training. But with all the major races wrapped up with this week's Tour of Guangxi, it will be at least three months until he is likely to pin a number.
A picture has emerged showing him out training in Mallorca. Posted to both Instagram and X, the Dane appears in good shape as he was snapped on the Spanish island - a hotspot for cyclists and amateur riders looking to capitalise on favourable weather over the colder months.
Jonas Vingegaard (@vismaleaseabike) is training in Mallorca 🇪🇸 📸 mallorcacycling on IG https://t.co/QATmYj0X7c
— categorycafe (@categorycafe) October 11, 2026
Vingegaard ended season in August
With a timeline for recovery that meant the Dane could feature in some latter season races, it was speculated initially after his Tour abandon that he could aim to bounce back. However, any comeback speculation was quickly silenced by his team in mid-August.
At the time, Vingegaard said: “After a long and intense racing period, a recovery period was planned after the Tour de France anyway.
"Due to the collarbone injury, the start of my training has been delayed and it is not possible for me to get back to top level in the coming period. The focus is on preparing optimally for the goals of the 2027 season. I will discuss these specific goals with the team in the coming period.”
Vingegaard's 2026 change of pace
Vingegaard's crash and subsequent confirmation that his season has ended came just after he revealed that he considered retirement at the end of the 2025 season before coming to an agreement with the Dutch team over improved autonomy over his schedule and training.
Citing an improved balance between life and professional cycling, Vingegaard admitted that he had enjoyed the change and that he would have further talks with the team over this winter.
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The emergence of Vingegaard also comes after Paul Seixas's win at Il Lombardia. The 20-year-old Frenchman followed up his Tour de France fourth place to take the biggest win of his career and topping off a year that has seen him become one of the top general classification riders in the world.
As the Decathlon rider's rise continues, he's been compared to both Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar as a potential rival for the pair in the coming years.
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Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Formerly the Press & Communications Officer for Cycling Ireland, Gavin has worked inside the national team at the World Championships and has reported for the Irish Mirror, Mirror UK, and The42.
His expertise is backed by elite-level access, having interviewed stars like Sam Bennett and Ben Healy, as well as immense personal endurance. In 2025, he completed a 12,000km solo cycle from Ireland to Vietnam, following a 4,600km tour across Europe. From the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix to the gradients of the Tourmalet, Gavin’s writing focuses on the "romance and brutality" of the sport. Having visited 50+ countries, he brings a global, cultural perspective to his coverage of the pro peloton for CyclingUpToDate.
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- I hope he races Volta a Majorca. We'll really be able to see if he can do one-day-races (but do they count?)
Rafionain-Glas12-10-2026 - See, you can write a sensible comment without just slagging off everyone else! Well done!👏😆 🫣Lozza12-10-2026
- Seixas best chance is obviously UAE. They are the best team in history of the sport and they developed pogacar into the goat. They also developed Del Toro to be nr 2 in world. Seixas would become unstoppable at UAE. Lets see if Seixas stays at decathlon but if UAE comes knocking its impossible to say no. Barcelone and real madrid combined into one team, thats UAE in cycling it feels like..miguel12-10-2026
- I think he does or goes to whichever team gives him the scope to become the rider everyone thinks he'll be when Tadej stops.. that simpleslappers6612-10-2026
- I remember at one time he was mentioned in the same breath as Seixas. no more. Onley has a lot of work to do to be deserving of that.mij12-10-2026
- I hope he goes to Bahrain-Victorious to mentor JakobRafionain-Glas12-10-2026
- I hope he stays! Cycling is more fun with Primoz, even if he is not winning.mij12-10-2026
- yes for sure, there will be more chances for him at Euro than Lombardia. I wonder if that emotion wasn't also because he knows he has now been eclipsed by a younger rider w/o his goals being checked off. At least when Seixas over takes Tadej someday, Tadej will have accomplished his major goals. He still has Roubaix left, but Seixas isn't a threat there. And he should find a year to get Vuelta. Remco now is behind at least 2 riders w/o ever having won a Tour, one monument to his name, and the next few World Championships are not Remco friendly. I would still take Remco's wins though!!!mij12-10-2026
- Remco was at 100%. He raced as expected: 15th best on the climbs and then best in the sprint of the chasing group. Exactly what he did at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, where he was on similar form. His win in Amstel was comparable to Quebec or the EurosRafionain-Glas12-10-2026
- "inside the tent pissing out" is an idiom based on a quote from President Lyndon Johnson. Not sure if you're saying you don't understand the term. The full phrase is "it's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in."wrsty12-10-2026
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