No news is good news? Visma remain all quiet on the Vingegaard front as Tour star’s 2026 comeback looks increasingly uncertain
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Jonas Vingegaard has no confirmed race on his calendar, no announced return to full training and, almost a month after crashing out of the Tour de France, still no clear route back into competition.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike have now broken their silence on the four-time Grand Tour winner, but the update offers little indication of when he might be seen racing again.
“Jonas is still recovering from his broken collarbone,” Visma told Danish outlet Feltet.
The team could not confirm whether Vingegaard has resumed training or name any race for the remainder of 2026. The Montreal World Championships therefore remain only a possible target.
Montreal remains possible, but nothing is in place
Vingegaard’s collarbone fracture ended his Tour de France on stage 15 while he was sitting second overall behind Tadej Pogacar. Surgery followed, and the Worlds quickly emerged as the only obvious major target left on the calendar.
Vingegaard has kept Montreal open, with his participation dependent on the recovery of the collarbone and whether he has the motivation for another race block after the Giro d’Italia and most of the Tour.
Mads Pedersen has publicly backed Vingegaard to make it back in time, even telling his compatriot that his collarbone would be healed “by the time we race the Worlds”. Michael Rasmussen has taken the opposite view, warning that an underprepared Vingegaard could become a disadvantage for Denmark and suggesting he may not race again until Paris-Nice in 2027.
Visma have yet to provide a timetable of their own. The Montreal road race takes place on 27 September, giving Vingegaard limited time to rebuild race condition.
Vingegaard completed the set of Grand Tour wins by taking the Giro d'Italia title
A season already packed with major targets
Vingegaard’s season already stands as one of the most successful of his career. Before the Tour crash, he had won Paris-Nice, the Volta a Catalunya and the Giro d’Italia, taking five stages in Italy and completing his collection of all three Grand Tours.
His wife Trine has already said she would understand if he chose not to race again this year, while Vingegaard himself has stopped short of committing to any autumn race.
Visma’s latest response leaves the picture much as it was before: Vingegaard is recovering, Montreal has not been ruled out and there is still no race date attached to his comeback. With no confirmed training return and no race programme announced, Visma have given no indication that a comeback is imminent.
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mij13-08-20266
montreal - no way
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