"The Tour organization should have known this" - Tom Dumoulin blames carelessness from organizers for Jonas Vingegaard's crash
CyclingMonday, 20 July 2026 at 11:07
The 2026 Tour de France has been completely turned on its head this Sunday as Jonas Vingegaard, the only rider who had been attempting to dethrone Tadej Pogacar, crashed out of the race. Former pro Tom Dumoulin commented on the fall and attributed the blame on the lack of safety measures.
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"I find this truly unbelievable. Someone just needs to be standing here with a whistle. I mean, what are we looking at," Dumoulin questioned in words to NOS.
The former Tour de France podium finisher was baffled with the lack of warning in a corner that looked to be quite dangerous. Navigating the corner with road furniture in the middle proved to be a challenge and the high speed at which the peloton tackled it was a high-risk situation.
The Dane was the first to crash and hit his shoulder on the sidewalk. As a result, he suffered a collarbone fracture which will require surgery. Several other riders went down in the fall, including Isaac del Toro.
"This is simply a completely confusing roundabout with a central divider where you might reasonably expect there to be one, because it is also located at the entrance to the roundabout," Dumoulin argues.
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Dangerous corners always have to be pointed out by race marshals and Dumoulin argues that those in charge of the safety coordination at the Tour are to blame for this crash, not having warned the riders enough on a dangerous point of the course.
"But anyway, someone needs to be standing there with a warning whistle. The Tour organization should have known this. They ride ahead of the peloton, so they know what is coming. These kinds of points need to be constantly secured."
Within the peloton there is always the ability to navigate these obstacles, but it is a difficult situation to manage. Over dozens of hours on the bike throughout the three-week race, it is not surprising that someone would be caught off guard by such a feature.
"The teams do shout: roundabout to the right, it's dangerous there, but they can't tell exactly where that central divider is. It all happens so fast. You also have to imagine, they are turning in here at 50 km/h".
"And if you don't get a warning for that, and you don't see that bend either, then this happens," Dumoulin puts it.
"And then, indeed, it is a close call for the first four riders. The fifth has even less visibility, Vingegaard in this case. And so it could indeed just happen that he happens to hit a small stone, or whatever, and then are you gone".
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