Vingegaard, lung problems too: Tour de France at risk

Vingegaard, lung problems too: Tour de France at risk

The Visma team updated on the condition of Jonas Vingegaard, its captain and two-time Tour de France winner who fell disastrously on a descent during Thursday’s stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. In addition to numerous rib and collarbone fractures, the Danish cyclist also suffered a "lung problem, resulting in a pneumothorax", the team announced.

The cyclist’s condition is currently stable: "Further tests at the hospital also revealed a lung contusion and a pneumothorax. È stable and had a good night. He remains in the hospital", è the note on X. The Tour de France è at risk for the Danish cyclist.

The other two fallen champions are banged up but less serious. Remco Evenepoel "will "be in Belgium on Friday to undergo an operation on his collarbone and to conduct further examinations,", Soudal Quick Step announced Thursday evening.

Primoz Roglic, on the other hand, suffered no fractures, unlike UAE Emirates’ Australian Jay Vine, who è broke a cervical vertebra and two thoracic vertebrae.