This is the medical report of Jonas Vingegaard after his serious fall | Return to the Basque Country, Visma, news TODAY

Jonas Vingegaard, champion of the 2022 Tour de France.

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The Dane Jonas Vingegaard was the biggest casualty this Thursday in the fall that marked the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, in which he suffered fractures in a collarbone and several ribs, which forced him to abandon.

The other great favorites Primoz Roglic, until now leader, and Remco Evenepoel, who also abandoned, were immersed in the same fall.

“It was a terrible fall, but fortunately he is stable and conscious. Tests at the hospital have revealed that she has a broken collarbone and several ribs. He remains under follow-up in the hospital,” indicated on the social network X the formation of the current double champion of the Tour de France, Visma-Lease a Bike.

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Update on Jonas:

It was a nasty crash, but fortunately he is stable and conscious.

Examinations at the hospital have revealed that he has a broken collarbone and several broken ribs. He remains in hospital as a precaution. Thank you for all your messages. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/dPd2IbpIFP

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Despite the severity of the injury, which now seriously compromises the Dane’s program between now and the Tour de France, the diagnosis came with almost a feeling of relief due to how violent the fall was and the images of anguish that were experienced.

The three main favorites for the final victory and also for the Tour de France took to the asphalt along with several other runners in a curve about 33 km from the Legutio finish line.

While Roglic and Evenepoel were able to get up, Vingegaard was the worst unemployed of the three, lying for a few minutes on the ground on his side in a safe position.

The Danish runner was later evacuated by ambulance, immobilized, with a breathing apparatus and a collar around his neck, according to television images.

“Fortunately, he was conscious when we got to him. Jonas is now being examined in the hospital and we are awaiting results,” commented the sporting director of the Visma/Lease a Bike team, Addy Engels.

His competitor Evenepoel abandoned the race, as confirmed by his team, and Roglic, who got up limping, also left this edition of the Basque round.

Some images on social networks from the Tour of the Basque Country showed the Slovenian runner in a car making an OK sign with his thumbs up.

Roglic, the leader of the race until now, had already suffered another heavy fall on Wednesday, which had not prevented him from finishing the third stage despite suffering several bruises and bruises.

Another runner, Australian Jay Vine, also stayed on the ground for quite some time this Thursday before being treated and evacuated to a hospital, as announced by his team.

“He is conscious and can speak,” the UAE team said.

The fall occurred on the descent from Alto de Olaeta, where several runners who were chasing the day’s escapees entered a curve too quickly, several of them falling to the ground.

Race neutralized

The race was stopped after the serious event while waiting for the doctors who were treating those affected to return, but given the impossibility of the doctors being able to return with the peloton, the race management decided to practically suspend the stage.

The riders of the peloton continued riding to the finish line in a neutralized manner and only the six escapees of the day competed for the stage victory, according to a decision by the race management, which also decreed that the stage times would not count for the general classification. .

The six runners who escaped in the lead, including the Spaniards Joseba López and Mikel Retegi and the Frenchman Mathieu Burgaudeau, covered the last 20 km of the stage in competition.

With 10 km to go, South African Louis Meintjes (Intermarché) escaped to end up crossing the finish line alone to take his second victory in a WorldTour race.

The fall and abandonment of the favorites has changed the general classification, of which the Danish Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl Trek) is the new leader with 4 seconds of advantage over the Spanish Juan Ayuso (UAE).

The serious mishap of the day generated various reactions in the platoon.

“The road was very warped in that section and we came a little too fast. Nothing could be done, I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault,” said Skjelmose.

Sepp Kuss, Vingegaard’s teammate and winner of the last Vuelta a España, said that the images of what happened were “difficult to see.”

On Friday, the fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country will take place, 175.9 km, between Vitoria and Amorebieta with a first category stop and two third category stops.

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