Vingegaard has a collapsed lung after an accident in the Tour of the Basque Country

Paris. The Dane Jonas Vingegaard, with fractures in a clavicle and several ribs after a serious fall last Thursday in the Tour of the Basque Country, also suffers “a pneumothorax and a lung contusion,” his team, Visma-Lease, announced this Friday. a bike.

“A further examination at the hospital revealed that he is also suffering from a lung contusion and a pneumothorax. “She is stable and had a good night, but she is still in the hospital,” indicated the training on the X social network.

Current double winner of the Tour de France, Vingegaard, 27, was involved in a violent fall, along with two other heavyweights such as Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic, for a total of eight cyclists.

While Roglic and Evenepoel were able to get up, Vingegaard was the worst off, 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.

Evenepoel, whose goal is to debut in the Tour in three months and fight for victory, suffered fractures in a shoulder blade and a collarbone. Roglic was the least injured, with only injuries and bruises, but he did not continue in the race either.

Meanwhile, the Frenchman Romain Grégoire won the fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country this Friday in Amorebieta, marked by a new fall.

Grégoire, from the Groupama-FDJ team, won the sprint against the Venezuelan Orluis Aular and the German Maximilian Schachmann to sign his first victory on the WorldTour circuit at the age of 21.

“It was a very crazy stage, very fast throughout the day, so it feels very good to win,” Grégoire told Eurosport.

Before, the Spaniard Mikel Landa retired after a new collective fall with his Soudal Quick-Step teammate Gil Gelders.

According to the images, Landa left in an ambulance, on a stretcher and with a neck brace, during this penultimate stage, which joined Vitoria and Amorebieta this Friday.

This edition of the Tour of the Basque Country should be decided this Saturday with the sixth and final stage around Eibar, with seven climbs on the program, including three first-class climbs.

The Danish Mattias Skjelmose, second behind Roglic before his retirement, retains the yellow jersey by two seconds over Schachmann and four over the Spanish Juan Ayuso.