Jonas Vingegaard is still in the Txagorritxu Hospital after having undergone surgery for a pneumothorax. The rider is in the UCI and uncertainty is growing about his return in time for the Tour de France, the event he has won in the last two editions. Vingegaard was one of the many riders who suffered a very hard fall in the fourth stage of the Itzulia 2024. A fall of such magnitude that it forced the organization to neutralize the peloton until the finish line and let the breakaway riders be the ones to risk. the stage victory. As for the rest of those involved, Remco Evenepoel has already undergone surgery for a broken clavicle in Belgium and Jay Vine will be able to avoid surgery but will have to spend six weeks with a neck brace.
For its part, the Dutch team remains cautious regarding what the rest of the season may be like for the Danish rider. The measured preparation plan to achieve his third consecutive Tour has gone to hell and now he will have to look for a plan B. They have been very complicated weeks for Visma. They have not been able to count on Van Aert or Jorgenson in Roubaix, one of the objectives of the season.
Furthermore, director Merijn Zeeman has made it clear that right now is not the time to make decisions about the Tour. “At the moment Jonas is not thinking about whether he will make it to the Tour,” he has noted in recent days. Vingegaard had planned to participate in Dauphiné before the Tour. Furthermore, after the gala round he was going to participate in the Vuelta. He remains to see the domino effect he can cause among the platoon’s big bosses.
