Vingegaard, on the fall that left him out of the Tour: “Maybe we entered the roundabout too quickly”

Jonas Vingegaard has said goodbye to Tour de France after a hard fall in the fifteenth stage. The Dane followed his teammates Visma and on a right-hand bend at the entrance to a roundabout he lost control of his bicycle and fell to the ground. The double winner of the Tour He lay there with obvious expressions of pain and medical tests confirmed a clavicle fracture.

A setback for Vingegaardwho had been on the podium in the last five editions and who this year was in second position, behind Tadej Pogacar. Despite the disappointment, the Dane took it with integrity and assured that he would undergo surgery in the coming days to return to the competition as soon as possible.

“I feel surprisingly well. It’s very disappointing to have to abandon like this, and for the Tour to end this way, but that’s cycling. Luckily, it’s just a broken collarbone,” the cyclist told Danish television TV2.

Vingegaard explained how the accident occurred. “We were going for the stage win, and maybe we entered the roundabout too quickly. That’s when my front wheel skidded and I didn’t have time to react. That’s how races are sometimes. Honestly, it’s a real shame for us,” said the rider.

Your companion Davide Piganzoli He blamed the bike that opened the race for being responsible for the accident, but Vingegaard avoided fueling the controversy. “Maybe the bike made a mistake, but we have to follow our own criteria. Besides, we can’t do anything about it,” he concluded.