Cycling: Vingegaard victim of fractures to a collarbone and ribs

Dane Jonas Vingegaard suffers from broken collarbones and several ribs after being caught in a heavy fall on Thursday at the Tour of the Basque Country, his team Visma-Lease a bike announced.

“It was a terrible fall but fortunately he is in a stable and conscious condition. Hospital tests revealed he suffered a broken collarbone and several ribs. He remains under surveillance in hospital,” indicated Visma-Lease a bike, the team of the double winner of the Tour de France, on the social network month of the Tour de France, the verdict almost sounds like a relief because the fall was so violent and the images distressing.

Vingegaard, 27, was taken to hospital after spending many minutes in a safety position on the side of the road. He was wearing a neck brace and a respiratory support system when he was put into the ambulance on a stretcher.

Among the eight injured runners, Australian Jay Vine was the one who remained motionless on the ground the longest. Taken care of by emergency services, he was also transported to hospital. “He is conscious and able to speak,” announced his UAE team. The Belgian Remco Evenepoel suffers from a fracture to his collarbone and right shoulder blade, after his heavy fall in the company of Jonas Vingegaard, Thursday at the Tour of the Basque Country, announced his team Soudal-Quick Step.

“Remco will return to Belgium on Friday where he will have surgery on his broken collarbone and undergo other examinations at the Herentals hospital,” said the Belgian team, who has already withdrawn from the Ardennes and Liège classics. -Bastogne-Liège where he was the outgoing double winner.