Jonas Vingegaard, complicated: he also suffered a pneumothorax from the scary fall at the Tour of the Basque Country

The terrifying fall involving the best cyclists of the Tours from the Basque Country let it be Jonas Vingegaardthe two-time defending champion of Tour of France, hospitalized in Spain. Although the preliminary medical report indicated fractures to the collarbone and several ribs, this Friday his team, the Visma-Lease A Bikehe pointed out that Danish has too a collapsed lung and a pulmonary contusion.

Despite the seriousness that the situation could have had, his coach, Frans Maassens, specified that the Danish cyclist is “stable and had a good night”, although he will remain hospitalized in the city of Vitoria, in northern Spain. “He was conscious, in pain, but head and legs are fine. Your rehabilitation will be long, your recovery will take time“He added.

According to the French newspaper The TeamVingegaard it will remain inactive for two and a half months, so it would arrive just enough for the Tour de France, which will take place from June 29th to July 21st. “We have to wait days and weeks before we can say anything about the Tour,” remarked Maassens, without providing further details on the reigning champion’s presence in the top cycling competition.

Although his situation is among the most compromised, he was not the only cyclist to have fallen less than 30 kilometers from the end of the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The Belgian Remco Evenepoelconsidered one of the favorites for the Paris Olympic Games, he was another of the most affected.

Those aiming to debut at the Tour in three months and fight for victory have suffered fractures to their scapula and collarbone. Therefore, according to the team Soudal Quick-Step, will undergo surgery this Friday in Belgium. “Obviously my plans in the near future will change, but I hope that my long-term goals do not change,” Evenepoel announced on his social networks.

The third person involved in the fall, the Slovenian and up to that point leader of the race Primoz Roglicin the meantime, he got off easy: only wounds and bruises, although he didn’t even continue the race.

The accident occurred when the cyclists turned right downhill and apparently one of the cyclists’ tires slipped, sending the competitors to the ground. There are rocks and trees in the area, although it is unclear whether any of the cyclists hit a rock. There is also a concrete culvert on that curve. The race director, Julián Eraso, said he was surprised by the accident because the organizers considered it an “easy” corner.

Gravity falls mark the European cycling spring. The Belgian Without Van Aert He crashed last week in the Across Flanders race, suffering fractures that prevented him from competing in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix on Sunday.

Indeed, this Friday the Spanish cyclist Mikel Landa He withdrew from the Tour of the Basque Country after a new collective fall. According to the images, he left in an ambulance, on a stretcher and with a neck brace during the penultimate stage, which connects Vitoria to Amorebieta this Friday. The race reported “a fall near Manaria with several cyclists involved” and then it was specified that the second place finisher in last year’s Tour of the Basque Country had also suffered a broken collarbone.