Biking-Vingegaard Breaks Collarbone In Main Crash At Tour Of The Basque Nation

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard broke a collarbone and several other ribs in an enormous crash throughout stage 4 within the Tour of the Basque Nation on Thursday, which additionally concerned race chief Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel.

The crash occurred at excessive pace on the descent from the Olaeta climb with 35.9-km remaining when one rider went down inflicting a series response, and Vingegaard was nonetheless on the bottom receiving medical remedy a number of minutes later.

“The stage has been neutralised. Jonas is on his option to the hospital,” Vingegaard’s Crew Visma-Lease a Bike stated on social media platform X. Solely the unique breakaway of six riders have been allowed to contest the stage win.

Vingegaard, 27, was taken away on a stretcher carrying a neck brace.

“Examinations on the hospital have revealed that he has a damaged collarbone and several other damaged ribs. He stays in hospital as a precaution,” Crew Visma-Lease a Bike later stated.

Evenepoel’s Soudal-Fast Step crew stated the Belgian had deserted the race and he was taken to hospital within the crew automobile, with Slovenian Roglic of Bora–Hansgrohe additionally pressured to withdraw.

Australian Jay Vine of UAE-Crew Emirates was one other rider taken to hospital by ambulance, along with his crew saying he was aware and speaking.

There have been no ambulances left to observe the race and the stage was stopped for an hour earlier than the organisers determined to proceed.

“The race is neutralised till the end line, the six main runners will compete within the stage however the stage instances won’t be counted for the overall classification. The peloton will go in impartial till the end line,” race organisers stated.

South African Louis Meintjes of Intermarche-Wanty gained the stage, however his victory was overshadowed by the crash.

“It’s not the best way you need to win,” Meintjes stated.

“I felt good and if there was an opportunity for the breakaway I’d have been able to combat for the stage, however it takes a little bit of the pleasure out of it. It’s possibly a victory however it doesn’t actually really feel prefer it. You need it to be honest for everybody.”

Roglic got here into stage 4 with a seven-second lead over Evenepoel, with Vingegaard an additional seven seconds behind in fifth, however with the primary contenders out of the race, Dane Mattias Skjelmose of Lidl-Trek now holds the general lead.

(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)