While he is preparing to start the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard had approached the last big loop in the blur. Consequence of his violent fall on the Tour of the Netherlands.
On the eve of the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard claims to only want to focus on himself without having in mind his duel with Tadej Pogacar. The leader of the Visma-Lease A Bike, however, underwent the domination of the Slovenian during the recent criterium of the Dauphiné and addresses the large loop in the skin of the challenger. This does not prevent him from being ambitious.
Above all, Jonas Vingegaard savor the fact of having been able to prepare for this 2025 tour normally, a year after having to compose with his horrible fall during the Tour of the Basque Country in early spring.
“It was very difficult to be honest. The most frightening is that I could no longer breathe and I spat blood ”, He remembered the accident in the documentary on the Tour broadcast on Netflix.
“I was wondering if I was going to live or die,
he continued. I was put in the ambulance and taken to the hospital. I had the broken collarbone and my two perforated lungs. It was very painful. It happened at least a month and a half between the accident and the moment when I was able to resume training. »»
“I pay more attention”
This fall also had long -term consequences.
“I’m not afraid, but I’m more careful, yes,
he said in the team columns. I’m still here, not badly placed. When I see myself again before, it looks like I was not afraid of anything. (He thinks.) Maybe I feel fear a little, yes, not to fall, but I am aware of what can happen and I pay a little more. While, in the peloton, I have the feeling that everyone takes much more risks than a few years ago. »»
This fall also allows Jonas Vingegaard to put into perspective.
“I think everyone saw that I was quite unlucky last year. And show that I am still there, that I can still fight for victory, yes, it would be a relief “he explained.
