Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is not going to begin Friday’s stage 6 of Paris-Nice with the workforce saying in a short media assertion that the choice had been made to take a seat the two-time Tour de France winner out for the remainder of the occasion to permit time for restoration.
Visma-Lease a Bike had mentioned on Thursday that the rider “sustained a contusion of the hand after a crash in Paris-Nice” and that its medical employees would determine on Friday if he was match sufficient to proceed the race.
“Unfortunately, Jonas Vingegaard is not going to begin in as we speak’s stage of Paris-Nice,” was the assertion that got here from the workforce on Friday morning. “Our medical employees has determined that it’s best for him to recuperate from yesterday’s crash at residence and give attention to his subsequent targets for the season.”
Vingegaard had been main Paris-Nice on the finish of stage 4 however handed the highest spot again to teammate, and final yr’s winner, Matteo Jorgenson after his stage 5 crash. He was, nevertheless, nonetheless in second place total on the finish of the stage.
Vingegaard got here off early within the stage, in what initially an innocuous fall. He had a bloodied lip however teammates rallied round as he modified bikes and rejoined the peloton. However, it then turned evident that he was in ache, having harm his hand, so he made clear to Jorgenson that the burden of the workforce’s hopes might now should relaxation on his shoulders.
“It’s not good that Jonas crashed,” mentioned Jorgenson on Thursday after the stage. “When he returned to the peloton he informed me to race for myself as we speak. That’s what I did then. As a workforce we tried to make one of the best of it.”
Vingegaard remained close to the entrance of the race till the ultimate kilometres of stage 5, although he needed to go away it to Jorgenson – who got here third – to guide the workforce’s effort into the end. He began slipping towards the again of the lead group on the ultimate climb, at round 2km to go. He fought to carry on for a while however with just below 800m left began falling prey to the opening gaps.
Vingegaard completed in sixteenth, 26 seconds behind stage winner Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) and 23 seconds behind his third-placed teammate. After that, Vingegaard had a 22-second deficit to Jorgenson within the total standings, with Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) in third, 36 seconds behind Jorgenson and 14 seconds behind Vingegaard.
Lipowitz, now after all might be Jorgenson’s nearest competitor, with stage 4 winner João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) subsequent in line at 40 seconds behind Jorgenson.
