Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) tumbled out of the lead in Paris-Nice on Thursday, shedding 26 seconds on the brief however steep ending climb in La Côte-Saint-André within the finale of stage 5.
The two-time Tour de France winner suffered a mid-race crash out of sight of the tv cameras, however images of the aftermath of the incident present Vingegaard with a small reduce to his lip. He appeared calm whereas taking a brand new bike and was rapidly again within the peloton.
However, the cracks started to indicate within the remaining kilometre when Vingegaard suffered behind the pace-setting of teammate and defending Paris-Nice champion Matteo Jorgenson.
Jorgenson led a choose group into the ultimate 200 metres however misplaced out within the stage win within the dash to Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) and Clément Champoussin (XDS Astana).
However, Jorgenson moved again into the maillot jaune at some point after shedding it to an assault from Vingegaard at La Loge des Gardes on stage 4. He leads Vingegaard by 22 seconds with Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in third at 36 seconds.
After the end, Vingegaard might be seen holding his wrist and seeming to be in ache.
More to return.
