Jonas Vingegaard has revealed that he suffered a concussion within the crash which pressured him out of Paris-Nice earlier this month.
The Dane crashed onerous throughout stage 4 of the week-long stage race whereas sporting the chief’s jersey. He continued to the hilltop end, ceding the general result in Visma-Lease a Bike teammate Matteo Jorgenson, however left the race in a single day forward of the fifth stage.
Having suffered dizziness, a hand contusion, and facial ache following the autumn, Vingegaard was additionally dominated out of this week’s Volta a Catalunya. Speaking to B.T., he stated that he suffered a concussion which affected him for a number of days afterwards.
“After the crash I used to be dizzy, and after the stage, I acquired very nauseous and was extremely drained, which continued for the subsequent a number of days,” Vingegaard stated.
“I’m pleased to be again on the bike, despite the fact that it took a bit of longer than hoped as a consequence of my concussion, which required a whole lot of relaxation.”
Jorgenson went on to defend the race result in Nice, taking his second win on the Race to the Sun, although Vingegaard felt he may’ve taken the win, however for his fall.
“I’m extremely upset to be out as a result of I truly felt like I may have saved the chief’s jersey all the way in which to Nice,” he stated.
“The undeniable fact that it additionally signifies that I’ve to overlook Catalunya is much more disappointing, as I had been trying ahead to the race.”
Vingegaard’s directeur sportif at Visma, Frans Maassen, stated that the two-time Tour de France winner “misplaced 9 days of coaching” because of the crash and referred to as it a “huge aid” that he managed to keep away from breaking his hand.
With no Catalunya on the schedule, Vingegaard’s subsequent deliberate race is now practically three months away, on the Critérium du Dauphiné. Speaking to Feltet, Maassen stated that Vingegaard had “some choices” about his lead-in to the Tour de France, however he wasn’t giving something away about any attainable schedule tweaks.
“I’m not going to say something about what he’ll be racing,” he stated. “We had chat with Jonas on Friday, the place we gave him some choices.
“We did not need to make an instantaneous choice after the crash, despite the fact that we may have, however we expect it is higher for everybody to suppose twice. We will make a ultimate choice within the subsequent few weeks.”
One possibility for Vingegaard is just forgoing any further racing altogether, solely coaching at altitude earlier than the Dauphiné. “That plan can also be a chance,” Maassen stated.
“For now, we’ve got a transparent plan, however we nonetheless have to attend and see. The coaches want to consider it and Jonas wants to consider it. He additionally wants to speak to his household about it.”
