Jonas Vingegaard won’t be at the beginning of the Critérium du Dauphiné on June 2, in accordance with Wielerflits.nl, however the workforce remains to be hoping that he’ll get well in time to defend his Tour de France title in July.
Vingegaard crashed on a descent throughout stage 4 of the Itzulia Basque Country on April 4 and suffered a damaged collarbone and ribs, and a collapsed lung. He was solely discharged from the hospital in Spain on April 16.
Sport director Merijn Zeeman additionally confirmed to Wielerflits that Vingegaard wouldn’t attend the Tour workforce’s coaching camp in Sierra Nevada this weekend.
“Winning the Tour might be tough for Jonas, however it’s actually not unattainable,” Zeeman stated. “He is busy every single day together with his rehabilitation below the steering of our medical employees and physiotherapists. We will definitely preserve open the likelihood that he’ll make it to the beginning of the Tour in Florence. Jonas is extraordinarily gifted and we all know that he additionally recovers extraordinarily rapidly.
“Every week, we take inventory. The medical employees can’t say a lot for the time being about this system he can observe within the coming interval. We have to attend and see, however we actually nonetheless have hope that he can defend his Tour title.”
Wout van Aert may even miss the altitude camp as he continues to return again from a damaged sternum, ribs and collarbone from his crash in Dwars door Vlaanderen, however has been driving his mountain bike as a part of his gradual restoration.
Van Aert was meant to be racing the Giro d’Italia however his accidents prevented his participation. Zeeman stated they’d “preserve all choices open” within the subsequent few weeks as they measure each riders’ restoration.
“Does Jonas want the Dauphiné to be in fine condition for the Tour? That’s not essentially mandatory,” Zeeman stated. “The Dauphiné is actually not a key race for Jonas in direction of the Tour. In 2021 he rode the Dauphiné after he was additionally recovering from an damage. Only within the final stage did he get via, and he completed second in that stage. I’m satisfied that with an excellent coaching block in that interval, Jonas may work on his kind to reach at the beginning of the Tour in high kind.”
The workforce couldn’t state when Van Aert would return, though there was hypothesis he might race the Tour of Norway on the finish of this month. Zeeman denied this. “Wout has not but reached the purpose the place we will make that alternative now. In probably the most beneficial state of affairs, Norway is possible for him. But nothing will be stated about that but.”
