Jonas Vingegaard crashed during training yesterday, a fan who was following the former Tour de France winner on a descent claiming the Dane was “trying to drop me” and “got angry with me for staying on his wheel while going downhill”.
This morning, Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed to road.cc that Vingegaard fortunately escaped without significant injury from the training crash near Málaga on Monday, although reports from riders who saw him at the roadside suggest his face was bleeding and the two-time Tour winner was left angered by the amateur rider following him down the descent.
Jonas Vingegaard at the 2025 Vuelta (credit: ASO/Unipublic/Rafa Gómez/Sprint Cycling Agency)
Visma-Lease a Bike took the opportunity to urge fans “to always put safety first”. A spokesperson told us: “For both your own and others’ wellbeing, please allow riders to train and give them as much space and peace as possible.”
Pedro García Fernández, a Spanish amateur rider, put his account of the training crash on Strava. He shared a picture of him following Vingegaard and told his followers “Jonas crashed while trying to drop me on the descent of Fuente la Reina”.
Jonas Vingegaard training crash (credit: Pedro García Fernández/Strava)
When Fernández stopped to check on the Visma-Lease a Bike Grand Tour star, he apparently “got angry with me for staying on his wheel while going downhill”.
“You can be professional, but you can also be humble,” the amateur rider wrote on Strava. “He was going down fast just to get rid of me and ended up on the ground.
I don’t make a living from this and I’m an amateur like most people, so I don’t think his anger as a professional is justified because of that.”
However, many of the replies from other riders have followed the line of what Visma-Lease a Bike told us this morning and urged fellow fans and amateurs to respect pro riders’ space and peace when sharing the roads.
Jonas Vingegaard training crash (credit: Pedro García Fernández/Strava)
Another person who says they happened upon the scene reported spotting Vingegaard by the roadside guardrail with “his face bloody”.
“He must have taken a hard hit to end up dragging his face along the ground,” the second rider said. “I also stopped and asked if he needed help and he told me no, to go away, very angry. Now I understand why.
“I also think that people like him, who are professionals and have a lot at stake, need to be given space and shown respect,” they continued. “They’re risking their lives, their salary, and the livelihood of many people around them. It seems to me that he felt a bit harassed and went faster than he should have on a road he doesn’t know well.”
João Almeida and Jonas Vingegaard 2025 Vuelta (credit: ASO/Unipublic / Cxcling / Antonio Baixauli)
From what Visma-Lease a Bike have told us this morning it sounds as though Vingegaard escaped without anything too serious on the medical front and his preparation for a first tilt at the Giro d’Italia should not be impacted too badly. The Dane is expected to return to racing next month at the UAE Tour, although it remains to be seen if Monday’s crash affects that.
The incident comes less than a week after some footage was widely shared showing Vingegaard questioning a fan who rode on the wrong side of the road on a blind bend to take a video of Visma-Lease a Bike.
Fan films Visma-Lease a Bike on blind bend (credit: @artem4ik19)
In the footage, Vingegaard was seen politely pointing out to the filming rider that the climb was a two-way road, the fan then realising the error of his ways, dropping back with an apology, and getting a ‘thank you’ in return.