{"id":462428,"date":"2026-02-06T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462428\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:46:10","slug":"it-is-better-to-fully-recover-first-jonas-vingegaard-ruled-out-of-planned-season-debut-and-face-off-with-evenepoel-at-uae-tour-due-to-recent-crash-and-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462428\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It is better to fully recover first’ \u2013 Jonas Vingegaard ruled out of planned season debut and face-off with Evenepoel at UAE Tour due to recent crash and illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> has pulled out of his planned 2026 season debut at the UAE due to illness and a recent crash, his Visma-Lease a Bike<\/a> team announced on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

It was due to be one of the first big general classification showdowns of the season, with Vingegaard set to take on a red-hot Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and rising UAE Team Emirates-XRG star Isaac Del Toro.<\/p>\n

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“Jonas Vingegaard will not line up at the start of the UAE Tour later this month after all,” read a statement released by the Dutch team. “A recent crash followed by illness has ruled out his planned participation.”<\/p>\n

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Vingegaard crashed on January 26 in training after a controversial incident with an amateur rider<\/a>, where he was reportedly tailed on a descent before coming down. Despite not sustaining serious injuries, the team called for more “space and peace” to be given to pro riders.<\/p>\n

Subsequent illness a week after that incident in Spain has meant a delayed start to the Dane’s season.<\/p>\n

If Visma stick to his original plan, he will now make his debut at the Volta a Catalunya, which will be his only race before taking on the Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double.<\/p>\n

“I was really looking forward to returning to the UAE Tour and am therefore disappointed that we have had to make this decision,” said Vingegaard.<\/p>\n

“However, the combination of the crash and subsequent illness made it necessary. It is better to fully recover first so that I can then focus on my next goals.”<\/p>\n

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