{"id":411460,"date":"2026-02-06T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411460\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:17:08","slug":"it-is-better-to-fully-recover-jonas-vingegaard-delays-season-start-after-crash-and-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411460\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It is better to fully recover’ \u2013 Jonas Vingegaard delays season start after crash and illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> will not make his season debut at this month\u2019s UAE Tour as planned, choosing instead to recover after crashing during training<\/a> and subsequently falling ill.<\/p>\n

The two-time Tour de France<\/a> winner fell off his bike last week after being followed by an amateur cyclist on a descent near Malaga, Spain.<\/p>\n

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Vingegaard was due to open his 2026 season at the UAE Tour on 16 February, but now may not race until his next confirmed event: the Volta a Catalunya<\/a> at the end of March.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was really looking forward to returning to the UAE Tour and am therefore disappointed that we have had to make this decision,\u201d the Dane said in a statement shared by his team, Visma-Lease a Bike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u1d0a\u1d0f\u0274\u1d00\ua731 \u1d20\u026a\u0274\u0262\u1d07\u0262\u1d00\u1d00\u0280\u1d05 \u1d21\u026a\u029f\u029f \u0274\u1d0f\u1d1b \ua731\u1d1b\u1d00\u0280\u1d1b \u026a\u0274 \u1d1c\u1d00\u1d07 \u1d1b\u1d0f\u1d1c\u0280Jonas Vingegaard will not line up at the start of the UAE Tour later this month after all. A recent crash followed by illness has ruled out his planned participation.Vingegaard: \u201cI was really looking forward to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2U15vN5qAeFebruary 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Following his crash last week, Visma-Lease a Bike released a statement saying Vingegaard was \u201cokay\u201d and did not sustain any \u201cserious injuries\u201d.<\/p>\n

The team also urged restraint from the public towards their riders. \u201cFor both your own and others\u2019 wellbeing, please allow riders to train and give them as much space and peace as possible,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

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Vingegaard, who won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, earned his first Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a> title last year, and is now targeting the Grand Tour treble in the Giro d\u2019Italia<\/a>, which he will ride for the first time this spring.<\/p>\n

After his UAE Tour withdrawal, the Giro and the Volta a Catalunya are the only races on his calendar before July\u2019s Tour de France.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the Tour de France in mind, if you do too much in the spring, you will pay for it in the Tour,\u201d the Dane told Wielerflits<\/a> last month. \u201cAfter the Tour, we\u2019re going to see where I am, how I feel, and then we decide if that\u2019s season [finished] or if we plan some more [races].\u201d<\/p>\n

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