{"id":598181,"date":"2026-05-22T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598181\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:18:10","slug":"jonas-vingegaard-has-been-riding-while-sick-visma-lease-a-bike-sports-director-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598181\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonas Vingegaard has been riding while sick, Visma-Lease a Bike sports director reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> has been suffering with some degree of sickness while cycling the Giro d’Italia<\/a>, it was revealed by Visma Lease-a-Bike<\/a>\u2019s sports director yesterday.<\/p>\n

Talking to the Dutch media, Jesper M\u00f8rk\u00f8v admitted that several of his team had not been in perfect fitness for much of the preceding week, and that Vingegaard<\/a> was among those affected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYes, we have had a bit of coughing and tickling in the throat among some of the boys,” he told TV2 Sport<\/a>, before qualifying that the situation was relatively minor, and mostly resolved. Pressed on whether Vingegaard was among the riders showing symptoms of sickness, M\u00f8rk\u00f8v said: \u201cHe has also been one of them, but everything seems to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Danish rider has also been labouring under a heavy weight of expectation, due to being widely considered the overwhelming favourite for this year’s Giro. He has won two stages<\/a> so far, but failed to perform at his best<\/a> on the TT bike during stage 10<\/a>, losing time to race rivals Thymen Arensman (Netcompany-Ineos<\/a>), Derek Gee-West (Lidl-Trek<\/a>) and Ben O’Connor<\/a> (Jayco AlUla) during the time trial stage that was convincingly won by Filippo Ganna<\/a> (Netcompany-Ineos<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The under par performance in the time trial led to some people, including Geraint Thomas<\/a>, questioning whether the Danish rider was currently firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard remains in second position in the general classification, but he did lose another six seconds to race leader Afonso Eulalio<\/a> (Bahrain Victorious) during stage 12 and now trails Portuguese rider by 33 seconds, a margin the current maglia rosa wearer secured by taking the bonus seconds at the Red Bull KM<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Giro has been a battle of attrition so far, with riders succumbing to illness<\/a> and injury and myriad crashes, the worst of which was on stage two<\/a>, and the list of abandonees<\/a> growing daily. However, there is no suggestion that Vingegaard is seriously ill, or that he won\u2019t be able to continue, and the Dane remains the favourite.<\/p>\n

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