{"id":697888,"date":"2026-07-18T05:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697888\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T05:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:16:18","slug":"he-is-travelling-separately-to-and-from-the-stages-matteo-jorgenson-isolated-from-visma-teammates-at-2026-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697888\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe is travelling separately to and from the stages\u201d \u2013 Matteo Jorgenson isolated from Visma teammates at 2026 Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jorgenson travelled to the start of stage 11 in a team car rather than on the bus with his teammates and wore a face mask before signing on. He remained separated from the group ahead of stage 12 as Visma continued to monitor his recovery.<\/p>\n

The precise nature of the illness has not been disclosed. \u201cIt is not ideal, but we have to adapt to the situation,\u201d Reef added. \u201cThen we will have to see how it develops over the course of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visma take no chances around Vingegaard<\/p>\n

Visma\u2019s response comes after Vingegaard spent the opening half of the Tour wearing a Covid-style face mask before and after stages in an effort to avoid becoming ill for a third successive edition.<\/p>\n

The Dane explained ahead of stage 2<\/a> that he had already heard of sickness circulating within the peloton and did not want to take unnecessary risks. \u201cWell, I hear there already is some sickness in the bunch, and as I\u2019ve been sick in my last two Tour de France<\/a>, I want to be on the safe side and try to stay healthy,\u201d Vingegaard told TNT Sports. \u201cSo it\u2019s more a precaution from my side. I don\u2019t have anything at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are also a lot more people, a lot more spectators and a lot more journalists, so there are a lot more things that can go around,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just want to try to stay safer than in the last Grand Tours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those precautions have taken on greater importance now that illness has reached one of Vingegaard\u2019s principal support riders. Jorgenson entered the Tour as a crucial part of Visma\u2019s mountain unit, but his immediate priority has become staying in the race while preventing further disruption within the team.<\/p>\n

\"Jonas<\/p>\n

Jonas Vingegaard has been wearing a facemask throughout the 2026 Tour de France<\/p>\n

Jorgenson searches for recovery before the mountains<\/p>\n

The illness has compounded a difficult period for Jorgenson, who also crashed during stage 10 and finished with visible injuries to his left arm and knee.<\/p>\n

He then struggled through stage 11, losing contact late in the day and finishing more than two minutes behind the stage winner. Rather than preserving his own position in the general classification, the American is now attempting to recover enough to offer meaningful support to Vingegaard as the Tour moves back into more demanding terrain.<\/p>\n

Reef\u2019s update offered Visma some encouragement, but Jorgenson\u2019s continued isolation showed that the concern had not passed. With Vingegaard already facing a major task in the battle for yellow, losing one of his strongest mountain domestiques would further reduce Visma\u2019s options during the decisive stages.<\/p>\n

For now, Jorgenson remains in the Tour and reported feeling slightly better. Whether that improvement comes quickly enough for him to return to Vingegaard\u2019s side in the mountains remains Visma\u2019s more pressing concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jorgenson travelled to the start of stage 11 in a team car rather than on the bus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,9046,138323,113658,101,36242,6549,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-697888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-jonas-vingegaard","tag-marc-reef","tag-matteo-jorgenson","tag-sports","tag-team-visma-lease-a-bike","tag-tour-de-france","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}