The cycling world received good news this Tuesday: the two-time champion of the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard, was discharged and left the hospital Victoria to continue with your recovery at home.
After 12 days in the hospital, where he was in an intensive care unit after his fracture operation, the Dane returns home to continue his long recovery process. It is not known if he will be able to reach the Tour de France.
The information was confirmed through his team's social networks, the Visma-Lease a Bike, thanking the messages of support and the doctors who treated him in one of the most difficult moments of his life.
“Hello everyone, it's time for me to leave the hospital. I want to thank all the medical staff for taking such good care of me and thank everyone for their moral support. I have received many messages, gifts and drawings. Action! It's time to make a full recovery again,” he explained.
It is not yet known if Vingegaard He will move to his residence in Switzerland, the only thing that is clear is that he will be under strict care by doctors and that he will travel on a medicalized plane due to the severity of his injuries.
The main drawback of his transfer is his lung problems. After his fall in the Tour of the Basque Country, he suffered fractures to his collarbone, several ribs and a lung contusion, which could leave him out of the Tour de France.
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“We have to look at the issue of rib fractures. The clavicle thing is not so much of a problem today, but the other thing is. “That should give him about two months to get back into training shape and there are two and a few months left until the Tour,” he said. Camilo Pardo, doctor of the Boyacá cycling teams to EL TIEMPO.
Podium, left From left: Tadej Pogacar, second; Jonas Vingegaard, champion; and Adam Yates, third.
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For its part, Richard Pluggedirector of Visma, was consulted about the possibility of seeing Jonas in the Tour de France and his answer leaves many doubts. “We have to see how they recover as people and only then can we think about when they will return to cycling. At the moment it is too early, we must let them rest and recover,” he explained to the media. CyclingNews.
And he added: “Everyone was looking forward to the big showdown in the Tour de France between Jonas Vingeggard, Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel. Now we may not have that. It would be very sad for the sport if any of them cannot run the Tour. “We have to do something about it.”
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