CNN —Defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is in hospital after suffering a horror crash during stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday.
His cycling team, Team Visma, said that Vingegaard suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs, a pulmonary contusion and pneumothorax, or collapsed lung.
“He remains in hospital.”Vingegaard’s injury puts his Tour de France title defense in jeopardy, with the race starting earlier this year on June 29 due to the Paris Olympics.
Television footage showed Vingegaard being taken away on a stretcher and put into an ambulance.
Evenepoel, the 2022 Vuelta a España winner, also suffered a fractured collarbone, his Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team said in a statement, as well as a fractured right shoulder blade.
Persons:
Jonas Vingegaard, Visma, Vingegaard, ”, Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel, ” Evenepoel, Tim de Waele, Jay Vine, Sean Quinn
Organizations:
CNN, de France, Paris Olympics, Evenepoel, Team, Getty, Team Emirates, Pro
Locations:
Basque, Belgium