Jonas Vingegaard, double Tour de France championis working anti-clockwise on recover from the injuries he suffered in the multiple falls in which he hit a roadside post in the fourth stage of the last Tour of the Basque Country and return to his best physical condition.
Vingegaard broke his collarbone and several ribs on April 4, but According to Danish media ‘BT’, the Danish cyclist has recovered enough from his injuries to start normal training. thinking about fighting to revalidate the two crowns he achieved in the last two editions of the French round.
“He was with the family in Mallorca, but now he is starting altitude training in Tignes,” his coach, Tim Heemskerk, assured the aforementioned media, highlighting that his training is starting to approach what he used to do in his usual preparation. “It’s a new step for him and now what he’s doing is starting to look like a normal workout.”. He arrived at altitude yesterday and at first didn’t have much practice. You just have to adapt to the height.”he added about the training he had started Tignes is the Team Visma cyclist.
“My hope is that he can train with the rest of the team when they arrive in Tignes after the (Critérium du) Dauphiné for the pre-Tour training camp and become a full member of the team”added Tim Heemskerk, although he clarified that it is not yet possible to know if the Danish star is in full condition to face the Tour, which starts on June 29 in Florence (Italy): “For now, the most important thing now and tomorrow.”
This is his practice in Mallorca
“We are trying to increase his fitness on the bike, but we are also trying to strengthen his shoulder with exercises and get him closer to the optimal weight,” explained Heemskerk, who was surprised by the big steps forward Vingegaard has made in recent weeks .
“He prepared himself in the best possible way by developing and practicing the descents in Mallorca, where, for the first time, he really accelerated again. It’s about being somewhere with good weather and where he can enjoy training time and balance it with his family. In Tignes, it’s more about pure performance, with normal training, massages, etc.”pointed out the difference in the preparation carried out at the beginning of the training in Mallorca and later, in Tignes, in altitude.
“I think it was good for him to be with his family in Mallorca, where they had good times and he was able to recharge his battery. It’s good that he rests in good weather and can train”concluded the coach of Vingegaard, who was initially expected to participate in the Critérium du Dauphiné, which starts this Sunday, although in the end it was decided to give him more space to recover and continue training with a view to the Tour de France.
Source: La Verdad
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