There are 17 days left before the start of the Tour de France 2024 in Florence, Italy)and the Danish presence Jonas Vingegaard It’s still up in the air. He head of Team Visma-Lease to Bike was one of the cyclists worst in the heavy fall that occurred during the fourth stage of Itzuliabecause as a result of the incident he suffered a pneumothorax and a lung contusion, in addition to several fractures of his clavicle and several ribs.
A medical report that when made public seems impossible to allow Vingegaard even at the starting line of Tour de France on June 29. But in another demonstration of the various ‘pasta’ made by cyclists, the Dane was back on the bike 21 days later.
Little by little, Jonas’s sensation improved and these same sensations led him to attend the high concentration where his team was held. Tignes (France)in the first premise that needs to be met with him to calculate whether he can or not in Tourafter filming for a few days at Majorca.
Get it now Vingegaard more than twelve days dedicated to Tignes and during this time his body responds well to the demands to which it is subjected, although concentration is one thing and a race is quite another, especially the mother of all races like Tour de Francewith the stress that comes with it, the constant risk of falling and the maximum physical demands.
The intensity of concentration will increase
So, in the words of his coach Tim Heemskerkthe chance to see Vingegaard in the Tour de France is “50%”. His level is good enough for a training camp like we are doing in Tignes and that is positive. Starting tomorrow, the riders who race him are Criterium du Dauphiné They will also join us and we will start another phase of work,” Heemskerk explained to ‘BT’.
Furthermore, the coach added that “even Jonas does not have an answer, even if he does not know if he will run in the Tour. It is important to see how his body responds now to the difficult weeks of training that he faced. The first week in The altitude is focused on adaptation and recovery Then followed a difficult week of training and now another one is coming that the most important thing is to understand what his reaction will be next. “7 days will be decisive.”
Source: La Verdad
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