Jonas Vingegaard’s season ends

last Sunday Jonas Vingegaard won the win at Tour of Poland. The Dane met with success again after being left with honey on his lips in Tour de Francewhere he was second and helpless against the overwhelming dominance of Tadej Pogacar. But arriving in Nice and doing so with a stage victory under his belt is already a triumph for the Visma cyclist, who suffered a terrible fall in Itzulia where he feared the worst. “I thought I was going to die,” Vingegaard himself declared as he recalled the fall, as he recovered from broken ribs, a broken clavicle, a lung contusion and a pneumothorax that forced him to stay in the ICU for a week.

He managed to recover in record time and went to the Tour to try to defend his crown but found himself with a Pogacar hard to handle After his victory in Poland, Vingegaard the season is over. This was reported by La Gazzetta and later confirmed by staff members of the Dutch team to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.

The 27-year-old cyclist made this decision for two reasons. The first, and most important, is his autumn birth second child. “I have to go back home and be with my wife,” he declared as soon as the competition in Poland ended, making sure that he really wanted to have fun and spend time with his family.

The second reason is purely sports. This year, marked by the accident in Itzulia, the most complicated in his career and Vingegaard He wants to rest both physically and mentally so he can start preparing for next season with guarantees starting in October. A complete stop to recover his best version and thus test the attack of the 2025 Tour de France with the clear objective of returning to the top of the Paris podium.

so, Vingegaard He will not be able to participate in the World Cup that will take place in Zurich at the end of September or in Lombardy, where he competed in 2021 and 2022.