On April 4, Jonas Vingegaard was born again. The Danish cyclist was involved in several falls in the fourth stage of the Itzulia and he is one of the worst unemployed, to the point that, as he himself reminded the Danish television ‘dr.dk‘I thought he was going to die.
As a result of strong falls, where viewing the images can be more serious and where other runners such as Primoz Roglic or Remco Evenepoelhe leader of Team Visma-Lease a Bike Seven ribs were broken, a sternum, collarbone was broken and both lungs were punctured. A medical report that was simply terrifying to write, but from which Jonas, who made good the saying that cyclists are made of different stuff, emerged stronger.
At least this is the impression after listening to the interview he gave on Danish television in ‘Sportsommeren 2024’ program‘, where he and his wife recalled the moment of the incident and his recovery.
“I had internal bleeding which means I would drown in my own blood or bleed to death. So I thought that is the end,” since “I couldn’t breathe for the first ten seconds. I knew something was wrong. When I finally breathed again, I coughed up blood.
The Jonas’ wife, Trine Marie Vingegaard Hansen, He commented in turn that “I was glad he was alive and hoped he didn’t have brain damage. We can live with everything else.”
After such a serious accident, another athlete thought of quitting, about changing professions because of the risk involved, but Vingegaard He didn’t do it. “When I was on the ground, I thought that if I survive this, I will finish my career. But then we talked a lot about it and we both thought I should continue. Because cycling is still my passion.”
Miraculously, Jonas arrived on time. Tour de Francewhere he even won a stage and finished second behind his great rival, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacarbefore closing the season on Return to Polandconquest of the general.
A happy ending in 2024 that could have ended much worse, leading to Jonas VingegaarIt was a deep reflection, but it did not take him away for a second from his great passion, which was cycling. In fact, while waiting for the new year to begin, the Danish cyclist is already thinking about how to beat his great rival, Tadej Pogacar, and he seemed confident that he could be better than her. The UAE leader Teram Emiratesas he did in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Tour de France.
Source: La Verdad
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