Visma-Rent a Motorcycle have introduced that Jonas Vingegaard may not be taking the beginning of the approaching Volta a Catalunya (March 24-30), with the Dane as an alternative taking time to recuperate from a crash at Paris-Great.
Vingegaard pulled out of Paris-Great forward of the 6th degree after crashing at the 5th degree, a hilltop end at Los angeles Côte-Saint-André. He suffered a hand contusion in addition to dizziness and ache in his face however went on to complete the degree.
On the other hand, his accidents now imply that he received’t be collaborating in Catalunya, Visma-Rent a Motorcycle showed on Wednesday morning.
“Jonas Vingegaard has not yet recovered sufficiently from his crash in Paris-Nice. Therefore, he will not start in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. We wish him a speedy recovery!” the staff wrote in a observation on social media.
As a substitute, the Dutch squad shall be led via Simon Yates and Sepp Kuss. The pair shall be joined for the week-long degree race via Steven Kruijswijk, Wilco Kelderman, Bart Lemmen, Matthew Brennan and Menno Huising.
The query for Vingegaard now could be the place his subsequent race shall be. His run-up to a tilt at a 3rd Excursion de France identify was once set to incorporate simply two extra races – Catalunya and the Critérium du Dauphiné (June 8-15), with a vacation and altitude camp coming between the pair of races.
Earlier campaigns have noticed him tackle Itzulia Basque Nation in April earlier than returning for the Dauphiné and Excursion, even though how keen he can be to go back to the race, the web page of his life-threatening crash final spring, is questionable.
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Within the intervening time, Yates and Kuss will lead Visma towards a number of different most sensible GC contenders at Catalunya, the place summit finishes at Los angeles Molina, Montserrat Mil·lenari, and Queralt are set to make a decision the champion.
Becoming a member of the 2 leaders at the provisional startlist for the 104th version of the race are UAE Crew Emirates-XRG duo Adam Yates and Juan Ayuso, Primož Roglič (Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep), Enric Mas (Movistar), Ineos Grenadiers Geraint Thomas pairing Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas, Richard Carapaz (EF Training-EasyPost), and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), amongst others.
