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Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, in second place in Tour de France, withdraws after fall

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Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard withdrew from the 2026 Tour de France on Sunday after crashing around 20km from the end of the 15th stage. More to follow. 

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Le coureur danois Jonas Vingegaard avec le maillot à pois, lors de la quatorzième étape du Tour de France le 18 juillet 2026.

File photo of Jonas Vingegaard wearing the climber’s dotted “King of the Mountains” jersey cycles to the finish of the 14th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 155,3 km between Mulhouse and Le Markstein in the Vosges mountains, on July 18, 2026. © Anne-Christine Poujoulat, AFP

Jonas Vingegaard, the 29-year-old Dane, who was sitting second overall in the 2026 Tour de France, abandoned the race on Sunday after a heavy crash about 20 kilometres from the finish of the 15th stage at the Plateau de Solaison.

Vingegaard went down in a roundabout, taking down several of his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates and Mexican rider Isaac del Toro, who was able to continue.

The winner of the Tour in 2022 and 2023 climbed into the ambulance with his right arm in a sling, writhing in pain. Yellow jersey wearer Tadej Pogacar managed to avoid the crash.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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