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

By FRANCE 24

Cycling

SUN, 19 JUL 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. Pogacar, a four-time winner, was four minutes and 30 seconds ahead of Vingegaard in the general classification coming into the ⁠stage.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)