Vingegaard and Visma know the extent of his injuries after dramatic crash at the Tour de France

Jonas Vingegaard was forced to abandon stage 15 of the Tour de France following a crash in the final kilometers. Visma | Lease a Bike was leading the peloton to go for the stage win with the Dane, but he crashed on a roundabout while in fifth position. He was quickly taken to the ambulance with a sling on. The medical diagnosis was not positive.

Vingegaard had plans for the fifteenth stage, which took the peloton to the summit of the Plateau de Solaison. Visma | Lease a Bike saw this grueling climb as a potential turning point in the Tour de France. Could the Dane perhaps make a dent in the dominance of Tadej Pogacar and UAE Emirates-XRG on a steep 11-kilometer climb averaging 9 percent?

Unfortunately, the answer was already clear before the start of the final climb. Just as Visma | Lease a Bike was riding full throttle at the front to reel in a breakaway group and go for a stage win, we suddenly saw Vingegaard lying on the ground. The replay showed that he was the first to fall, after passing a speed bump and losing his balance. In the process, he slammed hard into the curb.

Vingegaard took Isaac del Toro and Felix Grossschartner of UAE down with him in his crash, but the two UAE riders were ultimately able to continue. Vingegaard was in a lot of pain and was fitted with a sling right there on the street. With a pained expression on his face, he hobbled into the ambulance shortly afterward. Visma | Lease a Bike was left behind, defeated, and understandably stopped chasing.

Things seemed to be going well for Del Toro, although the entire UAE team—including Tadej Pogacar—came over to check on the young Mexican. The fact that the Tour de France waits for no one was evident from the way Bahrin Victorious and Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe suddenly saw an opportunity and took over the chase. Evenepoel won the stage, ahead of Pogacar and Del Toro, who clearly wasn't struggling too much.

The medical diagnosis at the finish quickly revealed why Vingegaard had to be taken into the ambulance in a sling. The Dane broke his right collarbone in the crash and also sustained multiple bruises.

"Due to the severity of the collarbone fracture, surgery is necessary,' Visma | Lease a Bike announced an hour after the finish of the stage. 'The operation will be performed in the coming days. We wish Jonas a speedy recovery."