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Follow us on GoogleWe’re already well into October, which means it’s time for the traditional look back at the cycling season just gone. Visma | Lease a Bike is doing the same. The Dutch team highlights the best moments—such as Wout van Aert’s victory at Paris-Roubaix—but also dedicates a video to the most miserable day of the year.
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"The Day Jonas Vingegaard Crashed Out of the Tour de France" is the title of the video that the Dutch team posted on YouTube on Thursday.
It offers a glimpse into how the 15th stage of the race was experienced on the team bus, in the team car, and by the other riders.
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Visma were motivated before Vingegaard's Tour de France crash
Ahead of the stage, which finished on the grueling Plateau de Solaison, there was still plenty of ambition despite the 4 minute 30 deficit to Tadej Pogačar:
“I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. I know it’s Stage 15 and that it’s already been very tough, but I think that day is really where we as a team can make a difference,” said Head of Racing Marc Reef.
"What we want to do: we want to win the stage, we want to go for it, we want to fight for it, and in doing so, we also want to gain time on our rivals," he said.
Vingegaard had already spotted some cracks in Pogačar's armour. "I had the feeling that he wasn't entirely comfortable yesterday (in Stage 14, ed.). This climb suits me best in the Tour de France."
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Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar in the Tour de France.
Vingegaard was feeling good before his setback in the Tour de France
And so Visma | Lease a Bike took control, right up until that fateful moment at a roundabout heading toward Plateau de Solaison.
It was immediately clear that Vingegaard couldn’t continue, which was also communicated by the team car. “Damn it,” team director Frans Maassen snorted repeatedly, before instructing Matteo Jorgenson to “just” keep going.
Next, we see Vingegaard standing in the bus with his broken collarbone.
“It’s a shame. We spend most of the year training at the top of a mountain, weighing all our food... and then you come to the Tour, ride 15 stages, and it’s over. It’s mentally tough to accept things like this,”- Matteo Jorgenson after stage 15
Vingegaard discussed it with the American and Marc Reef while Jorgenson was getting a massage. “It’s easy to say now, but I think I could have won today,” the Dane said before heading home. “It’s nice to be able to unwind now. I needed that anyway, and then we’ll see how it goes.”
The team leader of Visma | Lease a Bike did not race again for the remainder of 2026. Meanwhile, the route for the 2027 Tour de France has already been announced, which may not be entirely suited to Vingegaard.
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David has been working in the sports & cycling industry for 16 years. Covering racing, business and technology, he has worked in communications for cycling companies, teams, and as a journalist. His proudest achievement is winning the first bike race he ever entered. He hasn't won a race since.
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