Jonas Vingegaard is "really looking forward to racing again," but stays focused on the Tour and delays comeback by six weeks

Vingegaard is not the type of person to post everything on social media and Strava, but after his crash in Paris-Nice, which left him with a concussion and a contused hand, he was very quiet for several weeks. Visma | Lease a Bike announced that Vingegaard had to skip the Tour of Catalonia, and Vingegaard himself said that he had also suffered a concussion, but that was all.

Fusion Sportswear announced on Wednesday – the day of the Flèche Wallonne – that Vingegaard had been in the wind tunnel on Tuesday. At the same time, Danish TV2 commentator Rolf Sorensen heard that he had been seen back near his home in his Visma | Lease a Bike outfit. Riding his bike, that is.

The question 'When will Vingegaard return to competition?' quickly resurfaced. Visma | Lease a Bike responded with a press release. "The specific build-up to the Tour de France for Jonas started this week with a wind tunnel test in Aalborg, Denmark," the team said. "Soon, the Danish rider from Team Visma | Lease a Bike will head to Sierra Nevada for high-altitude training with the team. Later he will head to the Critérium du Dauphiné, after that race, there will be another altitude training camp in Tignes as the final preparation for the big goal in France"

"The focus is now fully on the Tour de France," said Vingegaard. "The preparations for this race have truly begun. I no longer have any issues from the concussion I sustained earlier, or any other physical problems. It was really unfortunate that I couldn’t finish Paris-Nice and also had to miss the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. But now I’m training without any problems and will soon head to the altitude camp."

His schedule remains unchanged, so Vingegaard will resume racing in the Dauphiné. "I'm really looking forward to racing again. I haven't raced much this past year, so I'm eager to get started again. That goes for both the Critérium du Dauphiné and, of course, the Tour de France. But first, I'll go to altitude training to get in shape. After that, I'll try to win those races."

In the Dauphiné, Vingegaard, who will not compete in Liège-Bastogne-Liège or the Tour de Romandie, will face Tadej Pogacar for the first time this year. The Slovenian rider from UAE Emirates-XRG is also expected to compete in the French preparation race before defending his title in the Tour.