Vingegaard is back on the bike a month after a heavy fall and hopes to reach the Tour | Cycling

Vingegaard crashed last month during a stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The two-time Tour winner suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs and a broken collarbone as a result of the fall. The Danish leader of Visma-Lease a Bike underwent surgery and was in hospital for almost two weeks.

“I still have a few things to recover from, but it’s getting better and better. I feel good,” Vingegaard said in a video message on https://twitter.com/vismaleaseabike/status/1787803996104618020while he poses beamingly with his racing bike.

“This is my first outdoor training round again. It’s really nice to finally be able to ride normally again and to finally cycle on the road again. It’s great. I’m looking forward to the next steps.”

The big question is whether Vingegaard will be fit in time for the start of the Tour de France. The French stage race, which Vingegaard won the past two years, starts on June 29 in Florence. “I hope to make it to the start. Of course we don’t know what my form and recovery will be like, but I will do everything I can to be in top form there.”