'Very bad day' for Tour de France leader Vingegaard as Philipsen claims stage win
Jonas Vingegaard recovered from a heavy crash to maintain his lead over the UAE team Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar on Stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday.
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Tour de France: Jumbo-Visma's Frans Maassen reveals extent of Primoz Roglic injury which saw saw him abandon Tour
Jumbo-Visma Sport Director Frans Maassen has explained that Primoz Roglic abandoning the Tour de France was because he was «suffering a lot». Roglic took the decision to pull out of the race ahead of Stage 15 «to allow my injuries to heal» following a crash on Stage 5. Ad/> Speaking ahead of the Stage, Maassen described the difficulties Roglic was having and intimated that the decision came from above rather than from the rider himself.
'I find it very strange' - Primoz Roglic's decision to abandon Tour de France and teammate Jonas Vingegaard questioned
Primoz Roglic’s decision to abandon this year’s Tour de France has led to raised eyebrows, not least from Eurosport’s Breakaway team. The Jumbo-Visma rider took the decision to pull out of the race ahead of Stage 15 ‘to allow my injuries to heal’ following a crash on Stage 5. Ad/> It is expected that the Slovenian will focus on his recovery ahead of the Vuelta a Espana in August as he looks to win the General Classification for a fourth year in a row.
Primoz Roglic withdraws from Tour de France
Primoz Roglic, the 2020 Tour de France runner-up, did not start Sunday’s 15th stage of the 21-stage event.
Cort Nielsen and Clarke out of Tour de France with COVID-19
RODEZ, France : Magnus Cort Nielsen and Simon Clarke became the latest COVID-19 casualties on the Tour de France when the two stage winners were pulled out of the race by their respective teams on Sunday.
'I need to let my injuries heal' - Primoz Roglic withdraws from the Tour de France, Magnus Cort also out
Primoz Roglic has made the decision to withdraw from the Tour de France ahead of the start of Stage 15. Roglic suffered a nasty fall on Stage 5 from Lille to Arenberg, colliding with a hay bale in an incident that left him with excruciating back pain. Ad/> The Slovenian carried on bravely through the Alps section of the race, fulfilling a critical role in getting Jumbo-Visma team-mate Jonas Vingegaard into the yellow jersey on Stage 11.
Jonas Vingegaard says he is expecting all-out attack from Tadej Pogacar in third week of the Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard has joked that Tadej Pogacar «might even attack him on the rest day» as he revealed the constant threat the Slovenian is posing to his GC ambitions. Jumbo-Visma's Vingegaard assumed the race lead from Pogacar after a brilliant, coordinated assault on the Slovenian on Stage 11 in the high Alpine mountains. But Pogacar wants his revenge, and has attacked constantly since that day in a bid to rescue the yellow jersey, even trying a dig 185km out from the finish on Saturday's run up to Mende.
Roglic quits Tour de France before 15th stage
Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic announced he has pulled out of the Tour de France before the start of Sunday's 15th stage to recover from injuries.