Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France preparations hit a speed bump after he abandoned Paris-Nice on Friday due to injuries sustained in a crash in Thursday’s chaotic stage. The Visma-Lease a Bike leader was lucky to avoid fractures,

Jonas Vingegaard withdrew from the Paris-Nice race before the start of Friday's sixth stage after injuring his hand in a fall.

Matteo Jorgenson says his role in Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tour de France team will not change this summer after Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of Paris-Nice on stage five. The American is on the cusp of a second overall victory but made clear that he feels it is not yet a done deal with a difficult last stage in Nice still to come.