The grind never stops, eh? Dear Ocado , Cyclists have priority over your vehicles in cycle lanes. Especially when they are on penny farthings. Thanks so much pic. Happy Christmas. The more encroachment, the more danger, the fewer people cycle, the more drive, the more danger. Happy Christmas James, I love you man! Forget Christmas, Diegem is the real highlight of December. Perspective matters. Almost nine months on from the horror crash at the Tour of the Basque Country, which upended his entire season and left him with several serious injuries, Jonas Vingegaard has revealed that he feared he was going to die in the immediate aftermath of the shocking, high-speed spill.
Vingegaard was one of the worst affected in the pile-up, suffering two punctured lungs, a broken collarbone, a fractured sternum, and seven broken ribs, which also saw 11 riders abandon the race, as organisers were forced to partially suspend the stage in the catastrophic aftermath of the crash. But, in an emotional end-of-year interview with Danish TV broadcaster dr. I thought that was the end of it. I already knew that something was wrong.
Trine Marie told the programme that, despite being pregnant, she immediately began making plans to fly to the Basque Country and that by the time Visma-Lease a Bike had contacted her 30 minutes after the crash, she was already on her way to the airport with her daughter.
Vingegaard also revealed that he initially seriously considered retiring from the sport following the crash, but changed his mind as his recovery progressed. Because it is still my passion. If you thought swanning around in a garish orange Lamborghini and a private jet, on the way to dominating every race you enter and demolishing your opposition, looked easy, well think again.
As part of his analysis for PlaySports, Adri admitted that the intensity of the past week or so — which has seen Van der Poel Jnr secure five victories in eight days since his season debut in Zonhoven on 22 December — has taken a physical and mental toll on the six-time world champion. But everything around it makes it intense. We saw that with Laurens Sweeck in Loenhout, and then the differences are smaller. Then it is up to Mathieu to stay focused. The attention? Mathieu grew up with the attention, so he has learned to deal with that.
