Jonas Vingegaard’s 2026 season ends after Tour de France injury

The Danish rider has not raced since crashing on stage 15 of the Tour de France, where a fractured right collarbone brought his challenge to an early end.

Visma confirmed on Monday morning that the Dane is still experiencing the effects of the collarbone fracture, and thus will not race again this season.

"After a long and intense racing period, a recovery period was planned after the Tour de France anyway. Due to the collarbone injury, the start of my training has been delayed and it is not possible for me to get back to top level in the coming period," Vingegaard said in an official statement. 

"The focus is on preparing optimally for the goals of the 2027 season. I will discuss these specific goals with the team in the coming period.”

The update follows several weeks of uncertainty over whether Vingegaard would attempt to return for the World Championships in Montreal on September 27.

Speaking in Glyngøre during the Tour of Denmark at the end of July, Vingegaard had left the door open to a first appearance at the elite men’s Worlds but stressed that everything would depend on his recovery.

“I actually don’t know yet, it depends on how the collarbone reacts, and how it heals, and how it recovers,” he said at the time. “It’s not out of the question for me, but I also don’t want to say now that it’s going to happen.”

His potential participation had become a talking point in Denmark, with Mads Pedersen publicly encouraging him to join the national team while Michael Rasmussen questioned whether there was enough time for Vingegaard to recover and rebuild the form required for the demanding Canadian course.

Vingegaard has rarely targeted major one day races during his career. His appearance for Denmark at the 2025 European Championships ended with him abandoning after being dropped more than 100 kilometres from the finish.

He later admitted his preparation had not been sufficient and argued that he would need to specifically target such races to compete at his best.

Vingegaard had already completed 51 race days before his Tour de France abandon, with overall victories at Paris Nice, the Volta a Catalunya and the Giro d’Italia. 

Victory in Italy also saw him become only the eighth male rider in history to win all three Grand Tours, joining Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome.

His Giro victory was the biggest success of a campaign built around an ambitious Giro and Tour double. He entered the Tour as Tadej Pogačar’s main challenger, but was already 4:30 behind the Slovenian in second overall when his race ended on stage 15.

With the remainder of 2026 now off the table, attention will instead turn to Vingegaard’s plans for next season.

The Dane has already hinted that 2027 could bring some fresh objectives. After adding Paris-Nice, the Volta a Catalunya and the Giro d’Italia to his palmarès this year, he said there are still plenty of races left that motivate him.

Two of the most obvious targets are the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse. Vingegaard has won five of the seven major week long stage races, with only the two Swiss events still missing from his collection.

Vingegaard is expected to announce his 2027 race programme in January.