Vingegaard suffered lung damage in crash

Barcelona: Two time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered lung damage during a horrific mass crash in the Tour of the Basque Country race,...

Barcelona: Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered lung damage during a horrific mass crash in the Tour of the Basque Country race, his team said Friday.

The injuries pose a question mark over Vingegaard's hopes of recording a third successive Tour de France triumph this summer, with the race beginning on June 29 in Florence, Italy.

The Danish rider, 27, was taken to hospital after the crash on Thursday in the fourth stage of the race and initially diagnosed with a broken collarbone and several broken ribs.

However, his team Visma-Lease a Bike issued an update on Friday morning saying the injuries were far more serious than that.

"Further examination in the hospital revealed that he also suffered a pulmonary contusion and pneumothorax," they said.