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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel face a race against time to be ready for the Tour de France after breaking bones in a crash in the Tour of the Basque Country.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard, the double defending champion, and Evenepoel, the 2022 Spanish Vuelta winner, had their preparations for the Tour turned upside down in a split second on a Basque mountainside on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Tour, which starts on 29 June in Florence, has been billed as the battle of cycling\u2019s \u2018Fantastic Four\u2019.<\/p>\n

A third member of that quartet, Primoz Roglic, was also among the fallers as a dozen riders slid off on a downhill corner, some of them landing in a roadside ditch.<\/p>\n

Roglic, a Slovenian, escaped with cuts and bruises after his second crash in two days. Vingegaard and Evenepoel both collected multiple fractures.<\/p>\n

The Dane suffered rib and collarbone fractures and lung damage. Evenepoel, a Belgian, broke his collarbone and shoulder blade.<\/p>\n

The fourth fantastic star, Tadej Pogacar a double Tour de France winner, is not racing in the Basque countryside as he trains for a Giro d\u2019Italia-Tour de France double.<\/p>\n

The Slovenian sent his best wishes for a speedy recovery to his \u201cpeloton mates\u201d.<\/p>\n

A year ago, Pogacar entered the Tour de France barely recovered from a fractured wrist following a crash at Liege-Bastogne-Liege at the end of April. He stayed in contention for a fortnight, but then slumped, partly due to a lack of basic preparation.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard and Evenepoel face the same challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s too early to say, we\u2019ll have to wait days or even weeks before saying anything about the Tour,\u201d Frans Maassen, the Dane\u2019s sporting director at Visma-Lease a bike, said on Friday.<\/p>\n

He said the two-time Tour winner had \u201chad a very good night\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course he\u2019s in pain, but his legs and head are fine. We dare to look ahead, said Maasen, adding that it could have been \u201cmuch worse\u201d.<\/p>\n

Evenepoel was heading back to Belgium on Friday for further tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the circumstances, it\u2019s okay. His participation in the Tour should not be in danger\u201d, said Klaas Lodewyck, sporting director of Evenepoel\u2019s Soudal-Quick Step team.<\/p>\n

Evenepoel sent out a video on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Mental scars\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n

It means he is certain to miss Liege-Bastogne-Liege, which he has won the last two years, and the Amstel Gold one-day classics in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s disappointed. The Amstel Gold and Liege-Bastogne-Liege were two big objectives for him,\u201d said Lodewyck.<\/p>\n

While some riders can recover and work themselves into racing shape faster, it generally takes eight to ten weeks.<\/p>\n

That time frame suggests Vingegaard and Evenepoel could return for the Criterium du Dauphine at the beginning of June, a week-long event which traditionally serves as a dress rehearsal for the Tour.<\/p>\n

But their preparations have been disrupted and the full physical and psychological toll will not be clear for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you fall, there are physical injuries but there are also, and above all, mental scars,\u201d wrote former French rider Pierre Rolland on X on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not ashamed to say that after my last big crash at the Tour de France in 2016, the rest of my career was synonymous with apprehension and anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n

A week ago, French star Julian Alaphilippe said he was \u201cmuch more apprehensive\u201d since he hit a tree at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a cruel sport, which demands a lot of sacrifice and where everything can fall apart at a stroke\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

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