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Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard will not race again this season as he is still recovering from the broken collarbone he suffered in this year\u2019s race, his team Visma-Lease a bike announced on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 29-year-old Dane had had a successful campaign up to his crash last month, peaking with victory in the Giro d\u2019Italia in May.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter a long and intense racing period, a recovery period was planned after the Tour de France anyway,\u201d said Vingegaard in a team statement on their website.<\/p>\n \u201cDue 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.<\/p>\n \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Vingegaard was in second position overall in this year\u2019s Tour de France \u2014 trailing eventual winner Tadej Pogacar \u2014 when he came to grief on the 15th stage.<\/p>\n His crash came after he and his team had been subjected to a doping test in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n Unlike Pogacar, Vingegaard rarely competes in the one-day Classics and will he will miss the world and European championships.<\/p>\n Vingegaard\u2019s triumph in the Giro made him only the eighth rider in history to win all three Grand Tours \u2014 he added the Vuelta last year to his two Tour de France victories from 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n