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Vingegaard closes difficult chapter as he dons Tour yellow jersey
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Vingegaard closes difficult chapter as he dons Tour yellow jersey
BARCELONA, Spain, July 4 : Jonas Vingegaard's dream of recapturing the Tour de France yellow jersey after a gap of three years came true on Saturday, marking a remarkable comeback from a harrowing crash in 2024. The 29-year-old Dane's Visma-Lease a Bike squad triumphed in the team time trial that kicked off the 2026 Tour de France in Barcelona.Vingegaard last wore the coveted yellow jersey when he celebrated his second consecutive Tour de France victory on the Champs-Elysees in 2023.At the time, few doubted his ability to extend his dominance but a devastating crash in the Tour of the Basque Country in April 2024 drastically altered the trajectory of his career when he suffered a broken collarbone, multiple fractured ribs, a pulmonary contusion and a collapsed lung. "I was on the ground th
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