Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) will not start Friday's stage 6 of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Nice with the team announcing in a brief media statement that the decision had been made to sit the two-time 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France winner out for the rest of the event to allow time for recovery.

Visma-Lease a Bike had said on Thursday that the rider "sustained a ♛contusion of the hand after a crash in Paris-Nice" and that its medical staff would decide on Friday if he was fit enough to continue th♛e race. 

"Unfortunately, Jonas Vingegaard wiౠll not start in today’s stage of Paris-Nice," was the statement that c💟ame from the team on Friday morning. "Our medical staff has decided that it is best for him to recover from yesterday’s crash at home and focus on his next goals for the season."

Vingegaard had been leading Paris-Nice at the end of stage 4 but handed the top spot back to teammate, and last year's winner, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Matteo Jorgenson after his stage 5 crash. He was, however, still in second place overall at the end of ܫthe stage.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vingegaard came off early in the stage, in what initially looked to be an innocuous fall. He had a bloodied lip but teammates rallied around as he changed bikes and rejoined the 🅰peloton. However, it then became evident that he was in pain, having hurt his hand, so he made clear to Jorgenson that the weight of the team's hopes may now have to rest on his shoulders. 

"It's not nice that Jonas crashed," said Jorgenson on Thursday after the stage. "When he retuไrned to the peloton he told me to race for myself today. That's what I did then. As a team we tried to make the best of it."

Vingegaard remained near the fro✤nt of the race until the final kilometres of stage 5, though he had to leave it to Jorgenson – who came third –  to lead the team's effort into the finish. He started slipping toward the back of the lead group on the final climb, at around 2km to go. He fought to hold on for some time but with just under 800m left started falling prey to the opening gaps. 

Vingegaard finished in 16th, 26 seconds behind stage winner Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) and 23 seconds behind his third-placed teammate♐. After that, Vingegaard had a 22-second deficit to Jorgenson in the overall standings, with Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) in third, 36 seconds behind Jorgenson and 14 seconds behind Vingegaard. 

Lipowitz, now of course will be Jorgenson's nearest competitor, with stage 4 winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) next in line at 40♕ seconds behind Jorgenson.