{"id":250715,"date":"2026-06-30T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/crisis-averted-affini-will-start-tour-de-france-as-vingegaard-avoids-losing-another-teammate\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:50:37","slug":"crisis-averted-affini-will-start-tour-de-france-as-vingegaard-avoids-losing-another-teammate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/crisis-averted-affini-will-start-tour-de-france-as-vingegaard-avoids-losing-another-teammate\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis averted \u2013 Affini will start Tour de France as Vingegaard avoids losing another teammate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-0b70d904-d591-4121-a993-a0f658c31df7\">There was good news for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/jonas-vingegaard\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/jonas-vingegaard\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/jonas-vingegaard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> on Tuesday morning as it was confirmed that teammate <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/edoardo-affini\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/edoardo-affini\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/edoardo-affini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edoardo Affini <\/a>had been given the all clear to start the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a>, after a nasty crash on Thursday raised doubts over his participation.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/are-visma-lease-a-bike-about-to-lose-another-tour-de-france-rider-edoardo-affini-crashes-heavily-at-italian-road-championships\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/are-visma-lease-a-bike-about-to-lose-another-tour-de-france-rider-edoardo-affini-crashes-heavily-at-italian-road-championships\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/are-visma-lease-a-bike-about-to-lose-another-tour-de-france-rider-edoardo-affini-crashes-heavily-at-italian-road-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affini crashed heavily during the National Championships time trial last week<\/a>, seemingly colliding with a guardrail at high speed on a descent early on in his effort.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-0b70d904-d591-4121-a993-a0f658c31df7-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Visma-Lease a Bike said last week that his condition would be monitored, but gave no update as to the nature of injury, apart from that he had no fractures. There had been murmurs in the Italian media that he had suffered nasty lacerations, and the Dutch press reported over the weekend that other Visma riders had been put on standby to start the Tour, should Affini not be able to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;jYDCcabO&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;X9\\\/mXVGac0NphghLH9hZaqWA5d3dhAM\\\/Ih07grnEyMLjuO2E&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">However, in a short update on Tuesday morning, Visma confirmed that he had &#8220;been given the green light to travel to Barcelona and will start the 2026 Tour de France as planned&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The racing kicks off on Saturday with a city centre team time trial, where Affini is set to be one of the main engines of their effort as Visma chase as good a result as possible on the opening day.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10; 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