Jorgenson battling illness, injury to stay in Tour
Matteo Jorgenson crashed on a slick switchback on stage 10 but that's not the only challenge facing the American as he tries to support Visma-Lease a Bike leader Jonas Vingegaard in the 2026 Tour de France.
Jorgenson has also fallen ill, which means he wears a face mask off the bike, eats separate from the team and even rides in a different vehicle when going from the team hotel to start or finish to hotel.
On Wednesday's flat, fast stage he finished 164th out of 174 riders still in the race, just over two minutes down (which, given stage 11 was the fastest in Tour history, is actually pretty impressive). The team is monitoring him and there's a question about whether he'll continue, but the heat wave that has tormented the Tour is set to break, even as the race nears the Vosges and another challenge: climbs.
