Cycling-Vingegaard pulls out of Paris-Nice with hand injury

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 19 - Embrun to Isola 2000 - Embrun, France - July 19, 2024 Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Jonas Vingegaard crosses the finish line after stage 19 REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard's early preparations for the Tour de France hit a bump on Friday when the Danish rider pulled out of the Paris-Nice race with a hand injury.

Two-times Tour champion Vingegaard crashed during the fifth stage on Thursday.