On the verge of tears, Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the last Tour de France, paid tribute to the victims of the Annecy attack after winning the 5th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday in Salins-les-Bains (Jura). “I am very happy with my performance. But on a day like today, with what happened in Annecy, cycling doesn’t really matter,” the emotional Dane said in an online interview. of arrival.
A few minutes earlier, he had just spoken on the phone with his wife, as he does after each race. The latter told him the news, which shook him. Vingegaard, a young dad, is very attached to this region of France where he spent his summer holidays when he was a child.
“My thoughts go out to all the families,” added the Jumbo-Visma rider, who appeared on the verge of tears, before heading to the podium to put on the race leader’s yellow jersey.
On Thursday, a Syrian refugee armed with a knife injured six people Thursday morning, including four children aged 22 to 36 months, sowing terror in a park on the shores of Lake Annecy. An attack “without apparent terrorist motive”, according to the first elements of the investigation.