Vingegaard breaks collarbone and several ribs in crash

MADRID » Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard broke his collarbone and several ribs Thursday in a crash at the Tour of Basque Country that also caught up Olympic gold medalist Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel, who also sustained a broken collarbone.

Evenepoel, one of the favorites for the road race at the Paris Games, also has a broken right shoulder blade and was scheduled return to Belgium on Friday for surgery on his collarbone, his team said.

Vingegaard was hardly moving as he was put in an ambulance wearing an oxygen mask and neck brace after the crash occurred with less than 18.6 miles left in the fourth stage.

“Examinations at the hospital have revealed that he has a broken collarbone and several broken ribs. He remains in hospital as a precaution,” Team Visma said of the Danish rider.

Collins wins twice

CHARLESTON, S.C. » Miami Open champion Danielle Collins continued an amazing run by winning two matches, beating Ons Jabeur and Sloane Stephens to reach the quarterfinals of the rain-delayed Charleston Open.

Collins and defending champ Jabeur played the first match of the day at the clay-court event after rain Wednesday led to several matches being postponed.

She topped Jabeur 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in 2 hours, 3 minutes, then returned about five hours later to top Stephens 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour, 11 minutes.

Nadal pulls out of Monte Carlo

MONACO » Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters because of a lingering injury, delaying the start of his clay-court tournament preparation ahead of the French Open and extending his absence that began in January.

Nadal, 37, had hip surgery last summer and has played only three competitive matches — in Brisbane before skipping the Australian Open — this year.