VINGEGAARD. Officially in the service of Slovenian Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard could be the new leader of the Jumbo in this Tour de France 2022.
His name is not the best known of the peloton and yet. Second in the Tour de France last year, the Dane of the Jumbo Visma Jonas Vingegaard is now expected as one of the contenders for the final victory, even if the latter should initially be in the service of a certain Primoz Roglic who hopes to finally win his first Tour de France. Questioned by the Dauphiné a year after his second place, the Dane explains that he has not changed. “I’m still the same quiet guy who lives in the same village in Hillerslev (Northwest Denmark) where I grew up. Anyway, I didn’t want my life to change after that podium. That podium is a real pride but I didn’t take the melon.”
But who will be the leader of the Jumbo for this Tour de France? Primoz and I are very good friends, points out Vingegaard. When he wins, I’m very happy and it’s mutual. There are no hard feelings between us.” “I don’t care who wins. It’s a team sport. We try to do our best with what we have,” says Primoz Roglic. On the other hand, in Denmark, the city of the big start of this Tour de France, the fans obviously vote for their local rider…
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Biography Jonas Vingegaard. Jonas Vingegaard was born on December 10, 1996. Rider for the Jumbo-Visma team, he is one of the “stars” with Wout Van Aert, Tom Dumoulin or Primoz Roglic. Very promising today, it hasn’t always been the case where in the juniors he hasn’t had many great results. He was nevertheless spotted in August 2018 thanks to these performances on the Tour de l’Avenir where he won the team time trial with Denmark. An outstanding climber, he is now one of the most regular riders in the peloton where he is regularly ranked in the top 10, like the Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 (2nd behind Primoz Roglic – NDR).
What is Jonas Vingegaard’s track record?
On the professional circuit, Jonas Vingegaard already has some references. the Dane finished 2nd in the 2021 Tour de France behind the Slovenian phenomenon Tadej Pogacar. He also won a few stages in certain races (6th stage of the Tour of Poland in 2019, 5th stage of the Tour of the United Arab Emirates in 2021). In 2022, Jonas Vingegaard finished 2nd in the Critérium du Dauphiné behind his teammate Primoz Roglic after winning the 8th stage.
Who is Jonas Vingegaard’s team?
Since his move to the professionals in 2019, Jonas Vingegaard has only known one formation: Jumbo-Visma where he is under contract until 2024. His main partners in the Dutch formation are Wout Van Aert, Tom Dumoulin, Primoz Roglic or Christophe Laporte.
Who is Jonas Vingegaard’s wife?
Jonas Vingegaard shares his life with Trine Hansen. Together they had a daughter named Agu.