After his demonstration in the time trial on Tuesday July 18, there are many questions surrounding Jonas Vingegaard’s performance.
So far, the 2023 Tour de France may have been one of the finest in recent years, but in this edition’s only time trial, Jonas Vingegaard crushed the competition and stunned this Tour, relegating a Tadej Pogacar, already very impressive, at 1’38” in 22.4 kilometers, i.e. a delta of 4 seconds per kilometre.” Arrived third, Wout Van Aert, his teammate from the Jumbo-Visma team, says it himself: “I am the first of normal people.” An ironic phrase, but which also raises questions as the performance of the outgoing winner is stratospheric. Nothing could be more normal for his team, the time has been prepared for months, nutrition is under control, aerodynamics and the latest equipment are determining factors. Possible, because even if his word does not have a great value because of his past, Michael Rasmussen says a true thing. “You know, if we had removed Jonas from the race, we would have had Pogacar who would have won with more than a minute on Van Aert and everyone would have doubted Pogacar too.”
For some observers, this gene performance. “I’m really pissed off, confides a member of a French team to Le Parisien. I’m convinced that the peloton is clean. But such domination will prove those who say that the first take charge are right. The principal concerned has already answered the question of doping during the rest day and if he claims to take nothing, he understands the suspicions. Yes, I completely understand the questions on this subject because of the past of our sport. It’s even good to be skeptical because otherwise it will happen again. All I can say is I’m not taking anything”
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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.