"What Pogacar can do, I can do too": "Vingegaard says at Visma | Lease a Bike he wants to ride Giro"
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HLN reports that Jonas Vingegaard is eyeing a debut in the Giro d'Italia in 2025. The 27-year-old Dane reportedly indicated to Visma | Lease a Bike that after four times the Tour de France and twice the Vuelta a España, he would like to start in the Giro d'Italia. .
We have never seen Vingegaard in the Giro, which was partly motivated by his Tour success. After his debut in the Vuelta in 2020 - in which he helped Primoz Roglic to overall victory with superb climbing work - he already made his debut in the Tour in 2021. After Roglic dropped out, Vingegaard immediately finished second in the GC, behind Tadej Pogacar.
With its new leader, Visma | Lease a Bike had seen enough and aimed fully on the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023. Vingegaard won overwhelmingly both times. He could have (read: should have) won the 2023 Vuelta, but despite better legs, he let teammate Sep Kuss take the overall victory.
In 2024, the hat trick was supposed to follow in the Tour de France, but a crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in April threw everything into chaos. Vingegaard broke a collarbone and ribs and suffered a pneumothorax, putting him in the ICU in Spain for two weeks. In the Tour, he miraculously finished second behind Pogacar, with a stage win as well. He did not take part in the Vuelta this time because he was too mentally exhausted for that.
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Vingegaard saw Pogacar win both the Giro and Tour
However, heads are already spinning for 2025, and Vingegaard and Visma | Lease a Bike hope for a year without setbacks. Vingegaard has circled the Giro d'Italia as one of the goals for the new season. "His team will have to analyze over the next few months whether the Giro with Vingegaard fits into their "plan," 'it reads.
Normally, Vingegaard will also do the Tour, as that has been Visma | Lease a Bike's holy grail for years. In 2024, Pogacar proved that the double is once again an option for top-class riders with excess. The Slovenian from UAE-Team Emirates won the Giro and Tour, making him the first with overall wins in both grand tours since Marco Pantani in 1998. What he can do, I can do too, Vingegaard will no doubt think.
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Latest Comments
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024