Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

[CyclistAbi]

Matteo Jorgenson tipped as future Tour de France contender, but this year 'still developing' - Visma management

American mainly set for support role for Jonas Vingegaard, alongside Sepp Kuss

www.cyclingnews.com

So last week Jonas went in as a help for Sepp and Jorgenson, now already surpassing both. Some good progress there.

 

[Lequack]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3VFPtv0J_I

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

UAE going nuts from a get go and trying to kill/exhaust Vingo could cause Pogacar's fatigue at the end (also due to the Giro). Those two tiring each other may actually be advantageous for someone like Primoz.

However, the race is not just an "UAE vs Visma" battle.
Fortunately, there are plenty of spicy ingredients in the pot at the starting line

A good bunch of single riders and teams with goals to "go full nuts" during the entire first week.
UAE can easily gloat about it on the back seat, without having a decidedly active role, just awareness near the front pack and a few cuts there and there, maing a difference

Opens for slightly too interesting situations for Visma, with perhaps some hanging unnecessarily on the further back seat in e.g. split groups, where UAE naturally finds cooperative teams with stage wins in front of their noses and, hence, rub salt in the wound without UAE sacrificing the wild.

A lot of exciting possible scenarios here that require Visma to be extraordinarily alert, when Jonas arrive in Florence in e.g. 90% of max shape, but without any race training.

So maybe not directly UAE themselves, but then other teams will thoroughly test the uncertainty in unknown unknowns, or rather just go for stage wins amongst 21 other fresh teams in Italy.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

There are other players that will benefit from these two teams going at it.
Additionally the big IF you noted isn't likely to occur if the race is stressful for JV in general. That, unless Kuss and Jorgenson begin to emerge. Jonas has to demonstrate to himself what level of response he's got.

As for the Giro and Pogacar's recovery? I would suggest that GT was easy enough for him that it amounts to prep training for the Tour. If he folds this Giro's demands would be less of a factor than the history of other attempts at the double. The pressure of achieving the double, however; that won't lessen if it's a tight race. He's not just racing against one guy.

Ah didn't turn the page here, sry

 

[Netserk]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805252319967141941

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1805252319967141941

 

[topcat]

@Netserk
Do you believe Vingo can win?

 

[Netserk]

@Netserk
Do you believe Vingo can win?

Yes. I also believe that he possibly will crack at some point and not podium. Or that he will be stable, but not spectacular and far from contending.

 

[Froome]

 

[Netserk]

86 days before the Tour: Crash, broken ribs and punctured lung, hospitalisation in ICU.
74 days before the Tour: Leaves hospital.
61 days before the Tour: First day on a home-trainer.
53 days before the Tour: First day training outside in Denmark.
41 days before the Tour: First day training in Mallorca.
34 days before the Tour: First day training in the French Alps near Annecy.
32 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes.
9 days before the Tour: Participation in the Tour has been announced.
5 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes done.

 

[AmRacer]

86 days before the Tour: Crash, broken ribs and punctured lung, hospitalisation in ICU.
74 days before the Tour: Leaves hospital.
61 days before the Tour: First day on a home-trainer.
53 days before the Tour: First day training outside in Denmark.
41 days before the Tour: First day training in Mallorca.
34 days before the Tour: First day training in the French Alps near Annecy.
32 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes.
9 days before the Tour: Participation in the Tour has been announced.
5 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes done.

Thermonuclear

 

[Krzysztof_O]

86 days before the Tour: Crash, broken ribs and punctured lung, hospitalisation in ICU.
74 days before the Tour: Leaves hospital.
61 days before the Tour: First day on a home-trainer.
53 days before the Tour: First day training outside in Denmark.
41 days before the Tour: First day training in Mallorca.
34 days before the Tour: First day training in the French Alps near Annecy.
32 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes.
9 days before the Tour: Participation in the Tour has been announced.
5 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes done.

I like your ever-growing countdown. I'm very curious what will happen when the counter finally gets to 0.

 

[Froome]

I like your ever-growing countdown. I'm very curious what will happen when the counter finally gets to 0.

Very simple: "First day in Florenza".

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Very simple: "First day in Florenza".

I meant performances of our hero.

 

[Netserk]

I like your ever-growing countdown. I'm very curious what will happen when the counter finally gets to 0.

Skeletor 2.0 will be unveiled!

 

[Froome]

I meant performances of our hero.

More later in the race if things works well for him.... he should wheelsuck until plateau de beille.

 

[SHAD0W93]

This gives me Froome and Contador vibes with Froome saying he was out riding and putting the hard miles in while Contador was having fun with his coffee stops.

 

[Netserk]

This gives me Froome and Contador vibes with Froome saying he was out riding and putting the hard miles in while Contador was having fun with his coffee stops.

Or even better:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtXuUnKyOr4

 

[Netserk]

I like your ever-growing countdown. I'm very curious what will happen when the counter finally gets to 0.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsy8zutZoUI

 

[Salvarani]

This gives me Froome and Contador vibes with Froome saying he was out riding and putting the hard miles in while Contador was having fun with his coffee stops.

Poor fella must have had bad ham sandwich somewhere

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Choosing a song "written" by a famous con artist and charlatan is an interesting choice.
Picking the superior and Dutch Precious Little Diamond by Fox The Fox, which Dieter Bohlen made a career out of ripping off, would have a been smarter move.

 

[Oldermanish]

Or even better:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtXuUnKyOr4

Yeah Nike: "just do IT!"

 

[topcat]

86 days before the Tour: Crash, broken ribs and punctured lung, hospitalisation in ICU.
74 days before the Tour: Leaves hospital.
61 days before the Tour: First day on a home-trainer.
53 days before the Tour: First day training outside in Denmark.
41 days before the Tour: First day training in Mallorca.
34 days before the Tour: First day training in the French Alps near Annecy.
32 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes.
9 days before the Tour: Participation in the Tour has been announced.
5 days before the Tour: Altitude training in Tignes done.

0 days: starts the tour and proceeds to sit on Wonder boy's wheel for two weeks, annoying the hell out of him.

 

[AmRacer]

0 days: starts the tour and proceeds to sit on Wonder boy's wheel for two weeks, annoying the hell out of him.

That wheel is Roglic,

 

[Samu Cuenca]

0 days: starts the tour and proceeds to sit on Wonder boy's wheel for two weeks, annoying the hell out of him.

So he's gonna lose 27 minutes on one stage and then finish second on 3?

 

[Froome]

That wheel is Roglic,

I would love to see Vingegaard wheelsuck Roglic during 2 weeks, but it would be something very dangerous.....