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Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

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Mission for UAE is simple, see to it that Pog is relatively fresh in the 3rd week so he doesn't crack and lose minutes. Therefore it is a bit risky to go too hard in the beginning of the tour. It must really pay off. I Vinge looks solid, then save energy for the 3rd week and just collect bonus seconds when possible during week 1 and 2. He will take 30s on Vinge in the first itt.
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I agree that UAE should keep Pog fresh. However, Pogacar always tries to win all the stages he can. This has been his Achilles heel in 2022 and 2023. We will also see how he recovers from Covid.

I still have hopes for Vingegaard. You are underestimating his chances in the time trials. In the last two Tours Pogacar only beat him by 8 seconds in the wet Copenhagen tt. Vingegaard won the subsequent two.
 
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dennisdy said:
I agree that UAE should keep Pog fresh. However, Pogacar always tries to win all the stages he can. This has been his Achilles heel in 2022 and 2023. We will also see how he recovers from Covid.

I still have hopes for Vingegaard. You are underestimating his chances in the time trials. In the last two Tours Pogacar only beat him by 8 seconds in the wet Copenhagen tt. Vingegaard won the subsequent two.
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Reasons I think Pog will take 30s on Vinge in the first itt is that it is not as hilly as the last one, Vinge -due to injuries- haven't trained on the itt bike that much before the tour, Vinge's form might not be super until the last week, and that Pog's tt seems to have improved. Sure, I might be wrong, but this is what I think. :)
 
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Medvind said:
Reasons I think Pog will take 30s on Vinge in the first itt is that it is not as hilly as the last one, Vinge -due to injuries- haven't trained on the itt bike that much before the tour, Vinge's form might not be super until the last week, and that Pog's tt seems to have improved. Sure, I might be wrong, but this is what I think. :)
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Probably Pog will take 30 on Vingegaard because the TT setup of Visma is trash, unless they improved that area.
 
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Now I remember why I once really liked this guy lol. 🥰 Not thinking about the daughter especially but it takes a certain man to go for the older woman.
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He's hard to actively dislike; although easy to be neutral about, I think. He seems to genuinely enjoy being around his family. That's something I can't always say! Of course, I have two teenagers.:rolleyes:

That aside, I think he might be wise to play things close to the vest in the first week if he's feeling a good. A perfect situation would see Pog in yellow after Galibier (or even after Stage 1), so UAE has to control and use some energy. I think for sure Wout and maybe Laporte will have to ride themselves into shape.
 
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That aside, I think he might be wise to play things close to the vest in the first week if he's feeling a good. A perfect situation would see Pog in yellow after Galibier (or even after Stage 1), so UAE has to control and use some energy. I think for sure Wout and maybe Laporte will have to ride themselves into shape.
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It is interesting, normally, they should make it a hard race to favour his recovery advantage. But yeah this time around it might be worth it to fly under the radar a little bit; that being said UAE are fully aware that they have to conserve some matches for third week. Also I think realistically half the UAE team could be decently placed in GC halfway through the race, might make them more likely to try and stay in the group instead of conserving energy.
 
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Vingegaard afslører voldsomme detaljer om sit styrt

Jonas Vingegaard understreger, at det er en sejr for ham at stille til start i Tour de France.
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- Jeg havde rigtig, rigtig ondt – ikke bare ikke ribbenene, men inde i kroppen. Der kunne jeg godt mærke, at det var fra lungen, og da jeg hostede blod op, vidste jeg godt, at den ikke var helt god.

- Derfra blev jeg kørt på hospitalet, hvor de først tjekkede min kollapsede lunge, som jeg havde. De satte et dræn i om aftenen, og jeg tror, at jeg havde et dræn i lungen i otte dage, og udover det havde jeg brækket adskillige knogler
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- I was really, really hurting - not just my ribs, but inside my body. I could tell it was from my lung and when I coughed up blood, I knew it wasn't quite right.

- From there I was taken to the hospital where they first checked my collapsed lung, which I had. They put a drain in that evening and I think I had a drain in my lung for eight days and on top of that I had broken several bones
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