Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

[Berniece]

Today, sure.

But generally? Do you think he was boring in the Tour last year?

It’s easy to race exciting if you are the best, and know you are the best.

 

[Blobs]

I also don‘t remember Coppi doing any BMX stunts and neither do I remember when anybody asked Vingegaard to attack today.

I see you didn't read the race thread.

Why do you think everyone is calling him boring?

 

[Bolder]

Smart riding. He knows that if he take pulls he might get attacked. I also think he hanged on for dear life sometimes and couldn't do much. Vinge's doms were great today, Jorgenson fantastic when he clawed back Pog.

He was on his limit a lot, he’s light and not in his best shape. I’m impressed with Visma and him today. He needs to be at his best in the mountains, because that’s where he will have the the best chance to take time. Remco, man, that guy is pretty annoying sometimes. No way Vingegaard takes a pull, because that’s only going to help Pog and Remco. .

 

[Blobs]

I think it might be time to coin the term "VDS": Vingegaard derangement syndrome

 

[Netserk]

It’s easy to race exciting if you are the best, and know you are the best.

I will use this to call Pogi boring too.

 

[Berniece]

I will use this to call Pogi boring too.

For now I haven’t seen a moment this tour where Pogacar didn’t go for it. At least he wants to ride and go for it, as does Evenepoel.

We’ve said this a couple of times already in the past years. Pogacar, MVDP, Evenepoel and most of the time WVA too, love to race and ride aggressively. Some other riders don’t want to take any risk if they feel it might go wrong. They can do what they want, but we can say they rode defensively and boring.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The team will be happy enough with no time loss today. If he wants to win the race, he might have to dare to be stupid at some point, but I don't think this was a day for that, especially not after the puncture. I would like to see him fully cooperate with Pogačar one day though.

 

[RedheadDane]

@Samu Cuenca, go home. You're drunk.

 

[tobydawq]

I will use this to call Pogi boring too.

Why?

 

[tobydawq]

@Samu Cuenca, go home. You're drunk.

?

 

[RedheadDane]

?

The thread title.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

@Samu Cuenca, go home. You're drunk.

I am at home now, so I'm allowed to be drunk. Also, Logic encouraged me to change the title, and this was the best I could come up with.

 

[tobydawq]

The thread title.

Ah, I thought it was a response to his post just above yours. I didn't really get a drunkard vibe from that.

This must be the trickiest thread in forum history regarding the title.

Why not "Jonas Vingegaard is a new Mikel Landa thread"?

 

[slim charles]

People realize that a rider can be less entertaining than Pogačar and still not be boring?

 

[noob]

Is this the most changed title thread so far?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is this the most changed title thread so far?

I certainly hope so, cause that's been my main goal all along.

 

[RedheadDane]

I certainly hope so, cause that's been my main goal all along.

Way back from when we thought his biggest claim to fame was going to not be Chris Harper?
An accomplishment, I would like to point out that I have managed!

 

[Netserk]

Why?

Because he is a boring mountain sprinter when he isn't the best rider.

Of course, most of the time he is very aggressive and entertaining, but most of the time he is also the strongest rider and aware of that, so according to @Berniece that can be dismissed.

 

[Gigs_98]

I won't call him boring until he starts riding to keep the current gap to take yellow in the TT (which I don't think he will). Vingegaard likes to pick his spots but when he goes for it he usually really goes for it. We might see a very agressive Vingegaard in the alps.

 

[Nick2413]

Riders are only boring and exciting based on what racing style suits them best. If they’re good enough to be able to attack from afar and gain huge time of course they’ll do that, otherwise they won’t. Then you have the ones whose only way of winning is throwing Hail Mary’s and hoping one sticks, usually good but not dominant riders.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Way back from when we thought his biggest claim to fame was going to not be Chris Harper?

Yes. The original title didn't even mention Harper, which meant I had an excuse to change it immediately.

 

[Jagartrott]

I don't think boring is the best description, it's just that he mostly comes across as not having many thoughts of his own. He seems to just do exactly whatever the team car tells him. Which I guess explains why he looked a bit lost at times in last year's Vuelta.

 

[Berniece]

Because he is a boring mountain sprinter when he isn't the best rider.

Of course, most of the time he is very aggressive and entertaining, but most of the time he is also the strongest rider and aware of that, so according to @Berniece that can be dismissed.

I never said that

 

[Peyroteo94]

Of course he doesn't win fans racing like this but he was very smart today. He knows only Pogacar can beat him, so he completely ignores all other gc riders. This is all a mind game and he is getting what he wants, a nervous and anxious Pogacar. He needs to survive Wednesday and the first weekend without being over 2 and half minutes on GC. If he is under, he can win the Tour.

 

[Peyroteo94]

@Netserk are you dane?