Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

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He didn't crack. He simply could not achieve a better peak and improve more from 2023 to 2024 like others top riders because of the injuries, especially the one who harmed the respiratory sistem.


Nevertheless, i really doubt some rider in this world, could achieve the shape he achieved 2 months after leaving the hospital, after 2 weeks in intensive care, pneumotorax, broken ribs and collarbone.

It's a shame, but it is what it is. The good news is this gap of 5 minutes can be easily closed with a good preparation next year, a better and healthy team without bad luck, simon yates, jorgenson, Kuss, van baarle, and with a better route for him if Colle delle Finestre and Granon return to the Tour.
so they say
 
While he didn’t win and no one knows the disappointment from stage 15 and 19, Vingegaard left with a stage win beating Pogacar in a sprint and a strong second place. Next year his schedule could be interesting if he wants to try his hand at the Giro-Tour double. Maybe Tinkoff can finally get all the top riders to do the double like he wanted to.
 
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While he didn’t win and no one knows the disappointment from stage 15 and 19, Vingegaard left with a stage win beating Pogacar in a sprint and a strong second place. Next year his schedule could be interesting if he wants to try his hand at the Giro-Tour double. Maybe Tinkoff can finally get all the top riders to do the double like he wanted to.
Tour-Vuelta would make more sense for him next year.
 
How does Visma's plan for Kuss, Jorgenson and S Yates look next year? Is Yates being signed only as a domestique?

I think it would make sense to have Jorgenson leader in 1 GT and Vinge leader in the other 2 GTs. But of course Kuss and Yates might have GC ambitions too.
Mountain train probably. Maybe one of them (maybe kuss) will do the Giro, but also does the Tour.

Vingegaard, Kuss, Yates, Jorgenson, Van baarle, Benoot, campenaerts, Laporte.

It will be something like this.
 
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How does Visma's plan for Kuss, Jorgenson and S Yates look next year? Is Yates being signed only as a domestique?

I think it would make sense to have Jorgenson leader in 1 GT and Vinge leader in the other 2 GTs. But of course Kuss and Yates might have GC ambitions too.

With Kuss I suppose it comes down to how well he defends his Vuelta title this year?
 
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Only reason I see is you wanna get a certain # of training and race days in for the rest of the year to not lose anything for 2025 and they prefer to do that in August before the kid is born.

Exactly. Maybe they planned an early season end already before the crash. Therefore those August races here. Maybe I should go to the mountains again to see Vingo crushing climbs in my country! Too bad it's far away.
 

He even managed a touch of black humour when asked about what he might do to return even better to beat Pogačar next time round. There was a big step to be made in his preparation, he said, adding that said 'big step' was not to break every bone in the right side of his upper body and puncture both lungs.

You know what, Jonas? That sounds like an excellent plan!