Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

[Pozzovivo]

it'll be a long 3 weeks

of "witnessing greatness"...

 

[dazaau]

The sport needs a strong Jonas Vingegaard at the TDF, otherwise it'll be a long 3 weeks.

For sure, and I think he will deliver. I was astounded at how good he was last year given the crash. People forget how bad it was.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Yes, this sport really needs a good Vingegaard. Pogacar vs Vingegaard is the best rivalry the Tour has ever seen.

 

[Cookster15]

The sport needs a strong Jonas Vingegaard at the TDF, otherwise it'll be a long 3 weeks.

Biggest question for me is Vingegaard's mind not his body. His body overcame much worse last year. I think he will be fine.

Everyone was looking forward to the rematch of the century. I hope he recovers quickly so can be competitive at the Dauphiné, then its game on at the Tdf.

 

[Gratemans]

Yes, this sport really needs a good Vingegaard. Pogacar vs Vingegaard is the best rivalry the Tour has ever seen.

Best purely based on level, sure. But the one I enjoyed most was Contador vs Armstrong.
Them riding for the same team made it even more epic 😅

 

[Pozzovivo]

Best purely based on level, sure. But the one I enjoyed most was Contador vs Armstrong.
Them riding for the same team made it even more epic 😅

09 was such a good tour! I remember being so hyped for the rematch in 10'...

 

[Froome]

Vingegaard i bedring - Men hvornår er han klar til løb igen?

Jonas Vingegaards sportsdirektør Frans Maassen giver en dugfrisk status på den danske Tour-stjerne

m.feltet.dk

He missed 9 days of training, but he is feeling better now.

I think the best plan now would be:

April altitude training camp
LBL
Tour Romandie
May altitude training camp
Dauphiné
Tignes altitude training camp
Tour France
training camp before the Vuelta
Vuelta

 

[kn0s]

Vingegaard i bedring - Men hvornår er han klar til løb igen?

Jonas Vingegaards sportsdirektør Frans Maassen giver en dugfrisk status på den danske Tour-stjerne

m.feltet.dk

He missed 9 days of training, but he is feeling better now.

I think the best plan now would be:

April altitude training camp
LBL
Tour Romandie
May altitude training camp
Dauphiné
Tignes altitude training camp
Tour France
training camp before the Vuelta
Vuelta

LBL? Doesn't seem likely too me.

 

[Berniece]

Vingegaard i bedring - Men hvornår er han klar til løb igen?

Jonas Vingegaards sportsdirektør Frans Maassen giver en dugfrisk status på den danske Tour-stjerne

m.feltet.dk

He missed 9 days of training, but he is feeling better now.

I think the best plan now would be:

April altitude training camp
LBL
Tour Romandie
May altitude training camp
Dauphiné
Tignes altitude training camp
Tour France
training camp before the Vuelta
Vuelta

Was he always planning on doing an altitude camp in April? If not I doubt they’ll add it now

 

[Froome]

Was he always planning on doing an altitude camp in April? If not I doubt they’ll add it now

Since he was not scheduled to race in April, i think the plan was only altitude training camp in april.

 

[Berniece]

Since he was not scheduled to race in April, i think the plan was only altitude training camp in april.

Or maybe don't do anything until an altitude camp in may? Since they want to go for TDF/Vuelta double, I can imagine them being very conservative with his energy levels. So maybe not trying to have a peak this spring.

 

[Gigs_98]

Vingegaard i bedring - Men hvornår er han klar til løb igen?

Jonas Vingegaards sportsdirektør Frans Maassen giver en dugfrisk status på den danske Tour-stjerne

m.feltet.dk

He missed 9 days of training, but he is feeling better now.

I think the best plan now would be:

April altitude training camp
LBL
Tour Romandie
May altitude training camp
Dauphiné
Tignes altitude training camp
Tour France
training camp before the Vuelta
Vuelta

I don't think I've ever looked forward to the Dauphine as much as I do this year. One week of Pogacar vs Vingegaard without super high stakes followed by almost a month of overanalizing what it all means for the Tour. This is gonna make the old Froome vs Contador Dauphines look like it's Michael Woods vs Cristian Rodriguez the Route d'Occitanie. Can't wait!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Nowadays, riders don't need racing days as much as they needed 30 years ago. They can get in shape really fast and almost simulate in training what they do in racing.
I still think Vingegaard should race a minor race in April (Giro del Trentino) to not be 3 months without competition. There are some things you don't gain in training and he really needs them. I'm not talking about physical aspects of cycling, I'm talking about riding in a bunch, descending in the front, stay with your team in the front. All these things, Vingegaard needs to regain again. He is lacking confidence and PN didn't help him to regain his former confidence.

 

[kn0s]

I don't think I've ever looked forward to the Dauphine as much as I do this year. One week of Pogacar vs Vingegaard without super high stakes followed by almost a month of overanalizing what it all means for the Tour. This is gonna make the old Froome vs Contador Dauphines look like it's Michael Woods vs Cristian Rodriguez the Route d'Occitanie. Can't wait!

I'll take pogi 99 times in a hundred when it comes to one weeks. It's going to be doom and gloom.

 

[tobydawq]

I don't think I've ever looked forward to the Dauphine as much as I do this year. One week of Pogacar vs Vingegaard without super high stakes followed by almost a month of overanalizing what it all means for the Tour. This is gonna make the old Froome vs Contador Dauphines look like it's Michael Woods vs Cristian Rodriguez the Route d'Occitanie. Can't wait!

You overanalysing after Dauphiné? Surely that has never happened before

 

[Netserk]

It was evident in 2014 that Contador would win the Tour that year.

 

[Gigs_98]

You overanalysing after Dauphiné? Surely that has never happened before

God damnit Toby, I was having such a nice day

 

[Peyroteo94]

He had a concussion after all. But why his team don't say what he has and wait almost 2 weeks to give us an explanation?

 

[Peyroteo94]

It was evident in 2014 that Contador would win the Tour that year.

Indeed. Even if he was 2 and half minutes behind.

 

[Offline]

He had a concussion after all. But why his team don't say what he has and wait almost 2 weeks to give us an explanation?

Bc it's a bad look on Visma. I'm sure Visma would have liked to keep it away from public.

That being said - This is not a good news. Even small concussion can come back if you push it. I'm not a doctor but concussion and altitude also don't sound healthy

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I'm not a doctor

Thankfully we have plenty of doctors on the forum so you don't need to worry

 

[Peyroteo94]

Bc it's a bad look on Visma. I'm sure Visma would have liked to keep it away from public.

That being said - This is not a good news. Even small concussion can come back if you push it. I'm not a doctor but concussion and altitude also don't sound healthy

Maybe you are right. It was really strange to see him out of Catalunya with "only" a contusion in his hand.

 

[Netserk]

Original source: https://www.bt.dk/cykling/vingegaard-bryder-tavsheden-fik-hjernerystelse-til-paris-nice

He says that he was first on his bike again Thursday (March 20), 6 days after his DNS. Maassen said Sunday that he had missed 9 days of training, so practically saying that he hadn't begun proper training again at that point. They spoke together Friday.

By what Maassen said, it sounds like the team hopes that he will ride Itzulia. The race starts in two weeks with an ITT.

 

[Red Rick]

Great job by the concussion protocol by the way. Teammates saying he was barely lucid while continuing that stage.

 

[Bolder]

Great job by the concussion protocol by the way. Teammates saying he was barely lucid while continuing that stage.

I said that at the time.