Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

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YavorD

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Berniece said:
Didn’t expect him to still win it to be honest. I expect him to have a great spring campaign, and if he’s able to win TDF he’ll probably win velo d’or again
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Depends on what Pogacar does. If he wins 3 monuments and a WC he'll probably win it even if he's beaten in TdF.
If Vingegaard wins the Vuelta as well, then it's likely Vingegaard. If Vingegaard wins the Tour and Pogacar Vuelta (and 2 or 3 monuments) I'd say it's towards Pogacar.
 
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Rule #9 apostle

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YavorD said:
Funny time trial to judge. He was incredible in the flat (not normal if he's at 80%) and beaten on the climb. Probably he went a bit too deep on the flat but still
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Yeah, weird. Seen alone, the time on the flat is extremely encouraging. But wout said the 'flat' part was quite bumpy and difficult (or something along those lines), so it's possible that it suited him better than one would think initially.
 
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James M said:
Average performance but definitely not a good sign that Vingegaard got beaten on both climbs in the race by several others.
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I don't think being beaten on the climb means much today, riders took different pacing strategies. Almeida went considerably slower on the flat, despite normally being a very decent flat TTer. Same goes for Gregoire and Roglic, who both chose to dopretty severe negative splits. Vingegaard went really hard on the flat, paid for it a bit on the climb, but won by a good margin in the end which is what he cared about to begin with.
 
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James M said:
Average performance but definitely not a good sign that Vingegaard got beaten on both climbs in the race by several others. That being said its februar.. the best sign for him was he stepped up from the first mountain stage and visibly progressed(thats a good sign and most important here, which makes it logical he maybe just missed some race days in his legs).

But as far as its possible to conclude anything which it hardly is btw this early, its that Almeida is closer to him than he was last year, 14 sec overall is less than i expected before the race. Not that its worth reading much into this in februar, it doesnt mean that much.
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On the uphill finish Vingegaard had an entire peloton on his wheel, and had to do all the work himself. If it was Almeida in this position, and Vingegaard on his wheel, no doubt the gap on the finish line would have been the reverse.

On today's time trial you can't simply disregard the 17 flat kilometers and say: see, this or that guy was faster on the climb... if they already lost nearly a minute before. It was just a pretty good TT from Vingegaard, not stellar, but decent. And good enough to win in February.
 
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I noticed that he was the only one who rode with a single chainring (other than De Plus who changed bike to one with a smaller gear), so I guess he rode Malhão in a bigger gear than others. He also had some kind of extension to his saddle:

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Netserk said:
I noticed that he was the only one who rode with a single chainring (other than De Plus who changed bike to one with a smaller gear), so I guess he rode Malhão in a bigger gear than others. He also had some kind of extension to his saddle:

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Ahh, that's probably why it looked so "heavy" on the climb. I was thinking something was wrong, but this explains it.
 
Tricycle Rider

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RJH said:
„He also had some kind of extension to his saddle:“

Serious question: are the pros actually allowed to ride something like a vibrator on the saddle, to have a beautiful feeling during the race?
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You mean like a massage saddle where there isn't any insertion or a vibrator you would actually insert? The things you guys make me think about...

(If the former I would think riding on cobbles would have the same effect, btw., no need for extra vibration. :p)
 
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Netserk said:
I noticed that he was the only one who rode with a single chainring (other than De Plus who changed bike to one with a smaller gear), so I guess he rode Malhão in a bigger gear than others. He also had some kind of extension to his saddle:

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Good catch, looks like Vingo's saddle has wings or some such on the back (is it more aero or maybe just more comfortable?), and he doesn't even ride for Red Bull.

Edit: I took the liberty to take a screenshot (which I hope will show up) from a different angle, fascinating indeed! Did anyone see the saddle once Vingo got off the bike? I wasn't able to catch the TT yesterday... maybe it's some kind of a triathlon saddle?

 
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