Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Love in Iberia

[RedheadDane]

It would be sensible for him to get used to the idea that he might need it...

... Because some people just can't get it into their heads that you can't just randomly follow other people.

 

[CyclistAbi]

One can't have it all.

 

[RedheadDane]

Fashionista... or... not.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fashionista... or... not.

Decent stuff today. The Van Dijkes did more work for him than when they were teammates, but in the end he did well to gain 40 seconds in one kilometer, like a Danish Purito.

 

[Sciatic]

Fashionista... or... not.

“Looks a bit heavier this year”

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Epic victory of a dramatic stage. He avoided difficulties, used RBH train and crushed them at the end. It's hard to assess his level accurately as there was basically no competition (except Martinez, who couldn't distance his own dom). Anyway, good victory and the GC is his unless further carnage happens.

 

[CyclistAbi]

If he wins a lot all will wear it.

 

[Red Rick]

Epic victory of a dramatic stage. He avoided difficulties, used RBH train and crushed them at the end. It's hard to assess his level accurately as there was basically no competition (except Martinez, who couldn't distance his own dom). Anyway, good victory and the GC is his unless further carnage happens.

40 seconds in basically 4 minutes of riding is a yuge gap

And nobody else was even able to go fast, bar Vauquelin because they were all much more rekt.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

40 seconds in basically 4 minutes of riding is a yuge gap

And nobody else was even able to go fast, bar Vauquelin because they were all much more rekt.

On the other hand, 45 seconds to the rouleur who has been towing you around on rolling terrain for many kilometers isn‘t such a huge gap and Vingegaard had to do less work than everyone bar Martínez in the Top 10 up to that point.

 

[Red Rick]

On the other hand, 45 seconds to the rouleur who has been towing you around on rolling terrain for many kilometers isn‘t such a huge gap and Vingegaard had to do less work than everyone bar Martínez in the Top 10 up to that point.

Rouleurs doing well on short climbs in dog *** weather isn't exactly shocking.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Rouleurs doing well on short climbs in dog *** weather isn't exactly shocking.

We are talking probably about top3 climber of all time vs very weak opposition. This performance didn't necessarily indicate anything special by his standards. It's just hard to get definite conclusions after this stage.

 

[Red Rick]

We are talking probably about top3 climber of all time vs very weak opposition. This performance didn't necessarily indicate anything special by his standards. It's just hard to get definite conclusions after this stage.

I didn't claim it was special. I just indicate that a really big gap on a short climb is a good sign, which makes me lean to terminology like "not completely washed" and "didn't binge waffles like Waffles".

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I didn't claim it was special. I just indicate that a really big gap on a short climb is a good sign, which makes me lean to terminology like "not completely washed" and "didn't binge waffles like Waffles".

Too bad we didn't have Ayuso or any top climber there for reference but I tend to think Vingo would be able to delete Ayuso at the very end.

 

[Red Rick]

Too bad we didn't have Ayuso or any top climber there for reference but I tend to think Vingo would be able to delete Ayuso at the very end.

I think in this weather you just get a lot of outliers and you wouldn't be able to draw that much from the result.

But I think we can pretty fairly assume Vingegaard is right on schedule for the Giro/Tour double despite the early setback.

 

[Didinho]

Never forget your roots.

 

[jmdirt]

Warrior!

 

[CyclistAbi]

So if Ineos new title sponsor will be a Danish company do you reckon they will try to acquire services of the Dane too?

 

[RedheadDane]

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