Teams & Riders Jonas Vingegaard thread: Mountain Sprinter

[Samu Cuenca]

When did he crash?

He crashed on either the Grand-Bornand or the Tignes stage, not long before the GC action began.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

I kind of like him, it will be interesting if he can back up what he did in the Tour last year to races this year. It reminds me a little of what TGH did in the Giro, hopefully it isn't a one off and can continue his progression to leadership.

 

[Earns1985]

I kind of like him, it will be interesting if he can back up what he did in the Tour last year to races this year. It reminds me a little of what TGH did in the Giro, hopefully it isn't a one off and can continue his progression to leadership.

He had already really good results in the spring last year before the tour, so I don´t think that he will become a 3-week wonder.

Is his schedule (apart from the tour de France) for this year already announced? Roglic, Dumoulin and van Aert already did it a few days ago, so it´s a bit strange that his schedule is still not announced.

 

[Alexandre B.]

When did he crash?

He crashed during the Grand-Bornand stage.

 

[noob]

Ever since I saw him 2020 Angliru stage I have expected him to be good so I somehow wasn't surprised at the tour. I find him fascinating. I mean he seriously basically used UAE as his domestiques in the tour when his teammates were all out playing on their own. Like that's just another level of skill.

The background to them being afraid to put pressure on him was I believe the tour of Pologne 2019 when he suddenly was unexpectedly in yellow and completely freaked out because he just had no clue about how to handle it and hence lost the jersey. Grisha said during TdF last year that they almost have to hold him back because he wants too much lol.

He really is the Jumbo baby and is treated like such in the team. It was really interesting to see how they discussed him in the team cars in the Plan B documentary and how he surprised everyone. There's also a really fun clip of him in the 2020 vuelta documentary talking back to the cars. I'm gonna link that one as well later. But here's the tdp win interview.

 

[noob]

Here he talks in detail about what happened in TdP and how he messed it up. It starts around 1:15

 

[noob]

Here around 20:45
"Jonas we have so much work with you all the day".....
Jonas eventually answering "you also need something to do"

I find Jonas answer hilarious and also in other places in the documentary you can see they have to hold him back a bit because he really wanna go lol.

 

[Netserk]

When did he crash?

On the descent from Mont-Saxonnex.

 

[tobydawq]

Fair enough (and not very impressive of me to have forgotten that completely, I guess I wasn't particularly incested in his GC bid at the time) but do people think that was the main reason that he lost all that time on the day?

 

[Netserk]

No. I doubt he would have done better than Carapaz without the crash. Maybe the two of them would have been able to stay away from the chasers.

 

[noob]

On the descent from Mont-Saxonnex.

This I have forgotten about. How did it happen? Was the crash his own fault or was he just with lot of other riders?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fair enough (and not very impressive of me to have forgotten that completely, I guess I wasn't particularly incested in his GC bid at the time) but do people think that was the main reason that he lost all that time on the day?

It's hard to say how much he lost because of it or whether it affected him the next day(s) as well. It definitely wasn't the reason why he didn't win the race, nor was the fact that he had to wait for Roglic on stage 3. But it could possibly have created more suspense if he had been closer to Pogacar before the Ventoux stage. Perhaps JV had asked Van Aert to drop back then.

 

[RedheadDane]

Fair enough (and not very impressive of me to have forgotten that completely, I guess I wasn't particularly incested in his GC bid at the time) but do people think that was the main reason that he lost all that time on the day?

I certainly don't think it helped him.

 

[tobydawq]

I certainly don't think it helped him.

You don't remember Lance on the Luz-Ardiden?

 

[RedheadDane]

You don't remember Lance on the Luz-Ardiden?

Didn't he specifically not crash?

 

[tobydawq]

Didn't he specifically not crash?

No?

 

[RedheadDane]

No?

I might have mixed it up with another situation. The Beloki one.
No, I don't go around remembering stuff from 20ish years ago...

 

[Bonimenier]

I might have mixed it up with another situation. The Beloki one.
No, I don't go around remembering stuff from 20ish years ago...

It is one of his most famous stage wins to be fair.

 

[RedheadDane]

It is one of his most famous stage wins to be fair.

Still don't remember... but of course, there are people on this forum who remember if a stage was boring.

Anyway: Vingegaard might not be Chris Harper, but he certainly isn't Armstrong either!

 

[Bonimenier]

Still don't remember... but of course, there are people on this forum who remember if a stage was boring.

Anyway: Vingegaard might not be Chris Harper, but he certainly isn't Armstrong either!

Flag in wheel, crash with Mayo, Ulrich waiting doesn't ring a bell?

 

[RedheadDane]

Flag in wheel, crash with Mayo, Ulrich waiting doesn't ring a bell?

Aaah, that one.

Anyway: Back to Jonas!

 

[tobydawq]

Flag in wheel, crash with Mayo, Ulrich waiting doesn't ring a bell?

You're a wheel...

He got a bag or something tangled in his handlebar.

 

[Bonimenier]

You're a wheel...

He got a bag or something tangled in his handlebar.

I remember it as if it were yesterday!

 

[tobydawq]

I might have mixed it up with another situation. The Beloki one.
No, I don't go around remembering stuff from 20ish years ago...

Hmm, I don't understand, you must have been quite old when it happened.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I might have mixed it up with another situation. The Beloki one.
No, I don't go around remembering stuff from 20ish years ago...

You don't have to feel so bad. I mean there are posters on here who can't remember which threads they've visited just a few hours later...