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Valv.Piti said:
A danish climber who Im sure others know more about that me is going to Jumbo. Vingegaard is a 21 year old super skinny climber with a pretty great Vo2 max. You might think 'dah', you need that in order to be a cyclist at this level and you are probably right, but I just thought it maybe was relevant.. or something. At least some experts have said he was pretty exceptional in that aspect which most likely will transition to great w/kg.
I don't care much for his tests (mostly because I don't know much about those), but he's good. Been pretty unlucky, but good when he is injury-free. He got his "breakthrough" in Denmark when he was still a A-rider and won a random race in "Pinsecuppen" ahead of pros like Breschel and Norman and all the Danish continental teams. And when coloquick had some injuries they decided to sign him midseason. They've been hyping him ever since, like in this
article (Danish).
Earlier this year they had a camp near Calpe and decided to go for the KOM at Coll de Rates which belonged to Tejay van Garderen. They managed to beat the time, which can be seen in
this article (Danish, but there is a video). Tejay van Garderen later confirmed this on
Instagram, but as far as I can see, the time has been erased on
Strava again.
He had personal ambitions (I seem to recall - can't find the source now.. not 100 % sure) at Giro Valle d'Aosta and Tour de l'Avenir last year, but then he broke his thighbone. Niklas Eg did pretty decent though, but think Jonas could have been up there aswell. Jonas got his shot at Giro Valle d'Aosta this year, when he won the mountain prologue, but then he crashed out of the race on the following stage. He was supposed to race Tour of Denmark, but because of this crash he missed the race.. don't really think they would jeopardize Tour de l'Avenir.
Done some nice results though, like 2nd on Tour of China and so on in smaller races, but injuries have kept him from really build a nice palmares in these ranks. Also, he's a climber, and if you miss races like Giro Valle d'Aosta and Tour de l'Avenir, it can be difficult to produce results as a young Dane, as the Danish continental teams not necessarily participates in mountain stage races.
He comes from the same cycling club as Michael Valgren, which he revealed on
Twitter. (who also adds that he won a time trial on Alpe d'Huez for amateurs..)
I'm not saying he's gonna be the next superstar like Roglic. But he seems to have potential to at least be a decent WorldTour-rider, and if he can keep his development, LottoNL seems to have found another quite good climber for their team. How good? I simply don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does produce good results.
He did - after all - beat Egan Bernal on a
mountain time trial back in Sibiu two years ago, when they both were 19
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