Although the route comes towards its strengths, Jonas Vingegaard will not take part in the World Cycling Championship for the first time this year. Ex-tour winner Bjarne Riis cannot understand this decision.
The 2025 cycling World Cup in Rwanda is now taking place without Jonas Vingegaard. After everything was looking for a promise by the Danish superstar in the past few weeks, the two-time tour winner withdrawn shortly before the Vuelta start. Vingegaard’s compatriot Bjarne Riis was disappointed.
“To be honest: if he is reasonable [auf die WM] If he had prepared, he wouldn’t get many better chances than this year, “Riis told the broadcaster” BT “. What the ex-professional says: The route profile at the World Cup is actually coming towards Vingegaard with numerous climbs. Only those who are strong on the mountain have a chance of the rainbow jersey this year.
However, Vingegaard is convinced that he had better chances of a title at the European Championship in the south of France at the beginning of October. There, too, there are many climbs on a route. It is not yet clear whether the field will be as prominent as at the World Cup.
“It’s just a shame, sad and disappointing”
“It is a bit disappointing that he withdraws,” said Riis about Vingegaard’s World Cup announcement. With the many meters of altitude and the shape that he brings from the Vuelta, he would have had a good chance of winning, the former tour winner suspected.
“It’s just a shame, sad and disappointing,” said Riis, who already had a lot of criticism of his compatriot several times during the Tour de France.
The former French professional Stéphane Rossetto, on the other hand, only said a few days ago that a Vingegaard World Cup cancellation was the only right one. His reason: The Dane would only be “destroyed” by Tadej Pogacar anyway.