In order to get in the mood for the duel with Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France 2025, Denmark’s superstar Jonas Vingegaard could take a new path this year and change his preparation. Among other things, a possible start at the Giro d’Italia is being discussed.
Will cycling fans see Jonas Vingegaard at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France this year? Possible, writes the Dutch “Telegraaf”, which met the Dane for an exclusive interview and reports that a Vingegaard start on the Tour of Italy is possible.
In addition, the 28-year-old cycling star himself said: “Maybe you’ll see me at the Tour of Flanders.”
Both a start in the Giro and the Tour of Flanders would be new territory for Vingegaard. During his career he has not taken part in either cycling monument. However, the superstar also knows that he has to do something different this year in order to knock “King Tadej” off the throne.
Vingegaard: 2nd place at the Tour de France “a miracle”
“Last year there was [bei der Tour de France] There was a big gap between us, over six minutes. If I had been able to prepare without any problems, I would have had a lot more problems than I do now. Then it would have dealt a serious blow to my self-confidence. But I know where I come from. When I was at my best, I beat him twice and I’m motivated to beat him again,” said Vingegaard.
In order to do this, he would have to “improve his own level again,” emphasized the Visma rider, who was never able to reach his top level last year due to his serious crash on the Tour of the Basque Country.
“It was a miracle that I came second behind Pogacar in the Tour last year. I was in the hospital for twelve days with many broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken sternum. Everything hurt for days. It took until mid-May until “The fact that I was able to start the tour exceeded all expectations,” said Vingegaard, looking back on his ordeal, about which he says today: “I really thought I was going to die.”