The race plan of the Tour de France winner, who is allegedly suffering from post-victory stress, has not yet been officially decided
Almost a month has passed since the extraordinary exploit at the Tour: Jonas Vingegaard became the second Dane in history to win the Boucle on July 24th. But now, when will the 25-year-old Dane from Jumbo-Visma return to the group? There is (yet) an official answer: the only confirmed commitment for sure is Lombardy on 8 October. “We are working on his program – sports director Merijn Zeeman explained to the Gazzetta -. First, he needs a good training block, and then we will decide ”. A hypothesis for the return could be the Bretagne Classic in Plouay on Sunday 28th, but everything has yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, in Denmark, Vingegaard’s withdrawal from the World Cup was not pleased. And also from the Tour of Denmark which has just ended. To the Ekstra Bladet newspaper, sports director Maassen said: “After the Tour Jonas had some very difficult moments (the reference seemed to all the commitments connected to such an important success, ed)”.
Vingegaard appeared as a surprise as a guest at the last stage of the Tour of Denmark: “What happens to you when you are leading the Tour de France is a kind of mental bombing. It is very challenging to have to talk to the media and fans every day. It is a struggle. Sure it’s great, but you get tired too, ”he told the local press.
August 22 – 9.45pm
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