"I don't know where it comes from. It is very surprising" - Visma deny claims Jonas Vingegaard has asked to take on Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double in 2025
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Both Het Laatste Nieuws and La Gazzetta dello Sport's Ciro Scognamiglio have reported this Tuesday morning, that Jonas Vingegaard is set to try and emulate Tadej Pogacar next season by taking on the daunting task of a Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double.
Is this actually the case though? Well according to the Team Visma | Lease a Bike communications manager, Sander Kleikers, things may not be completely as pictured by reports. "I really don't know where it comes from. It certainly does not come from our team," Kleikers says when quizzed on the rumours by Danish outlet, Ekstra Bladet. "We haven't even started the evaluation of this season. I don't know where it comes from. It is very surprising."
Vingegaard has two Maillot Jaune's from the Tour de France already on his palmares, plus a 2nd place from the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, but the Dane has never before travelled to Italy for the opening Grand Tour of the season. With his 2024 season already done as well, Vingegaard also has plenty of time to prepare and plan for his 2025 campaign. More on this story as it develops.
Before Pogacar in 2024, no one since the late great Marco Pantani has managed to complete mythical Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double in the same season, all the way back in 1998. In truth however, the Slovenian leader of UAE Team Emirates made it look relatively simple. After dominating the 2024 Giro d'Italia and winning by nearly ten minutes, Pogacar then travelled to France where he and Vingegaard did battle for the fourth year in a row. As both riders posted some of the best watts ever seen, it was eventually Pogacar who prevailed by over six minutes, levelling the score at two Maillot Jaunes apiece in the duos already legendary Tour de France rivalry.
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According to Het Laatste Nieuws, 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard would like to participate at the Giro in 2025. 🔥 Visma | Lease a Bike will have to look into this possibility, if it works out with his season schedule! Are you excited to see the Dane at the start of the Giro? 🤔
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