"I still feel like I'm improving and getting better" - Jonas Vingegaard quickly puts stage 17 time loss behind him at 2024 Tour de France
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With the final weekend looming, Jonas Vingegaard's hopes of a third successive Tour de France title slipped marginally further away on stage 17 of the 2024 edition of the Grand Tour, as the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader lost 2 further seconds to Tadej Pogacar and 12 seconds to Remco Evenepoel.
The key moment of the day came on the penultimate climb of the day. With Vingegaard isolated, Pogacar launched a brutal attack. Although the Dane initially looked as if he would be able the follow, he was quickly caught and passed by Remco Evenepoel with Vingegaard left shaking his head. On the descent however, thanks in part to Vingegaard picking up teammate Christophe Laporte, both Evenepoel and Pogacar were reeled back in by the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader. In the finale though, Evenepoel attacked again, gaining time with Pogacar actually gapping his rival in the sprint.
When asked by ITV Sport post-stage if he had been expecting Pogacar's attack; "With how his team rode, no," answered Vingegaard honestly. "But, when Lidl-Trek did an attack I though it might be a possibility and yeah, he attacked. Whenever someone else is making it hard, you have to expect that he will go."
"I thought Tadej would close it (Evenepoel's attack ed.)," Vingegaard continues. "But then I had my teammates and I think I have to thank my team today, a lot actually. Over the top Christophe Laporte helped me but also later on they helped me a lot."
Now 3:11 down on Pogacar in the general classification, Vingegaard has just four days to pull off an incredible comeback. "I still feel like I'm improving and getting better," the Dane insists. "Today was maybe not my best day but every once in a while you have a bad day. If this my bad day then I'm happy."
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- I get the point totally. We live in the snowflake society where some riders forget they are getting paid to ride and get results. When they have a few issues they try to look outside of the real issue instead of themselves. It odd so many of the team are making no complaints and getting on with their job. If you do not like what you do find another job simples. Tough love as my mum would say.paultryan200207-11-2026
- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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"If this is my bad day then I'm happy" Jonas Vingegaard was thankful to his teammates and felt he's still improving after stage 17 🇩🇰 #TDF2024
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