Jonas Vingegaard's wife sensationally slams Visma: "The team is pushing him too far... The countdown to the end of his career began when we had our first child"

Whilst Jonas Vingegaard's quest for a 3rd Maillot Jaune has just begun at the 2025 Tour de France, the Dane's wife Trine has caused quite a stir back home in Denmark by sensationally slamming Vingegaard's bosses at Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Vingegaard has long been known as a family man, with his wife and two young children a very important factor in his more limited cycling calendar than some of his rivals. Nevertheless, according to Trine, Visma are pushing Vingegaard too hard and as she puts it herself, forgetting about the human behind the rider.

“Knowing Jonas as I do, I’d say the team (Visma, ed.) is pushing him too far now. I’m afraid he’s burning the candle at both ends," Trine Vingegaard Hansen tells Politiken in a blockbuster interview. "I think people sometimes forget the human being behind the athlete – and how to get the best out of him. It could all backfire.”

Whilst Vingegaard may have a more limited calendar than the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, who combine their Grand Tour goals with a Spring Classics campaign, Trine explains how her husband is still often away from home, sent by Visma to train at altitude, away from his young family. “Jonas doesn’t recharge on another three-week altitude camp with the team," she stresses. "He needs to be at home in Denmark, with us, to feel truly himself.”

“He’s deeply attached to his routines. Sometimes he needs to reset in the calmest surroundings possible, just with his family," Trine adds. "That’s a huge part of who he is and why he’s successful.”

And sometimes, even when Vingegaard is at home with Trine and the family, Visma still manage to cause a stir in the household. “At one point, we decided to renovate the house together," recalls the two-time Tour de France winner's wife. "Jonas realised he could rip out a kitchen, install a new one and lay down wooden flooring. The team wasn’t too pleased about that.”

In a separate, and equally eye-opening interview with Jyllands-Posten, Trine Vingegaard Hansen's criticism of her husband's team and their handling of the rider continues. She recalls one moment in particular that caused her fury when Vingegaard abandoned Paris-Nice through a concussion. “Everyone on the team knows we – his family – only heard about it through the television. It’s just bad form not to send a message to let us know he’s okay. I simply can’t understand it,” she says.

“With two children, he does feel he’s missing out on life at home. That has to be weighed against the joy he gets from cycling," Trine concludes. "In many ways, the countdown to the end of his career began when we had our first child.”