Jonas Vingegaard's wife Trine on how to match Tadej Pogacar at 2025 Tour de France - "It all depends on what kind of race it is"

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are 2-2 against each other in the past four editions of the Tour de France where they were first and second. In 2025 we could see a tie-breaker between them, and within Visma, including Vingegaard's wife Trine Marie Hansen, they know how to turn the tables in favour of the Dane.

“Pogacar is just super explosive and powerful. There is no one who is at the same level in that respect. Not even Jonas," she said in an interview with the couple on DR. "But when it comes to endurance and some other types of stages, Jonas can match him, I think. So it all depends on what kind of race it is.”

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In 2022 and 2023 this was the tactic that ultimately worked. In both editions, Pogacar cracked completely on one occasion in each edition - the famous stages to the Col du Granon and Courchevel respectively. This year that was not a weak point for the Slovenian, but the team knows that in terms of long stages with a lot of energy expenditure throughout the entire day and long climbs, then the explosivty of Pogacar will not matter the same way.

Visma have been able to take full advantage of this in previous years, in 2024 they only truly put this strategy to use on stage 15 to Plateau de Beille but Pogacar was unbeatable. However, that will likely continue to be the way to go for the Dutch team, who will likely have the likes of Sepp Kuss, Simon Yates and Matteo Jorgenson all ready to be golden domestiques at the next year's Grand Boucle. “The focus is on a strong team around Jonas, so that his teammates can help him wear Pogacar down.” Vingegaard's schedule will be revealed in the upcoming weeks as the team take on it's second training camp in Spain.

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