"Maybe I will" - Jonas Vingegaard does not exclude Giro d'Italia from 2025 plans
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In this year 2024, Tadej Pogacar has become the first cyclist to complete the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double since Marco Pantani in 1998. It seems that this feat has piqued the interest of his eternal rival Jonas Vingegaard.
In a statement to Danish television station TV2, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader has hinted at the possibility of attempting it in 2025: "I've read on some sites that I'm supposed to ride the Giro, so maybe I will. We haven't decided anything yet and we'll decide later. I still think the Tour is the most important event in cycling".
Of course, riding a stage-race has an uncertain factor, especially compared to a training camp. But, of course, Pogacar proved this year that it's possible. "I'll only do that if it's a good preparation for the Tour and I see chances to win. It would be great, but it shouldn't be at the expense of the Tour."
Pogacar swept through a Giro in which he was unchallenged, beating the second-place finisher by nearly 10 minutes and winning a total of six stages. Waiting for him at the Tour were Vingegaard himself, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel, the three best Grand Tours riders besides him. However, he had no problem taking the yellow jersey either, taking more than 6 minutes from the Dane and more than 9 minutes from the Belgian, while his Slovenian compatriot was forced to abandon.
It must be said that he was "lucky" that Vingegaard did not arrive with an optimal preparation after his terrible crash in the Itzulia. Evenepoel and Roglic also crashed there, so we don't know if they were at 100%. What we can't take away is the real exhibition of the Slovenian, who has swept through the whole season, not only in the Tour.
He only needs to win the Vuelta a España to complete the trio of three-week races, so he could leave room for the Giro. The Tour is non-negotiable and it seems unlikely that he will attempt all three, at least this year. This would therefore leave a chance for Jonas Vingegaard to win his first maglia rosa, while in France we could see both of them at their best at the same time for the first time.
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- That’s not entirely true. Every person follows their own development path and peaks differently. Remco and Primoz had hardly started cycling before elite level. Jonas was pretty much under the radzr until he unexpectedly had to take over responsibility at JV. Some guys only get real good in their thirties others have peaked mid-twenties. You can’t tell in advance how and upto what level they will progress, obviously his career might not have MVDPs length but nothing says he could not end up doing a few seasons at his level.Mistermaumau25-12-2024
- well, del grosso is 21 right now. when mathieu was a year younger than that, he was already winning elite level world championships, not U23. i think del grosso will be a very good pro for years, but if he was really going to be the next van der poel someday, he’d already have to be at that level right NOW. van der poel was showing signs of true greatness when he was 15-16. THAT’S what generational talent looks like.OCexile25-12-2024
- Yeah.... gear 😅.mikolajjj24-12-2024
- It shouldn’t be about expectations in the first place should it? Besides, if you look at everyone’s calculations as a whole they don’t add up in the first place. There’ll be 2-3 riders with a 50% chance, a dozen with 10 or 20% and dozens more with a 5% so we’re expecting at least 2 if not 3 winners. Remind me again who won before her? Says it all about using data to decide on participation.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- Ok, happy I’m not too interested in this team coz’ the account of what happened is really hard to follow.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- The UCI is worse than USA CyclingVeganpotter24-12-2024
- It's not like they wanted her to not win😅 She had an outstanding Olympics. But there's a reason why she wasn't expected to win the road race and that's ok. Things like this happen and it's great...better than seeing expected winners win.Veganpotter24-12-2024
- Bruyneel ? The man with a lifetime ban from cycling...why do you keep giving him and his doper mate, Armstrong, a platform?DJ24-12-2024
- yeah, agree. on the subject of being a “complete rider,” i do think that’s getting more interesting. mathieu seems to have decided he wants to get much better at climbing the the high mountain passes. he appears to be looking for new challenges, which should be interesting to watch. in most cases you’d dismiss a goal like that at age 30, but it’s mvdp. he’s never going to climb with the real climbers, but if he can improve enough it could open up stage wins when the parcours isnt just purely toothy and punchy.OCexile24-12-2024
- I'm loving the level of competition and the compositions of teams in 2025. Sure Pogi had an historic 2024. Slate is clean in 2025. And lots of great athletes--MvdP, Vingo, Primoz, Remco, Marc Hircshi, Pidcock, Carlos Rodriquez--and strong teams want to win. I think Pogi will have another great season in 2025. But I think we will talk about others having great seasons too. Who? I don't know. I'll watch the classics and tours and will root for spirited competition.pidginbil24-12-2024