OFFICIAL | Giro d'Italia and Tour de France selections made for Visma - Meet the '8's that will support Jonas Vingegaard
CyclingTuesday, 13 January 2026 at 18:29
A lot of schedule decisions were made public today at the Team Visma | Lease a Bike camp, as the Dutch team hosted its media day and finally confirmed Jonas Vingegaard's debut at the Giro d'Italia. CyclingUpToDate and Cyclism'Actu have been able to confirm the team's lineup for the upcoming Giro d'Italia as the team prepare to fight for the pink jersey.
For several months already it was an open secret that the Dane would be participating in the Corsa Rosa, trying to complete the Grand Tour trilogy that he can now achieve after winning the 2025 Vuelta a España. It was the logic decision for the Dutch team and for Vingegaard who expressed a great deal of motivation to be racing a new calendar with new goals. He will race the UAE Tour and Volta a Catalunya, meeting Remco Evenepoel in both instances.
At the Giro d'Italia he will then be joined by a set of riders that will help him pursue the pink jersey. Unlike what had been previously reported, Filippo Fiorelli will not be in the lineup. Instead, the team will consist of Sepp Kuss, Davide Piganzoli, Bart Lemmen and Wilco Kelderman as support in the mountains; Victor Campenaerts and Edoardo Affini will provide support mostly on the flat stages; whilst Timo Kielich will make his third Giro appearance, but first in a three-week race with the team.
The block will be solid, but not the same as in the Tour de France, where there is a much more complete lineup packed with quality in pursuit of the yellow jersey. Wout van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson and Victor Campenaerts have long been hinted as riders who would not be missing out on the lineup, but the remaining four men seem to have already been selected by the Dutch team. Sepp Kuss and Ben Tulett will be supporting in the mountains after the superb Vuelta a España both had; whilst Christophe Laporte and new team signing Bruno Armirail will also be part of the lineup as French support.
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- Well, maybe that's proof of the reason why SY left... remember he said he wanted to defend the Giro title and that it was an honor to go back to the race with the number one in his back....also mentioned that the calendar discussions were "exhausting"...he didn't feel valued enough, add the burn out... Done ✅ Just my opinionmhfrvz13-01-2026
- Giro + Tour, doesn’t sound like dodging to me TJ! Now, in true Trump style, you’ll probably claim it was decided in response to your provocation.Mistermaumau13-01-2026
- Jonas showed he has no problem doing a Vuelta well after going all out at the Tour, he will be ok doing the Giro first, he won’t have to go all out and it’s not all that much more in quantity than his typical prep. am sure they know how to adapt.Mistermaumau13-01-2026
- The original Danish article was also intended for an understanding home audience, not a culturally completely different and varied international one. As example, tax avoidance is seen in a much worse light in some countries than others where it’s almost a national sport and can even improve your reputation. That already accounts for a lot of gained/lost credit in people’s minds. Someone also mentioned something about EU finances in this thread if I remember, funny thing is, most of the moaning comes out of countries that receive more than they pay in.Mistermaumau13-01-2026
- It doesn’t matter by which rider from which team, nobody ever knows who will be next to spring a surprise on the established. MS may be a great rider but it wasn’t him that set up the win was it, he had the best and longest non-teammate lead-out of the season. Plenty of other riders would have had their chance to win in the same scenario and a few revelations since then should be added to such a list since then. Besides, attitude here is kind of weird, if someone wants to challenge they get stick, if someone resigns to racing for second or crumbs they get stick. Maybe they should all pack it in and kill the sport? On the other hand, maybe if fans paid something, smaller teams could afford to keep their best or just imagine, snatch some away from big money and actually make team tactics contribute to race excitement.Mistermaumau13-01-2026
- Maybe try to sell him or his coach or team the idea instead of giving it away for free here and seeing someone do it in your place.Mistermaumau13-01-2026
- Unlike you, I don't think Pogi is obsessed with Jonas. Plus I think he'd prefer to continue making Monument history rather than riding an extra GTmobk13-01-2026
- Pretty logical for Jonas to target the Giro. That would be amazing for him if he could join the very short list of riders who have won all three GTs.mobk13-01-2026
- The definition of hypocrisy : The danish 🐟 said in 2022-2025..."I'm only interested in the Tour, it's the only race that matters, creates legends. The danish 🐟 said in 2026: "If I had to choose between 1st Giro or 3st Tour, I choose Giro !?!? ... That's how it is when you think you're the strongest and Pogi the GOAT shows you that you're not. You change your priorities and start selling little white lies.NikkoNicco13-01-2026
- wow this is aggressive. good for Wout, hope he’s in top form.mij13-01-2026
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