"Right now it looks bleak" admits Jonas Vingegaard's wife Trine following more Tour de France time loss on stage 15
CyclingMonday, 15 July 2024 at 15:00
As the 2024 Tour de France reaches its second rest day, it looks like being an uphill challenge for Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader, Jonas Vingegaard to claim a third successive Maillot Jaune victory. After 15 stages of racing, the Dane trials his great rival Tadej Pogacar by more than three minutes.
The fact another Tour de France victory looks incredibly difficult, is not a fact lost upon those closest to Vingegaard either. "I can only hope for the top of the podium, but I can see that right now it looks bleak," explains the 27-year-old's wife Trine in conversation with Danish outlet, TV2.
According to the numbers at least, Vingegaard is climbing as well as he ever has, despite the fact that just a few months ago, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader was in intensive care with a punctured lung following a horrific crash at the Itzulia Basque Country. As such, Trine doesn't head into the final week of the 2024 Tour de France completely hopeless, despite the long odds.
"I don't think he has ever ridded better. I think Tadej has raced from a completely different world. I think he surprises. He is both explosive and persistent," she analyses of the opening two week tussle between the storied Maillot Jaune rivals. Can Vingegaard pull off what would be one of the most incredible Tour de France victories of all time though? "I dare not predict victory," answers the Dane's wife honestly.
As mentioned, 15 stages down and at the second rest day, Vingegaard now trails Pogacar by just over three minutes (3:09) and although it's not a completely unassailable lead for the Slovenian, given his immense form throughout 2024, it's getting harder and harder to see how the momentum could be overturned in the final few stages.
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Has anyone else noticed that a lot of comments have been removed from the comments section in the last day or so? Coincidentally, the comments that were removed were ones that made mention of suspected doping practices. I understand and support moderation of open forums like this one if the situation warrants it (personal attacks, profanity, name calling, defamation, etc.), but the censorship of comments where people make mention of their suspicions regarding doping is a little heavy handed indeed, and very disappointing as well.
Yup. I noticed this before on a small scale. But many more comments have been removed just recently. And the comments that were removed were for the most part quite innocuous. Not profane, not defamatory. I’m not impressed
You're free to discuss absolutely anything you feel like here,
just as long as it doesn't tarnish the purity and the squeaky clean image of professional cycling.
And if discussion of doping is off limits then what is up with all the “stories” quoting Pharmstrong?
No wonder. Thanks for pointing that out.