Team Visma | Lease a Bike confirms its brutal 2024 Tour de France team with Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert at the helm
CyclingThursday, 20 June 2024 at 12:56
Team Visma | Lease a Bike has confirmed that Jonas Vingegaard is in top form for the Tour de France despite his very hard crash in the Itzulia and he will be joined by Wout van Aert in a scary '8' for the Grand Boucle.
Completing the high-mountain roster are current Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson, whose limits are still unknown after winning Paris-Nice and coming close to victory in the Dauphiné.
As if that were not enough, Vingegaard will be supported in the high mountains by men like Wilco Kelderman, Tiesj Benoot or Jan Tratnik. Christophe Laporte completes the team as a domestique for the flat stages but also a contender himself for some sprints and breakaways.
The Dutch team has presented its team along with its new kit in a spectacular video in which it reveals, as was known, that it will not race the Tour with its classic yellow color and the dark blue worn by half of the peloton will become dominant.
The jersey, as commented from within Visma, is inspired by the Renaissance in a clear nod to the city of Florence, from where the race starts: "It is inspired by the iconic buildings of Florence and the essence of the Renaissance, we have created something unique loaded with details".
Now the question on everyone's mind is whether Jonas Vingegaard is ready to fight for the Tour de France, which has a very tough first week in which Tadej Pogacar will undoubtedly arrive in better shape after smashing the Giro d'Italia.
TEAM VISMA - LEASE A BIKE FOR TOUR DE FRANCE 2024:
- Jonas Vingegaard
- Sepp Kuss
- Matteo Jorgenson
- Wilco Kelderman
- Christophe Laporte
- Tiesj Benoot
- Wout van Aert
- Jan Tratnik
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6 Comments
I would really like to see a rider smash that 5-win ceiling. If Pogacar has learned his lessons in the last two years, I think he can do it - he has time on his side. Vingegaard doesn't. Vingegaard may have 4 more years of TDF-winning form, but needs 4 wins. In half of the attempts, luck is against you. What's your opinion on Pogacar's chances?
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