Jonas Vingegaard's stage 16 performance at the 2023 Tour de France will surely go down in history as one of the greatest rides in the long history of cycling's most illustrious race. Former Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin was absolutely blown away.
"I'm simply speechless. I think this is the best time trial ever ridden in cycling. It's truly incredible, an unparalleled time trial performance. Jonas performed brilliantly both uphill and downhill. I have no words to describe it," lauds Dumoulin to Dutch broadcaster NOS following the stage. "Nearly three minutes ahead of Van Aert, who is also no slouch in time trialling, and over a minute and a half ahead of Pogacar."
The Danish, Jumbo-Visma leader now holds an advantage of 1:48 over Pogacar in the general classification. Dumoulin feels it could now be race over as far as the battle for the Maillot Jaune is concerned. "Nobody expected this. I couldn't have imagined it, Jumbo-Visma couldn't have imagined it, Vingegaard couldn't have imagined it, and Pogacar couldn't have imagined it. The Tour seems to be decided now, it's truly astonishing."
"He was brilliant in the corners on the descent. He has been descending very well throughout the entire Tour, and he didn't leave anything on the table on the time trial bike either," continues Dumoulin. "He pushed the limit, but he didn't exceed it. He was also very solid on the flat sections. And uphill, that seemed to be a piece of cake for him. I stand by my words: I think this was the best time trial I have ever seen."
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