Visma change pre-Tour de France plans as Matteo Jorgenson joins Wout Van Aert at Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes
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In 2026, Matteo Jorgenson was handed a different schedule for the large part of the season, however not everything has gone to plan. The American rider has now changed his schedule ahead of the Tour de France, removing the Tour de Suisse from the calendar and adding the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes.
Jorgenson, resident in Nice, was a two-time winner of Paris-Nice since joining Team Visma | Lease a Bike back in 2024. But, eyeing a change in schedule, he started off this season in the Ardèche classics. He was later on eighth at Strade Bianche and rode Tirreno-Adriatico where he was second behind Isaac del Toro.
He raced Milano-Sanremo in support of Wout Van Aert, helping the collective ambition and putting it on the podium as the Belgian joined Tadej Pogacar and Tom Pidcock.
Jorgenson's priority in the spring would be the Ardennes classics, but after an altitude camp, he would return to racing at Amstel Gold Race and not finish it. His spring campaign ended abruptly with a fractured collarbone due to a crash in the decisive phase of the race, after he had proven his strong form already. Subsequently, he did not race Liège-Bastogne-Liège where he would be a podium contender.
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Jorgenson joins Wout Van Aert
Jonas Vingegaard will not race from the Giro d'Italia to the Tour de France, and Jorgenson was set to race the Tour de Suisse. The five-day race is the easiest of the two traditional Tour build-up races, where Tadej Pogacar will be headlining this year.
That has now changed. Matthew Brennan, Axel Zingle and Bart Lemmen remain on the lineup provisionally, but none of the Tour de France lineup look set to be part of the Swiss race. Instead, the race formerly known as the Dauphiné will be the main preparation choice.
Jorgenson has been added to the lineup, joining Wout Van Aert and Bruno Armirail who are riders that had the race lined up early on. Interestingly, Jorgen Nordhagen was also added to the team, signaling a potential Tour de France debut this summer after the news of the withdrawal of Christophe Laporte.
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- I hope he rides a bitmij15-11-2026
- Greatest athlete this world has ever produced ! LOL ... you definitely are a comdian ! Cycling is so sprecialized and you think he's the greatest athlete ever ! Still laughing !frieders315-11-2026
- b.s. headline. Jonas wasn't told anything, it is just a pundit telling him what to do. the actual article is not even close to the insinuation of the headline.mij15-11-2026
- I think Roglic could have beaten Sepp. not Jonas. I was referring to Sepp.mij15-11-2026
- I'm deeply sick of this guy and his unwillingness to race seriously for more than a month or two. I'll never respect riders who do that. Seixas will be stronger than him next season, and maybe Del Toro as well. I don't even think he'll finish on the podium at any GT where Pogi, Seixas, and Del Toro are racing.megasmacky15-11-2026
- Not a chance in hell.megasmacky15-11-2026
- If you go watch some races from last season other riders that have never caught Jonas...are now catching him. Some are just riding away from him and he can't hold the wheelmd197514-11-2026
- He just doesn't have the desire anymore. I read an article earlier today that said he almost retired last year. His reasoning was he is away from home to much. Visma was able to keep him riding by allowing him to skip certain camps. So, while currently Visma is doing altitude work...Jonas is at home. Which means 2 things. 1- He maybe fresher than other riders. But, not the condition. 2-Is a somewhat slap in the face to others on the team that are supposed to help him win. Yet feel like he hasn't done what they have so perhaps they don't provide as good of protection or they ride more for theme (which the team may not notice).md197514-11-2026
- Roglic could not have won anyway, after Jonas followed him when Roglic decided it was his turn for a stage win. Jonas had already attacked Kuss twice, so it was Jonas who was within seconds of taking the lead before Kuss was 'gifted' the win. It felt a bit like Roglic was being thrown under the bus when the team made his unhappiness public.Hills3314-11-2026
- POG1, another nice doc about our favourite, I watched most of it with a big smile on my face (except for the bits about his crashes 😢 obvs!).Lozza14-11-2026
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