Visma "not worried about Jonas Vingegaard fading like Tadej Pogacar did" if he makes return from injury at Tour de France
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Wonder how much Tapentadol Visma will keep on hand for Jonas during the TdF?
I really do not know how they even can think he could win this tour after a crash like that. If they did the doping accusations will be so loud.
To be honest it will make everything look like a joke. Be like the old Mr blacksocks days
"Fading like Pogacar"??!!??!! I hope that was just a bit of trash talk from Visma. If it had been Pogacar plus Vingegaard against Roglic or Pogacar plus Roglic against Vingegaard --- whoever got worked over by the other two would have "faded."
Let's get this right out there in the open. If Jonas shows up in a state to win this TDF, we'll be witnessing an even greater fraud than team Lance orchestrated.
A dull and lazy take, not least becaue there is no chance that if he doesn't do well you will come back to post "welp, I was wrong. Turns out he's not doping after all." It's a a one-way ratchet in which good performances confirm the conclusion but nothing *ever* contradicts it.
No idea why people who think this way think of themselves as fans of the sport. The only thing they are fans of is the belief that they are somehow onto something.
I'm old to remember the sport before the ultra linear Indurain and Fraudstrong years. Given this long standing familiarity with the sport, I'm well aware that Team Visma is the same trade team that used to go by PDM.
It's just a little too big a coincidence for me that PDM 2.0 is producing Miguel Indurain robotic performances.
If you want to believe it, knock yourself out. But don't get upset with me for recognizing the obvious for what it is.
Hey, it's going to be the real Tour of Renewal with a feel good story of a rider making good recovery and bagging TdF win against all odds. Wait, did I just revisit 1999?
Yeah, like you, I have my bit of skepticism if Jonas go and win TdF with such horrific injury.
I sure hope Jonas come to the tour with good form. He’ll be able to witness greatness firsthand, right there in front of him.🫰🏽
Comments like these don’t really help Visma win any new fans!! Sounds more like the pompous Lance and we all know how that ended !
Where exactly do you see any facts in the article regarding whether or not Jonas will have a collapse in the Tour?
Huh? There are plenty other humbler ways to use the English language where you don’t come off like an arse!!
Then there's the fact that the trade team that goes by Team Visma today used to go by PDM (colloquially known as Pills Drugs Medicine).
So I don't have much confidence in the integrity of their Miguel Indurain like ultra linear performances.
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