“When I got home, I thought, ‘Why on earth did they change bikes?’” - Fan spotted curious detail about Vingegaard & Visma's altitude training

Immediately following his 2nd placed finish at the 2025 Criterium du Dauphiné, Jonas Vingegaard and the core of his Tour de France support squad headed off to altitude to prepare for the Grand Tour to come. This was already widely known, but now, some slightly curious new details have come to light.

Knowing Team Visma | Lease a Bike were close to his home near Tignes in the Pyrenees, cycling fan Josep Termens headed out on his bike in an attempt to catch a glimpse of the two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard and his teammates. Termens wasn't left disappointed either.

“He (Vingegaard ed.) was maybe doing 250 watts. That’s nothing for someone like him," explains Termans excitedly in an interview with Feltet.dk detailing his experience of meeting Team Visma | Lease a Bike. "It was 30 degrees, and he was wearing long sleeves and tights. He wasn’t even sweating, because he was riding so easily.”

A big Vingegaard fan, Termens says he congratulated the Dane on his strong performance at the Dauphine and told Vingegaard he'd be cheering him on at the Tour next month. “Thanks” and “Have a good day,” the Visma leader responded according to Termens. 

That was just the first meeting of Termens and Visma though as it turned out. “I saw a group with Victor Campenaerts, Sepp Kuss, and Wout van Aert,” he explains, with Vingegaard, Matteo Jorgenson and sports director Grischa Niermann close in tow also. 

“When they (Vingegaard and Jorgenson) reached the top, they swapped bikes — they descended on different bikes than the ones they climbed on,” Termens notes with his curiosity piqued. “When I got home, I thought, ‘Why on earth did they change bikes?’”

According to Feltet, Visma have since confirmed "that the mentioned riders — along with Simon Yates — are indeed training at altitude in Tignes. Press officer Emile Vaessen, who spoke with Feltet, did not have an immediate explanation for the bike change at the summit."