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Tour De France: Are Vingegaard and Visma the Big Disappointment of This Tour?
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THE QUESTION OF THE DAY - The Dane and his team were never able to get out of the shadow of Tadej Pogacar. For lack of means, cohesion and determination.
La Plagne It couldn't have been closer. The statement shone from the tight smile that Grischa Niermann delivered outside the Visma bus after the 19th stage of the Tour de France. Visma sports d...
On the "roof of the Tour," Visma-Lease a Bike wanted to find a way for Jonas Vingegaard to claim his third Tour victory. A hoped-for coup over three Alpine giants, with the Col de la Loze as the final climb, where the Dane had crushed Tadej Pogacar two years ago. This queen stage had been chosen to destroy the Slovenian, but when that plan backfired, the disappointment was all the greater.
'Not the day to get back four and a half minutes' - Visma-Lease a Bike dodge last-ditch Tour de France GC battle with Jonas Vingegaard after route change
Dane offers congratulations to Tadej Pogačar at La Plagne summit in apparent recognition winning Tour now impossible
The opinions were heated, the discussions endless: what was Jonas Vingegaard's thinking on the final uphill finish of this Tour de France? The Dane raced defensively and arrived too late for the stage win. Yet, that was the only goal of the day, according to his team.
By sending Matteo Jorgenson to the front at the beginning of the day, before hardening the race in the Madeleine, the Visma-Lease a bike launched the big offensive. Only concern, Jonas Vingegaard did not have the legs to let go Tadej Pogacar, and everything ended in muddy water.
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