Date of Birth | 10/12/1996 |
Nationality | Danish |
Born | Thy, Denmark |
Height | 1.75 metres |
Weight | 60 kg |
Resides | Denmark |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Team | Visma-Lease a Bike |
Bike | Cervélo R5 |
UCI wins | 34 |
Stage race wins | 8 |
Grand Tour stage wins | 5 |
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Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, and and was thought to be the main favourite for the 2024 edition, but his involvement in a horror crash at Itzulia Basque Country in April has put that into doubt.
The Danish Visma-Lease a Bike rider will hope to continue his rivalry with Tadej Pogačar when the Tour gets underway in Florence at the end of the month, but if not, will likely head to the Vuelta a España.
Until the Itzulia crash, Vingegaard looked in flying form, taking three stages and the overall at O Gran Camiño in February, before winning two stages and the general classification at Tirreno-Adriatico.
2. His first experience of a bike race came in 2007 when the first stage of the Danmark Rundt began in Thisted, the biggest town in the region he grew up in.
3. After being inspired by what he saw, Vingegaard joined his first club, Thy Cykle Ring, and started to begin to compete for the first time.
4. After five years with the Thy Cykle Ring, Vingegaard spent time with Aalborg Cykle Ring before joining Odder Cykel Klub in 2014, his last year as a junior rider.
5. He made the podium for Odder for the first time in a race in spring 2016.
6. His strong results attracted the attention of ColoQuick-Cult, a Danish UCI Continental team. Christian Andersen, the team’s general manager, gave Vingegaard a contract in May 2016 and he joined the team with immediate effect.
7. At that time, Vingegaard held two jobs working in the fishing industry. First of all he worked at a local fish auction, before moving to a job at a nearby fish factory.
8. Later that year he achieved his first major international result with Coloquick, finishing second in the UCI 2.1 class race the Tour of China.
10. In March 2018, Vingegaard set the record for the fastest ever ascent of the Coll de Rates climb in Spain near Alicante, according to Strava. He rode the 6.5 kilometres in 13.02 minutes, which was 12 seconds faster than Tejay van Garderen who previously held the record.
11. He joined Dutch WorldTour team Jumbo-Visma in 2019, and he soon won his first UCI WorldTour race on stage six of the Tour de Pologne. That was his first win until 2021.
12. He would complete his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, in 2020 and was able to help his teammate Primož Roglič win the race overall. There were few hints that he’d emerge into the Tour de France winner he became, as he ended up 46th.
13. When 2021 arrived, Vingegaard continued his great form for his new team winning stage five of the UAE Tour. He also won Coppi e Bartali that year, racking up four wins.
14. Away from cycling, did you know that his mother in law is a celebrity in Denmark? Rosa Kildahl is a television personality and has featured on the Danish equivalent of the Great British Bake Off.