
Jonas Vingegaard It arrives at the last week of Francia Tour as second classified, at 4'13 '' of the leader, Tadej Pogacar. The Danish does not lower his arms despite the enormous superiority of the Slovenian, thrown towards his fourth tour. But to be able to cut the difference with Pogacar, you need to be more surrounded by your team. An aid that has not had in the first two weeks and that also explains the enormous distance between them.
Sunday's stage, with end in Carcassoneshowed that in the Visma-Lease a Bike Each one makes the war on their own. Awesome He was cut by a fall and ahead Van Aert and Campenaerts attacked to try to enter the escape. Although from the car they sent to Pogacar lower the pace so that Awesome And Lipowitz will return, the Danish had to work in the first person. And managed to return to the main group thanks to the effort and work of Movistar.
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Given this situation, the first critical voices have emerged with the team led by Richard Plugge. Bjarne RiisVingegaard compatriot, is raised in 'BT' if the double winner of the tour “should look for another team.” The excicist, winner of the 1996 Tour of France, who a decade later acknowledged having been between 1993 and 1998, questions the tactics of the visma. “It is very disappointing, clearly Jonas is not his priority. I did not understand how three of the visma attacked in the lead while Jonas I was lagging behind, “he says, alluding to the last stage.
“He is not receiving the support he needs, it is obvious. Right now he is in the wrong team and to fight against the UAE Team you need a strong team that supports you, he cannot do it alone,” he says.
Riis He is especially critical of Wout van Aert. “He is more interested in making his own tour than in helping Vingegaard. The problem is that the address has promised Van Aert that he can do what he wants and is a management that simply does not fit,” he concludes.