Jonas Vingegaard overcomes both the lingering aftermath of a horror crash in April that hospitalised him for 12 days, and the rampant form of a seemingly invincible Tadej Pogacar, his will be one of the most remarkable wins in the race’s history.on Saturday and ends in Nice on July 21 in extremis, his embattled team beset by illness and injury, his form uncertain.on a descent in the Tour of the Basque Country left him with fractured ribs, a broken collarbone and a punctured lung.
Crashes and Covid have crippled their Tour preparations, with Vuelta a España champion, Sepp Kuss, Vingegaard’s unflagging mountain wingman, the latest to withdraw from the starting lineup. In a Tour with a frightening amount of climbing in the final week, this is another devastating blow. This time though, Pogacar faces the strongest possible opposition. Lining up alongside Vingegaard, is fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic, past winner of the Giro and the Vuelta, but yet to claim a
Evenepoel, a former captain of Belgium’s football under-16s who might have been playing in the Euros if he hadn’t turned to cycling, is a genuine contender for the podium, but fragile team support and an occasionally hot-headed temperament may work against him.In the face of Pogacar’s dominance, all their hopes are slim.
The Slovenian has wilted in the Alps in the past and, on both occasions, Vingegaard has seized the moment. In 2022, an over-confident Pogacar collapsed on the Col du Granon and the Dane climbed to a definitive lead in the overall standings.
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