Jonas Vingegaard celebrated victory at Tirreno-Adriatico and lifted the winner’s trident trophy an hour or so after teammate Matteo Jorgenson received Paris-Good, the 2 victories very a lot entwined of their origins, their execution and the indications they offer for this 12 months’s Tour de France.
Vingegaard will be reassured that he and Visma-Lease a Bike are on observe for one more profitable season in 2024.
“It’s an amazing day for the crew with Matteo profitable Paris-Good and me profitable right here. It could not be any higher for us,” Vingegaard stated with pleasure sporting the Tirreno-Adriatico blue winner’s jersey.
It’s the primary time that the identical crew has received each March stage races and signifies the present dominance of Visma-Lease a Bike.
Vingegaard received the 2 mountain levels to beat Juan Ayuso (UAE Crew Emirates) by 1:24, whereas Jorgenson beat Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) by 30 seconds after they broke away collectively on the ultimate stage to crack Brandon McNulty (UAE Crew Emirates). Sprinter Olav Kooij additionally received two levels in France and Visma-Lease a Bike has claimed 15 victories in 2024.
Visma-Lease a Bike’s general victories at Paris-Good and Tirreno-Adriatico have been constructed on the muse of a winter spent coaching collectively and a latest altitude camp on Mount Teide, the place Vingegaard and Jorgenson shared a room for 3 weeks.
The Dutch crew has the depth of their roster to focus on Paris-Good and Tirreno-Adriatico on the identical second, earlier than uniting them to create the very best general squad for the Tour de France. Extremely, Wout Van Aert, Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot, Sepp Kuss, and Jan Tratnink didn’t race this week as they ready for the Classics and the Volta a Catalunya.
“We laid the bottom for this success within the winter and we each got here down from an altitude to race,” Vingegaard stated of Jorgenson.
“I noticed how exhausting Matteo labored there and I used to be positive that he had a brilliant excessive stage and that he might do one thing actually good there.”
“He’s an amazing man, a simple man to spend time with. He’s calm and really skilled and I believe he suits very properly into our crew in terms of coaching and vitamin. I really feel like he took a giant step up this winter and I believe everybody can see that now.”
Vingegaard has additionally clearly stepped up in 2024. He seems to be close to his greatest in March, which boosts his confidence for the Tour de France. Final 12 months some private points disrupted his spring and he was solely third at Paris-Good. This 12 months he’s producing a few of his best-ever efficiency in accordance with information analysts.
“Getting outcomes your self provides you confidence but additionally when your teammates do tremendous properly, you additionally get lots of confidence,” he stated, indicating the significance of early-season success.
“Seeing my teammates race so properly right here and in Paris-Good additionally provides me the boldness that we are able to trip for the win once more on the Tour.”
Vingegaard is reserved and shy however is a decided and gifted bike rider. He and Visma-Lease a Bike rode a cautious race on the flat levels of Tirreno-Adriatico after which used their stage racing skills to shut down the breakaways and arrange Vingegaard’s assaults on the climbs.
There have been no presents to riders within the breakaways or near Vingegaard within the basic classification. Ayuso and Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) needed to be proud of locations on the rostrum and because the ‘first people’ behind Vingegaard, who appeared from one other planet every time he attacked on the climbs.
The final time Vingegaard rode Tirreno-Adriatico in 2022, he wasn’t positive of the color of the race chief’s jersey. Now he has the long-lasting trident trophy to take house.
“The general victory in Tirreno-Adriatico belongs within the listing of my most lovely profession victories,” he stated.
“It’s one of the vital particular trophies is biking and perhaps being a fishing man prior to now, means it is the proper trophy for me. I look ahead to giving it a particular place in my home quickly.”
Some riders could be tempted to race on after profitable Tirreno-Adriatico, utilizing their nice kind for different races.
Not Vingegaard nor Visma-Lease a Bike. They may persist with their plan, with the Dane staying in Italy for a couple of days to recon the opening levels of the Tour de France, stage 1 to Rimini, the San Luca climb above Bologna in stage 2 and the third stage to Turin.
Vingegaard doesn’t have the broader skills or aspirations like Tadej Pogačar to focus on Milan-San Remo and won’t trip towards the Slovenian on the Volta a Catalunya.
As a substitute, he’ll spend time at his house in Lugano, Switzerland after which trip Itzulia Basque Nation, the subsequent step on the street to the 2024 Tour de France.