Our series on Jonas Vingegaard, the new boss of the Tour de France
We imagined a hat-trick from Pogacar, or the revenge of Primoz Roglic.
But few suspected that it would be him, the new king of France.
At 25, the Dane of the Jumbo-Visma, Jonas Vingegaard, will win his first Tour de France this Sunday.
Without really knowing him.
Here are three stories to better understand the new yellow jersey.
Caravan, grills and climbs... summers in the Alps of little Jonas
How he almost escaped his fate and the radars of the Jumbo
Papa poule, fake quiet but real discreet... the story of an anti-star
A young cyclist with fair hair overflowing from his helmet grits his teeth climbing Alpe d'Huez on this morning in July 2014. A plaque on the handlebars, he is taking part in a modest amateur race where Joris Ronflet, a renowned local on steep climbs, desperately tries to get him off his wheel.
“I find myself with an unknown young Dane, Jonas Vingegaard, wrote the Isérois in his race report.
But his eyes riveted on his power sensor, he refuses to take over from me… I try attacks, he comes back three times in succession.
I only let him go on the last ramp with terrible effort.
“With a few details, these lines would perfectly sum up the war between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar during this Tour de France.
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