Visma is counting on Vingegaard although they still haven’t confirmed their presence in the Tour de France

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The team Visma-Rent a Bicycle continues to be ignored in relation to Jonas Vingegaard and his possible defense of the Tour de France title in last year’s edition. The presence of the Dane in the French round remains a mystery since sports director of the team, Grischa Niermannis yet to confirm whether the two-time Tour champion (winner of the last two editions) will be present at the race that begins on June 29, at the starting line of Florence.

After the serious fall he suffered at the Tour of the Basque Country in April, in which he suffered a fractured collarbone, ribs and collapsed lung, the Danish superstar has started normal altitude training in Tignes after the first shot in Mallorca.

Despite this, the participation or not of Jonas in Tour remains unconfirmed since Visma He only wants him in the race if he is at his best level. however, Grischa Niermann He seemed hopeful and positive.

“Morale is good. We hope Jonas will be fit in four weeks, but there is no news on that,” he told ‘Cyclingnews’.

“If Vingegaard can’t run…”

“We can’t predict yet but, nevertheless, we are a very, very strong team and even without Jonas we will have a very good Tour de France,” argued when determining the possibility that Vingegaard was not at the start of the Tour.

Despite this possibility, Niermann made it clear that the team’s hope is that Vingegaard is resisting Tadej Pogacar for the final victory: “The confidence is in Jonas and he is the man who can win the race. If he can’t run, we have to make new plans and that could include Sepp (Kuss) and Matteo (Jorgenson).”

Source: La Verdad

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