Jonas Vingegaard struck a big blow on Sunday, on the occasion of the 9e stage of the Tour of Spain. A week after his victory in Italy, the Danish runner gave this in the final ascent to the Estación de Esquí de Valdezcaray. Leaving 10 km from the arrival with Giulio Ciccone, the double winner of the Tour de France finally distant the Italian and finished with around twenty seconds on his closest pursuing. With the key the ascent record.
“I felt super well today. I told my team that they could accelerate, they did it and I tried to attack, entrusted the leader of the VisMa on arrival. It was an incredible teamwork, I’m super happy that I could convert it to success. I could not have done it without them. »»
However, the Visma seems to play a funny game. Because if Jonas Vingegaard could only congratulate himself on taking time to his main rivals in the race for the final victory, the Dutch formation also worked to allow Torstein Traeen to keep her red leading jersey.
“At one point, I received two guys from Visma”
“At the end of the climb, I told myself that I would not wear the red jersey tonight, so I’m obviously very happy to have received help and have managed to hold out”, he said at the end of the stage before clarifying that some Visma runners had not hesitated to lend him a hand: “I did not expect Jonas Vingegaard to be so fast. He attacked very quickly, and then it was mainly a question of surviving. At one point, I received the help of two guys from Visma, so I had the impression that they may not yet want Jonas to wear the jersey. »»
“I’m not necessarily trying to resume the red jersey, I try to take time to my opponents”, also said Jonas Vingegaard on arrival, already turned out. After a day of rest this Monday, the runners will indeed chain the mountain stages. As of Tuesday, the arrival at El Ferial Larra Belague could allow the Danish to make new differences.
