Jonas Vingegaard: I was more relaxed coming into this Tour de France

A smiling Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) celebrates his back-to-back overall victory at the Tour de France
A smiling Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) celebrates his back-to-back overall victory at the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jonas Vingegaard is getting used to this. Another Tour de France, another yellow jersey in Paris, another winner’s speech on the Champs-Élysées. The modern tradition started with Lance Armstrong’s infamous “cynics and sceptics” oration of 2005, but the speakers that followed have generally tended towards diplomacy.

Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas made forays into humour, of course, but, as in 2022, Vingegaard played a straight bat when he was handed the microphone, thanking his Jumbo-Visma team, his rivals and his family.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.