Jonas Vingegaard

2022 and 2023 Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard, born December 10, 1996 in Hillerslev, Denmark turned professional in 2016 with the Danish Continental team ColoQuick-Cult and with a top finish in the Tour du Loir et Cher and taking best young rider, he gained the attention of Jumbo-Visma and signed as a neo-pro in 2019. A win on a tough stage of the Tour de Pologne was his first major professional result. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 interrupted his season but he made his Grand Tour debut in the Vuelta a España, where he supported teammate Primož Roglič in the overall victory.

Vingegaard had his breakthrough season in 2021, winning the Jebel Jais stage of the UAE Tour ahead of Tadej Pogačar, then claiming two stages and the overall of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali. After finishing as best young rider in the Itzulia Basque Country, Vingegaard made the Jumbo-Visma Tour de France squad and soon proved his talents.

He entered the 2021 Tour de France as a backup plan for leader Roglič and, when the Slovenian crashed out, Vingegaard tenaciously clung onto Pogačar, tracking him closely though the Pyrenees to hold onto second place.

In 2022, Vingegaard showed he was equal to the two-time Tour de France champion Pogačar or better, and took the maillot jaune off his rival's shoulders on stage 11 to the Col du Granon, going onto win outright.

In 2023, Vingegaard had another stellar season, claiming his second Tour de France overall win with a blistering display of force in the stage 16 time trial then crushing arch-rival Pogačar in the remaining Alpine stages. Vingegaard also turned in dominating performances in the Itzulia Basque Country and Critérium du Dauphiné. Following the Tour captured two major mountain stages in the Vuelta a España en route to second overall behind Jumbo-Visma teammate Sepp Kuss.

The 2024 season didn't go quite as well for Vingegaard. He started the season strongly with wins in the O Gran Camiño before winning Tirreno-Adriatico, but a major crash in the Itzulia Basque Country left him with a broken collarbone and ribs and injury to his lung. He didn't race again until starting the Tour de France where he showed a remarkable recovery. Although he couldn't match eventual winner Tadej Pogačar, he was the best of the rest and finished second. He went on to win the Tour de Pologne but called an end to his season due to fatigue in August.

Key results

1st 2023 Tour de France, stage 16
1st 2022 Tour de France, stage 11, stage 18
2nd 2024 Tour de France, winner stage 11

2nd 2021 Tour de France
2nd Vuelta a España 2023, winner stage 13, winner stage 16

1st 2023 Itzulia Basque Country, stage 3, stage 4, stage 6
Best young rider Itzulia Basque Country, second overall (2021)

1st 2023 Criterium du Dauphine, stage 5, stage 7
2nd 2022 Criterium du Dauphine, winner stage 8

1st Tirreno-Adriatico (2024)
1st Tour de Pologne (2024)

1st UAE Tour (2021)

1st O Gran Camiño (2023, 2024)
1st 2021 Coppi e Bartali (stage 3, stage 5)
1st La Drome Classic  2022