Guillaume Marion, Media365: published on Thursday 01 May 2025 at 2:15 p.m.
On Monday, three amateur runners had the chance to be able to ride with Jonas Vingaard, who is currently in the Pyrenees for a tracking before the Tour de France 2025.
An a priori harmless bicycle outing turned into a completely crazy moment for three amateur runners. Indeed, last Monday, when they were climbing the slopes of the Col du Soulor, which will be on the program of the 12th stage of the Tour de France on July 17, the latter had the chance to share the road with … Jonas Vingegaard, who recoveries a concussion, then in location in the Pyrenees for the next edition of the Grande Boucle. It is Grischa Niermann, the sports director of Visma-Lease A Bike who invited the three amateurs to join the one who will resume during the Critérium du Dauphiné. “His car doubled us halfway and stopped on the side of the road. Grischa Niermann said that Vingegaard was about two minutes ahead and that he could probably be caught because he was not riding very quickly, “said Paul Capelle, one of the lucky ones.
Vingegaard “was incredibly nice”
“We approached him and I told him that it was incredible to see him. I asked him, if it was not a problem, if we could accompany him. He accepted and we did almost all his gratitude with him. (…) He became interested in me. He asked me what I was doing in sport, if I participated in races. It was even incredible. First, he was incredibly kind. He did not behave like a superstar, but as a normal person, later declared Capelle, in remarks collected by the Danish TV2 TV channel. It was a little training for him. He didn’t ride quickly, but we still had to fight to keep his wheels. As a reminder, the double winner of the Tour de France (in 2022 and 2023) aims to reconnect with the victory on the roads of France.
