Beaten soundly last summer by Tadej Pogacar, Vingegaard wants to “return to success” on the Grande Boucle (July 5-27) which he won in 2022 and 2023. “It’s the race that appeals to me matters most. There is something special around the Tour de France,” said the Dane. “I am going to aim for a third victory and above all I want to be at the start with the best possible preparation and form,” added Vingegaard who, in 2024, had finished second, “already an achievement” after his heavy fall at the Tour du Pays. Basque in April.
“It was a lot worse than most people thought,” he insisted. I had seven broken ribs, a fractured sternum. The collarbone was broken into three or four pieces. I also had a broken finger and both lungs were punctured. I spent eight days in intensive care, twelve days in total in the hospital. Coming back in time for the Tour de France was a real victory, something I am very proud of. » The Dane, who became a father for the second time after the Tour de France, has not raced since the Tour of Poland last August, “a long break” which allowed him to “recharge his batteries”.
Paris-Nice and Tour of Catalonia
To prepare for the 2025 edition, he will notably participate in Paris-Nice and the Tour of Catalonia. But he will therefore not compete in the Tour of Italy in May. As in 2023, he will follow the Tour de France with the Vuelta (August 23-September 14), where he took second place two years ago behind his teammate Sepp Kuss. There too, he will aim for “victory” in 2025. Wout Van Aert, also seriously injured in 2024, even twice, thinks he has “recovered completely and that it will not affect me in 2025”.
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