Nobody saw it coming – not even his own team. Jonas Vingegaard‘s devastating assault on the overall of the Vuelta a España even caught his own squad by surprise, Visma-Lease A Bike management and riders said afterwards, but there was no hiding the delight they felt afterwards at his remarkable triumph, either.
As the heavy rain teemed down on the finish at Valdezcaray, the Visma riders were visibly shivering as they quickly received warm clothes and rain jackets for the 11-kilometre ride down to the team bus. At the same time, though, the hugs and grins they shared at the success of Vingegaard’s attack were plain to see as well.
“I said – right now? He said – right now, so I started sprinting, and sent the guy on his way. It’s been a great day, we can go into rest day feeling very positive.”
Given all the course was hardly conducive to opening up big gaps, that made the fact Vingegaard could stay 24 seconds ahead of his closest pursuers João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Tom Pidcock (Q36.5). But the margins taken on the rest of the field were even more impressive.
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