{"id":415305,"date":"2026-01-15T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/415305\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:50:09","slug":"it-was-incredible-to-see-how-jonas-vingegaard-handled-everything-during-the-vuelta-ben-tulett-takes-lessons-from-champions-ahead-of-bigger-2026-role-at-visma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/415305\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was incredible to see how Jonas Vingegaard handled everything during the Vuelta\u201d \u2013 Ben Tulett takes lessons from champions ahead of bigger 2026 role at Visma"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFor the full picture of how Tulett\u2019s growing role fits into Visma\u2019s wider 2026 strategy alongside Vingegaard, Wout van Aert and the rest of the squad, see our main hub: Visma confirm full 2026 plans of Van Aert, Vingegaard, Jorgenson and more.<\/a>A year that rebuilt belief<\/p>\n

Tulett\u2019s 2025 mattered for another reason too. It followed a difficult 2024 and marked his return to momentum.<\/p>\n

He won overall at the Settimana Coppi e Bartali early in the season, including a stage win, and followed it with strong results like podiums at Milano-Torino and the Tour de l’Ain. It was the kind of season that reminded people why he had been talked about as a long-term leader in the first place.<\/p>\n

Then came the Vuelta. Not as a protected rider, but as a helper inside a team chasing the overall. \u201cIt was a really big learning experience for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m really enjoying learning from the champions in our team like Wout and Jonas.\u201d<\/p>\n

That learning did not just come from watching them on climbs. It came from seeing how they behaved when nothing around them was normal.<\/p>\n

\"bentulett\"\/<\/p>\n

Tulett enjoyed a quietly standout season in 2025<\/p>\n

Learning leadership in chaos<\/p>\n

The 2025 Vuelta was defined as much by disruption as by racing. Protests repeatedly interrupted the race. Some stages were shortened or neutralised. Riders were forced to stop and restart with no clear rhythm. Tension followed the peloton from day to day.<\/p>\n

Tulett never spells out what he means by \u201ceverything.\u201d But it is impossible to separate that comment from the context of that race.<\/p>\n

Leading a Grand Tour in those conditions demanded more than legs. It demanded calm, emotional control and the ability to keep a team focused when the race itself kept changing.<\/p>\n

For a young rider hoping to become a leader himself, that was a different kind of education.<\/p>\n

A bigger role begins<\/p>\n

That education now feeds directly into his 2026. \u201cI will have some increased responsibility within the team next season, and that doesn\u2019t come by itself. You have to work for it,\u201d Tulett said.<\/p>\n

His spring will build through races like Ruta del Sol, Drome Classic, Ardeche Classic and Strade Bianche, before peaking with Itzulia and the Ardennes. \u201cThe parcours of Itzulia and the Ardennes suit me really well with the punchy climbs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

That is where he will begin to test what he learned.<\/p>\n

Eyes on Spain again<\/p>\n

The second half of his season will once again turn towards Spain, but this time with more freedom. He will head back to the Vuelta with a freer role, sharing leadership duties with riders like Wout van Aert, Matthew Brennan and Jorgen Nordhagen. \u201cThat gives me a huge amount of motivation,\u201d Tulett said. \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to showing the best version of myself there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also has a specific target in mind. \u201cI can still compete for the white jersey, so I hope I can be in the fight for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not learning for learning\u2019s sake<\/p>\n

For all the talk of development, Tulett is clear about what ultimately matters. \u201cFinding a high level throughout the year is key,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But he did not become a professional cyclist to collect lessons. \u201cI became a cyclist to win races.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2025, he learned how champions behave when everything around them is unstable. In 2026, Ben Tulett<\/a>\u2019s task is simpler and harder at the same time. To take those lessons and start becoming one of them.Ben Tulett \u2013 2026 calendarRaceVuelta a AndaluciaFaun-Ardeche ClassicDrome ClassicStrade BiancheItzulia Basque CountryAmstel Gold RaceFleche WallonneLiege-Bastogne-LiegeVuelta a EspanaIl Lombardia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the full picture of how Tulett\u2019s growing role fits into Visma\u2019s wider 2026 strategy alongside Vingegaard,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,219213,784,6495,85,165035,39562],"class_list":["post-415305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-tulett","tag-cycling","tag-jonas-vingegaard","tag-sports","tag-team-visma-lease-a-bike","tag-vuelta-a-espana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}