{"id":191737,"date":"2025-10-05T18:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/191737\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T18:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:07:16","slug":"i-can-compete-for-victory-in-races-like-these-jonas-vingegaard-looks-for-answers-after-european-championship-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/191737\/","title":{"rendered":"“I can compete for victory in races like these” \u2013 Jonas Vingegaard looks for answers after European Championship disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cThe legs just weren\u2019t there today\u201dAfter the finish, a candid Vingegaard didn\u2019t attempt to hide his disappointment. \u201cI had hoped for more,\u201d he admitted in conversation with Feltet.dk<\/a>. \u201cBut sometimes you just don\u2019t have the legs \u2013 and today was one of those days.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the race\u2019s punishing profile featuring repeated climbs of the C\u00f4te de Saint-Romain-de-Lerps, it quickly became clear that the Danish star was in trouble. As early as the first ascent, Vingegaard showed signs of strain, and when the peloton split under pressure from Slovenia and Belgium, he was among the first big names to lose contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was already suffering on the first climb,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom there, I was hoping things might improve, and for a bit they did. But when the real attacks came, it was just too much. I couldn\u2019t follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questions over form and fatigue<\/p>\n

Vingegaard suggested that the early implosion might be down to his demanding race calendar and lack of focused preparation for this specific event. \u201cMaybe it was just a bad day. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because I\u2019ve had a tough programme lately, or if my shape isn\u2019t quite where it needs to be. But today wasn\u2019t good \u2013 that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast to rivals like Pogacar and Evenepoel, who arrived with clear form and momentum, Vingegaard\u2019s build-up had been notably lighter. The Dane made it clear that his appearance at the Euros was more about national pride and testing his legs than a full-scale assault on the podium. \u201cI haven\u2019t had the best preparation for this. I mainly came to race in the national colours and to see how I\u2019d go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the disappointment, Vingegaard was adamant that this performance doesn\u2019t change his long-term ambitions. With major one-day races like Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge and Il Lombardia still on his radar, the Dane remains convinced that he can one day challenge for victory in the monuments and championships. \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019ve lost faith,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I prepare properly, I believe I can compete for victory in races like these.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe legs just weren\u2019t there today\u201dAfter the finish, a candid Vingegaard didn\u2019t attempt to hide his disappointment.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-191737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}