{"id":256223,"date":"2025-11-02T07:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T07:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256223\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T07:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T07:13:09","slug":"regardless-of-how-poorly-he-rode-jonas-was-a-huge-positive-national-coach-backs-vingegaard-for-more-worlds-and-euros-despite-disappointing-debut-in-danish-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256223\/","title":{"rendered":"“Regardless of how poorly he rode, Jonas was a huge positive” \u2014 National coach backs Vingegaard for more Worlds and Euros despite disappointing debut in Danish colours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Vingegaard<\/a>‘s long-anticipated debut in Danish national colours may not have delivered the fairytale result on paper, but the significance of the moment is still resonating inside the national camp. After finally pulling on the red and white jersey at the 2025 European Championships<\/a>, the two-time Tour de France winner did not reach the finish, stepping off with a little over 100 kilometres remaining.Yet for national coach Michael Morkov<\/a>, the day was still a major success \u2014 one he hopes proves the start of a long-term commitment to Denmark\u2019s one-day ambitions.\u201cJonas was such a big asset to have with the national team. For the elite squad, who are lifted by having a rider of his quality around, but also for all the youth squads,” Morkov tells Eurosport.<\/a> “So regardless of how well or poorly Jonas rode on the day, he has been a very, very positive presence for everyone on the Danish team.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nA rare national appearance with major symbolic weightDespite multiple Grand Tours successes since 2022, Vingegaard has been a more than infrequent figure in national-team colours. His European Championship start in France marked his first senior appearance at a continental or world championships<\/a>, coming shortly after his triumphant Vuelta a Espana campaign.<\/p>\n

The physical toll of that three-week victory was clear. He spent longer than planned off the bike before Euros preparation began and faded earlier than expected on a demanding Ard\u00e8che circuit. But his impact went beyond results. \u201cYou could feel it among the staff and everyone else \u2014 our biggest star, a Tour de France winner, coming to ride for the national team. It lifts everything a level, on both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s side, in my opinion,\u201d Morkov states.<\/p>\n

For a Danish programme already buoyed by a golden generation \u2014 from the likes of established stars such as Mads Pedersen and Mattias Skjelmose, to rising sensation Albert Philipsen \u2014 Vingegaard\u2019s presence brought prestige, authority and belief according to the national coach.<\/p>\n

Next stop: Worlds, Euros\u2026 and a bigger national role?Crucially, the door is firmly open for more. Conversations between rider and coach suggest Vingegaard wants to make national-team racing a regular part of his calendar \u2014 provided it fits around Team Visma <\/a>| Lease a Bike\u2019s Grand Tour priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve discussed the upcoming championships. And my clear understanding is that Jonas really wants to ride for the national team,” Morkov concludes. “There is no doubt he dreams of performing at a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Denmark looks toward the 2026 international calendar, the message is clear: one of cycling\u2019s biggest stars is ready to chase more than yellow. He wants glory in red and white too \u2014 and the impact might just be transformative for his national team.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonas Vingegaard‘s long-anticipated debut in Danish national colours may not have delivered the fairytale result on paper, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-256223","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\/256223","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=256223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}