Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> at the Tour de France as he targets the notorious Giro-Tour double.<\/p>\nVingegaard said he\u2019s satisfied with his situation but hinted that more work might be needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have taken a step in the right direction, but it is clear that it is only a step,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Vingegaard is a noted family man. The husband and father has repeatedly spoken of his desire to spend more time at home, and unlike most modern pros, he\u2019s not relocated to a training mecca like Andorra or Nice.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old told TV2 he found the 24\/7 demands of the modern WorldTour draining.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a cyclist, you feel like you\u2019re constantly on a diet. You always have to think about your weight, and you\u2019re always out training,\u201d Vingegaard said. \u201cA lot is demanded of you. It takes a toll on your body and your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vingegaard more motivated, happier, and still chasing Poga\u010dar
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Vingegaard and Visma won the stage 1 TTT of the Tour de France. (Photo: Gruber Images)<\/p>\n
Visma-Lease a Bike has been under the microscope in the past 6 months.<\/p>\n
The Dutch superteam has been put on the ropes by a series of notable losses to its roster.<\/p>\n
Two-time grand tour winner Simon Yates suddenly retired last autumn. Top director Grischa Niermann and Vingegaard\u2019s coach Tim Heemskerk left the squad this spring. Heemskerk said he was \u201cstruggling to apply his creativity\u201d with the Killer Bees and now works with Vingegaard\u2019s rival, Remco Evenepoel.<\/p>\n
Vingegaard told TV2 the changes he made with Visma-Lease a Bike have worked so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m much more motivated this year, and I\u2019m much happier being a cyclist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, he did suggest the modern sport needs a change in thinking. The increasing professionalization and reducing margins are pushing riders to the brink.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that in general you should look at it more individually, what suits the individual rider best,\u201d Vingegaard said. \u201cIn order for cycling to become a sustainable sport again, it\u2019s probably more the direction to go that you create individual programs for all riders.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s hard to be away for such a long time, then you have to do something else,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what the team has done for me this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vingegaard is under contract with Visma-Lease a Bike through 2028. Both he and the team no doubt want to keep it that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time Tour de France winner makes stunning revelation he only kept racing after forcing a hefty compromise from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[168574,49,48,635,54263,82,57421,62850,72751,54267],"class_list":["post-799081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-audio-true","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-parent_category-road","tag-sports","tag-tag-jonas-vingegaard","tag-tag-tour-de-france","tag-tag-visma-lease-a-bike","tag-type-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799081","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=799081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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