{"id":386994,"date":"2026-01-23T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/386994\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:47:13","slug":"there-is-a-clear-difference-visma-soldier-contrasts-simon-yates-led-giro-with-jonas-vingegaards-2026-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/386994\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThere is a clear difference\u201d \u2013 Visma soldier contrasts Simon Yates-led Giro with Jonas Vingegaard\u2019s 2026 ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/cycling\/simon-yates-wins-2025-giro-ditalia-del-toro-and-carapaz-on-the-podium-final-overall-classification\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visma\u2019s Giro in 2025 ended in success<\/a>. Yates delivered the overall victory, validating the team\u2019s decision to pivot after a disrupted Tour de France campaign. It was a win built on control, depth, and experience, and internally it was regarded as a job executed well.<\/p>\n<p>But Lemmen\u2019s words underline that the context around the 2026 Giro is fundamentally different.<\/p>\n<p>With Vingegaard, the Giro is not being framed as a standalone opportunity or an alternative objective. Instead, it sits inside a much broader ambition: completing a Grand Tour trilogy while simultaneously reshaping the Dane\u2019s path back towards Tour de France dominance.<\/p>\n<p>That distinction matters for the riders around him.<\/p>\n<p>The soldier\u2019s perspective<\/p>\n<p>Lemmen is not a rider chasing personal headlines. A former soldier who arrived late to the professional peloton, he has built his value through reliability, sacrifice, and resilience. Those traits are exactly why his perspective carries weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve proven myself within the team and in Grand Tours,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we have such a strong squad. I\u2019ve even said to the team management before that if I don\u2019t go to a Grand Tour, that wouldn\u2019t be the biggest surprise. Still, this is what I enjoy the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That mindset is central to Visma\u2019s approach in 2026. Around Vingegaard, the Giro squad is being shaped not just to defend pink day by day, but to manage effort, stress and form across a much longer season arc.<\/p>\n<p>From opportunity to intent<\/p>\n<p>The contrast Lemmen draws is not a criticism of Yates\u2019 Giro. It is a reflection of intent.<\/p>\n<p>Yates\u2019 victory came at a moment when Visma were recalibrating. Vingegaard\u2019s Giro comes with something more assertive attached to it. The race is being treated as a platform, not a destination, and that inevitably changes how domestiques approach their roles.<\/p>\n<p>For riders like Lemmen, that means committing fully to a leader whose Giro ambitions are inseparable from his Tour de France objectives.<\/p>\n<p>If Vingegaard succeeds in Italy, he will become the first rider of his generation to win all three Grand Tours. But inside Visma, the bigger picture is already clear. This Giro is not about ticking a box. It is about momentum, belief and redefining what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>And as Lemmen puts it, that is where the difference lies.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Visma\u2019s Giro in 2025 ended in success. 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