{"id":416440,"date":"2026-02-09T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416440\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:39:07","slug":"jonas-vingegaards-coach-leaves-visma-lease-a-bike-after-struggling-to-continue-applying-creativity-and-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416440\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonas Vingegaard’s coach leaves Visma-Lease a Bike after ‘struggling to continue applying creativity and passion’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Vingegaard<\/a>‘s coach, Tim Heemskerk, has left Visma-Lease a Bike, the Dutch team announced on Monday, with all riders under his guidance set to be assigned a new performance<\/a> coach.<\/p>\n

The Dutchman cited how he was struggling to apply the same “creativity and passion” which had seen him succeed as a coach in the recent period, and admitted that he needed to be honest about his position on the team.<\/p>\n

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Heemskerk and Vingegaard both joined Visma ahead of the 2019 season and have worked together ever since, winning two Tours de France<\/a>, the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a and 42 races during their coaching collaboration.<\/p>\n

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“Over the past period, I have noticed that I was struggling to continue applying my creativity and passion, which are important to me in my work as a coach,” said Heemskerk on the team’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“That was the moment for me to be honest with myself and with the team. I look back with pride on the growth of the team, myself, and the riders, including of course Jonas. In the coming period, I will take some time for myself and reflect on my future.”<\/p>\n

Heemskerk’s decision to leave comes after Vingegaard’s 2026 season start was derailed by a crash in training and illness, forcing him to pull out of the UAE Tour<\/a>. His first race is now set to be at the Volta a Catalunya, starting on March 23.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely grateful to Tim for the contribution he has made to the team over the past years,” said team Head of Performance, Mathieu Heijboer.<\/p>\n

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“He has played a major role in the development of the training philosophy we apply within the team and in achieving our sporting results. Over the past period, I have had many conversations with Tim, and I believe this is the best outcome. I wish him all the best in the next stage of his career.”<\/p>\n

Other riders under Heemskerk’s supervision in recent years include Matteo Jorgenson and the recently retired Simon Yates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonas Vingegaard‘s coach, Tim Heemskerk, has left Visma-Lease a Bike, the Dutch team announced on Monday, with all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-416440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}