Rider Profile
Jonas Vingegaard
Visma-Lease a Bike
![Jonas Vingegaard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qQdndXAZQkU6iixKkUTY8X-320-80.jpg)
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Visma-Lease a Bike
- 2023 - Team Jumbo-Visma
- 2022 - Team Jumbo-Visma
- 2021 - Team Jumbo–Visma
- 2020 - Team Jumbo-Visma
- 2019 - Team Jumbo-Visma
Biography:
2022 and 2023 Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard, born December 10, 1996 in Hillerslev, Denmark turned professional in 2016 with the Danish Continental team ColoQuick-Cult and with a top finish in the Tour du Loir et Cher and taking best young rider, he gained the attention of Jumbo-Visma and signed as a neo-pro in 2019. A win on a tough stage of the Tour de Pologne was his first major professional result. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 interrupted his season but he made his Grand Tour debut in the Vuelta a España, where he supported teammate Primož Roglič in the overall victory.
Vingegaard had his breakthrough season in 2021, winning the Jebel Jais stage of the UAE Tour ahead of Tadej Pogačar, then claiming two stages and the overall of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali. After finishing as best young rider in the Itzulia Basque Country, Vingegaard made the Jumbo-Visma Tour de France squad and soon proved his talents.
He entered the 2021 Tour de France as a backup plan for leader Roglič and, when the Slovenian crashed out, Vingegaard tenaciously clung onto Pogačar, tracking him closely though the Pyrenees to hold onto second place.
In 2022, Vingegaard showed he was equal to the two-time Tour de France champion Pogačar or better, and took the maillot jaune off his rival's shoulders on stage 11 to the Col du Granon, going onto win outright.
In 2023, Vingegaard had another stellar season, claiming his second Tour de France overall win with a blistering display of force in the stage 16 time trial then crushing arch-rival Pogačar in the remaining Alpine stages. Vingegaard also turned in dominating performances in the Itzulia Basque Countryand Critérium du Dauphiné. Following the Tour captured two major mountain stages in the Vuelta a España en route to second overall behind Jumbo-Visma teammate Sepp Kuss.
Key results
Winner 2023 Tour de France, stage 16
Winner 2022 Tour de France, stage 11, stage 18
Second place 2021 Tour de France
Second place Vuelta a España 2023, winner stage 13, winner stage 16
Winner 2023 Itzulia Basque Country, stage 3, stage 4, stage 6
Best young rider Itzulia Basque Country, second overall (2021)
Winner 2023 Criterium du Dauphine, stage 5, stage 7
Second place 2022 Criterium du Dauphine, winner stage 8
Winner of stages in Tour de Pologne (2019), UAE Tour (2021)
Winner of 2021 Coppi e Bartali (stage 3, stage 5)
Winner of La Drome Classic 2022
Related Articles
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Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard separated by seconds across four Tours de France
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Jonas Vingegaard - ‘Maybe with time, I’ll be prouder of second in this Tour de France than my wins’
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News No Vuelta a España for Dane, rest of 2024 season unclear
![COL DE LA COUILLOLE FRANCE JULY 20 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen of Denmark and Team Visma Lease a Bike competes in the chase group during the 111th Tour de France 2024 Stage 20 a 1328km stage from Nice to Col de la Couillole 1676m UCIWT on July 20 2024 in Col de la Couillole France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y7yWCXkkWkGMzR7Z6EhjU4-320-80.jpg)
‘More than a stage win, I wanted more time’ - Jonas Vingegaard rebounds hard at Tour de France
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Defeated by Tadej Pogačar on Col de la Couillole, Dane consolidates hold on second place
![Jonas Vingegaard Hansen after stage 19 at the Tour de France](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/toigtKuAFvVehBbY39L9zE-320-80.jpg)
'The fight for the win is over' – Jonas Vingegaard concedes Tour de France title to Tadej Pogačar at Isola 2000
By Barry Ryan published
News Dane now 5:03 behind after Visma-Lease a Bike’s Bonette plan stalls
![Wout Van Aert attacks on stage 17 at the Tour de France](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XgfT2xGRoGTrmVTMVNYXvX-320-80.jpg)
Aggressive Visma-Lease a Bike opt for breaks not late attacks on Tour de France mountain stage
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Jonas Vingegaard loses two seconds to Tadej Pogačar, 12 to Remco Evenepoel in welter of final GC moves
![UAE Team Emirates team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles ahead of Team Visma - Lease a Bike team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard in the ascent of Col du Noyer during the 17th stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 177,8 km between Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and Superdevoluy, in the French Alps, on July 17, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VrMtHLbwvXtRKctNbP7u4M-320-80.jpg)
Pogačar and Evenepoel attack Vingegaard to land psychological blow before Tour de France showdown in the Alps
By Stephen Farrand published
News ‘I stretched my legs on the final climb’ - says Pogačar after surprise attack
![Jonas Vingegaard leads Tadej Pogačar up the Plateau de Beille](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3e3w89ySRGKAMKKXXTD3N-320-80.jpg)
'Never seen an athlete who improves so quickly' – Visma praise Vingegaard's shape at Tour de France despite gap to Pogačar
By James Moultrie published
News 'We still have six days to try to win the Tour. We are going to do everything we can' says sporting director Merijn Zeeman
![Jonas Vingegaard lies second at the Tour de France behind Tadej Pogačar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pfYSJEcvam8AbgFA3dKnXZ-320-80.jpg)
'I will not simply accept this result' – Vingegaard vows to battle for Tour de France yellow jersey until Nice
By Dani Ostanek published
News Wout van Aert targets a stage win in third week as Vingegaard hopes to improve
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