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Jonas Vingegaard and his teammates crushed their rivals in the Spanish Vuelta’s 13th stage on Friday when the two-time Tour de France champion led a 1-2-3 finish for Jumbo-Visma atop the legendary Col du Tourmalet.
Danny van Poppel ended Jumbo-Visma's stranglehold of the Tour of Britain to win stage six in Harlow.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) admits Jumbo-Visma's tactics on Thursday were «strange to see» after watching his rivals throw everything at getting a rider in the day's breakaway. With Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey, and three big days in the mountains to come, it was perhaps surprising to see Jumbo-Visma so committed to animating Stage 12 from the off – with Wout van Aert, Wilco Kelderman and Tiesj Benoot all enjoying sustained stints off the front. Ad Such was the unrelenting and furious nature of the start that Vingegaard was forced to ride aggressively to put out fires his team-mates could not, potentially depleting his energy stores.
UAE Team Emirates will be happy to let Jumbo-Visma «fry themselves» in their ultra-aggressive defence of the yellow jersey, according to Ineos Grenadiers star Luke Rowe. Gone are the days of Team Sky, now Ineos, sucking the soul out of the Tour de France with their unbreakable mountain train. Instead, Jumbo-Visma have adopted an unusual approach to defending the overall lead for Jonas Vingegaard – all out attack.
Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates could be tempted to switch up their tactics at the 2023 Tour de France after both teams saw attacks backfire in the opening week, according to Robbie McEwen and Adam Blythe on The Breakaway. UAE were slammed for «weak team directing» after Tadej Pogacar unravelled on Stage 5 following a flurry of attacks for bonus seconds, while Jumbo have inadvertently set up the Slovenian, rather than their man Jonas Vingegaard, to gain time on two stages.
They may have taken the yellow jersey, but Jumbo-Visma's plan to «kill» the 2023 Tour de France backfired on Stage 6 according to EF Education-EasyPost boss Jonathan Vaughters. Another thrilling day of action saw Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) claim a remarkable victory after attacking Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) in the finale, just 24 hours after he lost over a minute to the Danish defending champion.
Wout van Aert says he and his Jumbo-Visma team-mates just «laugh» in the face of reports in the Belgian media of discontent within the team. Van Aert reacted to being beaten on Stage 2 by launching a water bottle to the ground, a moment that added fuel to the fire of those suggesting that chasing GC glory whilst also seeking out stage wins through Van Aert is causing friction within the team.
Twenty-two teams of eight riders have descended upon Bilbao for the grand depart of the 2023 Tour de France – including 18 WorldTour outfits and four UCI ProTeams. Once again, the Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates squads of race favourites Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar stand head and shoulders above the rest, while there is a Tour debut for Norwegian minnows Uno-X Pro Cycling.