Jonas Vingegaard on his fish-related jobs that helped him pursue cycling and Tour de France dream

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) has spoken about his part-time work in a fish auction and a fish factory to earn some extra cash during his pursuit of a cycling career. The 25-year-old is closing in on his first Tour de France title after moving 3'26" ahead of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) heading into the final competitive stage on Saturday, and explained how he ended up working with fellow cyclist Michael Valgren at the plant after leaving school. Ad/> Speaking to Eurosport France's Benoit Vittek ahead of the Tour: “First of all, I finished school in 2016.

Then you have to work. First it was at the fish auction and I worked there for almost one year. Tour de FranceVingegaard ‘can afford a crash’ and still win Tour35 MINUTES AGO “Then I had an injury and couldn’t work for a while.

When I came back, I started working at a fish factory. I worked there until the summer of 2018, and I joined this team in 2019. So, half a year before I joined the team I was still working.

“Michael and I pretty much come from the same area so he also worked at the fish auction. We both know a cyclist from where he came from who’s been working in the fish, so he had the contact, he initiated it. He gave me a number, I called to see what was possible.

Both of us got the number from our friend.” Attention turned back to cycling, and Vingegaard revealed how he first became involved in the sport as a 10-year-old watching the Tour of Denmark. “It was back in 2007 or 2008. The Tour of Denmark started close to my hometown, in Thisted.