Tour de France 2022: 'Clamped on his wheel' - Jonas Vingegaard praised for going toe-to-toe with Tadej Pogacar

Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France heroics so far this year have come as a ‘surprise’ according to the Breakaway team. The Jumbo-Visma rider remains in yellow following Stage 14, after fending off a series of attacks from General Classification rival Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). Ad/> Vingegaard would quickly lock on to his wheel on each occasion before they ultimately finished at the line together.

Tour de FranceTour de France stage 14: How to watch, route map, live stream details10 HOURS AGO This comes after his phenomenal performance on the Col du Granon on Stage 11 where he took control of the race after Pogacar cracked to finish an incredible 2’51” down on Vingegaard. Discussing his performance afterwards, Robbie McEwen was happy to see the Dane go toe-to-toe with pre-race favourite Pogacar while Orla Chennaoui described the two riders as ‘inseparable’ at the moment. “I think it's fair to say that everybody for the last few years has thought the Slovenians, Pogacar and [Primoz] Roglic were a level above everybody else,” said Chennaoui.

“Coming into this race, nobody was really putting him on the same level as Pogacar. They're inseparable, right now, aren’t they?” McEwen agreed, adding: “Vingegaard has been clamped on to the wheel of Pogacar when he's needed to be, when Pogacar has been good enough to go on the attack. “And then there was a day on the [Col du] Granon that he just dropped him like a stone.