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Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen (; born 10 December 1996) is a Danish cyclist who rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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. He won the 2022
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edition of the Tour de France
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.
Vingegaard started as a youth rider for various Danish teams, making his breakthrough as a senior rider as part of UCI Continental
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team ColoQuick–Cult in 2016. He was known as a physical specimen and broke records in climbs, but still lacked major results on the road. As part of , which he joined in 2019, he impressed at the Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...
and rode as a domestique
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for Primož Roglič
Primož Roglič (; born 29 October 1989) is a Slovenian racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He started as a ski jumper and switched to cycling several years after an accident suffered at Planica.
At the 2017 Tour de France, Roglič bec ...
at the Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...
.
In April 2021, Vingegaard was named as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin
Tom Dumoulin (; born 11 November 1990) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has won nine stages across the three Grand Tours, five medals in three different World Championships and two Olympic s ...
in the team's Tour de France
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squad. In the Tour, Vingegaard originally rode as a domestique for Roglič, who was one of the major favorites for the general classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...
. After Roglič crashed and later withdrew, Vingegaard took over as the team's only general classification contender. He gained international recognition after attacking on Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest m ...
, dropping race leader and eventual winner Tadej Pogačar
Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four deca ...
and finished second in the general classification.
In the 2022 Tour de France
The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard () won the general clas ...
, Vingegaard was a favourite for the GC together with Tadej Pogačar
Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four deca ...
. Stage 11 included a final climb of the Col du Granon
Col du Granon (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France. A narrow tarmac road winds steeply up the southern approach. Gravel roads continue beyond the pass, in a military training zone.
It hosted the ...
, a climb which had not been used since 1986
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where Greg LeMond
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seized the yellow jersey from Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault ...
. Vingegaard's Team Jumbo-Visma attacked Pogačar on the Col du Télégraphe
Col du Télégraphe is a mountain pass in the French Alps situated above the Maurienne valley between the eastern end of the massif d'Arvan-Villards and the massif des Cerces.
The pass links Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne to the north and Valloire ...
and Col du Galibier
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with Roglič while having Christophe Laporte
Christophe Laporte (born 11 December 1992 in La Seyne-sur-Mer) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Laporte was a member of from 2014 to 2021.
He was named in the Team Cofidis start list for the Tour de France for seven co ...
and Steven Kruijswijk
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nearby and Wout van Aert
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up the road. On the final climb Vingegaard attacked at the 5 km mark, and dropped Pogačar for the second time in his career, except this time Pogačar was not able to make it back. Relentlessly advancing, Vingegaard won the stage and the yellow jersey and gained +2:51 on Pogačar. This put Vingegaard in the lead and relegated Pogačar to third, behind second-placed Romain Bardet
Romain Bardet (born 9 November 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in Gra ...
. Vingegaard would not let go of the yellow jersey for the rest of the Tour, also dropping Pogačar on the final ascent on Hautacam
Hautacam is a ski resort in the Pyrenees. It is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Midi-Pyrénées region. In road bicycle racing, the ascent to Hautacam is known as a tough climb, which is used occasionally in the Tour de Fra ...
, after holding up a moment to wait for Pogačar to catch up after a fall in an act of sportsmanship
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. His efforts ultimately won him the 2022 Tour de France.
Career
Early career
Vingegaard was born and raised in Thy. He played bothfootball
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and handball
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from an early age. Vingegaard was a spectator, alongside his father, when the first stage of 2007 Danmark Rundt departed on 1 August from Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022) He cycled with the Thy Cykle Ring for five seasons, until he moved to Aalborg Cykle Ring in 2013. In 2014, his last year as a junior rider, Vingegaard joined Odder Cykel Klub. When he became a senior rider, he initially struggled and performed poorly in races. When Odder Cykel Club established a U23 team from the start of 2016, results improved for Vingegaard. In the spring, he finished on the podium at a race in
His first major result of 2022 was finishing 2nd in Tirreno-Adriatico, which he followed up by finishing 6th in the
Aalborg
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, and in May, he won a section of Pinse Cuppen in Hammel
Hammel is a town in central Denmark with a population of 6,854 (1 January 2022),UCI Continental
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team ColoQuick–Cult and general manager Christian Andersen signed a contract with him in May 2016 and he switched teams with immediate effect. In order to structure his daily life, Andersen had Vingegaard start a job at the fish factory, Chrisfish in Hanstholm
Hanstholm is a small town and a former island, now elevated area in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, located in northern Denmark. The population of the town is 2,104 (1 January 2022).
. Working there during weekdays, Vingegaard skinned fish from 6am to noon before practising in the afternoons. For a time he worked with Michael Valgren
Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.
Career
He became a profession ...
at the factory, who was also pursuing a career as a professional cyclist.
In 2016, at age 19, he also accomplished his first major international result, finishing second in the UCI 2.1 level race Tour of China I
The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour
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.
In large parts of the 2017 season, Vingegaard did not take part in many races as he was sidelined with a broken femur after a crash in the 2017 Tour des Fjords
2017 Tour des Fjords was the fifth edition of the Tour des Fjords cycle stage race. The race was won by Norwegian racer Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Teams
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. Before the injury, he finished in fourth place overall and won the youth competition in the French stage race Tour du Loir-et-Cher
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.
By the time he recovered from his broken leg and the 2018 season began, he returned to strong form. On a training trip to Spain in early March 2018, Vingegaard set the time record on the test climb Coll de Rates. He cycled the 6.5 kilometers in 13.02 minutes, which was 12 seconds faster than the previous record holder Tejay van Garderen
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. In the mid-2018, his physique was tested at Team Danmark
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. Afterwards, sports physiologist Lars Johansen said about Vingegaard:
Team Jumbo–Visma (2019–present)
He joined in 2019, and that year, he achieved his firstUCI WorldTour
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win in stage 6 of the Tour de Pologne
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. The following year, he finished eighth in the Tour de Pologne
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. He also completed his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España
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, where he rode as a domestique
In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of their team and leader, rather than trying to win the race. In French, ''domestique'' translates as "servant".However, in French, the term used is ''équipier''. In Ita ...
for Primož Roglič
Primož Roglič (; born 29 October 1989) is a Slovenian racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He started as a ski jumper and switched to cycling several years after an accident suffered at Planica.
At the 2017 Tour de France, Roglič bec ...
, who would go on to win the race overall.
2021 season
Vingegaard won stage 5 of his first race in 2021, theUAE Tour
The UAE Tour ( ar, جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour.
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, before winning two stages and the overall in the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ...
. Later in the year, he finished second overall behind his teammate, Roglič, in the Tour of the Basque Country
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. In April, Vingegaard was named as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin
Tom Dumoulin (; born 11 November 1990) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has won nine stages across the three Grand Tours, five medals in three different World Championships and two Olympic s ...
in the team's Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
squad.
In the Tour, Vingegaard originally rode as a domestique for Primož Roglič
Primož Roglič (; born 29 October 1989) is a Slovenian racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He started as a ski jumper and switched to cycling several years after an accident suffered at Planica.
At the 2017 Tour de France, Roglič bec ...
, who was one of big favorites for the GC. On stage 3, Roglič crashed heavily and despite the team's efforts to bring him back, the team finished almost a minute and a half down. On stage 5, a individual time trial, Vingegaard finished third to enter the top ten on GC. On stage 8, the race's first mountain stage, Vingegaard finished with the main GC group, losing almost three and a half minutes to Tadej Pogačar
Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four deca ...
, who took over the yellow jersey. Vingegaard rose to fifth on GC at exactly five minutes down. After the stage, Roglič withdrew from the race due to his injuries, leaving Vingegaard as the team's only general classification contender.
On stage 11, which featured a double ascent of Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest m ...
, Vingegaard attacked on the second climb of the Ventoux. Although Pogačar was initially able to follow him, Vingegaard was able to drop the yellow jersey, gaining an advantage of almost 40 seconds at the top. However, he was caught on the descent to the finish. As a result of his time gains, Vingegaard rose to third on GC. As the race headed into the Pyrenees, Vingegaard solidified his position on the podium. On stage 17, which finished atop Col du Portet, Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz
Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race. In July 2021 ...
were the only ones able to follow Pogačar's attack. In the sprint, Vingegaard finished second to Pogačar, rising to second on GC. The exact scenario took place on the next stage, which finished atop Luz Ardiden, with Vingegaard finishing once again finishing second. On the penultimate day time trial, Vingegaard took third place once again, solidifying his second spot on GC. He safely finished the last stage to become the second Danish rider to achieve a podium finish in the Tour de France and the first since 1996
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.
2022 season
His first major result of 2022 was finishing 2nd in Tirreno-Adriatico, which he followed up by finishing 6th in the 2022 Tour of the Basque Country
The 2022 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2022) was a road cycling stage race held between 4 and 9 April 2022 in the titular region in northern Spain. It was the 61st edition of the Tour of the Basque Count ...
. Team Jumbo-Visma dominated the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné where Vingegaard finished 2nd behind teammate Roglič, and won the queen stage of the race.
He started the Tour de France
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in strong form with Pogačar being the only GC rider finishing ahead of him after the opening stage individual time trial
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. On stage 5 Roglič suffered a crash which cost him time and Vingegaard nearly lost considerable time himself. He suffered a mechanical and could no longer ride his bike, but teammate Nathan Van Hooydonck was nearby to give him his bike. Van Hooydonck's seat was positioned considerably higher than Vingegaard's so he had to be out of the saddle the entire time. His teammate Steven Kruijswijk
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came by and offered to give up his bike, but then the team car arrived and got his backup. Thanks in part to the powerful effort of Wout van Aert
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near the end of the stage, Vingegaard lost little time. In the following stages he would battle with Pogačar for stage wins and time bonuses and end up as the only GC rider within a minute of the lead as the race entered the high mountains. Stage 11 included a final climb of the Col du Granon
Col du Granon (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France. A narrow tarmac road winds steeply up the southern approach. Gravel roads continue beyond the pass, in a military training zone.
It hosted the ...
, a climb which had not been used since 1986
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where Greg LeMond
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seized the yellow jersey from Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault ...
. Team Jumbo-Visma attacked Pogačar on the Col du Télégraphe
Col du Télégraphe is a mountain pass in the French Alps situated above the Maurienne valley between the eastern end of the massif d'Arvan-Villards and the massif des Cerces.
The pass links Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne to the north and Valloire ...
and Col du Galibier with Roglič while having Laporte and Kruijswijk nearby and van Aert up the road. On the final climb Vingegaard attacked at the 5 km mark, and dropped Pogačar for the second time in his career, except this time Pogačar was not able to make it back. Relentlessly advancing, Vingegaard won the stage and the yellow jersey and gained +2:51 on Pogačar. This put Vingegaard in the lead and relegated Pogačar to third, behind second-placed Romain Bardet
Romain Bardet (born 9 November 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in Gra ...
. This was the first Tour de France stage victory of his career. He defended his lead the following day which concluded with a mountain top finish on Alpe d'Huez
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.
Over the next few stages Pogačar made a few attacks, which forced open small gaps with the other top placed GC riders, but Vingegaard was able to respond to each of them. Team Jumbo-Visma did suffer a serious setback prior to the rest day, losing two powerful riders with Roglič not starting stage 15, and Kruijswijk crashing out during the stage. Fortunately for Vingegaard the team's strongest mountain climbing domestique, Sepp Kuss
Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Kuss started out in mountain bike racing as a junior and as a student at the University of Colorado won two races at the Colle ...
, was riding with good form and would be there to start the third week. On stage 17 Vingegaard was the only rider to stay with the combination of Pogačar and Brandon McNulty
Brandon Alexander McNulty (born April 2, 1998) is an American cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . In the 2016 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial, 2016 UCI Junior World Time Trial Championships McNulty became the fourth Ame ...
up the final climb. Inside the final 500 meters of the very steep finish both Pogačar and Vingegaard attacked to go for the stage win, but Pogačar took it on the line. The only time Vingegaard lost was the four seconds difference in bonus time. On stage 18 he answered the early attacks made by Pogačar. Prior to the final climb on Hautacam
Hautacam is a ski resort in the Pyrenees. It is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Midi-Pyrénées region. In road bicycle racing, the ascent to Hautacam is known as a tough climb, which is used occasionally in the Tour de Fra ...
Pogačar crashed, and Vingegaard held up a moment and waited for Pogačar to catch up. On the final climb he followed the lead of Kuss the majority of the way. Not long after the work of Kuss was done he and Pogačar had caught Wout van Aert, who had attacked at kilometre zero. Before long Pogačar appeared to be on the verge of cracking behind them and Vingegaard seized the moment and attacked. By the time he crossed the line he put just over another minute into the two time defending champion, claimed his second stage win, an unassailable lead in the Mountains Classification, and all but sealed his victory prior to the final time trial on stage 20. The battles between Pogačar and Vingegaard continuously blew the rest of the field apart. Going into stage 19 3rd place Thomas
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was about eight minutes back, and then Gaudu and Quintana were over ten minutes and approaching fifteen minutes behind respectively. During the final time trial he rode aggressively, and had among the fastest times at the first checkpoints, only backing off once it was clear no serious time would be lost. He crossed the finish line in Paris about a minute behind the sprinters, riding side by side with his remaining teammates.
During the following months, the young rider was absent from several races where he was awaited after his victory in the Tour de France, especially the Tour of Denmark and the World Championships scheduled for September. Several newspapers questioned his state of morale and mentioned the "tough times" the champion was experiencing. He made his comeback on 27 September for the CRO Race
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to prepare for the Tour of Lombardy in early October.
Personal life
Vingegaard is the son of Claus Christian Rasmussen and Karina Vingegaard Rasmussen from Hillerslev, Thy. He has one sister, Michelle Vingegaard Rasmussen. Inprimary school
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, he attended Hillerslev School until 7th grade
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, while he took 8th and 9th grades at Tingstrup School in Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022) From August 2012, Vingegaard attended the voluntary 10th grade on the cycling track at ISI Idrætsefterskole in
Young rider classification
: 5th Young rider classification
: 5th Overall Overall 
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::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 1st Stage 5 
Young rider classification
: 8th
Ikast
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. Afterwards, he enrolled in Thisted Handelsgymnasium for secondary education
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, attending the Higher Commercial Examination Programme
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* ''Higher'' (Ezio album) or the title song, 2000
* ''Higher'' (Harem Scarem album) or the title song ...
(HHX).
Vingegaard lives with his girlfriend Trine Marie Hansen (b. 1987) in Glyngøre. They met when Vingegaard was a rider with Team ColoQuick from 2016 to 2018, and Trine was the team's marketing manager. In September 2020, Trine gave birth to their daughter, Frida. Hansen's mother is Rosa Kildahl Christensen, who became nationally known as a participant in ''Den store bagedyst'' in 2017, a Danish spin-off of the British televised baking competition, ''The Great British Bake Off
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''.
Career achievements
Major results
;2016 : 2nd OverallTour of China
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;2017
: 2nd GP Viborg
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: 4th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
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::1st Young rider classification
: 5th Sundvolden GP
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: 7th Ringerike GP
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;2018
: 1st Prologue Giro della Valle d'Aosta
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: 1st Stage 4 ( TTT) Tour de l'Avenir
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: 4th Sundvolden GP
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
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: 5th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit ra ...
::1st Young rider classification
: 5th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
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: 5th Ringerike GP
Ringerike Grand Prix is a road bicycle race held annually near Hønefoss, in the region of Ringerike, Norway. The race was created in 1975 as the Fossen Grand Prix, and was ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2010. In 2011 it turn ...
: 9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
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;2019
: 1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne
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: 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
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: 9th Overall Deutschland Tour
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;2020
: 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
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;2021
: 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
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::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 1st Stage 5 UAE Tour
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: 2nd Overall Tour de France
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: 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
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::1st Young rider classification
: 8th Clásica de San Sebastián
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;2022
: 1st Overall Tour de France
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::1st Mountains classification
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::1st Stages 11 & 18
: 1st La Drôme Classic
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: 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
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::1st Stage 8
: 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 2nd Overall CRO Race
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::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vingegaard, Jonas 1996 births Living people Danish male cyclists People from Thisted Municipality Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region Danish Tour de France stage winners Tour de France winners