Cycling World Championships 2025, the Danish coach: "Vingegaard is the only one who can beat Pogacar"

Rome, 12 February 2025 - In the eternal challenge, even in the media, between jonas vingegaard e Tadej pogacar the scales often tip towards the latter due to several unique prerogatives: starting from the imagination in the race, which makes every kilometre potentially the right one to launch the good assault, and arriving at the more widespread presence in the calendar. It is precisely this last point that displeases the fans of the Dane, who have long hoped, in chorus with some colleagues and fellow countrymen (above all Magnus Cort Nielsen) greater courage in choosing the races to compete in, with particular reference to commitments with the National. This time the sprint goes to the runner of the Visma-Lease a Bike, it's right to say, he's pulling it Michael Morkov, until a few months ago the last man in the sprints of Mark Cavendish in the current XDS Astana Team and today already fully immersed in the new role of coach of the Denmark: with the focus already set on World Cup in Rwanda, an event which, due to its altitude, is very suitable for pure climbers, just like the two-time winner of the Tour de France.

Morkov's statements

Intercepted by the microphones of BT, the fresh ex-runner, despite the season still being in its early stages, has already spoken about an event that is still far away but, for various reasons, very suggestive: all with the topic vingegaard at the centre of the first reflections in the new role on the Danish flagship. "One of my most important tasks at the beginning of this adventure is to talk to Jonas. The message I want to give him is that now he is ready to race the World Cup, also having an excellent approach program. This is our starting point: for the rest we will keep in touch". Easy to say, but in fact the story between vingegaard and its National so far it is literally non-existent, but for Morkov the motivation is quickly said. "The point is that the competitions for National always take a back seat to the professional team competitions. Visma-Lease a Bike pay a lot vingegaard to make him participate inThe Tour de France and other races. This puts the World Cup in a second plan and we have to accept this thing".

But now things could change. "I think that for Jonas the moment has come when, after having won Tour de France and many other races, we must also think about the World Cup. For me, of course, it would be very interesting to have him available already this year. I think he would be the only one who could compete today with pogacar, the reigning world champion. I World Cup but they only make sense if you arrive in good physical condition. It is important that vingegaard, before Kigali, had a good season, playing a good Tour de France: his very condition after the Great Boucle - concludes Morkov - they will say a lot about his chances of being there World Cup and in what form."