Cycling, Vingegaard towards seasonal debut: "I hope to win immediately"

Rome, 15 February 2025 - After so many words, we will finally move on to action: this is what he thinks jonas vingegaard, who is eager to challenge Primois Roglic (and not only) in what will be the seasonal debut of both, on the occasion of the Back to the Algarve, which will be triggered 19 al 23 February.  

Vingegaard's statements

"I hope to compete for the victory right away", these are the first words of the Dane, who among the most fearsome rivals for this race and for the rest of the year will also find the home idol at the start Joao Almeida: not exactly a soft return for those who have not actually competed since August 18, the day of the last stage of the Tour of Poland 2024. "This will be my first participation in the Back to the Algarve, and this motivates me even more. I hope to be able to fight for success, but the first goal will be to make this race a training session in view of the rest of the season". Just to immediately get into the mood and to reiterate to the others the power of their roster even after an unlucky year like last year, the Visma-Lease a Bike immediately deploys the heavy artillery: at the start of the Portuguese race, in fact, also Wout van aert, Sepp kuss, Tiesj Benoot, wilco kelderman e Loe Van Belle. "It's great to have such a strong team right away: I'm already excited at the idea of ​​putting my race number back on." vingegaard, from emotions we will then move on to facts in a race that promises to be a spectacle not only for the fight for the general classification: the signature sheet also indicates Filippo Gana, Julian Alaphilippe, Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Biniam Girmay, Paul Magnier, Arnaud De Lie e Jordy Meeus, for a menu that promises plenty of entertainment.

Abrahamsen's statements

  Meanwhile, Jonas Abrahamsen, among the main revelations of last season, told the microphones of Unedited how did he spend the winter in Norway, not exactly a place where it is easy to train during the break. "On my bike I have studded tires, while the gravel bike obviously has wider wheels. It is also important to have good shoe covers and gloves: for the rest I don't mind the cold, in fact I prefer it to the rain". A question of taste, that the rider of the Uno-X Mobility he also justifies it with the special warm-up he does after each session. "I do a 50-minute warm-up session: this way you warm up after getting cold and you also face a sort of mental challenge, because you lose a lot of fluids. In general, if you live in Norway you have to train a lot on the rollers. It can be boring, but if you get used to it then it's not so bad, especially if you open the window or put on some music". He closes by talking about the seasonal goals. "The ambition is to do better than last year, especially in Tour of Flanders e Paris-Roubaix, but also to the Dwars Door Vlaanderen, where last year I finished second behind Matteo Jorgenson".

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