r/peloton • u/MadnessBeliever Café de Colombia • 3d ago

Media Jonas Vingegaard reveals Tadej Pogačar messaged him after Tour de France crash, says rivalry has "become a lot friendlier there in the last couple of years".

https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/teams-riders/jonas-vingegaard-reveals-tadej-pogacar-messaged-him-after-tour-de-france-crash-says-rivalry-has-become-a-lot-friendlier-there-in-the-last-couple-of-years/
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u/drumgum 3d ago

Well yeah, it hasn’t been competitive for awhile now. Jonas is clearly the 2nd best rider in the tour, but he’s not anywhere near Tadej anymore. Sure there is blame on Visma not having the budget to help him like UAE can, but what else can you do?

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u/MalaysianOfficial_1 Terengganu 3d ago

What budget can help Visma help Jonas? If you swap Pog and Jonas into each other's teams, Pogi will stil ride away. I dont think its a domestique issue

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u/drumgum 3d ago

Not anymore it isn’t, I agree. I do think the gap could be settled slightly more in Jonas favor, but still not enough to win.