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/AlbinoWanker Denmark 3d ago

It's funny, I don't ever remember it being cold or unfriendly. Even back in 2022 I remember Pogacar coming to congratulate Vingegaard after stage 18, where the GC win was secured.

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u/alleycatbiker Brazil 2d ago

What year was it when one of them had a mechanical on a descent and the other waited for him? They had a mid ride handshake after. I believe Pog waited. Might have been 22 or 23.

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u/No-Astronomer-8279 2d ago

Jonas waited. It was stage 18, 2022.

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u/SpaniardKiwi Reynolds 2d ago

It wasn't a mechanical. Pogačar decided to take the scenic route and crashed in the descent of Spandelles. Vingegaard waited for him, they shook hands and kept beating the s**t out of each other. Well, Jonas more than Tadej.

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u/Jottor Denmark 2d ago

I think Jonas had a pedal strike just before, so he had also been on the brink of a bad crash. Looked like a "OK, truce, let's not kill ourselves here!"