What type of boss are you, Jonas?

June 9 ^th 2023 - 05:06

"I will be able to ride on the defensive now", Jonas Vingegaard said immediately after he put on the leader's yellow and blue jersey, on Thursday, following his dominant performance to claim the stage win as well in Salins-les-Bains. The message sent to his opponents in Wednesday's time trial was already pretty obvious. It is now crystal clear after the Danish winner of the Tour de France 2022 fully took over the reins of the GC battle and hinted at the way he wants to rule. We naturally cannot exclude the idea that Vingegaard Is bluffing, at least in parts, and the stage of Crest-Voland will provide new elements to see how he acts on the road. In the climb to the Col des Aravis, will the "hornets" of Jumbo-Visma be satisfied with preserving the interests of their leader against the members of a breakaway that they will have carefully watched at the start of the race? ? A little further on in the finale, at Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe and on the climb to Crest-Voland, will the yellow and blue jersey be tempted to pick up a new win? He loves to do so, he said ahead of the Criterium du Dauphiné… The form he seems to hold could allow him to take the initiative, and a string of victories would look good, both to improve his record and to titillate Slovenian viewers, whether they are watching the race from Ljubljana or Sierra Nevada. But wisdom abs restraint may dictate that he lets his opponents move first. After all, Richard Carapaz, for his part, said after receiving the fighting spirit award that he would "continue to try until the end". He is likely not the only one with such ambitions in the Dauphiné.