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Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenia, Slovenian professional road bicycle racing, cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His victories include three Tour de France, Tours de France (2020 Tour de France, 2020, 2021 Tou ...

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Thisted Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,505 (1 January 2025) He cycled with the Thy Cykle Ring for five seasons, until he moved to Aalborg Cykle Ring in 2013. In 2014, his last year as a junior rider, Vingegaard joined Odder Cykel Klub. When he became a senior rider, he initially struggled and performed poorly in races. When Odder Cykel Club established a U23 team from the start of 2016, results improved for Vingegaard. In the spring, he finished on the podium at a race in

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, and in May, he won a section of Pinse Cuppen in Hammel, where the riders had to climb the famed local hill Pøt Mølle several times.

Team ColoQuick–Cult (2016–2018)

As Vingegaard was beginning to achieve better results in races, Danish

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team ColoQuick–Cult and general manager Christian Andersen signed a contract with him in May 2016, and he switched teams with immediate effect. In order to structure his daily life, Andersen had Vingegaard start a job at a fish factory, Chrisfish in

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. Working there during weekdays, Vingegaard skinned fish from 6 am to noon before training in the afternoons. For a time, he worked with

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at the factory, who was also pursuing a career as a professional cyclist. In 2016, at age 19, he also accomplished his first major international result, finishing second in the UCI 2.1 level race Tour of China I. In large parts of the 2017 season, Vingegaard did not take part in many races as he was sidelined with a broken femur after a crash in the 2017 Tour des Fjords. Before the injury, he finished in fourth place overall and won the youth competition in the French stage race

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. By the time he recovered from his broken leg and the 2018 season began, he returned to strong form. On a training trip to Spain in early March 2018, Vingegaard set the time record on the test climb Coll de Rates. He cycled the 6.5 kilometers in 13.02 minutes, which was 12 seconds faster than the previous record holder , Tejay van Garderen. In mid-2018, his physique was tested at

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. Afterwards, sports physiologist Lars Johansen said about Vingegaard:

Team Jumbo–Visma (2019–present)

He joined in 2019, and that year, he achieved his first

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win in stage 6 of the

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. The following year, he finished eighth in the

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. He also completed his first Grand Tour, the

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, where he rode as a

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for

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, who went on to win the race overall.

2021 – Tour de France runner-up

Vingegaard won stage 5 of his first race in 2021, the

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, before winning two stages and the overall in the

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. Later in the year, he finished second overall behind his teammate, Roglič, in the

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. In April, Vingegaard was named as a replacement for

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in the team's

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squad. In the Tour, Vingegaard originally rode as a domestique for

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, who was one of the big favorites for the GC. On stage 3, Roglič crashed heavily and despite the team's efforts to bring him back, the team finished almost a minute and a half down. On stage 5, a individual time trial, Vingegaard finished third to enter the top ten on GC. On stage 8, the race's first mountain stage, Vingegaard finished with the main GC group, losing almost three and a half minutes to

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, who took over the yellow jersey. Vingegaard rose to fifth on GC at exactly five minutes down. After the stage, Roglič withdrew from the race due to his injuries, leaving Vingegaard as the team's only general classification contender. On stage 11, which featured a double ascent of

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, Vingegaard attacked on the second climb of the Ventoux. Although Pogačar was initially able to follow him, Vingegaard was able to drop the yellow jersey, gaining an advantage of almost 40 seconds at the top. However, he was caught on the descent to the finish. As a result of his time gains, Vingegaard rose to third on GC. As the race headed into the Pyrenees, Vingegaard solidified his position on the podium. On stage 17, which finished atop Col du Portet, Vingegaard and

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were the only ones able to follow Pogačar's attack. In the sprint, Vingegaard finished second to Pogačar, rising to second on GC. The exact scenario took place on the next stage, which finished atop Luz Ardiden, with Vingegaard once again finishing second. On the penultimate day time trial, Vingegaard took third place once again, solidifying his second spot on GC. He safely finished the last stage to become the second Danish rider to achieve a podium finish in the Tour de France and the first since

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.

2022 – Tour de France victory

His first major result of 2022 was finishing 2nd in

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, which he followed up by finishing 6th in the 2022 Tour of the Basque Country. Team Jumbo-Visma dominated the

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where Vingegaard finished 2nd behind teammate Roglič, and won the queen stage of the race. He started the

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in strong form with Pogačar being the only GC rider finishing ahead of him after the opening stage

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. On stage 5 Roglič suffered a crash which cost him time and Vingegaard nearly lost considerable time himself. He suffered a mechanical and could no longer ride his bike, but teammate Nathan Van Hooydonck was nearby to give him his bike. Van Hooydonck's seat was positioned considerably higher than Vingegaard's so he had to be out of the saddle the entire time. His teammate

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came by and offered to give up his bike, but then the team car arrived and got his backup. Thanks in part to the powerful effort of

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near the end of the stage, Vingegaard lost little time. In the following stages, he would battle with Pogačar for stage wins and time bonuses and end up as the only GC rider within a minute of the lead as the race entered the high mountains. Stage 11 included a final climb of the

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, a climb which had not been used since

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where

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seized the yellow jersey from

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. Team Jumbo-Visma attacked Pogačar on the

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and Col du Galibier with Roglič while having Laporte and Kruijswijk nearby and van Aert up the road. On the final climb Vingegaard attacked at the 5 km mark, and dropped Pogačar for the second time in his career, except this time Pogačar was not able to make it back. Relentlessly advancing, Vingegaard won the stage and the yellow jersey and gained +2:51 on Pogačar. This put Vingegaard in the lead and relegated Pogačar to third, behind second-placed

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. This was the first Tour de France stage victory of his career. He defended his lead the following day which concluded with a mountaintop finish on

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. Over the next few stages, Pogačar made a few attacks, which forced open small gaps with the other top-placed GC riders, but Vingegaard was able to respond to each of them. Team Jumbo-Visma did suffer a serious setback prior to the rest day, losing two powerful riders with Roglič not starting stage 15, and Kruijswijk crashing out during the stage. Fortunately for Vingegaard the team's strongest mountain climbing domestique,

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, was riding with good form and would be there to start the third week. On stage 17 Vingegaard was the only rider to stay with the combination of Pogačar and

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up the final climb. Inside the final 500 meters of the very steep finish, both Pogačar and Vingegaard attacked to go for the stage win, but Pogačar took it on the line. The only time Vingegaard lost was the four seconds difference in bonus time. On stage 18 he answered the early attacks made by Pogačar. Prior to the final climb on

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Pogačar crashed, and Vingegaard held up a moment and waited for Pogačar to catch up. On the final climb he followed the lead of Kuss the majority of the way. Not long after the work of Kuss was done he and Pogačar had caught Wout van Aert, who had attacked at kilometre zero. Before long Pogačar appeared to be on the verge of cracking behind them and Vingegaard seized the moment and attacked. By the time he crossed the line he put just over another minute into the two-time defending champion, claimed his second stage win, an unassailable lead in the Mountains Classification, and all but sealed his victory prior to the final time trial on stage 20. The battles between Pogačar and Vingegaard continuously blew the rest of the field apart. Going into stage 19 3rd place

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was about eight minutes back, and then

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and

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were over ten minutes and approaching fifteen minutes behind respectively. During the final time trial he rode aggressively, and had among the fastest times at the first checkpoints, only backing off once it was clear no serious time would be lost. He crossed the finish line in Paris about a minute behind the sprinters, riding side by side with his remaining teammates to finish a historic Tour win, setting a record for the highest average speed ever throughout the entire race. During the following months, Vingegaard was absent from several races where he was awaited after his victory in the Tour de France, especially the Tour of Denmark and the World Championships scheduled for September. Several newspapers questioned his state of morale and mentioned the "tough times" the champion was experiencing. He made his comeback on 27 September for the CRO Race, where he won two stages and finished second overall to

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by a single second.

2023 – second Tour win

Vingegaard started off the 2023 season in late February at the

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stage race in Galicia, Spain. He swept the race, winning all three stages that were contested, as stage one was neutralized, in addition to the overall title and the mountains classification. He next competed at

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, where he placed third overall behind

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and

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, having lost just over 40 seconds to them on stage 4. He next entered and won the

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, along with three stage wins and the points classification in the process. At the

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, the most important preparation event for the Tour, he won two stages and won the general classification by the biggest margin since 1993: over two minutes ahead of second place

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. Vingegaard's performanced cemented him as one of the two favorites for the

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alongside Pogačar. At the Tour de France, Vingegaard started strong, attacking on stage 5, from the summit of the Marie-Blanque, and gaining over a minute on Pogačar. This moved Vingegaard into second overall behind stage winner

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, while Pogačar dropped to 6th. The following stage proved the Tour would be a close battle, as Pogačar accelerated from the finish in

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and dropped Vingegaard, winning the stage and gaining 24 seconds. Despite losing time to Pogačar, Vingegaard took the yellow jersey with a 25-second lead as the overnight leader Hindley dropped to third overall. Over the next mountain stages, Pogačar chipped away at Vingegaard's lead, reducing it to 17 seconds after stage 9 and just 9 seconds after stage 13. The course of the race would dramatically change after the 22-kilometer time trial on stage 16. Pogačar rode first and set what appeared to be a strong result, taking the stage lead by 1:13 over

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. However, Vingegaard proved to be on another level, leading by a wide margin at all time checks and finishing 1:38 ahead of Pogačar. Vingegaard described the stage win as "one of my best days on the bike ever," and commentators widely agreed it was one of the best and most shocking time trial performances in the history of the Tour. The following stage, a high mountain finish to

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, would prove to be even more decisive, as Vingegaard cracked Pogačar early on the final climb and finished nearly 6 minutes ahead. This extended Vingegaard's overall lead to 7:35, and Vingegaard would defend this lead to Paris to win the race for the second consecutive year. Vingegaard next competed at the

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, going into the race as co-leader alongside

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. In the first week, he maintained his position as a favorite for the overall classification. However, on the stage 10 time trial, he lost about a minute to

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and Roglič, and found himself over two minutes behind teammate and race leader

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, who had gained several minutes in a breakaway on stage six. However, Vingegaard soon rallied to take stage wins on stages 13 and 16 as well as second to Roglič on stage 17, moving himself into second with only 8 seconds to Kuss. He ultimately finished second overall, 17 seconds behind Kuss, with Roglič finishing third in an unprecedented podium sweep for .

2024 – crash, hospitalization, Tour runner-up

Jonas Vingegaard during time trial of Itzulia Basque Country race - stage 1

In 2024, Vingegaard again began his season at the

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from 22 to 25 February, where he won the general, mountain, and points classifications. Vingegaard secured victories in all stages except the stage 1 time trial, each by a margin of more than 10 seconds. He then participated in the Tirreno-Adriatico between 4 and 10 March, winning the general and mountain classifications. Vingegaard achieved first place in stages 5 and 6, finishing 1:24 ahead of second-placed

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. Reflecting on Vingegaard's performance, Ayuso remarked, "I think I'm the first human in this race. Chapeau to Jonas," adding that "I think he right now is on another level so we have to fight for second, I'm happy." Vingegaard's participation in the

Tour of Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Southern Basque Country, Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI Wo ...

was curtailed, owing to a crash on stage 4 on 4 April. The incident, which involved multiple riders, resulted in the race being neutralized. Vingegaard sustained a punctured lung, together with a broken collarbone and several ribs, necessitating hospitalization. This marked his first serious accident since winning the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

in 2022. The crash was noted for its severity, affecting other competitors including

Primož Roglič Primož Roglič (; born 29 October 1989) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A former ski jumping, ski jumper, Roglič switched to cycling after an accident suffered at Planica. Despite b ...

,

Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel (; born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian professional cyclist and Olympic gold medalist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Evenepoel is widely regarded as one of the best Individual time trial, time trialists of his generation; he is a t ...

and

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. Following his crash, Team Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed that Vingegaard underwent a successful operation on his collarbone and would spend the following weeks in recovery. Sports director Merijn Zeeman stated that "Jonas only goes to the Tour if he is one hundred percent." On 20 June, Vingegaard was confirmed in Visma-Lease a Bike's Tour de France line-up, ending weeks of speculation about his fitness. On 10 July, Vingegaard won his fourth career Tour de France stage on stage 11, outsprinting his main rival Tadej Pogačar. He had reeled Pogačar back in on the penultimate climb in Massif Central after Pogačar had pulled away from the field earlier in the stage. After his victory, Vingegaard said, "Three months ago, I really believed I was going to die. Now, sitting here with a stage win in the biggest race in the world, it's incredible." He finished the 2024 Tour in second place, falling 6'17" behind winner Tadej Pogačar and 3'01" ahead of

Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel (; born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian professional cyclist and Olympic gold medalist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Evenepoel is widely regarded as one of the best Individual time trial, time trialists of his generation; he is a t ...

. During coverage of the race, Vingegaard was grouped together with Pogačar, Evenepoel, and

Primož Roglič Primož Roglič (; born 29 October 1989) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A former ski jumping, ski jumper, Roglič switched to cycling after an accident suffered at Planica. Despite b ...

as one of cycling's Big Four, for their collective dominance of Grand Tours. On 18 August, he won the general classification of the 2024 Tour de Pologne, 0'13" ahead of

Diego Ulissi Diego Ulissi (born 15 July 1989) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Ulissi is a versatile, all-round cyclist who often wins stages and one-day races from breakaways and over hilly terrain. Born in C ...

. It was his third stage race victory of the season. Following the victory, Vingegaard chose to end his 2024 season, skipping the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

and the

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. Vingegaard cited his extreme fatigue after the 2024 Tour, saying "I'm tired, I don't think I've ever been this tired after a Grand Tour before."

2025

Vingegaard started the 2025 season by competing in the

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. Despite starting the final stage in sixth place overall, 20 seconds behind leader

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, Vingegaard won the final uphill time trial to take the stage and general classification victory. This was his first victory in over 6 months, and the third year in a row where he won his opening race of the season. During stage four of

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, the race was neutralised due to a severe hailstorm with 45 kilometres to go, but was later restarted. Vingegaard finished second on the stage behind Joao Almeida, but took the overall leader’s jersey. On stage five of Paris-Nice, Vingegaard crashed with 84km remaining, suffering a cut lip and injuring his wrist. He lost 26 seconds on the stage, losing the leader’s jersey to teammate

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; he later withdrew.

Personal life

Vingegaard is the son of Claus Christian Rasmussen and Karina Vingegaard Rasmussen from

Hillerslev Hillerslev is a village in Thy (district), northwestern Jutland in the Thisted Municipality, in North Jutland Region. As of 1 January 2025, it has a population of 361.

, Thy. He has one sister, Michelle Vingegaard Rasmussen. In

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

, he attended Hillerslev School until

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, while he took 8th and 9th grades at Tingstrup School in

Thisted Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,505 (1 January 2025) From August 2012, Vingegaard attended the voluntary 10th grade on the cycling track at ISI Idrætsefterskole in

Ikast Ikast is a Danish town in Central Denmark Region (''Region Midtjylland''). It is the seat of Ikast-Brande Municipality since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality. Geography The town is situated in the middle of Jutland. The ...

. Afterwards, he enrolled in Thisted Handelsgymnasium for

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, attending the

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(HHX). Vingegaard married Trine Marie Hansen (b. 1987) in

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''.

Career achievements

Major results

;2016 : 2nd Overall

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

I ;2017 : 2nd

GP Viborg The GP Viborg was a professional one-day cycling race held annually in Denmark from 2013 to 2017. Initially named ''Destination Thy'' (2013–2014), it was rebranded in 2015 to reflect its shift to Viborg as the primary host city. Classified ...

: 4th Overall

Tour du Loir-et-Cher The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit ra ...

::1st Young rider classification : 5th

Sundvolden GP The Sundvolden GP is a one-day cycling race held in Norway. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Unio ...

: 7th

Ringerike GP Ringerike Grand Prix is a road bicycle race held annually near Hønefoss, in the region of Ringerike, Norway. The race was created in 1975 as the Fossen Grand Prix, and was ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2010. In 2011 it tur ...

;2018 : 1st Prologue

Giro della Valle d'Aosta Tour of Valle d'Aosta / Mont-Blanc (; ) is a stage race road bicycle race held annually in August in Aosta Valley, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Since 2012, the race takes place in July. The conc ...

: 1st Stage 4 ( TTT)

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

: 4th

Sundvolden GP The Sundvolden GP is a one-day cycling race held in Norway. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Unio ...

: 5th Overall

Tour du Loir-et-Cher The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit ra ...

::1st Young rider classification : 5th Overall

Grand Prix Priessnitz spa Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor Places * Grand, Oklahoma, USA * Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre * Grand County (disambiguation), s ...

: 5th

Ringerike GP Ringerike Grand Prix is a road bicycle race held annually near Hønefoss, in the region of Ringerike, Norway. The race was created in 1975 as the Fossen Grand Prix, and was ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2010. In 2011 it tur ...

: 9th Overall

Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycle sport, cycling Road bicycle racing, road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. List of winners ...

;2019 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 6

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 2nd Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...

: 9th Overall

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

;2020 : 8th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

;2021 (4) : 1st Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Stage 5

UAE Tour The UAE Tour () are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. A women's event was ...

: 2nd Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: 2nd Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

::1st Young rider classification : 8th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

;2022 (7) : 1st Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

::1st

Mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

::1st Stages 11 & 18 : 1st

La Drôme Classic La Drôme Classic () is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known as the ''Boucles du Sud A ...

: 2nd Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

::1st Stage 8 : 2nd Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 2nd Overall CRO Race ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 6th Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

;2023 (15) : 1st Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

::1st Stage 16 (

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) ::Held

after Stage 14 : 1st Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3, 4 & 6 : 1st Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

::1st Stages 5 & 7 : 1st Overall

O Gran Camiño O Gran Camiño ''(English: The Great Way)'', also known as Gran Camiño and the International Galician Tour, is a road cycling stage race held in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The race is rated as a category 2.1 eve ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 (

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) : 2nd Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

::1st Stages 13 & 16 ::Held after Stage 13 : 3rd Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

::1st Stage 3 ( TTT) ;2024 (9) : 1st Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 5 & 6 : 1st Overall

O Gran Camiño O Gran Camiño ''(English: The Great Way)'', also known as Gran Camiño and the International Galician Tour, is a road cycling stage race held in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The race is rated as a category 2.1 eve ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 : 1st Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 2nd Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

::1st Stage 11 ;2025 (2) : 1st Overall

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::1st Stage 5 (

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) : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

: 2nd Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

General classification results timeline

Honours and awards

* Danish Sports Name of the Year: 2022 *

Vélo d'Or The Vélo d'Or (French for "Golden Bicycle") is an annual cycle racing award, given to the cyclist considered to have performed the best over the racing season. It is awarded by the French cycling magazine '' Vélo Magazine'', with the winner cho ...

: 2023Mikkelsen, Sebastian (24 October 2023
"Jonas Vingegaard and Demi Vollering win Vélo d'Or awards as the best riders of 2023"
''Olympics''. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vingegaard, Jonas 1996 births Living people Danish male cyclists People from Thisted Municipality Cyclists from the North Jutland Region Danish Tour de France stage winners Danish Vuelta a España stage winners Tour de France winners 21st-century Danish sportsmen

Career

Early career

Team ColoQuick–Cult (2016–2018)

Team Jumbo–Visma (2019–present)

2021 – Tour de France runner-up

2022 – Tour de France victory

2023 – second Tour win

2024 – crash, hospitalization, Tour runner-up

2025

Personal life

Career achievements

Major results

General classification results timeline

Honours and awards

References

External links