Jonas Vingegaard's every move, every sneeze and every performance is scrutinised as he targets the 2026 Giro d'Italia. His time trial performance was dissected and scrutinised, and Danish television even believed they detected a change in his voice.
To respond to speculation about illness spreading in the peloton and to try to control the narrative as Friday's decisive mountain stage nears, Vingegaard and his Visma Lease a Bike team revealed that their team leader and some teammates had been sick after the rain and cold on several stages during the first week of the Corsa Rosa.