2024 Tour de France runner-up and 2022 and 2023 overall winner Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) has insisted that his key takeaway from this year’s race is that despite his defeat, the circumstances following his fightback from terrible injuries in April have meant that finishing second almost feels like a victory.
“So of course, I’m not winning the Tour de France, but maybe in a few weeks, when I will have some time to reflect on it, I will be even more proud of second place than the two victories I’ve had,” Vingegaard said on Sunday evening.
