Sometimes, you don't even need to see a bike rider in person or read their results to know how they got on in a race - and when a Visma-Lease a Bike staff member cut around to the back of the winner's podium in the Volta ao Algarve stage 2 finish and re-emerged with a team turbo trainer under his arm, concerning Jonas Vingegaard at least, the underlying message was clear.
After the Dane's defeat at the hands of the UAE Team Emirates and as a fast-rising evening wind whistled across the isolated summit finish of Foia high above the Algarve coast, any need for a warm-down in that part of the finish area and on that particular day for the double Tour de France champion was definitely surplus to team requirements.
