Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) neither won the time trial nor claimed the leader's jersey in the Critérium du Dauphiné on Wednesday, but after he limited the gaps on the main TT favourite and leapfrogged ahead of arch-rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in the overall, his satisfaction was palpable.
In what was the first key GC test of his first race back since his abandon in Paris-Nice with concussion, nearly three months ago, Vingegaard was more than up to the challenge, shedding just 20 seconds to world time trial champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and gaining a hefty 28 seconds on Pogačar.
