If the defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard overcomes both the lingering aftermath of a horror crash in April that hospitalised him for 12 days, and the rampant form of a seemingly invincible Tadej Pogacar, his will be one of the most remarkable wins in the race’s history.
The double Tour winner starts this year’s race, which begins in Florence on Saturday and ends in Nice on 21 July, in extremis, his embattled team beset by illness and injury, his form uncertain.
