2014 Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali has predicted that Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) will be a 'transformed rider' this July as the Danish star battles to put his Tour victory tally back on a level footing with arch-rival and defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
Between 2012 and 2019, Nibali was the one rider to break Team Sky/Ineos stranglehold on the Tour de France, clinching the overall win in 2014 as well as four stages whilst leading the overall for a total of 19 days.
Also a winner of the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and 2016, as well as the Vuelta a España in 2010, Nibali told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sportt that while Pogačar is the favourite, Vingegaard will give him a serious run for his money.
