Jonas Vingegaard heads into the 2026 Tour de France after an extraordinary season that already includes victories at Paris-Nice, Volta a Catalunya, and the Giro d’Italia. But does the Dane have what it takes to challenge Tadej Pogačar when the Tour de France begins on July 4 in Barcelona? We analyze the strengths, weaknesses, and key questions surrounding one of cycling’s biggest rivalries ahead of the sport’s biggest race. #TDF Presented by @ROUVY
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25 Comments
Why?
No.
Only worried about crashes, ilness and Urska.. He should have had already 6 tdf if it wasnt for bad uae managment, that made him chase an injured Roglic.
No
no
He has no team
The answer: NO
The question: Why should he be worried?
Jonas this year: Impressive
Tadej: Unbeatable against better riders
Poggy wins by however much he wants to
You are basically saying that you have a feeling 🤣 …
Teams POV, if Narváez or Del Toro Push Pogy for an attack, no One of Visma have the explosivity to follow.. look at Hutacan last year ….
Pogacar should only be worried by weather, illness, and falls.
Jonas was impressive in the Giro de Italia because of the absence of Tadej Pogacar.
Whichever team prepares best for the HEAT. I feel this is the X factor. High heat will equalize the field, especially in mountain stages where riders are at the redline. It's gonna be anyone's race, but I will be cheering for the BULLET. Let's go, Remco.
no
Definitely ‘No’ if they were the only two riders in the Tour, but they’re not, so that makes Jonas a bigger threat…
I love Tadej, but Jonas looks more ready than ever. I would like Pogi to win, but I have this feeling…very excited about the Tour. I watched Pogi a few days ago at the Tour de Swiss. Pogi seems to be at his peak- also his time trialling seems even better. Lets see😉 Not taking Jonas serious is a huge mistake.
The difference is Jonas wins and Tadej dominates. Tadej won three out of the five Tour De Suisse stages including the time trial.
No one has ever become a champion by being complacent. Of course Pogacar takes Vingegard serious as competition.
No Vingegaard is going to be eating tadej's dust, because Tadej is much stronger in climbing the high mountains and he is better than him in time trial,. I do not see Vingegaard winning Tour De France.
The real question is should Jonas be concerned of Tadejs 25 minute 7.3kw output on stage 5 on TDS.
We don't need a 7 minute video about this question when the answer is simply NO.
Jonas is a fabulous rider, one of the best in a long time – but to again win the TDF he has to start taking actual race time off Tadej – something he hasn't done since stage 17 2023 – that's 3 years and a massive 46 TDF stages ago – not helping Jonas in 2026 is his less potent Visma team, none of whom can put Tadej under any pressure – however it pans out its going to be one-on-one in all the big moments – maybe Jonas can do it – we'll soon see…may the best man win.
The only person who can beat Pogacar is Pogacar. Visma should be happy Jonas went to the Giro, because that's going to be the only grand tour they'll win this year.
Tadej should not worry because jonas just gunna blow kisses at the camera and get stomped in the mountains lmao.
Worried is not the right question. He should still respect his rivals which I know he does, but the way he has been riding crushing people in so many ways, it would be incredibly surprising if I saw him lose to Jonas. Tadej is just on another level right now. I hope to see him win at least 1 more TDF but even if not that's okay. But with that said, GO POGI!!!!!!
Of course Pog should be worried.
Jonas is his only competitor in this TDF, how ever I think there is 2:1 chance for Pog