{"id":604084,"date":"2025-11-30T21:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/604084\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:41:14","slug":"ive-ridden-a-huge-number-of-races-we-could-do-things-in-a-smarter-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/604084\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve ridden a huge number of races \u2013 we could do things in a smarter way”"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDuring the Tour, Trine gave striking interviews to Politiken<\/a> and Jyllands-Posten<\/a> in which she warned that the demands placed on the Team Visma <\/a>| Lease a Bike leader risked pushing him beyond what was sustainable.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing Jonas as I do, I\u2019d say the team is pushing him too far now. I\u2019m afraid he\u2019s burning the candle at both ends,\u201d she said at the time, adding that \u201cpeople sometimes forget the human being behind the athlete \u2013 and how to get the best out of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

She highlighted how the constant cycle of altitude camps was affecting his ability to reset: \u201cJonas doesn\u2019t recharge on another three-week altitude camp with the team. He needs to be at home in Denmark, with us, to feel truly himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her broader point centred on the importance of routine and calm. \u201cHe\u2019s deeply attached to his routines. Sometimes he needs to reset in the calmest surroundings possible, just with his family. That\u2019s a huge part of who he is and why he\u2019s successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Jyllands-Posten, she also expressed frustration that the family learned of his concussion at Paris-Nice through television coverage rather than directly from the team: \u201cEveryone on the team knows we \u2013 his family \u2013 only heard about it through the television. It\u2019s just bad form not to send a message to let us know he\u2019s okay. I simply can\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her most pointed reflection came when discussing family life since becoming parents: \u201cIn many ways, the countdown to the end of his career began when we had our first child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vingegaard details the scale of his own workload<\/p>\n

Months on, Vingegaard\u2019s latest comments highlight similar pressure points \u2014 particularly the sheer volume of time he spends away on training camps.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome years I\u2019ve been on training camp in December, January, February, May and June. And on top of that, I\u2019ve ridden a huge number of races. So it is pressing the lemon, and it is hard. That\u2019s where I think we could do things in a smarter way,\u201d he says to Ekstra Bladet.<\/a><\/p>\n

He added that the length of these training blocks is often the hardest part to absorb: \u201cI find it tough personally to be away for three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Push for family access to be written into contracts<\/p>\n

Vingegaard has also reiterated his view that riders should have the option \u2014 formally written into contracts \u2014 to bring family members to certain training camps. Crucially, he argues this should not be something reserved for star names.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, of course. And then on training camps it\u2019s about finding places where you can have the family with you,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it is very individual. Some have no problem leaving their family at home for a long time, while it\u2019s difficult for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

With consecutive team camps scheduled in December and January, the Dane enters another season where workload and home life will again sit at the centre of discussion \u2014 themes that continue to mirror the concerns Trine first voiced during the Tour.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the Tour, Trine gave striking interviews to Politiken and Jyllands-Posten in which she warned that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,31323,79,180916,20680,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-604084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-jonas-vingegaard","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-team-visma-lease-a-bike","12":"tag-tour-de-france","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115640826754800135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}