Jonas Vingegaard Faces Maximum Pressure in Giro d'Italia Bid Against Pogacar's Shadow
By
Patrick Redford
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Summary
Jonas Vingegaard's decision to race the 2024 Giro d'Italia places him under immense pressure as the sole favorite, with every move compared to Tadej Pogacar's dominant 2024 Giro performance. The article explores the psychological and competitive stakes of Vingegaard attempting the Giro–Tour de France double, examining how his performance will be judged against both his rivals and Pogacar's legacy.
Key quotes
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Not only would he face the unrelenting scrutiny of being the sole favorite for the race, whatever he did would be judged against his archrival Tadej Pogacar's authoritative 2024 Giro.
If any of the other challengers for the Giro ever got a wheel past him at any point, he'd face serious questions about whether trying the Giro–Tour de France double represented a brush with hubris.
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