Vingegaard's coach has adapted his training after Pogacar's performance in 2024

After closing the season early, in mid-August, in order to recover from the aftermath of the tremendous fall in the Itzulia, Jonas Vingegaard returns to training with his sights set on the 2025 season and regaining his throne in the Tour de France that he lost to Tadej Pogacar.

Jonas Vingegaard anticipates the start of his season

While most of the peloton is enjoying their well-deserved vacations these days after an extremely intense 2024 season, Jonas Vingegaard is in the news because he has just resumed his training after finishing his campaign in mid-August, after the Tour de Pologne where the Dane managed to win the general classification.

According to statements from his coach Tim Heemskerk to the well-known portal Velo, "Jonas has already returned to training and is doing well," accumulating kilometers steadily to create a good base that will serve as the foundation on which to build a level of form that will lead him to assault the Tour de France 2025 with full guarantees.

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In addition to emphasizing the base, Heemskerk commented that they are also focusing on strength training in order to regain some of the muscle mass he lost last year after the fall in the Itzulia that conditioned his entire season.

Vingegaard's coach acknowledges that Tadej Pogacar has raised the bar this season and that being able to anticipate the start of the season is an advantage that will help them close the gaps in a season where rumors suggest that the Dane will debut in the Giro d'Italia trying to emulate the triumphant calendar of the Slovenian in this 2024.

In any case, he pointed out that stopping early has been good for him to fully recover because he arrived at the Tour de France, practically from the hospital bed after a rapid recovery. However, it was not ideal and ended up taking its toll as was evident in the Tour de France, so they decided to end the season to allow for full recovery.

Now the problem for Heemskerk of starting training so early will be to avoid Vingegaard being in too good shape too soon.