Bombshell: Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard could leave Team Visma-Lease a Bike

The cycling market is still in flux even though the season has already ended and not even the big stars of the peloton are exempt from it. The two great dominators of the Tour de France, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and the danish Jonas Vingegaard They have their future committed to their current teams, UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Team Visma-Lease a Bikerespectively.

In an unprecedented move, the five-time winner of the Tour de France extended his contract with the team United Arab Emirates until 2032 and Vingegaard His future is a priori linked to the Dutch team until 2028.

At first it might seem that both stars of the platoon have their home assured for a long time. Of Pogacar Nobody disputes that he is going to change his scene, but it is not so clear in the case of Vingegaardwho could change yellow for red.

In fact, the head of the Norwegian team Uno-X Mobilitya formation that rose to the highest division of international cycling this year and is characterized by the courage with which it faces all races, always running offensively, has recognized not only the interest in acquiring its services, but in the words of its sports director, Thor Hushovd, has admitted that there have already been contacts.

Speaking to the TV2 cycling podcast, Thor Hushovd They made it clear that they want to sign a star of the peloton, a rider who will allow them to continue growing. Thor came to say that the world of cycling is smaller than it seems, and noted that “when they ask you if you would like to have a Jonas Vingegaard or Mads Pedersen on the team, it would be a dream come true. I say yes, but I think any other team would say the same. It is impossible to say no.”

Magnus Cort’s prediction

Without a doubt, a priori the main problem that the Norwegian team could encounter would be the salary, since it is estimated that the salary of Jonas Vingegaard It can be around 6.5 million euros per season. An amount that, today, escapes the monetary options of Uno-X, a team that has had an excellent season and proof of this is that it has ended this campaign in ninth place in the UCI ranking.

If in the medium-long term the Dane ends up making the leap, the Dane’s words Magnus Cortea rider who is retiring this season, made complete sense a few days ago, when he almost encouraged Vingegaard to change teams, assuring that if he ever leaves, it would be precisely Uno-X.” Time will end up putting things in their place.