So I really don’t understand why those saying Vingegaard shouldn’t do anything is, in this case, so much better for his gc chances. Those benefits can outweigh the disadvantage of that (small) bit of help. Those who say Vingegaard shouldn’t do anything are ignoring the benefits of him doing something.
You can all think that’s not ok (wva saving for worlds or pulling out early for his baby) but that will be the reality and thus Vingegaard not taking initiative could possibly backfire. Now there is frustration, no real leader initiative, no intelligent guiding from the team car (sorry to say but jumbo ds are among the worst I see when we get footage from the team car), and Wva who will probably pull out some days earlier if he doesn’t feel things are going his way in the tour. Lafay attacks, Vingegaard counters, wva wins the sprint, the team is celebrating, commentators are extatic, the general audience is admiring Vingegaard, Wva will pull like a superdonkey, and Vingegaard wouldn’t have lost a single chance winning the tour with a 1K pull (Pogacar rode a bit in the descend and he still ended up where his normal placing would be in the sprint, and fans love it). The scenario that could have unfold if Vingegaard had some guts: Those who say Vingegaard should absolutely keep his powder dry to win in the most clinical way, are defending a soul-less win. That's why the reaction has been pretty much unanimous (& not just from Belgian media, aka French Eurosport was saying the exact same stuff), i.e. So when the risk is equal in all scenarios (aka losing those time bonuses), then Niermann just had to make the call about 5km from the finish (when it was clear they would sprint in a small bunch) to Vingegaard & say "a little help in the finale please Jonas, Van Aert can win this". There's no consistency.Īnd before someone says (again) "he couldn't risk losing bonus seconds!", A/His team clearly didn't care about that because they were all pulling WvA for the win (& thus pulling Pog with him) & B/He was going to lose them anyway, unless he himself went off the front like Lafay did (but Pog should jump on that 100%). It's not possible to have Vingegaard sit back & do nothing to help Van Aert yesterday after he pulled for Laporte in the Dauphiné.
He has real trouble balancing everything in the car & adapting his tactics mid-race. The blame rests on the shoulders of Grischa Niermann, something he himself was right about, for once. I also don't think fans of either rider (Vingegaard & Van Aert) help matters either when both sides trade insults like "Vinge is egotistical!" versus "Van Aert is a donkey who should know his place!".
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