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IN PICTURES: Vingegaard’s triumphant return to Copenhagen after Tour de France win

Cycling-mad Danes have turned out in their thousands on Wednesday, July 27th to give a hero's welcome to 25-year-old Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard.

Published: 27 July 2022 16:46 CEST
IN PICTURES: Vingegaard's triumphant return to Copenhagen after Tour de France win
Fans crowd Rådhuspladsen as Vingegaard and his family wave from a balcony. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Thousands of fans line the streets on a windy Copenhagen afternoon to catch a glimpse of Vingegaard on his way to City Hall. Photo: Mads Klaus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix.

Vingegaard is the second Danish tour winner in history, and the first since the year of his birth. Foto: Ólafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix
 

Fans crowd Rådhuspladsen as Vingegaard and his family wave from a balcony. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Vingegaard speaks at Copenhagen City Hall, his girlfriend Trine Marie Hansen and their daughter Frida seen left. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Vingegaard, Trine Marie Hansen and their daughter Frida ride the Tivoli train amid celebrations of the Tour de France win. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

When the Tour teams were presented ahead of the race, 15,000 turned out to Tivoli to cheer them on. During the celebration of Vingegaard’s victory, crowds may stretch Tivoli’s 25,000-person capacity. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen

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Denmark’s Vingegaard having ‘tough time’ after Tour de France triumph

Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard has been having a "tough time" since winning the Tour de France in July, the sporting director of his club Jumbo Visma said Thursday.

Published: 18 August 2022 14:31 CEST
Denmark's Vingegaard having 'tough time' after Tour de France triumph

The 25-year-old rider — who was absent from the start of the Tour of Denmark on Tuesday and will not participate in September’s world road race championships in Australia — has kept a low profile since his triumphant return to Copenhagen.

Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to welcome the Tour de France champion back to Denmark following his victory last month.

“I understand that fans want to see Jonas, and I spoke to him about it yesterday. But he has had a very tough time after the Tour”, Frans Maassen told daily Ekstra Bladet.

“We would have liked to show him off during this race (the Tour of Denmark), but we also have to understand that it was difficult to win the Tour de France, what with everything that comes with it.”

Vingegaard’s presence would also have heaped even more pressure on him, he said.

The rider has not commented on his absence from his home race.

“It’s one thing to be physically ready, but you also have to be mentally ready,” Tour of Denmark official Frank Hyldgaard told Danish news agency Ritzau.

After having “invested a lot” in the Tour de France, “there’s no doubt that he’s exhausted now,” Quickstep cyclist Michael Morkov told Ekstra Bladet.

Long seen as a stigma, the mental health struggles of top athletes have in recent years come into focus as an increasing number of stars open up publicly about their problems.

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