Overview
- Visma–Lease a Bike confirmed at its media day that Vingegaard will debut at the Giro d’Italia on May 8–31 and then race the Tour de France on July 4–26.
- His season opens at the UAE Tour on February 16 before a build-up at the Tour of Catalonia from March 23–29.
- Vingegaard frames the Giro start as a step toward completing victories in all three Grand Tours after Tour wins in 2022 and 2023 and the Vuelta title in 2025.
- He is positioned as the leading Giro contender with Tadej Pogačar not expected to start, according to AFP reporting.
- He cites the Giro route’s relative leniency as enabling the double and says a successful year still hinges on winning the Tour, which begins with a team time trial and could be decided in the final week.