‘They create stories that don’t exist’, Vingegaard scratches Netflix documentary

2023-06-29 19:54:11

Jonas Vingegaard and Wout Van Aert on the heights of Bilbao on Thursday. MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP

The winner of the Tour de France 2022 did not appreciate that his relationship with Wout van Aert was distorted in season 1 of the Netflix documentary “Tour de France: In the heart of the peloton”.

In Bilbao

Jonas Vingegaard didn’t mince words when discussing season 1 of the Netflix documentary “Tour de France: At the heart of the peloton» available since June 8 on the streaming platform. Asked 48 hours before the Grand Départ in Bilbao on the subject, the Dane indicated that he “would pay more attentionto what he would say in front of the cameras this year in anticipation of season 2.

The winner of the Tour 2022 obviously did not appreciate the staging around his relationship with his teammate Wout van Aert. The two men indeed seem to have a great rivalry in certain sequences of the eight-part documentary, plunging the viewer behind the scenes of the peloton and the Jumbo-Visma team in particular. “They create stories that don’t exist“, confided the Scandinavian who however recognized that the series in itself is”a good thing for cycling».

For me, the series is about excitement.

Wout Van Aert

A criticism that recalls those of some Formula 1 drivers who also felt that the American streaming giant had scripted certain rivalries in the paddock too much in Formula 1: Drivers of their destiny. In an interview with Sporza, Wout Van Aert had recently explained:I finally got to take a look. It may seem strange, and yet it’s true, even if I play one of the main roles, I didn’t know what we would see. It’s quite disturbing to see that the documentary contains non-existent stories. For me, the series is about excitement.“And to regret:”Jonas and I are best friends. The focus is on the times when it’s hard to make the right choice, but there are also so many times where we’ve strengthened each other, where we’ve worked together. It’s a shame it was deleted…»

The psychological war with Pogacar is launched

Asked about the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in Bilbao Vingegaard, to whom Tadej Pogacar stuck the label of favorite of the Tour de France, said Thursday that he couldsay the sameof his Slovenian rival, as the psychological warfare began on Thursday two days before the start. “In reality it doesn’t matter who is the favorite, it is the strongest who will win in the end“, added the leader of the Dutch team, flanked by his faithful teammates Wout Van Aert and Christophe Laporte.

”
data-script=”
>