Vingegaard, from camping to paradise: caravan, grills and climbs… summers in the Alps of little Jonas

A young cyclist with fair hair overflowing from his helmet grits his teeth climbing Alpe d’Huez on this morning in July 2014. A plaque on the handlebars, he is taking part in a modest amateur race where Joris Ronflet, a renowned local on steep climbs, desperately tries to get him off his wheel. “I find myself with an unknown young Dane, Jonas Vingegaard, wrote the Isérois in his race report. But his eyes riveted on his power sensor, he refuses to take over from me… I try attacks, he comes back three times in succession. I only let him go on the last ramp with terrible effort. “With a few details, these lines would perfectly sum up the war between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar during this Tour de France.