Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard will ride the Tour of Spain

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) announced this Sunday that he will run the next edition of the Tour of Spain, which will start on August 26 in Barcelona and end on September 17 in Madrid, after being crowned champion for the second time. Tour of France.

The Danish driver, who in principle did not intend to be included in the formation of his team for the Vuelta, will finally perform together with the Slovenian Cousin Roglic. Sources from Jumbo-Visma itself have confirmed the news and, unless otherwise determined in the coming weeks, both Vingegaard and Roglić will be co-hosts in the hunt for another big one.

So it will be the first time since 2017 that the current winners of the tournament Italy spin and from Tour of France to participate in the Spanish circuit of the same year. The addition of Vingegaard to the Vuelta peloton will raise the level of demand even further, as Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) recently confirmed his presence.

Evenepoel will try to revalidate his victory

Evenepoel, 23, will defend the red jersey as the reigning Vuelta champion. The British will also compete Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and Spanish Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), which was third in the last edition. He is also Spanish enric mas (Movistar Team), second in 2022, will run the race until he recovers from the heavy crash that kept him out of the Tour on the first occasion.