Jumbo-Visma ‘go easy’ as Tadej Pogačar closes in on Tour de France yellow

Jonas Vingegaard sees his lead on Slovenian nearly halved on a single climb

Jonas Vingegaard races to the line on stage 13 of 2023 Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard races to the line on stage 13 of 2023 Tour de France
(Image credit: Tim de Waele / Getty)

If you blinked you would have missed it but it was there. A look over the shoulder. A sign of doubt.

The Tour de France yellow jersey had been dropped by Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard wasn’t looking ahead in hunger, he was looking backwards. If he was, as it appeared, looking for help he would find none.

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Having trained as a journalist at Cardiff University I spent eight years working as a business journalist covering everything from social care, to construction to the legal profession and riding my bike at the weekends and evenings. When a friend told me Cycling Weekly was looking for a news editor, I didn't give myself much chance of landing the role, but I did and joined the publication in 2016. Since then I've covered Tours de France, World Championships, hour records, spring classics and races in the Middle East. On top of that, since becoming features editor in 2017 I've also been lucky enough to get myself sent to ride my bike for magazine pieces in Portugal and across the UK. They've all been fun but I have an enduring passion for covering the national track championships. It might not be the most glamorous but it's got a real community feeling to it.

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