Visma-Lease a Bike have confirmed that 2024 Tour de France runner-up Jonas Vingegaard will return to racing at the Clásica San Sebastian (August 10) and the Tour de Pologne (August 12-19) in August. After finishing second in the 2024 Tour de France behind Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates ), Vingegaard ruled out a return to the Vuelta a España, where he finished second overall in 2023, later this summer. But three days after the Tour ended, the Tour de Pologne organisers already announced that Vingegaard would be returning to the race where he took a breakthrough first pro victory in its toughest stage through the mountains of southern Poland, back in 2019.
On Friday, Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed that the Clásica San Sebastian had been to the Dane’s summer race schedule. His teammates for the ultra-hilly Classic will include Vuelta a Burgos leader and 2023 Vuelta a España champion Sepp Kuss and the former Giro d’Italia podium finisher Wilco Kelderman. Also included for Visma-Lease A Bike in the Basque Classic is up-and-coming British pro, Thomas Gloag, who only recently completed a prolonged spell away from racing, recovering from injuries incurred in 2023, and whose last event last year was, as it happens, the Clásica San Sebastian.
“I was very tired after the Tour. For five days, I did absolutely nothing. I recharged my batteries and then started training again.
Everything went well. I currently feel fresh and am ready to take on the next two races," Vingeg.