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00:03I'm sitting here in Orbis, in Italy.
00:07Welcome also Jonas Vienegaard, the leader of the Giro so far.
00:13We have 30 minutes for this digital press conference.
00:17And when you want to ask a question, please send me a WhatsApp.
00:22And then I give you the turn, so then everything can go really smoothly and properly.
00:28But maybe the first one, who wants to talk and who wants to ask the first question?
00:48Yes, cycling news, Stéphane Ferrand.
00:54Hi Jonas, just a kind of general question.
00:58What's the Girobe been like as an experience so far?
01:02Is it different to what you expected?
01:03Is it more complicated or more enjoyable?
01:08Well, actually I would say it's more enjoyable.
01:14I mean, obviously after the first week, I was a bit afraid of how the weather would turn out.
01:21But yeah, in the last week we've had extremely nice weather and there's been a lot of spectators on the
01:28road and you really feel that it's a special race.
01:31So, so far for me, it's been a really nice and just a super nice experience, actually.
01:41And then also to a question from Ciro.
01:46Hi, I'm Elay Jonas.
01:48Thanks a lot for the opportunity.
01:51And now, Jonas, also you said in these last days that your also condition, your shape is improving.
02:00But how much have you been affected by the little illness, the little cold that you had in the past
02:09days?
02:09How has it been important or not really?
02:12Thanks.
02:13Well, I think, to be honest, I think it was more important just before the rest day and just after.
02:19So, like stage 9 and stage 10 was probably the days that I was the most affected by it.
02:26And since then I haven't had the feeling that it had affected me anymore.
02:31And I think we also, or I also showed the other day, two days ago, that it actually has no
02:38effect on me anymore.
02:44Daniel, a question.
02:47Hi, Jonas.
02:49In your own words, Jonas, could you just talk us through the last week and, yeah, the stages individually, what
02:57you know about them already and how they're likely to affect the race?
03:00Thank you.
03:02Sure.
03:03First, we start with the stage 2 Kari, which will obviously be a hard day also.
03:11A day where we have to fight as GC riders and, yeah, it will be, as it looks now, it
03:19will also be warm last week.
03:21At least I hope so.
03:24I hope for more good weather rather than rain.
03:30So, yeah, I think then the day after is also quite a hard stage and you cannot underestimate the fact
03:39of how hard it is.
03:42And, yeah, then we come to, there's the stage after, which is a bit of a tricky final.
03:52And that might be a breakaway stage.
03:54And then we have two very hard stages in the Dolomites before Rome.
04:02Next question is for Martin.
04:06Yes.
04:07Hello, Jonas.
04:07Can you explain in what ways does competing in the Giro can help you for the Tour de France?
04:13Yeah, I think it can help me in the way that I can get myself to a higher level.
04:22I've seen in the last years that once I've done one Grand Tour, that actually in the second Grand Tour,
04:28my level has been higher than it actually has in the first one.
04:32So that's also what we hope for in the Tour.
04:43Can you tell me something about the team here in the Giro?
04:48We have some, well, like little surprises like Piganzoli and maybe Rex.
04:54Are you surprised by the level of them in a positive way, of course?
05:02Well, to be honest, not really.
05:03I mean, I knew what they were capable of and I knew they were very strong.
05:10So I knew they could also, yeah, be for some very good help for me here in the Giro.
05:16Of course, it might even be better than what I had hoped for, but I knew that they would be
05:24on a very high level.
05:29Thanks.
05:29Then we are going to, in my view, Nana.
05:39Thank you.
05:39Can I ask in Danish or are you okay in English?
05:42In English, please.
05:43Also for the rest.
05:45Yeah, of course.
05:46So tomorrow is another big mountain stage.
05:49We saw Saturday that you were going really hard for the win.
05:52Are you going to keep going for more wins the coming week or are you going to drive a little
05:56more control?
06:00Well, actually, yeah, the third week is by far the hardest here in this Giro.
06:09But, yeah, obviously, there's also a lot of chances in the third week.
06:13And I said it already that we will for sure go for, we will choose our days in the third
06:21week as well.
06:23And, yeah, I'm not going to tell here which days it will be, but we will, yeah, it will not
06:30be completely defensively always.
06:32Yes, that's for sure.
06:33Thank you.
06:35I saw also Thomas Perotto.
06:39Yes.
06:40Hi, Jonas.
06:40When you talk on Saturday about a way to ride more defensively, are you thinking about your shape and your
06:49recovery about the Tour de France?
06:53Of course, I mean, that's also why I don't want to choose to go for every stage, because if you
07:00go for every stage, it might be harder than it actually has to.
07:05So, obviously, also thinking about the Tour de France on the long term.
07:12But, yeah, I'm also here, and I want to honor this race, and I want to, I mean, now I
07:17have the pink jersey, and I also want to try to win a stage in the pink jersey.
07:21For me, that would also be a special feeling.
07:25So, for sure, we will go for at least one more stage, and, yeah, I cannot, at this moment, I'm
07:34not going to tell how many stages we will go for.
07:40Yes, then people also asking for a next round.
07:46Jeppe, again?
07:50So, Jonas, obviously there's a lot of support for you in Italy, all the Italian fans.
07:56Do you also feel the support coming from Denmark, and especially in Midden-Western?
08:03Well, sure. I mean, of course, also here, when you have the pink jersey, the Maglia Rosa, in Italy, you
08:11can, I can feel that it, that it's special also for, for Italian people, and for the Italian nation.
08:19And it is for me as well, and also, there's a lot of Danish people.
08:25I remember Saturday, I saw a lot of Danish flags on the way to the finish line, and throughout the
08:31whole day.
08:32So, yeah, I feel like I have a lot of support here, which is very nice for me.
08:39Does it give you extra motivation?
08:43Yes, for sure.
08:45I mean, it's always nice to see some national flags, and to really feel that they're cheering for you, and
08:53for sure it gives extra motivation.
08:57Daniel?
09:00Yeah.
09:03Can you?
09:05Yeah.
09:12Your connection.
09:13I think your microphone is out.
09:16Yes.
09:17Oh, can you hear me now?
09:18Yes, yes, yes.
09:19Sorry, sorry, guys.
09:21Jonas, as I understand it, you haven't reconned any stages of the Giro, and I know you've had this experience
09:26before at the Vuelta.
09:28I mean, is that in any way sort of unsettling sometimes?
09:32I mean, I know that's the reality for most pros in most races.
09:36You've not ridden the Roses before, but do you find it a little bit sort of unsettling sometimes?
09:45Well, both yes and no.
09:47I mean, sometimes it's nice to see some stages, but to be honest, also half of what I see, I
09:53forget again.
09:54So, yeah, I mean, in some way, sometimes you could also argue that it might be a bit of a
10:02waste of time.
10:04Obviously, there's some things that will always stick in the head.
10:10So then, yeah, in that fact, it's good to do some recons.
10:15But, yeah, anyway, it's also when it's going uphill with between 7% and 9%, it doesn't really matter if
10:27you knew the roads before, I would argue.
10:32Thank you.
10:33Thank you.
10:35Cycling news, Stefan.
10:38Yeah, Jonas, at the finishing pilar, Felix Gall kind of said, we're all racing for second place because Jonas is
10:45so strong.
10:46Do you agree with that?
10:47And do you use the fight for the podium to your advantage in some way, tactically?
10:54Well, I mean, if that's the way they're racing, obviously, I can try to take advantage of that also.
11:04I mean, I don't think that the race is over before it's over.
11:08Everything can happen.
11:09I can have a bad day.
11:10I can crash.
11:12I can get sick.
11:13You never know what happens.
11:15So, yeah, obviously, in my opinion, the race is not over.
11:20But if they think that, it's something that I could also use in my advantage.
11:29Martin.
11:31Yeah, Jonas, at the day, Pogetzer had been too strong at the tour for the past two years.
11:36How do you plan to beat him this time?
11:40Yeah, as I said with your question before, we made a different approach this year to do the Giro.
11:49Also, to hope that we would be then better in the Tour de France.
11:55So, yeah, that's the plan.
12:01Jonas, looking at the GC in this moment, do you see one of your rivals above the other concerning his
12:17level?
12:18Who can be the main treat for the GC, in your opinion?
12:23I think everybody has shown that they are really strong.
12:27But at this moment, it seems that Felix Gall is a little bit stronger than the other guys.
12:37At least he's dropped them on all the upper finishes so far.
12:43So, for this moment, he seems like he's very, very strong.
12:46And, yeah, he seems like he's in, he's the best, the best guy.
12:57Nana?
13:12Well, to be honest, I think I'm in, in, in actually extremely good shape.
13:20Yeah, of course, at this moment, as I said before, we hope that also doing the Giro will take me
13:28to the next step for the Tour de France.
13:31So, we still think that I can improve towards the Tour.
13:36But I would say that it's not like I'm in a bad shape and I wouldn't show up to this
13:42race in a bad shape and not, not prepared.
13:44So, obviously, I'm, I'm in, yeah, almost my, my top shape, I would say.
13:50Thank you.
13:53Then, Gustav?
13:57Yeah, thank you.
13:59Hello, Jonas.
14:01I want to ask you about the, the heat because, well, you've shown in the past that you, you handled
14:06the heat quite well.
14:07And also, you showed it in, in Pila two days ago that it didn't affect you as much as maybe
14:15the other competitors.
14:17Have you in any way trained that in order to be able to handle the heat as well as you've
14:23shown that you do?
14:25Oh, it's not like I train it in any specific way.
14:29It's just something that I'm naturally, I would say, pretty good at.
14:35But also, yeah, once we were in, we were in Tenerife before, before this race and, yeah, there it was
14:45actually very warm.
14:46So, obviously, that also, that also helps when you can train in, in some hot weather before because that's quite
14:53similar.
14:56So, Luca.
14:58Hello, Jonas.
14:59Thank you for this opportunity to talk to you.
15:02You didn't ride so much in your career in Italy.
15:05You won Coppie Bartali and Tireno Adriatico.
15:08It's your first Giro.
15:10And did you imagine the Giro this way, such as atmospheres, such as the parkour, fence?
15:17What's the, what's the, what's your, what's your, your imagination, you are discovering the Giro every day?
15:24Yeah, for sure.
15:26I, I, I always really enjoyed racing in, in Italy the times that I've, I've raced here.
15:32But I must also say that racing the Giro is, is something special.
15:38I feel like it's a, it's really a special race.
15:41And you can feel on, on, on the Italian nation that it's, it's also special here, which is obviously nice
15:48for, for us.
15:49And also makes it special for, for the riders then.
15:53So, uh, it is actually, uh, an extremely nice, uh, opportunity or also experience for me to, yeah, to do
16:03this race.
16:05Then to Michele.
16:09Hi, Jonas, and congratulations for your pink jersey.
16:13You see, I was wondering, Jonas, if you could tell us a bit about the way, a comparison between the
16:19way Pogacar rode the Giro in 2024, if you remember that competition, and the way you're riding it now.
16:25Because Pogacar, back then, he, uh, was and, uh, behaved like the boss of the Giros in stage two, right?
16:32He got the jersey right away, won six stages, he behaved like the boss.
16:38You're behaving, I think, in a pretty similar way in some, in some sense.
16:42But also, differently, right?
16:44And what can be said about the differences between the two personalities of you, according to you, as they are
16:52reflected into the Giro?
16:53Thank you.
16:54Well, well, I don't think I should comment on that.
16:56I think, uh, for me, I just focus on myself.
17:00I focus on how I am as a person.
17:02And, uh, yeah, I know Tadej a little bit, and he's a, he's a very nice person as well.
17:07So, uh, for me, it's, it's just only thinking about how do I get through this Giro?
17:13Uh, I don't think about how it was for, yeah, uh, two years ago.
17:18Um, I just think about myself.
17:20How do I get through this?
17:21And then still be able to do the, the Tour de France.
17:29So, Jonas, I know there's a lot of Danes traveling to, uh, see you and experience you and experience, uh,
17:35your great level in the next, uh, week.
17:37Do you have a message for those fans, uh, coming all the way to Italy?
17:43Yeah, I will say, uh, thank you to all of them, actually.
17:46It's, uh, it's, uh, it's a big pleasure for me that, that they want to come here and, and cheer
17:51for me and, uh, and, yeah, uh, be on the road or be in the finish.
17:56It's, uh, it's obviously special every time there's, uh, there's someone who, who, from the nation is, is cheering for
18:03you.
18:03And, uh, it's something that makes me proud how we, how we actually do it in Denmark.
18:08So, uh, yeah, I want to, to thank them all.
18:13Martin.
18:14Yeah, Jonas, there are some speculations about you retiring.
18:17Maybe, maybe soon if you win the Giro, you have won all the three ground tours.
18:22Wouldn't that be the perfect time to say after the season, this was my last season?
18:27Well, I mean, I've said in the last, uh, few years that, uh, I'll, I'll take it year by year.
18:33Uh, uh, that's what I've done at least since my, my crash in 24.
18:37And, uh, at this moment, I don't see myself retiring, but yeah, uh,
18:43as I said before, uh, at this moment, I just go from, from year to year.
18:49And if I still enjoy it, then, uh, I will keep writing.
18:53Thank you.
18:56Who has a question?
18:58I saw no hands anymore.
19:02Hi.
19:03Yeah.
19:04Martin.
19:05Yeah.
19:05I have more about Florian Lipovic.
19:07It's, uh, Jonas.
19:08He finished the tour at the third place and has good results this year.
19:12What do you think of strong is he for the tour in this year?
19:16For who did you say?
19:18Florian Lipovic.
19:19Ah, yeah, yeah.
19:20Sorry.
19:21I didn't hear.
19:22Um, yeah, I think he showed last year, but also this year so far that he's very, very strong.
19:28Uh, and he will be a big competitor together with his teammates in, uh, yeah, in the Tour de France.
19:38Uh, Jonas, you reached, uh, the top of your sport, obviously, with, uh, this, um, this team, uh, obviously, you,
19:49as you said, now, you take, uh, year by year.
19:52But you imagine yourself in this team with this jersey for all your career.
20:00You have this kind of thinking or?
20:03Thanks.
20:04Yeah, uh, that's a good question.
20:07I mean, uh, I think now I've been, this year is my eighth year, uh, pro.
20:13And, uh, yeah, I also don't see myself riding until I'm, I'm 35.
20:20Uh, I'm turning 30.
20:21So that's, uh, actually not in, in so many years.
20:24So, uh, I would also say that, uh, yeah, I don't see myself changing team.
20:32So to be, to, to, to that, to, to add to that, that, yeah, I see myself finishing my career
20:37in this, in this team.
20:38Yeah.
20:40Thank you.
20:42Luca.
20:43Um, Jonas, if I may ask you a proud question, uh, every time you win, you kiss the photo of
20:50your family on your bike.
20:52Uh, what are your kids and your wife are telling you these days, uh, watching you on TV?
20:58Yeah, they, um, they're obviously watching from at home and, uh, every time I win, they, and I call them,
21:06they, they tell me that, uh, they're extremely proud of me.
21:09And, uh, yeah, it makes me, it's me, it makes me happy that I can make them proud and, and
21:16that I can dedicate my, my wins to them.
21:19They support me in, in, in everything I do.
21:22And without them, I would never be able to, to win all these races that I actually do.
21:30Yeah, hi, Jonas, uh, besides this Giro and the Tour next, um, are there other goals?
21:38Because you mentioned you're not going, um, until you're 35, um, are there other goals you still want to reach
21:47in your career?
21:49Yeah, uh, I mean, obviously this would be a big goal for me winning here in, uh, in the Giro.
21:55But, uh, I also haven't won all the, the one-week stage races, which is also, uh, would be nice
22:03to, to win.
22:04Uh, by now I, I obviously won a few of them, so that's also nice.
22:09But, yeah, yeah, there's still some, some big races for me, uh, to try to win, at least.
22:16Thank you.
22:18Gustav?
22:21Yeah, uh, I wanted to ask you, um, because when we saw you, you attacked on, on stage two in
22:28Bulgaria and your attack on, on Blockhouse on stage seven,
22:31we saw that you were attacking, uh, while still sitting in the saddle, not out of the saddle.
22:36Has that been an aspect that you've tried to, uh, to improve in, in your training these, uh, these last
22:43few, uh, years?
22:44Because in the former years you had primarily attacked, uh, going out of the saddle.
22:50Well, well, not to, not to be, not in specific, no.
22:55Uh, we, I changed a bit on my position, uh, last year I was, uh, having a bit of a
23:05problem sometimes with, uh, with a saddle sore.
23:07So we tried to, to change my position a bit to give me a bit more support from the saddle,
23:13uh, which also ends up in me being a bit more, uh, comfortable being seated.
23:19So I think that's more the, the case.
23:24Thank you.
23:27We want to have one of the last questions.
23:38Yeah, Luca, uh, the, the very last question, uh, Jonas, we were talking with the Vincenzo Nibali these days and,
23:47uh, uh, we remind us some iconic victories such as, uh, Trecimi di Lavaredo over Vincenzo in 2013 or Bernal
23:56in 2021.
23:58Uh, do you, you said that you are looking for one more stage, stage win, uh, do you feel the,
24:05the need to, to mark a victory with,
24:07your jersey on such a, an iconic, uh, climb such as a Paso Giao or the Dolomites?
24:16Yeah.
24:16I mean, of course there's, uh, there's a lot of stages to actually choose from, uh, in, in, in the
24:23third week.
24:23Uh, but yeah, as I said before, I'm, I'm, I'm not gonna sit here and, and, and, and say which,
24:30which stage we are, we're gonna point out or we're gonna choose.
24:33So, uh, we, we, we're gonna choose, uh, our moments and, uh, yeah, I guess you will, you'll see when.
24:43Last two people with questions, starting with, uh, Ciro and then Stefan.
24:50And Jonas, just a curiosity, um, we talked, um, a little bit, uh, before the start of the, the, the
24:58Giro, you told me that, um, you, you would have liked, uh, to discover a little bit more, um, of
25:06Italian wines.
25:06Uh, well, uh, I think that you are very, uh, busy, uh, with Ciro, but how things are going in
25:14these specific aspects?
25:17Uh, well, unfortunately it's, it's, it's not going so well.
25:21Uh, I would have loved to have, uh, how to say it, like trying out one white wine from each
25:28region that we would be in, in, in Italy.
25:31That would, that would be my dream scenario, but, uh, so far I, I picked up, uh, Ciro bottles.
25:36So, uh, it's not going so well for me.
25:38Um, I hope in some kind of way that somebody can, uh, can help me out, but, uh, yeah.
25:45Thanks.
25:46And then the last question for Stefan.
25:50Yeah, Jonas, I'm just wondering what are your plans for the rest day?
25:53Um, and how important is it maybe mentally and physically for you?
25:56I mean, I imagine you're going for a coffee, right?
25:59You don't have time to go for a wine tasting today.
26:01Well, a wine tasting would be a bit, uh, aggressive, I would say, uh, in a race like this.
26:08So we, uh, yeah, in, uh, in the vlog of, of, uh, Victor, we asked for a good coffee stop
26:15today.
26:16So, uh, we, uh, we will go for a coffee stop on, on the ride.
26:20And, uh, of course, with the, with the stage tomorrow in mind, you still need to do some kind of,
26:27of activation today.
26:31Yes.
26:32Thank you.
26:33I want to thank you all for showing up and, uh, have a nice day also.
26:37And for the people here in the Giro, see you tomorrow in the mix.
26:41So thank you all.
26:43Thank you.
26:44Appreciate it.
26:44Thank you.
26:45Thank you.
26:45Thank you.
26:46Thank you.
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