As recently as February in an interview during the Volta ao Algarve, Vingegaard spoke about how he would not let his children be professional bike riders. He laid the blame for crashes jointly on riders - "Too many race as if there are no brakes on a bike" - and in the case of the Itzulia, partly on organisers "for sending us down a road with tree roots underneath it."
Tadej Pogačar's and Remco Evenepoel's attacks on Jonas Vingegaard during stage 17 of the Tour de Francenot only gained them seconds but also delivered a psychological blow, showcasing their strength and strategy ahead of crucial Alpine stages.