The specific build-up to the Tour de France for Jonas started this week with a wind tunnel test in Aalborg, Denmark. Soon, the Danish rider from Team Visma | Lease a Bike will head to Sierra Nevada for high-altitude training with the team. This will be followed by the Critérium du Dauphiné. After that race, there will be another altitude training camp in Tignes as the final preparation for the big goal in France.

During this year’s Tour de France, Jonas and the other Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders will wear a special edition kit, which will be officially unveiled on April 25.

Jonas: “This week I was working in the wind tunnel in Aalborg. We made preparations for the Tour de France there, specifically focusing on my position on the bike. It’s important to work on that and to leave nothing to chance.”

No more physical complaints
Physically, everything is back to normal for Jonas: “The focus is now fully on the Tour de France. The preparations for this race have truly begun. I no longer have any issues from the concussion I sustained earlier, or any other physical problems. It was really unfortunate that I couldn’t finish Paris-Nice and also had to miss the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. But now I’m training without any problems and will soon head to the altitude camp.”

“I’m really looking forward to racing again. I haven’t raced much this past year, so I’m eager to get started again. That goes for both the Critérium du Dauphiné and, of course, the Tour de France. But first, I’ll go to altitude training to get in shape. After that, I’ll try to win those races.”