Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen, is a cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma.
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Vingegaard, a Danish was born on 10 December 1996 and he comes from Hillerslev, Denmark.
Vingegaard began his career with the Danish continental team ColoQuick in May 2016, and at the age of 19, he finished second in the UCI 2.1 level race Tour of China I.
He completed the 2020 Vuelta a España as a domestique for the race winner, Primož Roglič.
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In 2021, Vingegaard won stage 5 of his first race, the UAE Tour, before winning two stages and the overall in the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali and coming second overall, behind his teammate Roglič, in the Tour of the Basque Country.
In the 2021 Tour de France, Vingegaard went in as a domestique for overall favorite Primož Roglič.
Vingegaard also twice finished second on summit finishes behind eventual winner Tadej Pogačar.
Vingegaard also came third on both of the time trials on his way to second place overall, becoming the second Danish rider to achieve a podium finish in the Tour de France and the first since 1996.
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