Vingegaard in a Classic, Van Aert as sports director? Visma | Lease a Bike deliver a brilliant new video

In the clip, Visma | Lease a Bike riders play a game called “Most Likely To”: who is most likely to end up in a certain (hypothetical) situation? One of the first questions: who’s more likely to win a spring Classic? Vingegaard and Jorgenson are put on the spot — and the answer comes quickly: the American. Jorgenson laughs: “It’s hard to win a Classic if you don’t race it.”

Jorgenson is asked the same question again later, this time sitting next to Campenaerts. Now he picks his Belgian teammate. “I think we’re going to see it: in the aero position, hands in the air in a Classic,” Jorgenson says confidently — but Campenaerts is less convinced. “If you see me in that position, I’ll get disqualified.”

The topic then shifts to life after racing. Are there riders at Visma | Lease a Bike who could become sports directors one day? Young Brit Matthew Brennan thinks Van Aert would be a good fit. “I have to pick you — you know so much more about cycling,” Brennan says, before his more experienced teammate replies: “I don’t know if that’s Matthew’s ambition, but it’s not my goal at the moment.” Message received.

Jorgenson can definitely picture Campenaerts in a future team car. “You’ll stay involved in cycling much longer than I will,” he tells him. Campenaerts agrees he wants to remain in the sport — just not as a sports director. “I want to stay in cycling, but not as a sports director. At some point I want to replace Mathieu Heijboer (Head of Performance),” he jokes, prompting Jorgenson to fire back: “He’s coming for your job, Mathieu!”

Then comes the question: who makes friends fastest in the peloton? Campenaerts winks at Jorgenson: “You’ve had some enemies too, like me.” But he adds that it’s easier to make friends as a domestique. Jorgenson, meanwhile, calls Campenaerts one of the most universally liked guys in the bunch. “You’re always friendly to people in the peloton. During a race I’m often serious — it’s not really an opportunity for me to socialise.”

Campenaerts says he does make friends quickly — and explains why. “It’s also about age, and how long you’ve been in the peloton,” the experienced time trial specialist notes. “There are also more Belgian riders than American riders. But I often get asked: what’s Matteo like as a teammate — is he a jerk?” Jorgenson immediately shoots back: “I hope you lie then.”