At this point, we all know that shaved legs — although having the potential for being uncomfortable for first-timers — do provide an aerodynamic advantage and is perhaps one of the cheapest and easiest ways to save precious watts for any ambitious amateur cyclist. And now, two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard has also chimed in on the subject, in his typical awkward fashion.
On a training ride in Spain with his Visma teammate Wilco Kelderman, they were approached by cycling influencer Artem Shcherbyna, who managed to stick to the duo’s wheel for their sprint and descending training ride who asked him the all-important question.
“Why don’t you shave your legs in the winter?” Shcherbyna asks. “Everyone was asking last year. They saw that you and Roglič were not shaving legs in the winter!”
Vingegaard replies: “I’ll shave it before the Tour.”
Popular influencer Artem catched Jonas Vingegaard on a training and also asked him some questions, this one was the best 🤣
Full video: https://t.co/zGVMJ8LL4Upic.twitter.com/iHIOAMRRmM
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Shcherbyna continues with a follow-up question, asking if it’s better to have unshaved legs during training, but unfortunately, Vingegaard’s response is indecipherable due to the wind.
Agh, I guess we’ll never know. One might say, the answer is blowin’ in the wind…
In the same video published on YouTube, Shcherbyna also asks the 28-year-old rider what was his maximum power on the sprints, and he replies: “800 watts.” However, Shcherbyna says that he doesn’t believe him, and it looked like it was 1400 watts instead.
“No. I’m not a sprinter,” replied the Dane.
To be fair, during the sprint which can be seen later in the video, Shcherbyna does hit above of 1,000 watts while sprinting much behind Vingegaard. Is he coming for the rainbow jersey?
The cyclo-tourist Shcherbyna was in news last year two years ago, after he tried to stick to Remco Evenepoel’s wheel during a training ride in Calpe and was promptly waved away by the Belgian.