axel zingle Axel Zingle made his Visma | Lease a Bike debut last weekend. The 26-year-old Frenchman raced the Faun Drome Classic for his new Dutch team, where he was immediately given the chance to go for a result. Before the race, the Mulhouse native spoke with DirectVelo about his move from Cofidis to Visma | Lease a Bike. "A lot of things are new for me."
Zingle spent most of February in Tenerife, attending altitude camp alongside Matteo Jorgenson, Victor Campenaerts, and Simon Yates. In the Faun Drome Classic, he finally got to race in Visma’s yellow-and-black kit, where Ben Tulett finished third. "It was a tough finale, and my sprint actually went better than expected. Initially, we planned to sprint for third with Axel, but I felt good and managed to hold on until the finish," said Tulett after the race .
For Zingle, racing for his new team was a special moment. "It’s a source of pride," he said before his debut. "Of course, I want to perform well, but that also brings some extra pressure. I’m just coming off an altitude camp, so it’s still uncertain how I’ll feel in these first races." Like Christophe Laporte, Zingle followed the path from Cofidis to Visma | Lease a Bike, hoping to make a similar impact.
"It was very different from other years," he said of his preparation. "It’s hard to predict how my body will respond in these first races. I’ll have to test myself right away to […]
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