Jonas Vingegaard Hansen grew up in Glyngøre, a small town in northern Denmark, and came to cycling late — football came first, until a stage of the Tour of Denmark passed through his region as a child and changed everything. Before turning professional he balanced training with early morning shifts at a fish processing factory, a detail that became something of a symbol for the understated, grounded character he carries to this day.
He turned professional with Jumbo-Visma in 2019 and announced himself at the 2021 Tour de France, where he stepped up after Primož Roglič's crash and finished second — the only rider able to match Pogačar in the mountains. He went back in 2022 and won it, then in 2023 was even more dominant, earning him the Vélo d'Or. A near-fatal crash at the 2024 Basque Country kept him out for months; he returned to finish second at that year's Tour, then claimed the 2025 Vuelta a España to cement his place among the sport's all-time Grand Tour specialists.
Off the bike he is quiet and private. He met his wife Trine Marie Hansen at his first professional team and later took her surname as part of his own. They have two children.