Jonas Vingegaard finished safely to wrap up overall victory, writing his name into the history books as a winner of all three Grand Tours.
Cor Vos
It was a chaotic finale to the 2026 Giro d’Italia. After a typically-relaxed ride into Rome, the sprinters’ teams struggled to maintain control in the finishing circuits, and the biggest threat came from Filippo Ganna in the closing laps. His move off the front with Matteo Sobrero and Jasper Stuyven caused problems for many, but the Rockets were able to neutralise the trio just outside the last 3 km.
After the hectic last few laps, the bunch gallop was chaos, and Dylan Groenewegen ultimately launched too soon, which was a red rag to Paul Magnier. When Jonathan Milan then leapt from the melée, he quickly found some room on the slight uphill ramp, and roared to victory ahead of Giovanni Lonardi (Polti-VisitMalta) and the early-leading Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ United) – a top three no one would have bet on at the start of the day.
Jonas Vingegaard finished safely with his whole team at the back of the bunch to seal a historic Giro d’Italia victory, adding his name to the short list of riders to have won all three Grand Tours.
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[race_result id=13 stage_id=89986 count=10 gc=10 year=2026]
Quotes of the day
It’s beautiful, you know. After three weeks, we were looking for this. Winning the last stage in Rome means that we were keeping our heads, we never give up, we always keep fighting, as I said, for a victory. We always believed in it.”
– Milan on taking victory in Rome
It’s amazing.It’s something I dreamt of my whole life, and to now be able to do it is something special. It’s a special day for me. To win this race is – yeah, I’m lost, I’m lost for words.“
– an emotional Vingegaard said of his Giro triumph
How it happened
- There was the usual slow start for photos and champagne; the peloton’s average speed in the first half hour of “racing” was just 23.6 kph.
- The face of the peloton began to shift as the race took the U-Turn at Ostia and turned back towards Rome, with Visma-Lease a Bike lined up on the front with the pink jersey, the whole team decked out in special edition kit and pink highlights.
- The first real attack came from Ben Turner and Andrea Misfud before the Red Bull KM, but they were brought back just in time for Igor Arrieta to rob Einer Rubio of the chance to win the overall classification. Groupama-FDJ United’s Remy Rochas then leapt clear, soon joined by the broad-shouldered Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Premier Tech).
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