Behind the pink jersey, Gall and Hindley crossed the line next in GC podium order, as Eulálio impressed yet again to seal his white jersey with seventh on the stage.
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Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike reigned supreme on the final mountain stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, carefully managing the breakaway, and setting up an attack on the second time up the gruelling Piancavallo (Cat.1; 14.5 km at 7.8%). The maglia rosa went clear 11 km from the summit, a greater distance from the line than on any other stage thus far, and won by a minute 15 seconds over his rivals.
Felix Gall had held on to Vingegaard for maybe a hundred metres when the Dane attacked, but soon dropped away, and after about 5 km of chasing alone, he was joined by Derek Gee-West and Jai Hindley, who’d dispatched a struggling Thymen Arensman a few kilometres earlier. However, Arensman had luxury domestique Egan Bernal for company, and the Colombian managed to drag his Dutch teammate back into the fight in the last 3 km. Bernal led the quintet into the last few hundred metres before Hindley launched, only for Gall to pass him before the line, finishing in GC podium order.
A little further down the mountain, a duel unfolded for the white jersey. Afonso Eulálio had a smudge over a minute on Davide Piganzoli at the start of the day, and while Eulálio has been the Giro’s foremost revelation, Piganzoli has seemed to be getting better and better with each passing stage – predominantly working for Vingegaard, but with an eye on his own classification too. However, the Italian struggled on the Piancavallo climb, and, sensing weakness, Eulálio pounced, choosing an offensive approach to his maglia bianca defence. The Portuguese talent finished seventh on the stage, 10 seconds ahead of Piganzoli, confirming a visit to the podium in Rome to be officially crowned best young rider.
[race_result id=13 stage_id=89985 count=10 gc=0 year=2026]
[race_result id=13 stage_id=89985 count=10 gc=10 year=2026]
I’m a cyclist. I like to win; I want to win as many races as possible. We decided to go for it again today. Today was the last day, in the mountains at least, so yeah, today everything would be decided, so we decide to go all in for the stage. The boys did amazing again today. I had an amazing day also. To now win five stages and to have a solid lead going into tomorrow is special for me.”
– Vingegaard at the finish
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