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Jonas Vingegaard Wins 2026 Giro d'Italia
The Danish rider completed the set of all three Grand Tours with victory in Rome. Vingegaard won five stages and earned just under 116,000 euros for the overall title.
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Jonas Vingegaard won the 2026 Giro d'Italia on Sunday, finishing with a margin of five minutes and 33 seconds over second-place Felix Gall. The 29-year-old Danish rider from Team Visma-Lease a Bike became the eighth male cyclist to win all three Grand Tours after previously taking the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023 and the Vuelta a España in 2025.
The other riders who have completed the set are Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome.
The 21-stage race began with 184 riders. Vingegaard won five individual stages and collected 11,000 euros for each of those victories in addition to the overall prize of just under 116,000 euros. Jonathan Milan won the final stage into Rome in a bunch sprint near the Colosseum, finishing the 3 hours 5 minutes 50 seconds stage ahead of Giovanni Lonardi and Paul Penhoet.
Milan, Dylan Groenewegen, Madis Mihkels, Jensen Plowright, Tobias Lund Andresen, Corbin Strong, Toon Aerts and Luca Mozzato also placed in the top ten of that stage. Felix Gall finished second overall, 5 minutes 22 seconds behind Vingegaard. Jai Hindley placed third at 6 minutes 25 seconds back, followed by Thymen Arensman at 7 minutes 2 seconds, Derek Gee-West at 7 minutes 56 seconds, Afonso Eulalio at 9 minutes 39 seconds, Michael Storer at 10 minutes 13 seconds, Davide Piganzoli at 10 minutes 52 seconds, Damiano Caruso at 11 minutes 24 seconds and Egan Bernal at 12 minutes 54 seconds.
Paul Magnier won the cyclamino points jersey and received 10,000 euros. Giulio Ciccone claimed the blue king of the mountains jersey and 5,000 euros. Filippo Ganna won the stage 10 time trial in Massa.
Alberto Bettiol took stage 13 into Verbania. Igor Arrieta won stage 5 after crashing with Afonso Eulalio in torrential rain. Adam Yates abandoned the race on stage 2 after suffering a concussion in a crash in Bulgaria.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG won four stages, three of them by Jhonatan Narvaez. Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar are both scheduled to compete in the 2026 Tour de France, which begins on 4 July.
