First placed Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard holds the trophy as he celebrates on the rostrum at the tip of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Rome Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
ROME, Italy — Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, becoming the eighth male rider to win all three Grand Tours.
Vingegaard, who rides for Team Visma-Lease a Bike, ended the three-week race with an overall advantage of 5 minutes, 22 seconds over second-place Felix Gall. Jai Hindley finished third, 6:25 behind.
Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and ’23 and last yr clinched his first Spanish Vuelta title. It was his first Giro.
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“It’s amazing. It’s something I’ve dreamt of my whole life and to now have the option to do it, it’s something special,” an emotional Vingegaard said in his first interview as Giro winner. “I’m lost for words.
“It was a extremely big day, with so many individuals on the side of the road, so many spectators, it was really incredible. To get the dignity to wear the maglia rosa within the streets of Rome is something special. With these last three weeks, it’s just such a pleasant approach to end this race.”
After crossing the road in Rome, the 29-year-old Vingegaard embraced his wife and two children, who were wearing replicas of his maglia rosa — the leader’s pink jersey.
“Yeah, that’s even nicer, it also gives me tears in my eyes, they’re at all times there for me,” said Vingegaard, who has celebrated his five stage wins on the Giro by kissing the photo of his family that’s on the handlebar of his bicycle, before kissing his wedding ring.
Vingegaard also carried his children with him to the rostrum, where he was presented with the Trofeo Senza High-quality (Trophy With No End).
Having dominated his first Giro — living as much as his billing as pre-race favorite — Vingegaard will turn his attention to the Tour de France as he attempts to change into the ninth man to finish the Giro-Tour double in the identical yr.
Nonetheless, there he’ll face cycling’s top talent Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian, who skipped the Giro to give attention to adding to his 4 Tour titles, became the primary man in 26 years to do the Giro-Tour double when he achieved the feat in 2024.
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Sunday’s largely processional final Giro stage, that ended with eight laps through Rome, was won by sprint specialist Jonathan Milan.
The 131-kilometer route began in Rome after which went out the ocean before returning to the Italian capital for the ending circuit.
So relaxed were the riders that they were all seen sharing a box of sweets as they began the stage, before also being given glasses of Prosecco. Additionally they all posed for team photos through the ride out to the ocean.
Milan, who had seen other bids for stage wins end in disappointment earlier within the race, finally got his victory. The Italian edged out compatriot Giovanni Lonardi and French cyclist Paul Penhoët in a bunch sprint.
“I’m super joyful to finish this Giro in this fashion,” Milan said. “It’s beautiful. After three weeks that we were in search of this, winning the last stage in Rome implies that we were keeping the pinnacle there, we never quit, we at all times keep fighting for the victory, we were at all times believing in it, we at all times consider in one another.”