Vingegaard Obliterates Giro Rivals with Stage 16 Win in Swiss Alps
The Danish rider won his fourth stage and beat Felix Gall by 69 seconds to push his overall lead past four minutes.
- On Tuesday, Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard soloed to victory on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, extending his overall lead to more than four minutes and claiming his fourth stage win while wearing the pink jersey.
- Vingegaard's declaration on Monday's rest day to win a stage in the leaders jersey came after reclaiming the pink jersey from Portugal's Afonso Eulalio atop Pila on Saturday.
- The 113-kilometer route through Switzerland featured five classified climbs; Vingegaard attacked less than 7 kilometers from the finish, with Felix Gall following but losing over one minute, while Australian Jai Hindley finished third.
- Gall moved into second overall, 4 minutes 3 seconds behind Vingegaard, with Thymen Arensman third at 4 minutes 27 seconds, while Eulalio dropped from second to fifth after cracking on the final climb.
- Wednesday's 202-kilometer stage returns to Italy from Cassano d'Adda to Andolo, with the Giro concluding Sunday in Rome, where Vingegaard's commanding lead positions him as the dominant favorite for overall victory.
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At last dressed in pink, a garment reserved for the great chosen, Jonas Vingegaard kisses for the fourth time the familiar snapshot that looks on the handlebar of his Cervélo, this time on the top of Carì, green slopes of the Swiss Alps, and celebrates at pleasure, comfortable, knowing that only misfortune, fall or illness can deprive him at this point of his first Giro de Italia, winner in budding already, after the Tour de France (2022 and 202…
The Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard has struck the table with his fourth stage victory. The Visma has thus consolidated his leadership and sentenced the Giro de Italia 2026 after imposing himself with authority in the sixteenth stage of the Italian round between Bellinzona and the high of Carì, adding his fourth partial victory of the Corsa Rosa. After the last day of rest, the race resumed its march entering the Canton of Ticino with a route of…
The Danish Jonas Vingegaard again demonstrated his superiority in the Giro de Italia 2026 by conquering stage 16, which was fought between Bellinzona and the summit of Carì, thus adding his fourth victory in this edition and consolidating himself as absolute leader of the race.
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