Vingegaard seals Giro to add to Tour and Vuelta wins

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Vingegaard has now won all three of cycling's Grand Tours

ByMatt WarwickBBC Sport senior journalist

• Published41 minutes ago

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard has become the eighth rider to win all three of the men's Grand Tours by securing the Giro d'Italia in Rome.

The Visma-Lease a Bike rider, 29, adds his Giro win to last year's Vuelta a Espana and the 2022 and 2023 Tours de France.

Vingegaard's overall winning margin was a huge five minutes and 33 seconds over Austria's Felix Gall of Decathlon-CMA CGM, with Australia's Jai Hindley of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe in third, a further 63 seconds down.

The three-week race came to a close in a largely processional stage, which then turned into a high-octane bunch sprint near Rome's Colosseum, won by Italy's Jonathan Milan, whose hugely powerful launch saw him win by a bike length over compatriot Giovanni Lonardi and France's Paul Penhoet.

Vingegaard was the hot favourite to win this Italian tour, given his status as the world's second best all-round road cyclist behind the now legendary four-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar.

The Dane, who kisses a sticker of his young family on his handlebars every time his crosses the line first, was expected to hold a winning margin of between four and seven minutes, such was his strength over every other rider in the peloton.

The race was won on the mountain stages in the Italian Alps and Dolomites, with Vingegaard's strengths allowing him to methodically attack on the key stages with around 10km to go and tap out a pace that nobody could match.

Vingegaard and Pogacar will both race at this year's Tour de France, which begins on 4 July.

Pogacar is the strong favourite despite Vingegaard's resurgent form following a serious crash while on a descent in 2024 which saw him suffer a collapsed lung, a broken collarbone and several broken ribs.

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   Rome's Colossuem was a beautiful setting to end what is known as 'the beautiful race'

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   It's not just footballers who have special footwear: Vingegaard wore history-acknowledging cycling shoes for the final stage

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   Arrieta arrived at the line first with blood running down his arms on stage five following an epic battle

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   Arreita's win came after the harrowing crush suffered by his British team-mate Adam Yates on stage two in Bulgaria, which caused him to abandon the race with concussion

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   Magnier won the cyclamino points jersey

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Giro d'Italia stage 21 results

Jonathan Milan (Ita/Lidl-Trek) 3hrs 5mins 50secs

Giovanni Lonardi (Ita/Polti-Visit Malta) same time

Paul Penhoet (Fra/Groupama-FDJ United)

Dylan Groenewegen (Ned/Unibet Rose Rockets)

Madis Mihkels (Est/EF Education-Easy Post)

Jensen Plowright (Aus/Alpecin-Premier Tech)

Tobias Lund Andresen (Nor-Decathlon-CMA CGM )

Corbin Strong (NZ/NSN Cycling)

Toon Aerts (Bel/Lotto Intermarche)

Luca Mozzato (Ita/Tudor Pro-cycling)

Giro d'Italia general classification results after stage 21

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Team Visma - Lease a Bike) 83hrs 22mins 51secs

2. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon CMA CGM Team) +5mins 22secs

3. Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull - BORA) +6mins 25secs

4. Thymen Arensman (Ned/Netcompany INEOS) +7mins 02secs

5. Derek Gee-West (Can/Lidl - Trek) +7mins 56secs

6. Afonso Eulalio (Por/Bahrain Victorious) +9mins 39secs

7. Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro Cycling Team) +10mins 13secs

8. Davide Piganzoli (Ita/Team Visma - Lease a Bike) +10mins 52secs

9. Damiano Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +11mins 24secs

10. Egan Bernal (Col/Netcompany INEOS) +12mins 54secs

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