Jonas Vingegaard poised for historic Giro d'Italia triumph

DPASat, May 30, 2026·1 min read

Jonas Vingegaard all but sealed his Giro d’Italia victory with a brilliant fifth stage win as he maintained his dominance on the penultimate day of the race.

The 29-year-old Dane is set to notch his fourth Grand Tour win following his Tour de France successes in 2022 and 2023 and last year’s Vuelta a Espana triumph, extending his overnight lead in the general classification to five minutes and 22 seconds.

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Barring any major mishap in Sunday’s final processional stage in Rome, Vingegaard will become the first rider since Chris Froome in 2018 to win all three Grand Tours and just the eighth of all time.

He said in his post-race interview: “It’s been an amazing day. To win five stages and have a solid lead going into tomorrow is special for me.”

The Visma-Lease a Bike rider made his move on the final climb with 10.5km of stage 20 – a 200km-route from Gemona del Friuli to Piancavallo – to go.

No rival was able to respond as he finished the stage ahead of second-placed Austria’s Felix Gall and Australian Jai Hindley, his closest challengers in the overall standings.