Cycling-Vingegaard wins Giro d'Italia to capture fourth Grand Tour title


Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 21 - Rome to Rome - Italy - May 31, 2026 Team Visma - Lease a Bike's Jonas Vingegaard celebrates winning the Giro d'Italia REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

ROME, May ⁠31 (Reuters) - Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard ⁠won the 2026 Giro ‌d'Italia on Sunday to clinch his fourth Grand Tour title, having ​also won the ⁠Tour de ⁠France twice before his triumph at ⁠the ‌Vuelta a Espana last year.

The Visma-Lease ⁠a Bike rider, competing at ​the ‌Giro for the first time, ⁠effectively ​secured the pink jersey on Saturday when he ⁠launched a decisive attack ​during the climb to Piancavallo on stage 20, extending his ⁠overall lead to more than five minutes.

Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) launched a spectacular ​attack in the ⁠final kilometre to win Sunday's ​final stage ‌in Rome.

(Reporting by ​Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Fallon)

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