ALERT: Vingegaard, a trilogy and a springboard for the Tour
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After three weeks in complete control, the Dane crossed the final line among his Visma teammates before rushing into the arms of his wife and two children, all dressed in pink, who represent “everything” for him. “Seeing them at the finish makes my victory even more beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes, they are always there for me,” he reacted, overwhelmed by emotion. “It’s fabulous, I’ve dreamed of winning this all my life. race”, he added, achieving, from his first participation, a feat that no other active rider, not even Tadej Pogacar, has accomplished: winning the three major Tours in his career. After the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023 and the Vuelta last year, Vingegaard becomes at 29 the eighth man in history to complete the trilogy after Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome.”Being part of this club is a bit unreal, I think I don’t realize it yet”, he declared on Saturday evening after having offered himself a fifth stage victory in this Giro which he will have dominated “head and shoulders”, as noted by the Australian Jai Hindley, third. resigned to finish with a lead of 5 min 22 sec in the general classification over the Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM), who is on the podium of a Grand Tour for the first time.”Not on his knees” The Austrian Felix Gall, second in the Giro, during the 18th stage on May 28, 2026 between Fai della Paganella and Pieve di Soligo © Luca Bettini / AFP/Archives “The only one who can beating him is Pogacar and Pogacar is not there”, summed up the Portuguese Afonso Eulalio, revelation of this Giro (6th and white jersey of best young person), at mid-race. In fact, we could argue that Vingegaard’s main rivals — Pogacar but also Remco Evenepoel, Isaac del Toro, Juan Ayuso, Florian Lipowitz or Paul Seixas -– were absent. But it was the same for Pogacar in 2024 when he triumphed ten minutes ahead of Dani Martinez and six stage victories. The Slovenian then followed up with a crushing victory in the Tour de France. This is now also the objective of Vingegaard who firmly believes in his chances in the Grande Boucle (July 4-26) and believes that this Giro offers him the ideal preparation in this quest. “It all depends on how you come out of the Giro. If it’s on your knees and you need two weeks rest behind is not ideal, but I’m not on my knees,” insisted the Dane who, indeed, never gave the impression of tapping into his reserves during these three weeks. “I think that all this training has been perfect with a view to the Tour,” he even declared, admitting that the Giro was both an opportunity to improve his record and a basis for work. Milan at last While his rivals are preparing to compete in a final week-long race. -– Tour de Suisse for Pogacar, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for Seixas and Ayuso -–, Vingegaard has planned a little rest at home before completing his preparation at altitude in Tignes. “He will be even stronger at the Tour because we planned it like that”, insisted the boss of his team, Richard Plugge. The Frenchman Paul Magnier is the other big winner of this Giro from which he leaves with three stage victories in the sprint and the jersey cyclamen of the winner of the points classification. But on Sunday, the Soudal-Quick Step sprinter was dominated by Jonathan Milan who, on the last day, finally opened his counter and that of his Lidl-Trek team in this Giro. The Italian Jonathan Milan finally wins a stage in the Giro, the last, on May 31, 2026 in Rome © Luca Bettini / AFP The Italian colossus imposed his power to far outpace his compatriot Giovanni Lonardi and the Frenchman Paul Penhoët. “I’m super happy to win in Rome,” he said. © 2026 AFP
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