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Jonas Vingegaard completes Grand Tour triple crown with Giro d'Italia victory

ROME, ITALY - MAY 31: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Visma | Lease a Bike - Pink Leader Jersey (C) competing with the Colosseum in the background, during the 109th Giro d'Italia 2026, Stage 21 a 131km stage from Rome to Rome 1289m / #UCIWT / on May
Jonas Vingegaard (c) completed the processional final stage in Rome

Jonas Vingegaard completed his Grand Tour triple crown with victory in the Giro d'Italia.

The 29-year-old Dane became the first man to win the Giro, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana since Chris Froome in 2018, and only the eighth rider of all time.

Vingegaard completed the processional final stage in Rome flanked by six of his Visma-Lease a Bike team-mates.

"It's amazing. It's something I dreamed of my whole life," an emotional Vingegaard said.

"It's a special day for me... I am lost for words."

ROME, ITALY - MAY 31: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Visma | Lease a Bike - Pink Leader Jersey prior to the 109th Giro d'Italia 2026, Stage 21 a 131km stage from Rome to Rome 1289m / #UCIWT / on May 31, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

Vingegaard (above), who had to celebrate his Vuelta a Espana win in a car park after the final stage was cut short by anti-Israel protests, was met by his family at the finish.

"It gives me tears in my eyes. They are always there for me," Vingegaard said, as his voice broke.

The 131km stage was won by Italian sprinter Jonathan Milan for the Lidl-Trek team.

Darren Rafferty (EF Education - EasyPost) finished 92nd in general classification, with Ryan Mullen (NSN Cycling Team) 134th.

Additional reporting: Reuters

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