‘We only decided to go for it really late’ – Switch of plan nets Jonas Vingegaard second stage in three days at Giro d’Italia and 50th career win

After taking his second summit finish victory in three days at the Giro d’Italia and gaining yet more time on all his opponents, there was a telling moment in Jonas Vingegaard’s post-stage press conference, when the Visma-Lease a Bike rider was asked if he’d start to save energy for the Tour de France as soon as he takes the pink jersey on Tuesday’s time trial.

When answering, Vingegaard opted to ignore the idea that he’ll automatically be in the lead after the one individual time trial of the 2026 Giro, even if current maglia rosa Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) seemed to have accepted that his time in pink has a definite sell-by date.