‘There’s a lot of altitude metres coming up’ – Jonas Vingegaard calm, confident and generous before final Giro d’Italia mountain stages

Jonas Vingegaard tested his climbing legs and stayed safe in the final kilometres of stage 18 to Pieve di Soligo, in an apparent test ride for the final mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia in the Dolomites and to Piancavallo.

He jumped away to sweep up a few mountain points over the top of the Muro Ca’ del Poggio but then soon let the sprinters take control after they controlled the attack for most of the day.