‘There’s no point in thinking of beating Jonas’ – GC contenders fight the clock and each other after Vingegaard takes control of Giro d’Italia

The riders’ faces as they reached the finish line of stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia said more about the pain and suffering of the day than the minutes and seconds they had lost to Jonas Vingegaard

The Dane was all smiles on the podium as he savoured his third stage victory of the race and was especially happy to have taken the first maglia rose of his career. His Visma-Lease a Bike teammates had controlled the race and chased down the break before he attacked and distanced everyone as expected.