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Jonas Vingegaard completed a first-ever Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico double for Visma-Lease a Bike, celebrating a dominating victory in Italy as Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) won the final stage on the San Benedetto del Tronto seafront.
The 154km final stage was always going to be about the sprinters and their teams dominated the high-speed final lap after the break was caught.
Uno-X let a gap go in the final kilometre and Søren Wærenskjold surged towards the finish but Lidl-Trek closed down the gap and then Milan produced the speed and power to win the sprint, beating Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) and Davide Cimolai (Movistar).
Vingegaard won stage 5 and 6 in the Apennines of Abruzzo and Le Marche and so was able to finish calmly in the peloton and savour his overall victory.
He finished 1:24 ahead of Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), with Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) third overall at 1:52, as Vingegaard lifted the trident winner’s trophy.
Milan hugged teammate Simone Consonni after he went to the front in the kilometre to chase down Wærenskjold. It was a team victory and a significant part was thanks to Consonni.
“Your last win is always the most special but this one is,” Milan said.
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