Results Giro d’Italia 2026 Stage 14 - Jonas Vingegaard seizes first Maglia Rosa of his career with third stage win after Visma masterclass in the mountains

Jonas Vingegaard finally ripped the Maglia Rosa from Afonso Eulalio’s shoulders on Stage 14 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, taking his third stage victory of the race after Team Visma | Lease a Bike spent the day grinding the peloton down across a brutal Aosta Valley mountain stage.

The Dane attacked on the final climb to Pila with just under five kilometres remaining, after his team had controlled almost the entire day, and rode clear to claim both the stage and the Giro lead for the first time. Felix Gall limited the damage behind, but Eulalio cracked earlier on the climb after more than a week in pink, bringing one of the race’s best stories so far to an end.

Stage 14 began with Visma riding like a team that had circled this day long before the Giro reached the Aosta Valley. The road climbed almost immediately out of Aosta, and Vingegaard’s team moved straight to the front rather than allowing the stage to settle into a loose breakaway pattern.

Saint-Barthelemy came early, and the opening climb quickly began to hurt. Jonathan Milan was among those distanced, while Christian Scaroni also began to struggle before later abandoning the race. The XDS Astana rider had been suffering with acute throat and airway inflammation, as well as fever, ending what had been a strong Giro in brutal fashion.

A large break eventually formed after an aggressive opening phase, with Movistar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG especially active. Movistar placed Enric Mas, Juan Pedro Lopez, Lorenzo Milesi and Einer Rubio in the move, while UAE had Igor Arrieta, Jan Christen and Jhonatan Narvaez up the road. Giulio Ciccone, Aleksandr Vlasov, Jan Hirt, David de la Cruz, Mark Donovan, Wout Poels, Andreas Leknessund, Johannes Kulset and Jardi Christiaan van der Lee were also among the key names.

It was a strong group, but not one Visma were willing to let ride too far clear. The gap was kept within reach through the middle of the stage, with Tim Rex spending a long shift on the front before Bart Lemmen and Victor Campenaerts took over later in the day.

The escape still shaped the classification battles before the final climb. Ciccone used the move to force himself into the mountains-classification fight, after starting the day with only three points.

Van der Lee took maximum points on Saint-Barthelemy after going clear with Christen, before Arrieta collected a major haul on Doues. Ciccone then came past Van der Lee near the summit of Lin Noir to take the full 40-point prize, and followed it by beating Arrieta for another maximum haul on Verrogne.

Narvaez also used the break to strike in the points classification. Already a three-time stage winner in this Giro, the UAE rider came through at the intermediate sprint in Roisan to take the full points haul and move one point ahead of Paul Magnier in the virtual Maglia Ciclamino standings.

Once that job was done, Narvaez dropped back from the break. Ciccone continued pushing deeper into the stage, but the chance of a breakaway win began to fade as Visma tightened their grip behind.

By the approach to Pila, the break had lost much of its earlier cushion. Rubio, Mas, Hirt, Ciccone, Vlasov, Poels and Arrieta were among those still resisting at the front, but the gap was falling quickly.

The final climb began with the break still ahead, but not far enough to feel safe. David de la Cruz collected four bonus seconds at the Red Bull kilometre, but once the road began to rise properly, the advantage started to collapse.

Campenaerts drove the favourites group on the lower slopes before Sepp Kuss took over and lifted the tempo. Ben O’Connor was the first top-10 rider to lose contact, and moments later Eulalio cracked with around nine kilometres remaining.

The Portuguese rider slipped away with Derek Gee-West and Mathys Rondel before losing contact with them too. After more than a week in pink, Eulalio’s defence began to fall apart on the climb Visma had spent the day setting up.

Ahead, Poels briefly tried to revive the break with Ciccone following, but the favourites were closing fast. Rubio, Mas and Hirt were still among the strongest survivors from the escape, yet their advantage was almost gone.

Kuss finished his work with around 6.5 kilometres remaining, leaving Davide Piganzoli to take over. The young Italian set the final platform for Vingegaard as the GC group shrank behind him.

Felix Gall, Gregor Muhlberger, Egan Bernal, Thymen Arensman, Jai Hindley, Michael Storer and Giulio Pellizzari were still there when Piganzoli began his turn. Pellizzari had survived deep into the climb despite several days affected by illness, but he finally lost contact just before the break was caught.

Ciccone tried one last acceleration with Rubio, but the move was swallowed up with five kilometres still to climb. At almost the same moment, the GC fight became the fight for the stage.

Vingegaard launched with 4.6 kilometres remaining. Gall did not try to match the first acceleration, immediately settling into his own pace as the gap opened quickly.

Behind the Dane, the climb split into individual battles. Gall rode behind Vingegaard, with Piganzoli trying to stay with the Austrian after completing his final pull. Hindley was next on the road, followed by Arensman, Pellizzari and Storer further back.

Vingegaard was not putting minutes into his closest rivals, but he did not need to. Gall limited his losses well enough to protect his own podium push, yet the day belonged to Visma and their leader. After days of waiting, questions and near misses, Vingegaard reached Pila with a third Giro stage win and his first ever Maglia Rosa.