Results Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 21 - Jonathan Milan finally strikes in Rome as Jonas Vingegaard seals historic Giro victory

Jonathan Milan ended his long wait for a stage win at the 2026 Giro d’Italia with victory on the final day in Rome, powering to the line in the Italian capital as Jonas Vingegaard safely completed overall victory and added the maglia rosa to his Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana titles.

After a Giro of near misses, Milan delivered when it mattered most for Lidl - Trek, winning the final sprint after a late attacking finale had briefly threatened to deny the fast men. Paul Magnier and Dylan Groenewegen were also well placed in the final kilometre, but Milan finally found the finishing kick that had deserted him through much of the race.

Behind the sprint, Vingegaard crossed the line safely with his Team Visma | Lease a Bike team-mates to confirm one of the most dominant Grand Tour victories of recent years.

The Dane wins the Giro with five stage victories and becomes only the eighth men’s rider in history to win all three Grand Tours.

The final stage began in ceremonial fashion, with Vingegaard and the classification leaders taking the usual photos before the race sharpened on the Rome circuit. Visma marked the day in a special black kit with pink, yellow and red detailing, while Vingegaard rode a special pink Cervelo on the road to his coronation.

Once the peloton reached the city-centre laps, the stage developed as expected. The circuit around Rome, with its mix of tarmac, cobbles, flagstones and a rising final kilometre, invited attacks, but the sprinters’ teams kept the early moves under control.

Ben Turner, Andrea Mifsud, Jonas Rutsch and Tim Torn Teutenberg all tried to disturb the rhythm without ever building a decisive advantage. Remy Rochas and Tobias Bayer were the next to move, before Rochas was joined by Groupama - FDJ United team-mate Remi Cavagna, Visma’s Victor Campenaerts and Lidl - Trek’s Matteo Sobrero.

That move forced a harder chase, but the real danger came when Filippo Ganna launched for Netcompany INEOS inside the final 20 kilometres. Sobrero and Jasper Stuyven followed, creating a powerful trio that briefly opened the biggest gap of the day on the Rome circuit.

Ganna did almost all of the work. Sobrero had Milan waiting behind for Lidl - Trek, while Stuyven had Magnier protected in the peloton for Soudal - Quick-Step. Their presence complicated the chase, leaving Unibet Rose Rockets to shoulder much of the early responsibility for Groenewegen before Team Picnic PostNL and Groupama - FDJ United also tried to help.

Ganna continued to drive the move into the final lap, stretching the gap towards 20 seconds at one point. But the peloton began to close inside the final kilometres, and with Ganna tiring, the trio were swept up with just over three kilometres remaining. Mirco Maestri made one final attack as soon as the catch was made, but he too was brought back before the final two kilometres.

With the race back together, Lidl - Trek moved decisively for Milan. Soudal - Quick-Step also had numbers around Magnier, with Stuyven becoming part of the lead-out after his late attack was caught, while Groenewegen sat close behind the Frenchman.

The final kilometre produced the expected high-speed fight for position, but Milan finally turned his Giro frustration into victory. After repeated near misses earlier in the race, the Italian delivered on the final day to take a major win in Rome and close the Giro with a badly needed success for Lidl - Trek.

Magnier still leaves the race with three stage wins and the points classification, but the final sprint belonged to Milan. The bigger story crossed the line moments later. Vingegaard rolled home safely at the back of the peloton with his six Visma team-mates, completing overall victory and sealing his first Giro d’Italia title.

The result places him alongside Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome as winners of the Giro, Tour and Vuelta. After Tour wins in 2022 and 2023 and Vuelta success in 2025, Rome confirmed his place in that elite Grand Tour club.

Felix Gall finishes second overall after the best Grand Tour performance of his career, with Jai Hindley completing the podium for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. Thymen Arensman and Derek Gee-West round out the top five after a tight battle through the final mountain stages.

For Milan, Rome brought relief. For Vingegaard, it brought history.