Results Giro d'Italia stage 7 - Jonas Vingegaard conquers Blockhaus: Gall second and Eulálio defends pink jersey
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Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia culminated in the climb to Blockhaus, and it delivered a lot of action. The main favourite on the day Jonas Vingegaard took the stage win, dropping the entire competition; whilst Afonso Eulálio survived the day in the pink jersey.
The stage had a surprise presence in the breakaway as Jonathan Milan attacked early in the 245-kilometer long stage and went on to capture 12 points for the maglia ciclamino competition. He was joined by KOM leader Diego Pablo Sevilla, Nickolas Zukowski, Jardi Christian van der Lee and Tim Naberman.
A modest breakaway, one of four as Milan dropped back shortly after the intermediate sprint. Sevilla accumulated more points for the blue jersey, but this lead would later on be jeopardized by Jonas Vingegaard.
The gap was stable throughout most of the day, but began coming down dramatically as the riders approached the final 13-kilometer long climb. Team Visma | Lease a Bike then took control of the stage, looking to set up an attack.
Jonas Vingegaard attacks Blockhaus
The writing was on the wall, with Davide Piganzoli and Sepp Kuss providing a perfect launchpad for the Dane. The group was thinned down to around a dozen rider before Vingegaard attacked with 7 kilometers to go. Right before, the last survivors of the front group had been caught; whilst the likes of Egan Bernal and Enric Mas were struggling.
Afonso Eulálio would be dropped right before the attack, one which only Giulio Pellizzari was able to follow, whilst Felix Gall was close behind. Pellizzari went above what he could however, and with just over 5 kilometers to go the Italian completely cracked; not being able to follow the Austrian Gall afterwards.
The gap between the front two did not expand throughout the last kilometers and remained rather stable. Vingegaard rode to the stage win with only a little over 10 seconds over Felix Gall. Jai Hindley finished third in the stage, being the fastest in a sprint against Pellizzari himself and also Ben O'Connor who surprised on the final ascent.
Eulálio crossed the finish around 3 minutes behind, losing half of his lead to the Dane, but maintaining his pink jersey.
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- If you go watch some races from last season other riders that have never caught Jonas...are now catching him. Some are just riding away from him and he can't hold the wheelmd197514-11-2026
- He just doesn't have the desire anymore. I read an article earlier today that said he almost retired last year. His reasoning was he is away from home to much. Visma was able to keep him riding by allowing him to skip certain camps. So, while currently Visma is doing altitude work...Jonas is at home. Which means 2 things. 1- He maybe fresher than other riders. But, not the condition. 2-Is a somewhat slap in the face to others on the team that are supposed to help him win. Yet feel like he hasn't done what they have so perhaps they don't provide as good of protection or they ride more for theme (which the team may not notice).md197514-11-2026
- Roglic could not have won anyway, after Jonas followed him when Roglic decided it was his turn for a stage win. Jonas had already attacked Kuss twice, so it was Jonas who was within seconds of taking the lead before Kuss was 'gifted' the win. It felt a bit like Roglic was being thrown under the bus when the team made his unhappiness public.Hills3314-11-2026
- POG1, another nice doc about our favourite, I watched most of it with a big smile on my face (except for the bits about his crashes 😢 obvs!).Lozza14-11-2026
- Martinez had a good year! 5th at the Tour was a great result for him, albeit largely through getting in successful breaks, but he held it better than Pidcock who’d done the same.Lozza14-11-2026
- guess what Valgren, you're 34, and no you're not good enough. sorry to say.mij14-11-2026
- I'm a sepp fan and like to think he earned that LOL, indulge me : ) I think Jonas was fine. Roglic did not want to concede to Sepp. and I don't think you ever attack your own teammate in the leaders jersey if he is holding his own, which Sepp just about was.mij14-11-2026
- enough time? he's 24 years old. He's won 10 races over the last 2 years and some are significant. I won't argue about his attitude being good - it needs to improve. But with some coaching and mentorship he has a lot of winning ahead of him and has plenty of time to win a GT. I don't think he will ever beat Tadej, but everyone else is fair game Look at Mas and Valverde - they were 31 and 29, respectively, when they won the Vuelta.mij14-11-2026
- Pogacar has a fine head on his shoulders.Careful investments and a couple of coffee shops sounds like a wonderful way to chill after an intense career.Stay healthy GOAT.
Brucegel14-11-2026 - I live in Maribor.PogiSloFans14-11-2026
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