Jonas Vingegaard has won stage 16 of the Giro d’ltalia, established his dominance with the most convincing victory of his race yet. His team had softened up the peloton on the mountainous day in Switzerland, with former race leader Afonso Eulalio dropping early in the final climb to Cari, before the Dane launched his move with 6.6km to go. Only Felix Gall could briefly follow, before giving up his chase. By the finish, Vingegaard had put over a minute into his challengers. With five stages to go, Vingegaard has a bigger margin over second place than every edition of the Giro in the last 10 years, aside from Pogacar’s win in 2024. Gall moving into second, Arensman now in third place, and Hindley into fourth, while Eulalio is in fifth. Canadian Derek Gee-West is in sixth. “They showed again who is in charge again, as a team. He’s just doing his thing.” -Felix Gall “I take it day by day. Now, I have four stages and we will see what we’ll do for the rest of the week.” -Jo...
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