Vingegaard Attacks Solo at Pila, Seizes Maglia Rosa for First Time

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) claimed his third stage victory of the 2026 Giro d'Italia on Saturday, attacking solo on the Category 1 climb to Pila with 4.5 kilometres remaining and finishing 49 seconds clear of Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) to seize the maglia rosa for the first time in his career. Austrian climber Gall took second on the stage, with Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) completing the podium. The 133-kilometre stage from Aosta packed 4,350 metres of climbing into the Valle d'Aosta. Vingegaard now leads the general classification by 2:26 over Afonso Euálio (Bahrain Victorious), with Gall at 2:50 and Thymen Arensman (Netcompany-Ineos) at 3:03 in fourth.

Sources: Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo

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Calculating, Controlling, Dominant: How Visma Dismantled the Giro Field

Visma-Lease a Bike delivered a near-flawless team performance on stage 14 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia, using their full complement of climbers to dismantle the race's general classification field before Jonas Vingegaard attacked to win solo and take the pink jersey. Sepp Kuss, Davide Piganzoli, Bart Lemmen and Victor Campenaerts each rode themselves into the red on the final ascent to Pila, ensuring no rival could mount a counter-attack. The operation mirrored Visma's Tour de France approach and confirmed Vingegaard's transition from defending a lead to dictating a race. He enters the second rest week on Monday holding a 2:26 advantage over second-placed Afonso Euálio.

Sources: Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly

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Giro Stage 15: Sprinters Race Into Milan With Last Chance Before Rest Day

Stage 15 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia on Sunday presents the final sprint opportunity before the second rest day, with 157 kilometres from Voghera to Milan over flat Lombardy roads. Sprinters Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Rose Rockets), Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) and Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) are the primary favourites, with a four-lap finishing circuit through Milan adding tactical complexity. Milan arrives at the race seeking his first stage win at this Giro after going win-less through his home city. Jonas Vingegaard holds a 2:26 GC lead and is expected to allow his team a passive role while the sprinters contest the finish.

Sources: Cyclingnews, Cyclingnews (Milan)

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Bredewold Wins Stage 3 at Vuelta a Burgos Féminas, Wiebes Keeps Lead

Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 3 of the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas on Saturday, bridging across to a solo move by Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal) and then out-sprinting the Spanish climber in Medina de Pomar to claim her team's second stage victory of the race. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) finished third from the chasing group to retain the overall leader's jersey by four seconds. Bredewold's win demonstrated her growing versatility as she moves from Classics specialist into puncheur terrain. The four-stage Spanish race concludes Sunday with the summit finish at Lagunas de Neila, where Bredewold will be a strong favourite to overturn Wiebes's slender lead.

Sources: Cyclingnews, ProCyclingUK

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Pieterse Wins MTB XCC World Series; Pidcock Denied by Azzaro at Nové Město

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) won the women's UCI Mountain Bike World Series XCC race at Nové Město Na Moravě on Saturday, using her sprint speed to prevail after XCC World Champion Alessandra Keller (Thömus maxon) crashed into the barriers on the penultimate corner. Laura Stigger (Specialized Factory Racing) finished second, with Nicole Koller (Lapierre PXR Racing) third. In the men's race, Mathis Azzaro (Origine Racing Division) beat Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5) to the line in a tactical final straight after the British multi-discipliner had led over the summit on the final lap. Both Pieterse and Pidcock line up for the XCO on Sunday.

Sources: Cyclingnews

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Moschetti Wins Veenendaal Classic Two Weeks After Concussion at Giro

Matteo Moschetti (Pinarello-Q36.5) returned to the winner's podium at the Veenendaal Classic on Saturday, just two weeks after he was forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia on stage 2 following a concussion sustained in a mass crash on the opening stage in Bulgaria. The 29-year-old Italian claimed the 15th win of his career, outsprinting Manuel Penalver (Polti-VisitMalta) and Frits Biesterbos (Picnic PostNL) on the Dutch circuit race's final straight. A late crash took out Alpecin-Premier Tech's Gerben Thijssen from sprint contention, but Pinarello-Q36.5's lead-out kept Moschetti clear of trouble and delivered him to the line in full flight.

Sources: Cyclingnews

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Scaroni Quits Giro with Fever and Throat Infection Before Stage 14

Italian rider Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana) withdrew from the 2026 Giro d'Italia on Friday ahead of stage 14 after contracting acute pharyngotracheitis with fever overnight between stages 13 and 14, the team confirmed. Scaroni, 27, had been in strong form for his XDS Astana team and finished sixth on the summit finish at Blockhaus during the race's first mountain stage. His abandonment is a further blow for the Italian squad, which had lost Davide Ballerini earlier in the race after he fell ill. XDS Astana had previously celebrated stage wins from Thomas Silva, Ballerini and Alberto Bettiol before illness and injury disrupted their Giro.

Sources: CyclingUpToDate, Cyclingnews

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GC Rivals Concede Ground After Pila: “There’s No Point Thinking of Beating Jonas”

General classification contenders at the 2026 Giro d'Italia accepted on Saturday that catching Jonas Vingegaard over the race's remaining mountain stages represents an enormous challenge, following his dominant solo win at Pila. Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), fourth at 3:43, admitted that Vingegaard's margin of superiority makes direct attacks impractical. Felix Gall moved into third overall at 2:50, while young Italian Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) sits sixth in the white jersey, 4:22 down. Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla) struggled on the summit finish and dropped to eighth at 5:22. The Giro continues with a sprint stage on Sunday before Monday's rest day.

Sources: Cyclingnews, Cyclingnews (GC)

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