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Vingegaard Wins Stage 9, Extends Giro Lead

5/18/2026

Summary

Vingegaard Extends Lead

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) won Stage 9 at the Corno alle Scale summit, extending his Giro d'Italia lead.
Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) finished second, moving to third overall, 35 seconds behind Vingegaard.
Vingegaard leads the King of Mountains classification with 111 points, 51 points ahead of Diego Pablo Sevilla.
Visma | Lease a Bike holds the teams lead, 1:44 ahead of Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe, before Tuesday’s 42 km time trial.

Summary

Vingegaard Eyes Triple

Vingegaard said winning the Giro would complete his set of all three Grand Tours, a dream, and marked his 50th victory on the Corno alle Scale.
Visma-Lease a Bike director Marc Reef said the team aims only to win the overall classification, not to dominate.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG manager Joxean Fernández Matxin said the stage-2 crash forced Adam Yates, Marc Soler and Jay Vine to abandon and that the squad will support injured riders.

Summary

Ballerini Leads Break

Seventeen riders have withdrawn from the 2026 Giro d’Italia, fewer than the 25 who quit in 2025.
Stage 9 ran 184 km from Cervia to Corno alle Scale, featuring an 11-km Cat. 3 climb and a 10.8-km first-category ascent at a 5.9 % average gradient.
An eight-rider breakaway with Davide Ballerini, Lorenzo Milesi, Einer Rubio and Sakarias Køller Løland reached a three-minute lead before Decathlon-CMA CGM and Visma-Lease a Bike increased the chase on the final climbs.

History

Historical Context

The Giro d’Italia, created in 1909 by La Gazzetta dello Sport, has become one of cycling’s three Grand Tours. Spanish rider Alberto Contador won the 2008 Giro, a victory that placed him among the few cyclists to have claimed multiple Grand Tour titles. In 2024, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard leads the race, giving him a chance to echo Contador’s rare achievement.

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Vingegaard Extends Lead

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) won Stage 9 at the Corno alle Scale summit, extending his Giro d'Italia lead.
Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) finished second, moving to third overall, 35 seconds behind Vingegaard.
Vingegaard leads the King of Mountains classification with 111 points, 51 points ahead of Diego Pablo Sevilla.
Visma | Lease a Bike holds the teams lead, 1:44 ahead of Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe, before Tuesday’s 42 km time trial.

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