Vingegaard completes Grand Tour set with victory at the Giro d'Italia

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 31, 2026 · 566 words

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Vingegaard completes Grand Tour set with victory at the Giro d'Italia Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard won the 2026 Giro d'Italia on Sunday to become only the eighth male rider in history to win all three Grand Tours, having also won the Tour de France twice before…

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What happened

Why it matters

Jonas Vingegaard sealed his Giro d'Italia triumph on Sunday, riding into Rome in pink on the final stage won by home hero Jonathan Milan, and becoming the only active rider to have claimed all three Grand Tours.

Common ground

Dane Vingegaard rolled into the Italian capital to add the Giro to a pair of Tour de France titles in 2022 and 2023 and the Vuelta a Espana from 2025, the triple crown of road cycling's three-week showpieces.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 22 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “French rookie Paul Magnier won the sprint points jersey due to his three stage wins”

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Claim 2: “finished the Giro 47 points behind Magnier”

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Claim 3: “the Vuelta a Espana from 2025”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and Cyclingnews, confirm Vingegaard won the 2025 Vuelta a España.

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web search NEUTRAL — Despite this, Vingegaard returned for the Tour de France, winning a stage and finishing second overall behind Tadej Pogačar. In 2025, Vingegaard finished second in the Tour again, and first in the Vue…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Vingegaard

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web search NEUTRAL — Vuelta 2025 Jonas Vingegaard won the 80th edition of the Vuelta a España, while João Almeida and Tom Pidcock completed the final podium.The 2025 Vuelta started on Saturday, 23 August, in Turin and fin…
https://www.cyclingstage.com/vuelta-2025-route/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jonas Vingegaard won the 2025 Vuelta a España (Image credit: Shutterstock).In 2025, the Vuelta started in Piemonte, Italy, with three stages, including a mountain finish at Limone Piemonte on stage 2.…
https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/races/vuelta-a-espan…

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Claim 4: “become only the eighth male rider in history to win all three Grand Tours”

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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, Cycling Weekly, AFP) confirm that Vingegaard became the eighth male rider to win all three Grand Tours following his 2026 Giro victory.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Giro d'Italia was the 109th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 8 May in Nessebar, Bulgaria and finished on 31 May in Rome. The race …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Giro_d'Italia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonas Vingegaard Hansen (Danish: [ˈjoːnæs ˈʋe̝ŋəˌkɒːˀ ˈhænˀsn̩]; né Rasmussen; born 10 December 1996) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist. He rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Vingegaard

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Giro d'Italia is an annual road bicycle race held in May. Established in 1909 by newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Giro is one of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; along with the Tour de France …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Giro_d'Italia_general_…

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Claim 5: “a gap of five minutes and 22 seconds over Austrian Felix Gall in second”

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Claim 6: “The Visma–Lease a Bike rider Vingegaard”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that Jonas Vingegaard rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.

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Claim 7: “The 29-year-old”

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Claim 8: “having also won the Tour de France twice before his triumph at the Vuelta a Espana last year”

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Web search results and Wikipedia confirm Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, and won the Vuelta a España in 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Tour de France was the 110th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 23 July. Defending champion Jona…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Tour_de_France

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tour_de_France_general…

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Claim 9: “Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard won the 2026 Giro d'Italia on Sunday”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the 2026 Giro d'Italia was won by Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard. This is further corroborated by web search results from YouTube and other news sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Giro d'Italia is the 109th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Nessebar on 8 May, and stage 11 occurred on 20 May with a stage to Chiavari. The race …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Giro_d'Italia,_Stage_1_to…

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Claim 10: “add the Giro to a pair of Tour de France titles in 2022 and 2023”

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Wikipedia (2023 Tour de France) and multiple web sources confirm Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023.

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web search NEUTRAL — Tours, having won the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Tour de France, the 2025 Vuelta a España and the 2026 Giro d'Italia. Vingegaard, whose youth career initially saw limited success, made his Grand To…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Vingegaard

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web search NEUTRAL — Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, and remains one of the biggest stars in stage racing, although he has been unable to pip Tadej Pogačar to the Tour title since then.Jonas Ving…
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/21-things-you-didnt-know-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023.Elsewhere, Frenchman David Gaudu, who finished fourth on the Tour in 2022, extended his Groupama-FDJ contract by two years until 2027.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20250519-ex-tour-champion-vinge…

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Claim 11: “joining Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Vincenzo Nibali in reaching one of road cycling's hardest goals”

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While the specific evidence block for claim 9 was empty, the general knowledge of cycling history (and the context of the other verified claims regarding the 'eight riders' and 'trilogy') confirms that Hinault, Merckx, and Nibali are among the few to win all three Grand Tours. This is a matter of historical record in cycling.

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Claim 12: “He finishes the Tour with five stage wins”

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Claim 13: “Tadej Pogacar has won the Tour de France four times as well as the Giro, but he has yet to win the Vuelta”

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Multiple sources confirm Tadej Pogačar has won the Tour de France four times and the Giro, but has not won the Vuelta a España.

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web search NEUTRAL — Tadej Pogačar (born 1998-09-21 in Klanec) is a professional road racing cyclist from Slovenia, currently riding for UAE Team Emirates - XRG. His best results are 4 wins in GC Tour de France and 21 sta…
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/tadej-pogacar

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web search NEUTRAL — Pogačar has already won the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, but not yet the Spanish Grand Tour.Tadej Pogacar - 2025 - Tour de France stage 12. Make us your preferred source on Google. Stay close…
https://www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/time-magazine-name…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pogačar has already won the Tour de France four times, and in 2024 he was also the best rider in the Giro d’Italia. The Slovenian has never won the Vuelta, however, and has only taken part once. In 20…
https://www.idlprocycling.com/cycling/is-tadej-pogacar-set-t…

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Claim 14: “becoming the only active rider to have claimed all three Grand Tours”

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AFP and other reports state that by winning the 2026 Giro, Vingegaard became the only active rider to have claimed all three Grand Tours.

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web search NEUTRAL — Vingegaard looks down at his two children, both wearing matching pink jerseys, smiles and kisses the trophy. With his victory, the Dane has become the eighth male rider to win all three Grand Tours, a…
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/im-lost-for-words-jonas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rome (AFP) – Jonas Vingegaard sealed his Giro d'Italia triumph on Sunday, riding into Rome in pink on the final stage won by home hero Jonathan Milan, and becoming the only active rider to have claime…
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20260531-vingegaard-wins-giro-d…

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Claim 15: “final stage won by home hero Jonathan Milan”

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An AFP report and other web results explicitly state that Jonathan Milan won the final stage of the 2026 Giro d'Italia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonathan Milan (born 1 October 2000) is an Italian professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Milan

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Claim 16: “the Grande Boucle, which begins on July 4”

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Claim 17: “wore the overall leader's pink jersey for eight stages”

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Claim 18: “Italin veteran Giulio Ciccone won the mountains classification”

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Claim 19: “Milan, who beat countryman Giovanni Lonardi and Paul Penhoet to the line”

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Claim 20: “Afonso Eulalio of Portugal won the white jersey as best young rider”

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Claim 21: “Australian Jai Hindley was third”

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Claim 22: “the Italian winning his first stage of this year's edition of his home Grand Tour”

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