Cycling-Vingegaard in the pink after third Giro stage win

The ‌Visma-Lease a Bike rider, already successful on the summit finishes on stages seven and nine, attacked with less than ⁠5 ​km left ⁠of the gruelling 133-km ride from Aosta to Pila, and ⁠now looks set to win the Giro at his ​first attempt. Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) was second, ⁠49 seconds behind, with Australian former winner Jai Hindley ⁠taking ​third.

Denmark's ​Jonas Vingegaard took the ​Giro d'Italia leader's ‌pink ​jersey for the first time after completing a hat-trick of ‌stage wins, as the race favourite soloed to the summit to take stage 14 on Saturday, proving ‌too strong for his rivals in the Alps. The ‌Visma-Lease a Bike rider, already successful on the summit finishes on stages seven and nine, attacked with less than ⁠5 ​km left ⁠of the gruelling 133-km ride from Aosta to Pila, and ⁠now looks set to win the Giro at his ​first attempt.

Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) was second, ⁠49 seconds behind, with Australian former winner Jai Hindley ⁠taking ​third. Portugal's Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious), who had hung onto the pink jersey since taking the overall ⁠lead after stage five, trailed in almost three minutes ⁠behind ⁠Vingegaard, and drops to second place, 2 minutes 26 seconds off the new ‌leader.