{"id":707317,"date":"2026-06-01T07:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707317\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:07:17","slug":"eulalio-all-but-secures-maglia-bianca-after-final-mountain-stage-of-the-giro-ditalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707317\/","title":{"rendered":"Eul\u00e1lio All But Secures Maglia Bianca After Final Mountain Stage of the Giro d\u2019Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Afonso Eul\u00e1lio has all but secured the Maglia Bianca at the Giro d\u2019Italia after defending his lead in the young rider classification on Stage 20, the final mountain stage of the race.<\/p>\n

The 200km stage from Gemona del Friuli to Piancavallo was the last major test before tomorrow\u2019s final stage in Rome. The route included the Clauzetto climb before the race reached Piancavallo twice, with the final ascent coming after almost three weeks of racing.<\/p>\n

For Bahrain Victorious, the priority was clear: protect Eul\u00e1lio\u2019s lead in the young rider classification and bring the white jersey through the final mountain stage. Davide Piganzoli remained the closest threat, but Eul\u00e1lio responded with another strong ride under pressure and kept control of the Maglia Bianca before the final day.<\/p>\n

\"\"Giro d\u2019Italia 2026 \u2013 109th Edition \u2013 20th Stage Gemona del Friuli \u2013 Piancavallo 200km \u2013 30\/05\/2026 \u2013 Afonso Oliveira Eulalio (POR \u2013 Bahrain Victorious) \u2013 photo Luca Bettini\/SprintCyclingAgency\u00a92026<\/p>\n

The stage was won by Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who attacked on the final climb and took a solo victory ahead of Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) and Jai Hindley (Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe). Behind, the GC riders split again on the final ascent, but Eul\u00e1lio limited his losses and defended his lead in the young rider classification.<\/p>\n

After Stage 20, Eul\u00e1lio leads the Maglia Bianca standings and sits sixth overall. Damiano Caruso also remains inside the top ten in ninth, giving Bahrain Victorious two riders in the top ten ahead of the final stage in Rome.<\/p>\n

For Eul\u00e1lio, the result comes at the end of a Giro in which he showed consistency across all three weeks. After wearing the Maglia Rosa earlier in the race, he continued to defend the young rider classification through the hardest mountain stages and has now all but secured the Maglia Bianca heading into the final stage.<\/p>\n

\"\"Giro d\u2019Italia 2026 \u2013 109th Edition \u2013 20th Stage Gemona del Friuli \u2013 Piancavallo 200km \u2013 30\/05\/2026 \u2013 Afonso Oliveira Eulalio (POR \u2013 Bahrain Victorious) \u2013 photo Roberto Bettini\/SprintCyclingAgency\u00a92026<\/p>\n

Afonso Eul\u00e1lio said:<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was another hard day, with long climbs again in the final. After yesterday\u2019s stage, I was not feeling at my best mentally, because it had been such a hard day, but the team and all the staff did an amazing job. They motivated me, they believed in me, and in the end we kept fighting to bring home the Maglia Bianca.<\/p>\n

To finish this Giro with the white jersey, and with both me and Damiano in the top ten overall, is something I will never forget. This Giro will stay in my head forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sports Director Franco Pellizotti said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an amazing day for us. Stage 20 was difficult because Piganzoli was close, but Afonso did another amazing day. We arrive in Rome with this white jersey, and I\u2019m very proud \u2014 not only about the jersey, but about the whole Giro.<\/p>\n

We had Alec\u2019s stage victory, two riders in the top ten on GC, nine days in the pink jersey, and now the white jersey. I would say it\u2019s a dream, especially after the start we had, losing Santi early in the race. Nobody knew what this Giro could become for us, but the guys worked a lot, and the commitment from everyone was incredible. I want to say thanks to all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Giro d\u2019Italia 2026 \u2013 109th Edition \u2013 20th Stage Gemona del Friuli \u2013 Piancavallo 200km \u2013 30\/05\/2026 \u2013 Afonso Oliveira Eulalio (POR \u2013 Bahrain Victorious) \u2013 photo Luca Bettini\/SprintCyclingAgency\u00a92026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Afonso Eul\u00e1lio has all but secured the Maglia Bianca at the Giro d\u2019Italia after defending his lead in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-707317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}