{"id":613782,"date":"2026-05-31T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/613782\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T14:19:15","slug":"giro-ditalia-stage-21-live-the-crowning-of-vingegaard-and-a-final-chance-for-the-sprinters-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/613782\/","title":{"rendered":"Giro d’Italia stage 21 LIVE: The crowning of Vingegaard and a final chance for the sprinters in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refresh <\/p>\n

2026-05-31T14:14:54.643Z
\n120km to go<\/p>\n

About 10km into the day. The jerseys have had a photo together, the riders have been sharing Haribo, Visma-Lease a Bike have had their photo and now it is Decathlon-CMA CGM’s turn. With the ‘NoSecco’ flowing.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T14:11:06.788Z<\/p>\n

Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) wins the Fuga classification. He has been out front of the peloton for 735km. He took it by over 100km on Mattia Bais, his teammate.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:54:17.661Z<\/p>\n

Afonso Eul\u00e1lio also gets his special bike with a gorgeous white Bianchi.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:52:49.195Z<\/p>\n

Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) gets a stunning metallic blue paint job after he wins the mountains classification for the third time in his career…<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:51:29.841Z<\/p>\n

Here is the fresh look for Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) who has had a superb race as well…<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:49:48.462Z<\/p>\n

One non-starter<\/p>\n

Sean Flynn (Picnic-PostNL)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The British rider picked up an infection overnight after making it all the way through and even flying to Rome last night.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:46:45.552Z
\nNeutral start<\/p>\n

The riders roll out of the start with lots of smiles, especially Afonso Eul\u00e1lio (Bahrain Victorious) who has had an absolutely incredible race.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:45:49.438Z<\/p>\n

All the riders in the leader’s jerseys are all decked out in custom kits, bikes, helmets, gloves, socks as well. Jonas Vingegaard’s pink bike is also laced with all of his Grand Tour stage and overall wins on the frame.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:42:57.017Z<\/p>\n

The band is playing at the start as the riders wait to start the very long procession out to the coast and back to the city again.<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:36:55.758Z<\/p>\n

UAE Team Emirates-XRG have shed light on what happened in Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez’s crash and abandon…<\/p>\n

>>> ‘A bus in front of him braked, he didn’t notice, and the impact occurred’ \u2013 UAE shed light on Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez’s Giro d’Italia crash and withdrawal<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"UAE\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)
\n<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:27:39.798Z<\/p>\n

The final lap has plenty of difficulties and will test the riders as they strive to reach the finish. This is actually much more dangerous than the circuit in Milan.<\/p>\n

\n

\"Final\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: RCS Sport)<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:19:25.840Z<\/p>\n

Today’s stage is a flat one but not easy. The final circuit has plenty of twists and turns. The organisers have said that they will not neutralise the race like they did in Milan, though.<\/p>\n

\n

\"Stage\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: RCS Sport)<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:14:06.614Z<\/p>\n

Relive the action from stage 20 before we move towards looking at today’s final stage…<\/p>\n

>>> Giro d’Italia: Jonas Vingegaard soars to fifth victory on stage 21 atop Piancavallo<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"PIANCAVALLO,\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)
\n<\/p>\n

2026-05-31T13:07:02.641Z<\/p>\n

Jerseys:<\/p>\n

Pink – Jonas Vingegaard (TVL)
Purple – Paul Magnier (SOQ)
Blue – Giulio Ciccone (LTK)
White – Afonso Eul\u00e1lio (TBV)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Other competitions:<\/p>\n

Int sprint – Manuele Tarozzi (BCF)
Red Bull KM – Igor Arrieta (UAD)
Fuga – Diego Pablo Sevilla (PTM)
Team – Visma-Lease a Bike (TVL)<\/p>\n

\n

\"PIANCAVALLO,\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Bongiorno and welcome to the 21st and final stage of the men’s Giro d’Italia 2026 as the riders head into Rome. First, some procession, prosecco and photos before some rapid laps around the ‘Eternal City’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2026-05-31T14:14:54.643Z 120km to go About 10km into the day. The jerseys have had a photo together, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-613782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}