Jonas Vingegaard won stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia from Aosta to Pila, taking the pink leader’s jersey for the first time. He attacked with less than 5 km remaining on the 133 km Alpine ride and proved too strong for rivals on the final climb with 20 hairpins. Visma-Lease a Bike teammates controlled the race and set him up for the decisive move. Felix Gall finished second, 49 seconds behind, while Jai Hindley took third. Afonso Eulalio, who had held the pink jersey since stage five, lost time and dropped to second overall, 2 minutes 26 seconds behind. The peloton was managed while a large breakaway formed early on the climb to Saint-Barthelemy.
"Jonas Vingegaard took the Giro d'Italia leader's pink jersey for the first time after completing a hat-trick of stage wins, the race favourite soloed to the summit to take stage 14, 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 and, aiming to become the eighth rider to win all three Grand Tours, attacked with less than 5km left of the gruelling 133km ride from Aosta to Pila."
"Today we made a plan from the start with the team, and we wanted to control the race, and that's what my teammates did, Vingegaard said. It was really impressive how they rode, and I'm so proud of my teammates, and I'm proud that I can pay them back, it's a super nice win. Jonas Vingegaard crosses the finish line at Pila. Photograph: Gian Mattia d'Alberto/LaPresse/AP"
"The Dane's Visma-Lease a Bike teammates did all the work to set him up for the win on the final climb to Pila consisting of 20 hairpins, where the race leader Afonso Eulalio and many others struggled. Portugal's Eulalio, who had hung on to the pink jersey since taking the overall lead on stage five, trailed in almost three minutes behind Vingegaard, and dropped to second place, 2min 26secoff the leader."
"The riders were climbing from the off and a large breakaway group formed on the ascent of Saint-Barthelemy, while Visma controlled the peloton. Visma's Tim Rex put in a stellar shift to drag the bunch along, grimacing in pain as they neared the top of Lin"
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