Milan triumphs in Rome as Jonas Vingegaard completes Grand Tour collection – Giro d’Italia

Jonas Vingegaard completed his Giro d’Italia triumph on Sunday, securing the first part of a coveted Grand Tour double in a procession finale around Rome won by home hero Jonathan Milan. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider is just the eighth man to win the Giro, Tour de France and Vuelta a España in his career and rolled into the Italian capital needing just to complete the flat final stage to claim overall victory and the triple crown of road cycling’s three-week showpieces.

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Agony for Arsenal as PSG win Champions League on penalties

Gabriel Magalhaes skied the decisive spot-kick as Arsenal were denied a first Champions League triumph in a penalty shootout defeat by Paris St-Germain, who won the competition for a second successive year. Mikel Arteta’s side lifted the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years last weekend, but missed out on a league and European double in the most heartbreaking of fashions in a hot and humid Puskas Arena.

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Vingegaard powers to fifth victory on Piancavallo – Giro d’Italia

Overall leader Jonas Vingegaard launched an attack during the tough final climb to clinch victory in Saturday’s stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia. It ensures the 29-year-old from Denmark will win the race as long as he safely finishes Sunday’s final stage in Rome and become just the eighth man to complete the triple crown of road cycling’s three-week showpieces. The two-time Tour de France winner, who also won last year’s Vuelta a Espana, is making his first appearance in the Giro and has won five stages of the race.

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Sepp Kuss triumphs on queen stage to complete trilogy – Giro d’Italia

Teammates Sepp Kuss and Jonas Vingegaard dominated the high mountains for Visma-Lease a Bike on Friday as the former claimed a historic solo victory on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia, and the latter firmly defended his overall lead. By winning the brutal mountain stage atop Piani di Pezzè in the Dolomites, Kuss became the 116th rider to complete the Grand Tour stage victory trilogy, with the American adding an Italian success to wins at the Tour de France in 2021 and the Vuelta a España in 2019 and 2023.

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Magnier completes hat-trick with thrilling sprint win on stage 18 – Giro d’Italia

Frenchman Paul Magnier won stage 18 after a bunch sprint to seal a hat-trick of victories at this year’s Giro d’Italia. Soudal–Quick-Step rider Magnier beat Italians Edoardo Zambanini and Jonathan Milan to the line in Pieve di Soligo on Thursday to reclaim the points jersey from Ecuador’s Jhonatan Narvaez. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard holds the overall leader’s pink jersey, with Austrian Felix Gall and Dutchman Thymen Arensman his closest challengers.

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