2026 Giro d’Italia
Gall beaten only by Vingegaard on Stage 14!
On the toughest stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia so far, Felix Gall impressively confirmed his status as a top rider! The East Tyrolean only had to let favorite Jonas Vingegaard pull away shortly before the end of Stage 14 and ultimately finished 49 seconds behind in second place …
While the Dane took the lead in the general classification with his stage victory, Gall moved up from 4th to 3rd place after the 133-kilometer ride through the Aosta Valley. He is now 2:50 minutes behind Vingegaard and 24 seconds behind the previous overall leader, Afonso Eulalio.
On a stage that was largely uneventful and hot—with temperatures around 30 degrees—Visma rider Vingegaard launched the decisive attack 4.5 kilometers from the finish, clearly signaling that, after the Tour de France and the Vuelta, he now wants to win his third Grand Tour. Gall couldn’t keep up. “I hoped to stay on his wheel, but then I felt I shouldn’t try. That would have been too risky,” the East Tyrolean explained to Eurosport. The 28-year-old from Decathlon remained calm, however, focused on his pace, and thus kept Australian Jai Hindley (Red Bull), among others, at a distance of nine seconds.
“I had to suffer a lot”
“Ihad to suffer a lot, but I still made up time,”Gall said after the stage, which featured more than 4,350 meters of climbing. With his third second-place finish in this Giro—always behind Vingegaard—he moved closer again to his podium goal in the general classification. Anything else is unthinkable for him. “There’s no point in speculating about beating Jonas,” Gall stated. The goal is clearly a top-three finish. “That’s the goal for these three weeks.” He pushed Dutch rider Thymen Arensman down to fourth place (+3:03).
To conclude the second week of the Giro, Sunday will feature the flattest stage of this 109th edition. The 15th stage, covering 157 kilometers from Voghera to Milan, winds through Lombardy and ends on a fast circuit. Everything points to a bunch sprint.
The results of Stage 14:
1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma 3:53:01 hrs.
2. Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon +0:49 min.
3. Jai Hindley (AUS) Red Bull-Bora +0:58
Also:
18. Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Decathlon +2:55
61. Tobias Bayer (AUT) Alpecin +29:40
The standings in the general classification:
1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma 56:08:41 hrs.
2. Afonso Eulalio (POR) +2:26 min.
3. Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon +2:50
Also:
19. Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Decathlon +12:56
58. Tobias Bayer (AUT) Alpecin +2:21:57 hrs.
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