Giro d'Italia 2026 stage seven results: Jonas Vingegaard wins Blockhaus summit finish

The pre-race favourite won the stage, but Felix Gall was the surprise of the day, finishing only 13 seconds behind Vingegaard

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As expected Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) won atop the infamous Blockhaus on stage seven of the 2026 Giro d'Italia, but the Dane didn't dominate as much as predicted with Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) finishing only 0:13 back.

Gall didn't respond to Vingegaard's initial attack with 5.5km to go, choosing to stick to his own pacing strategy, which paid off for the Austrian. Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) had tried to stay with Vingegaard, only to crack and lose over a minute in fourth, finishing with his teammate Jai Hindley (third) and Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla) in fifth.

The stage was the longest of this year's race and the attritional nature certainly had an effect with the GC contenders were strewn across the exposed mountainside. Some of the big victims of Davide Piganzoli and Sepp Kuss's pace-setting were Egan Bernal (Netcompany Ineos) and Enric Mas (Movistar).

Race leader Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain-Victorious) rode doggedly, losing 2:55 to stay in the maglia rosa.