The organiser's site, giroditalia.it, did not come up with 2026 results in our searches, so the results below come from news reports we read and from Wikipedia, which we treat as a secondary source and name wherever we use it. The organiser's own broadcaster list for 2026 was read and is on watching cycling.
Status on 22 October 2026
The 2026 Giro is finished. It ran from 8 to 31 May 2026 over 21 stages, starting in Nesebar, Bulgaria, and finishing in Rome (Wikipedia, secondary).
The four jerseys
The Giro's leader wears pink, the maglia rosa. The points leader wears cyclamen, the maglia ciclamino, which was brought back in 2017; the best climber wears blue, the maglia azzurra; and the best young rider, under 25, wears white, the maglia bianca. These descriptions come from Wikipedia (secondary), because the official Giro page cited in search results returned an error when opened.
2026: Vingegaard wins his first Giro
Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark, Visma-Lease a Bike) won the 2026 Giro in 83h 22' 51" on his first appearance in the race, with five stage wins (Domestique; Wikipedia). Wikipedia places those wins at Blockhaus, Corno alle Scale, Pila, Cari in Switzerland and Piancavallo. We do not give stage numbers, because that Wikipedia page's numbering for the Piancavallo stage clashes with its numbering of the final stage in Rome.
With this win Vingegaard has won all three Grand Tours: the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, the Vuelta a Espana in 2025 and the Giro in 2026, as the results on this site's Grand Tour pages show.
| Place, 2026 | Rider | Team | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) | Visma-Lease a Bike | 83h 22' 51" |
| 2 | Felix Gall (Austria) | Decathlon CMA CGM | 5' 22" |
| 3 | Jai Hindley (Australia) | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 6' 25" |
| 4 | Thymen Arensman | Netcompany INEOS | 7' 02" |
| 5 | Derek Gee-West | Lidl-Trek | 7' 56" |
Places two to five and all the gaps come from Wikipedia and were not confirmed in another source we read.
The 2026 jerseys
| Classification, 2026 | Winner | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Overall (maglia rosa) | Jonas Vingegaard | Domestique; Wikipedia |
| Points (maglia ciclamino) | Paul Magnier (France, Soudal Quick-Step), his first points jersey, with three stage wins | Domestique |
| Mountains (maglia azzurra) | Giulio Ciccone (Italy, Lidl-Trek) | Domestique |
| Young rider (maglia bianca) | Afonso Eulalio (Portugal, Bahrain Victorious), sixth overall, ahead of Davide Piganzoli | Domestique |
| Team | Visma-Lease a Bike | Wikipedia only |
Vingegaard wore the blue mountains jersey through the second week before Ciccone took it back on stage 19 (Domestique, including a search summary of the same outlet). The final stage in Rome on 31 May 2026 was won by Jonathan Milan of Lidl-Trek (Rouleur; Domestique).
The 2026 Giro d'Italia Women started on 30 May, so the two races overlapped on 30 and 31 May (cyclingstage.com); it is on Giro d'Italia Women.
Winners and podiums, 2022 to 2026
| Year | Dates and route | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 to 31 May, Nesebar (Bulgaria) to Rome | Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), 83h 22' 51" | Felix Gall, 5' 22" | Jai Hindley, 6' 25" |
| 2025 | 9 May to 1 June, Durres (Albania) to Rome | Simon Yates (Great Britain, Visma-Lease a Bike), 82h 31' 01" | Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG), 3' 56" | Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), 4' 43" |
| 2024 | 4 to 26 May, Venaria Reale to Rome | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | Daniel Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe), 9' 56" | Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), 10' 24" |
| 2023 | 6 to 28 May, Fossacesia to Rome | Primoz Roglic (Slovenia, Jumbo-Visma), 85h 29' 02" | Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), 14 seconds | Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), 1' 15" |
| 2022 | 6 to 29 May, Budapest (Hungary) to Verona | Jai Hindley (Australia, Bora-Hansgrohe), 86h 31' 14" | Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers), 1' 18" | Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), 3' 24" |
2026 winner from Domestique and Wikipedia, the rest of the 2026 podium from Wikipedia; 2022 to 2025 from Wikipedia (secondary).
Jersey winners, 2022 to 2026
| Year | Points (ciclamino) | Mountains (azzurra) | Young rider (bianca) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) | Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) | Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious) | Visma-Lease a Bike |
| 2025 | Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) | Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) | Isaac del Toro | Not recorded in our research |
| 2024 | Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) | Tadej Pogacar | Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) | Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale |
| 2023 | Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) | Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) | Joao Almeida | Bahrain Victorious |
| 2022 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) | Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) | Bahrain Victorious |
2026 from Domestique (team from Wikipedia); 2022 to 2025 from Wikipedia (secondary).
The rules behind the race
The Giro is one of the three men's Grand Tours. Under UCI Regulations Part 2, Road Races (version on 1 July 2025), a Grand Tour lasts 15 to 23 days including rest days (article 2.6.007), has two rest days spread evenly (article 2.6.012) and starts teams of eight riders (article 2.2.003). Article 2.6.007 also lets an organiser ask, once every four years, for an extra day to start in a territory that is not next door or that needs a long transfer. The research did not record whether the 2026 start in Bulgaria used that provision, so we make no claim about it. More on how stage races are scored is on stage races and jerseys.
Sources
- Domestique, final classifications of the 2026 Giro d'Italia (2026)
- Rouleur, Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 21 results (2026)
- Wikipedia, 2026 Giro d'Italia (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2025 Giro d'Italia (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2024 Giro d'Italia (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2023 Giro d'Italia (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2022 Giro d'Italia (secondary)
- Wikipedia, List of Giro d'Italia classification winners (secondary)
- cyclingstage.com, Giro d'Italia Women 2026
- Giro d'Italia (organiser), Giro d'Italia 2026: where to watch it on TV
- UCI Cycling Regulations Part 2, Road Races (version on 1 July 2025)