Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard took the overall leader's pink jersey as he rode away from the rest of the favourites on the final climb to win a mountainous stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia.
The two-time Tour de France winner claimed his third stage win of the 2026 edition with a superb late attack on the brutal 133km stage through the mountains to Pila.
His Visma-Lease a Bike team led the peloton from the beginning of the last, toughest climb - a 16.6km drag to the finish line - and gradually reeled in a breakaway group.
Vingegaard's team-mate Davide Piganzoli led him to the front and from there he made his move to secure the pink jersey for the first time.
Overnight leader Afonso Eulalio - who had led since stage five - slipped to second overall, nearly two and a half minutes behind.
"Today we made a plan from the start with the team, and we wanted to control the race, and that's what my team-mates did," Vingegaard said.
"It was really impressive how they rode, and I'm so proud of my team-mates, and I'm proud that I can pay them back - it's a super nice win."
Vingegaard, racing in the Giro for the first time, is aiming to become just the eighth rider to win all three Grand Tours.
He finished 49 seconds ahead of Austrian Felix Gall in second, with former winner Jai Hindley of Australia third on Saturday.
Giro d'Italia stage 14 results
Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) 3 hrs 53mins 1secs
Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +49 secs
Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +58 secs
Davide Piganzoli (Ita/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 3secs
Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) same time
Thymen Arensman (Ned/Netcompany Ineos Cycling) +1min 23secs
Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling) +1 min 35secs
Wout Poels (Ned/Unibet Rose Rockets) +2mins 8secs
Jan Hirt (Cze/NSN Cycling Team) same time
Egan Bernal (Col/Netcompany Ineos Cycling)
Giro d'Italia general classification results after stage 14
Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) 56hrs 8mins 41 secs
Afonso Eulalio (Por/Bahrain-Victorious) +2mins 26 secs
Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +2mins 50secs
Thymen Arensman (Ned/Netcompany Ineos Cycling) +3mins 3secs
Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3mins 43secs
Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +4mins 22secs
Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling) +4mins 46secs
Ben O'Connor (Aus/Jayco-AlUla) +5mins 22secs
Derek Gee-West (Can/Lidl-Trek) +5mins 41secs
Davide Piganzoli (Ita/Visma-Lease a Bike) +6min 13secs
