Giro d'Italia stage 21 LIVE: The crowning of Vingegaard and a final chance for the sprinters in Rome
The sprinters conclude the race with 131km and eight laps of a Rome circuit
There's been a very good boy on the side of the road as well, doing a great job at keeping up with the Giro peloton...
It was all smiles and bubbles for Visma before they made it to the coast. Now they are working hard to keep Vingegaard safe.
Tim Rex back riding on the front yet again for Visma with Vingegaard slotted safely in the wheels.
Intermediate sprint (Fontana dello Zodiaco)
1. Turconi (BCF) 12pts
2. Maestri (PTM) 8pts
3. Silva (XAT) 5pts
4. Marcellusi (BCF) 3pts
5. Tarozzi (BCF) 1pt
Manuele Tarozzi wins the intermediate sprint classification.
Visma retake control as they head back to the city and the final circuit. They are riding at around 50kph now so much better to possibly close in on the 30 minute delay in schedule they have.
It was actually Filippo Turconi (Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre) protecting the lead of Tarozzi and he did that successfully with the 12 points taken by Turconi.
Attack
Manuele Tarozzi (Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre)
The Italian goes clear to confirm his intermediate sprint classification victory with his just nine points on Mattia Bais (Polti-Visit Malta) and Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) and Bais now attack as well.
Visma-Lease a Bike have started upping the tempo finally. They've gone from 18kph to 60kph at a snap of the fingers, or push of the pedals that is.
The riders are now 30 minutes behind the race schedule.
The average speed so far is just over 25 kph. It is a very very slow pace so far.
It is a very special moment for Vingegaard as he is about to win the Giro and adds the final piece of the Grand Tour puzzle before a certain Slovenian managed it...
Just under 10km to the intermediate sprint in Fontana dello Zodiaco with the peloton starting to up the tempo. Bahrain Victorious getting their photos done realise they need to get a little bit of a wriggle on to get back on.
120km to go
About 10km into the day. The jerseys have had a photo together, the riders have been sharing Haribo, Visma-Lease a Bike have had their photo and now it is Decathlon-CMA CGM's turn. With the 'NoSecco' flowing.
Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) wins the Fuga classification. He has been out front of the peloton for 735km. He took it by over 100km on Mattia Bais, his teammate.
Afonso Eulálio also gets his special bike with a gorgeous white Bianchi.
Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) gets a stunning metallic blue paint job after he wins the mountains classification for the third time in his career...
Here is the fresh look for Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) who has had a superb race as well...
One non-starter
Sean Flynn (Picnic-PostNL)
The British rider picked up an infection overnight after making it all the way through and even flying to Rome last night.
Neutral start
The riders roll out of the start with lots of smiles, especially Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) who has had an absolutely incredible race.
All the riders in the leader's jerseys are all decked out in custom kits, bikes, helmets, gloves, socks as well. Jonas Vingegaard's pink bike is also laced with all of his Grand Tour stage and overall wins on the frame.
The band is playing at the start as the riders wait to start the very long procession out to the coast and back to the city again.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG have shed light on what happened in Jhonatan Narváez's crash and abandon...
The final lap has plenty of difficulties and will test the riders as they strive to reach the finish. This is actually much more dangerous than the circuit in Milan.
Today's stage is a flat one but not easy. The final circuit has plenty of twists and turns. The organisers have said that they will not neutralise the race like they did in Milan, though.
Relive the action from stage 20 before we move towards looking at today's final stage...
>>> Giro d'Italia: Jonas Vingegaard soars to fifth victory on stage 21 atop Piancavallo
Jerseys:
Pink - Jonas Vingegaard (TVL)
Purple - Paul Magnier (SOQ)
Blue - Giulio Ciccone (LTK)
White - Afonso Eulálio (TBV)
Other competitions:
Int sprint - Manuele Tarozzi (BCF)
Red Bull KM - Igor Arrieta (UAD)
Fuga - Diego Pablo Sevilla (PTM)
Team - Visma-Lease a Bike (TVL)
Bongiorno and welcome to the 21st and final stage of the men's Giro d'Italia 2026 as the riders head into Rome. First, some procession, prosecco and photos before some rapid laps around the 'Eternal City'.
