The 2026 Giro d'Italia was the 109th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 8 May in Nesebar, Bulgaria, and finished on 31 May in Rome.

The race was won by Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard of for the first time, becoming the eighth rider to win all three Grand Tours and the first to do so since Chris Froome in 2018. Vingegaard took the lead on stage 14, before slowly extending his lead to nearly five and a half minutes. Vingegaard won 5 stages, 4 of them in the mountains.

Second overall was Austrian rider Felix Gall of , with Australian rider Jai Hindley of third overall. In the other classifications, French rider Paul Magnier of won the points classification, Italian rider Giulio Ciccone of won the mountains classification, Portuguese rider Afonso Eulálio of won the young rider classification and Italian rider Manuele Tarozzi of won the sprints classification. The combativity award was won by Italian rider Damiano Caruso of and the team classification was won by .

The race was followed by the 2026 edition of the Giro d'Italia Women, which had moved position in the calendar so not to clash with the men's Tour de France.

Teams and cyclists

Twenty-three teams participated in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by five UCI ProTeams.

Jonas Vingegaard () was considered to be the overall favourite to win the pink jersey. Other contenders for the podium and general classification included Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari (), Egan Bernal (), and Adam Yates ().

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

Route and stages The official route was announced on 1 December 2025, with the first three stages taking place in Bulgaria, and stage 16 taking place wholly in Switzerland.

+Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 8 May Nesebar (Bulgaria) to Burgas (Bulgaria) Flat stage 2 9 May Burgas (Bulgaria) to Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) Hilly stage 3 10 May Plovdiv (Bulgaria) to Sofia (Bulgaria) Flat stage 11 MayRest day 4 12 May Catanzaro to Cosenza Flat stage 5 13 May Praia a Mare to Potenza Hilly stage 6 14 May Paestum to Naples Flat stage 7 15 May Formia to Blockhaus Mountain stage 8 16 May Chieti to Fermo Hilly stage 9 17 May Cervia to Hilly stage 18 MayRest day 10 19 May Viareggio to Massa Individual time trial 11 20 May Porcari to Chiavari Hilly stage 12 21 May Imperia to Novi Ligure Flat stage 13 22 May Alessandria to Verbania Hilly stage 14 23 May Aosta to Pila Mountain stage 15 24 May Voghera to Milan Flat stage 25 MayRest day 16 26 May Bellinzona (Switzerland) to Carì (Switzerland) Mountain stage 17 27 May Cassano d'Adda to Andalo Hilly stage 18 28 May Fai della Paganella to Pieve di Soligo Flat stage 19 29 May Feltre to Alleghe Mountain stage 20 30 May Gemona del Friuli to Piancavallo Mountain stage 21 31 May Rome to Rome Flat stage Total

Classification leadership

+ Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification General Super Team Intermediate sprint classification Red Bull KM classification Combativity award Breakaway classification 1 Paul Magnier Paul Magnier Paul Magnier Diego Pablo Sevilla Paul Magnier Manuele Tarozzi Manuele Tarozzi Manuele Tarozzi Manuele Tarozzi 2 Guillermo Thomas Silva Guillermo Thomas Silva Guillermo Thomas Silva Diego Pablo Sevilla Egan Bernal Jonas Vingegaard Diego Pablo Sevilla 3 Paul Magnier Manuele Tarozzi Diego Pablo Sevilla 4 Jhonatan Narváez Giulio Ciccone Jan Christen Jan Christen 5 Igor Arrieta Afonso Eulálio Afonso Eulálio Manuele Tarozzi Igor Arrieta 6 Davide Ballerini Alec Segaert 7 Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard Jonathan Milan 8 Jhonatan Narváez Mikkel Bjerg 9 Jonas Vingegaard Giulio Ciccone 10 Filippo Ganna not awarded 11 Jhonatan Narváez Enric Mas 12 Alec Segaert Afonso Eulálio Alec Segaert 13 Alberto Bettiol Alberto Bettiol 14 Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard Jhonatan Narváez Davide Piganzoli 15 Fredrik Dversnes Paul Magnier Manuele Tarozzi Mattia Bais 16 Jonas Vingegaard Giulio Ciccone 17 Michael Valgren Jhonatan Narváez Einer Rubio Damiano Caruso 18 Paul Magnier Paul Magnier Afonso Eulálio 19 Sepp Kuss Giulio Ciccone Giulio Ciccone 20 Jonas Vingegaard Igor Arrieta Egan Bernal 21 Jonathan Milan Filippo Ganna Final Afonso Eulálio Visma–Lease a Bike Diego Pablo Sevilla

Classification standings

Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 83h 22' 51" 2 + 5' 22" 3 + 6' 25" 4 + 7' 02" 5 + 7' 56" 6 + 9' 39" 7 + 10' 13" 8 + 10' 52" 9 + 11' 24" 10 + 12' 54"

Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 200 2 153 3 99 4 87 5 81 6 75 7 74 8 69 9 67 10 66

Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 277 2 266 3 164 4 124 5 108 6 65 7 63 8 55 9 54 10 40

Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 83h 32' 30" 2 + 1' 13" 3 + 5' 33" 4 + 24' 47" 5 + 46' 11" 6 + 48' 37" 7 + 1h 04' 00" 8 + 1h 13' 18" 9 + 1h 29' 24" 10 + 1h 44' 42"

Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 250h 42' 41" 2 + 40' 07" 3 + 48' 27" 4 + 1h 04' 27" 5 + 1h 24' 59" 6 + 1h 56' 18" 7 + 2h 13' 32" 8 + 3h 03' 21" 9 + 3h 05' 08" 10 + 3h 23' 49"

Intermediate sprint classification + Final intermediate sprint classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 66 2 56 3 48 4 29 5 28 6 23 7 20 8 20 9 19 10 19

Red Bull KM classification + Final Red Bull KM classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 53 2 39 3 31 4 30 5 23 6 22 7 20 8 18 9 16 10 16

Breakaway classification + Final breakaway classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Kilometers 1 753 2 628 3 554 4 404 5 403 6 350 7 347 8 329 9 310 10 276

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