As the important commemoration approaches, 80 years since the Referendum of June 2nd, the victory of the Republic over the Monarchy, perhaps when talking about the Giro it will be appropriate to limit references to the King. That the pink race has an absolute Sovereign, no one can deny anymore, a chronicle of an announced throne, even though Jonas Vingegaard didn't know that Frederick X, King of Denmark, turned 58 years old just yesterday.

For the Scandinavian champion, yesterday's performance was "the best of this edition" (Gazzetta), while the Corriere from the headline emphasizes Pellizzari's confusion in a far from "rosy" picture for Italian cycling. Marco Bonarrigo, quite clearly, points out the "Italian disaster: never in 109 editions has the best Italian been eighth at 7'57" from the leader after 16 stages". Meditate, people, meditate.

On the same note, Maurizio Fondriest also plays in the beautiful and extensive interview given to La Stampa, after drawing a parallel between Pogacar's victory in 2024 and Vingegaard's announced victory today. In Il Giornale, Pier Augusto Stagi adds a point: "since the beginning of the year, all the mountain finishes contested by the Dane, he has won them all. If there's no Taddeo, Vingegaard switches to Pogacar mode and no one can stay on his wheel". Some correspondents in Switzerland prefer to take it lightly, evoking (Repubblica) the same refrain already heard at Blockhaus, Corno alle Scale and Pila: maestro Jonas is conducting. Thomas Perotto from l'Equipe remembered the song "Gente di Mare" blaring from the speakers as the pink jersey reached the press room. The Danish rock star performs solos with seasoned expertise: "Vingegaard dominating the race in sporting terms and leaving only relative suspense with five stages to the finish".

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT
THE LORD OF THE GIRO
VINGEGAARD'S CRY: "I WANTED TO HONOR THE PINK JERSEY"
When they asked him if perhaps the dedication of his success was for Frederick X, the King of Denmark who turned 57 years old just yesterday, Jonas Vingegaard had to admit: "I didn't know". The royal house of the country – we are sure – will forgive him because at this moment one of the most famous subjects has quite other thoughts: he is dominating the Giro d'Italia and had just given yet another proof of it, also taking the mountain finish at Carì (Switzerland), stage 16, with the best performance of this edition. (Ciro Scognamiglio)

CORRIERE DELLA SERA
VINGO MASTER OF THE GIRO, MAKES THE VOID EFFORTLESSLY: PELLIZZARI'S CONFUSION
One should tell the fourth solitary victory of the Vingegaard phenomenon, who left without even rising from the saddle at six thousand six hundred meters from the summit of the Swiss mountain of Carì, continuing with the engine at half power until the Swiss finish. One should add that Vingo (in fact already king of the mountain) now has 4'03" advantage over Austrian Gall, 2nd, 4'27" over Dutchman Arensman, 3rd, and 5' over former Australian winner Hindley: they will be the ones to fight for the podium. It should be noted that Portuguese Eulalio, 5th, while struggling, maintains the white jersey with 2'17" margin over Davide Piganzoli who, after launching captain Vingo uphill, still had energy to bother the pursuers. (Marco Bonarrigo)

REPUBBLICA
VINGEGAARD ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGN, PELLIZZARI COLLAPSES
On the Alpe d'Huez of the Ticino Canton, the same music sounds as at Blockhaus, Corno alle Scale and Pila. First and second are always Jonas Vingegaard and Felix Gall. Only the gap varies: this time it's 1'09", and it has also been growing in the four mountain finishes of the Giro. The novelty of Carì for Vingegaard is the victory in the pink jersey: attack at -6.6 km from the finish and goodbye. Boring? Pogacar is too, after all. (Cosimo Cito)

LA STAMPA
MAURIZIO FONDRIEST: "VINGEGAARD HAS CLOSED THE GIRO BUT THE OPPONENTS WERE MISSING"
"In Switzerland Vingegaard put a full stop on the Giro. With the victory, he now has a four-minute advantage over second place". Maurizio Fondriest, 61-year-old from Trentino, a World Championship and a Milan-Sanremo in his trophy case, today will be the host (with Mediolanum) of the caravan arriving in Andalo. The difference between Vingegaard's Race and Pogacar's in 2024? "In the year Tadej won, his supremacy was clear. He dominated from the first week and won six stages. Superior to everyone. Vingegaard, on the other hand, didn't arrive here in his best condition. So far he has taken four stages, he still has two available. The opponents, both in the case of the Dane and the Slovenian, didn't make the difference. Tadej and Jonas, the two champions, were on par only for one year. Then Pogacar changed pace, he's the strongest. We'll see them both at the Tour, the terrain where they will clash". (Daniela Cotto)

IL GIORNALE
VINGEGAARD SCORES FOUR IN A ROW UPHILL AND PUTS HIS HANDS ON THE GIRO
Another mountain finish, same winner. The landscapes change, the country changes too – since we're in Switzerland – but Jonas Vingegaard doesn't change habits: he's here to win and he wins. Since the beginning of the year, all the mountain finishes contested by the Dane, he has won them all. If there's no Taddeo, Vingegaard switches to Pogacar mode and no one can stay on his wheel.
This time he gets out of the way earlier, no hesitation: at six kilometers and six from the summit, he opens the throttle and end of transmissions: he's gone. Too superior. The others? All there passionately, in a race for placement, on the edge of meters and on the edge of seconds. "In this Giro I feel I've grown a lot, it's important news on the road to the Tour", smiles the Dane who unknowingly pays homage to his king, Frederick X, 58 years old yesterday: "I didn't know, happy birthday", admits the king of the race. (Pier Augusto Stagi)

L'EQUIPE
LIVELY TICINO
The scene bordered on the absurd, to the notes of the excellent song "Gente di Mare" by Umberto Tozzi and Raf: the pink jersey, lost in the middle of an enormous celebration under a large tent, made his way through a frenzied crowd, glasses flying everywhere, accordions scattered about, improbable remixes, elegant clothes and an audience completely surprised to see the Giro leader appear suddenly in their midst.
Jonas Vingegaard passed through there heading to the small press room hidden near a bar. This made him smile, but fortunately he was escorted by two security guards who opened the way for him both coming and going. A Danish rock star at the Giro d'Italia, in a charming Swiss town, the sixteenth stage gave life to a beautiful story in a Giro that is lived more than it is told, with Vingegaard dominating the race in sporting terms and leaving only relative suspense with five stages to the finish. (Thomas Perotto)

TUTTOSPORT
VINGEGAARD SCORES FOUR. AND NOW CHALLENGES POGACAR
Visma-Lease a Bike is not a team, but rather a war machine. Yesterday the "yellow furies" piloted captain Jonas Vingegaard, triumphant at 1644 meters of Carì with 1'09" over Felix Gall.
With the athletic gesture in the stage in Ticino Canton, the 29-year-old Dane has definitively put the Giro d'Italia victory on ice.
In the Visma jersey also shines Lombard Davide Piganzoli, 6th at the finish at 1'34" from the captain in the pink jersey. Now Piganzoli is 8th in the general classification, best of the Italians. Instead, the hopes of seeing Giulio Pellizzari as a stage winner in a grand tour are postponed to the future. In the Bellinzona-Carì stage his light went out 11.5 kilometers from the finish. The Marche rider from Red Bull-Bora continued without momentum, closing at 18'06. (Alessandro Brambilla)

CORRIERE DELLO SPORT
JONAS SCORES FOUR
He scored the four in the pink jersey. As he had promised Saturday at Pila when he conquered the symbol of leadership, Jonas Vingegaard did not disappoint. At the first opportunity, in the explosive stage all on Swiss soil, the twenty-nine-year-old Dane not only achieved his fourth victory in as many mountain finishes (also first at Blockhaus, Corno alle Scale and Pila), but put serious pressure on the final victory.
At 6.5 kilometers from the finish, as soon as the young worthy Davide Piganzoli moved aside, Jonas unleashed his usual, lethal acceleration to remain alone. The last to give up was once again Felix Gall, who this time paid more than 1'09" of delay, preceded by just two seconds by Jai Hindley (1'11"). (Alberto Dolfin)