Jonas Vingegaard's wing-like arm gesture, at the moment of celebration under the finish line, is the "frame" that greatly pleased Ciro Scognamiglio on Gazzetta Sportiva, who captured the similarity between the Danish champion's way of celebrating and that of Pantani. In short, a cameo of the leader paying homage to the Pirate.

The front pages of the pink newspaper are dedicated to the fifth stage victory in this edition of the Giro by the champion from the fjords, who has entered the exclusive club of those who, in addition to the pink race, have won the Tour and the Vuelta. Vingegaard, who authorizes the use of exclamation marks for headline writers, prompts the Corriere della Sera to write: "eleven kilometers from the summit of the final climb, Jonas sheds his accountant's clothes and exploits the last opportunity to create emotion using a classic cycling artifice". True, although one must never lose sight of what Repubblica reminds us: "Vingegaard, Gall, Hindley, like a litany, with the lack of imagination that characterized the entire 2026 Giro d'Italia. The top three at Piancavallo are the same top three at Blockhaus, Pila, and Carì".

Defining Vingegaard the champion of the heart, La Stampa steps beyond the strict boundaries of athletic supremacy and recalls how the Giro and its master honored the victims of the earthquake in Friuli. On Il Giornale, Pier Augusto Stagi also emphasizes the warm participation of the public at Piancavallo, the sublimation of cycling's attractive power: "A mountain of passion on the mountain: not by chance, but for love". Abroad, meanwhile, if L'Équipe, referring to Vingegaard, headlines (without thereby relativizing his success in pink) "the strongest from another world", in Denmark Ekstra Bladet ("Tour in the spotlight") raises the bar. "The Danish king of the Giro was not discouraged after the difficulties in Italy and has a clear message about what this performance means for the great summer objective".

GAZZETTA SPORTIVA
IT'S YOURS!
He spread his arms wide, very, very wide. As much as he could. Marco Pantani did the same and it came naturally to think of him when Jonas Vingegaard finished "devouring" the Piancavallo climb, the last of the 109th Giro d'Italia, the same one the Pirate made his own in 1998. According to multiple sources, the Dane also broke the record of this mythical climb (36'17" against 36'20"), and certainly staged the most beautiful feat to seal the race of the Gazzetta that he dominated. He will win it officially today in Rome, with the not negligible bonus of five stage victories (only one less than Pogacar 2024): as the first Dane ever, as the eighth in history after Anquetil, Gimondi, Merckx, Hinault, Contador, Nibali and Froome to have the Giro, Tour and Vuelta in his trophy cabinet. (Ciro Scognamiglio)

CORRIERE DELLA SERA
GIRO, THE SEAL OF KING VINGO
After managing the Giro d'Italia for three weeks like it was a ledger, eleven kilometers from the summit of the final climb Jonas sheds his accountant's clothes and exploits the last opportunity to create emotion using a classic cycling artifice: the long solitary escape to the finish line. Let's be clear, Vingegaard is not Pogacar: no "fives" to the hundred thousand along the route, no water bottles thrown to children, no fists raised to the sky. Space only for the well-known tribute to his dearest loved ones: a kiss to the photo of his children on the handlebars and then to the wedding ring on his finger. (Marco Bonarrigo)

LA STAMPA
VINGEGAARD, THE CHAMPION OF THE HEART
The pink jersey is not only the symbol of athletic supremacy, sometimes it carries messages from the heart. As happened yesterday in Gemona, where the Giro remembered—with a brief ceremony first at the barracks, then at the cemetery where the 440 victims of the 1976 earthquake rest—the earthquake that devastated Friuli fifty years ago. And then with the celebratory inscription on Vingegaard's jersey. "Friuli thanks and does not forget".
No one better than Jonas, absolute master of the race, could have worn it on a special day, which was also his rebirth. In Italy he found excellent sensations after the injuries of 2025 (wrist and concussion). (Daniela Cotto)

REPUBBLICA
VINGEGAARD ALONE UNTIL THE VERY END
TODAY THE PINK PARADE IN ROME
Vingegaard, Gall, Hindley, like a litany, with the lack of imagination that characterized the entire 2026 Giro d'Italia. The top three at Piancavallo are the top three at Blockhaus, Pila and Carì. The top two are the same at all mountain finishes, except for the one at Piani di Pezzè, a concession by Vingegaard to his lieutenant Sepp Kuss. No real surprises, no gifts to his rivals and ever-increasing advantages, measured with precision. (Cosimo Cito)

IL GIORNALE
THE GIRO BELONGS TO VINGEGAARD
He anticipates everyone once again, even anticipates the final parade this evening in Rome. He takes the most beautiful applause, that of Friuli Venezia Giulia. A mountain of passion on the mountain: not by chance, but for love.
Jonas Vingegaard anticipates everyone once more, to take the final applause, for the fifth brilliant performance that is once again a solo effort. A victory on Pantani's roads, a heron's flight that honors the mountain full of people waiting for him in Friuli. Fifth stage victory, for official entry into the exclusive club of those who have conquered all three Grand Tours: with him they become eight (Anquetil, Gimondi, Merckx, Hinault, Contador, Nibali and Froome those who preceded him), something not yet achieved by his great rival Pogacar, who awaits him in France for a clash that promises to be spectacular, in just a few weeks. (Pier Augusto Stagi)

L'ÉQUIPE
THE STRONGEST FROM ANOTHER WORLD
His dominance at the Giro d'Italia culminated yesterday afternoon in the Carnic Prealps with his fifth stage victory. Jonas Vingegaard, in pink and alone on his bicycle, delivered the coup de grâce to the general classification. (Thomas Perotto)

TUTTOSPORT
CICCONE IS ITALIAN, CARUSO STILL TOP TEN
At Piancavallo the five-timer is signed by two. The one in the pink jersey Jonas Vingegaard concerns his stage victories in this Giro d'Italia. Less prestigious but nonetheless particular and difficult to imitate is Felix Gall's five: he has always finished 2nd in the stages won by Vingegaard. The Gemona del Friuli-Piancavallo stage is a photosynthesis of the 2026 Giro. Jonas triumphed with 1'15" over Gall, 3rd Jai Hindley. They are also the top three in the general classification. And on the mountain that dominates Pordenone, the top ten finishers represent in slightly different order the top 10 of the general classification. (Alessandro Brambilla)

CORRIERE DELLO SPORT
VINGE BY A LOT
A five-timer for the triple crown. Jonas Vingegaard closes the Giro d'Italia as absolute master and, in the penultimate stage with double climb towards Piancavallo, signs his fifth stage victory and prepares for today's apotheosis in Rome. In the Eternal City, he will be crowned sovereign of the Pink Race for the first time after the two Tours de France he conquered (2022 and 2023) and the Vuelta of Spain (2025) that started from Italy. "In the final meters, I wanted to enjoy the public and the crowds along the road," he said satisfied at the finish line. At 29 years old, the Dane of Team Visma-Lease a Bike becomes the eighth cyclist in history to win all three stage races. (Alberto Dolfin)