
Winds touching 80kph and incessant torrential rain on the final day of O Gran Camiño could not stop Jonas Vingegaard’s relentless run of triumphs in his first race of the 2024 season, as the Dane made light of yet more atrocious weather conditions to claim a third solo stage victory and seal the overall win for a second straight year.
Watched by a crowd of umbrella-wielding fans as trees all but buckled in the gale and miniature rivers streamed down each side of the finish line crash barriers, Vingegaard seemed oblivious to the conditions at the Monte Aloia summit, attacking late on a shortened stage to win by 16 seconds from Lenny Martínez (Groupama-FDJ), with Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost) third at 45 seconds.