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Matilda Price

Jonas Vingegaard may not be destroying the field at this Giro d'Italia, but that doesn't mean he's any less likely to win it

Team Visma Lease a Bike Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the best climber's blue jersey (Maglia Azzura) arrives at the presentation before the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026 - Tour of Italy cycling race between Porcari and Chiavari, Italy, on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP).

For all the questions over his performance in Tuesday's time trial at the Giro d'Italia, you'd think that Jonas Vingegaard had a total shocker, an out-of-character performance, and shipped loads of time on GC.

Commentators were calling it a disaster, a surprising loss, a poor sign of things to come in his GC campaign. But is any of that right at all, or is it just hyperbole?

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