Vingegaard hints at fresh stage race targets for 2027

Speaking during the Tour of Denmark’s visit to his hometown of Glyngøre, Vingegaard made clear that his appetite for victory has not diminished.

“There are still many races I haven’t won,” Vingegaard told Feltet. “That is also something that motivates me.”

That pursuit of new victories was already evident in 2026. Vingegaard began the season by winning Paris-Nice and the Volta a Catalunya before claiming the Giro d’Italia, completing his career set of all three Grand Tours. 

In doing so, he became only the eighth male rider in history to achieve the feat, following Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome.

“I have already started trying to win races I had not won before, both this year and in previous seasons,” Vingegaard said. “This year, I have won three races that I had never won before. Hopefully, next year I can ride some races that I have not won yet.”

The traditional collection consists of Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico, the Volta a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné (now called Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) and the Tour de Suisse.

Vingegaard has won five of the seven races, with the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse the only titles still missing from his palmarès. Coincidentally, those are the two races his long-time rival Tadej Pogačar added to his own collection this year.

“If you could win all of them, which is almost impossible, it would be something really special,” Vingegaard previously said of the seven races.

Romandie would require a change to his usual spring rhythm. Held in late April and early May, the Swiss race falls during a period when Vingegaard has often stepped away from competition before beginning his Tour de France preparations.

The Tour de Suisse presents a different scheduling question. It takes place in June, when Vingegaard has traditionally preferred the Dauphiné as his final race before the Tour, allowing him to complete a second altitude camp before the Grand Départ.

Targeting either race would therefore mean adjusting a formula that has brought him two Tour victories. Yet after completing the Grand Tour set, the prospect of pursuing new races may now carry greater weight than repeating a familiar programme.

Vingegaard is not the only leading stage racer interested in completing the collection.

Tadej Pogačar has now won six of the seven major week long stage races after adding the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse to his palmarès in 2026. Itzulia Basque Country is the only one still missing from the Slovenian’s collection.

Primož Roglič has also won six of the seven, with only the Tour de Suisse left to conquer. He made his debut in the Swiss race in 2026 in an attempt to complete the set, but finished eighth overall, 9 minutes and 23 seconds behind Pogačar.

No rider in cycling history has completed the set. Pogačar could become the first if he adds Itzulia Basque Country to his 2027 programme, while Vingegaard remains two victories away from matching that achievement.

Whether Primož Roglič will make another attempt to complete the set remains uncertain. The 36-year-old is set to leave Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe at the end of the season and is reportedly looking for a team willing to support one final all out bid for the Tour de France

That ambition could make the Tour de Suisse difficult to accommodate in his 2027 programme, while his recent results offer little indication that he is still capable of completing the set.