Vingegaard hints strongly at Giro debut in 2026

“I already said during the Vuelta that I’d like to,” he told Feltet.dk in France. “But it’s not just up to me. It’s also about what the team wants.”

Vingegaard first floated the idea on the second rest day of the Vuelta a España, when he said that winning the Spanish race could open the door to a Giro debut. A week later he won the Vuelta overall, completing a Tour-Vuelta double and strengthening the idea that the Giro might be next.

He didn’t hide his enthusiasm. “Of course I have my wishes, but we also have to look at it as a team, what our goals will be for next season,” he said.

Visma | Lease a Bike will make that decision together with their double Tour de France winner, but the Tour is still expected to remain the team’s main priority. “I think the Tour will still be the big goal,” Vingegaard said. “It will be that way pretty much every year for as long as I can fight for victory.”

The 28-year-old Dane has yet to race the Giro d’Italia, but if he lines up at the 2026 Grande Partenza, expected in Bulgaria, he would be among the top favourites. A victory there would make him only the eighth rider in history to win all three Grand Tours, joining a select group that includes Jacques Anquetil (France), Felice Gimondi (Italy), Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Bernard Hinault (France), Alberto Contador (Spain), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) and Chris Froome (Great-Britain).

Anquetil was the first to complete the treble in 1963, and if Vingegaard were to do the same, he would achieve it before his great rival Tadej Pogačar, who shares the same ambition.

For now, there’s no confirmation. But the way Vingegaard talks about it, he sounds ready to chase his place in history.