CAR脤, Switzerland (AP) 鈥� It鈥檚 four out of four for Jonas Vingegaard.
The Danish rider soloed to victory at the end of the tough 16th stage of the Giro d鈥橧talia to extend his overall lead to more than four minutes on Tuesday.
It was the fourth mountain-top finish in this year鈥檚 race and a fourth win for Vingegaard, who triumphed atop , and . It was a first victory for him in the leader鈥檚 pink jersey, however.
On Tuesday, Vingegaard attacked halfway up the top-category slog to the finish in Car矛, with 6.6 kilometers (4 miles) remaining and no one could stay on the Team Visma-Lease a Bike rider’s wheel.
Vingegaard beat Felix Gall by 69 seconds, with Jai Hindley two seconds further back.
鈥淢y teammates and myself were very motivated for it 鈥� we wanted to try to win in the pink jersey,鈥� Vingegaard said. 鈥淎nd obviously it can also go wrong, so we chose the first option to do it because if we would fail then we would have another one as well.
鈥淚t was a very nice, very hard climb,” he added. “It鈥檚 a long climb, it took around half an hour I guess. Again, my teammates today did an amazing job … I had to do the rest and I鈥檓 happy once again that I can pay off my teammates.鈥�
The 29-year-old Vingegaard is racing in his first Giro in a bid to win all three . He won the Tour de France and last year clinched his first .
Gall moved into second overall, 4:03 behind Vingegaard. Thymen Arensman is third, 4:27 behind.
鈥淭he second place is super nice,鈥� Gall said. 鈥淭hey (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) showed again who is in charge here, also as a team, and it鈥檚 really impressive. And Jonas is, he鈥檚 just doing his thing, and yeah鈥︹��
Afonso Eul谩lio, who had worn pink for nine stages before ceding it atop Pila on Saturday, dropped from second to fifth after cracking on the final climb and crossing the line three minutes after Vingegaard.
The stage crossed the border into Switzerland, with five classified climbs on the 113-kilometer (70-mile) route from Bellinzona to Car矛.
Wednesday鈥檚 17th stage returns to Italy and is a 202-kilometer (126-mile) route from Cassano d鈥橝dda to Andolo that includes three, third-category climbs.
The Giro ends on Sunday in Rome. The women鈥檚 Giro is from May 30 to June 7.
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