Pre-race favourite Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) proved his Giro d'Italia credentials by ​going alone to conquer the Blockhaus summit finish and win stage seven on Friday in his first telling move of the race to move second overall.

Dane Vingegaard, making his Giro debut, went for broke with just over 5km to the top, with Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) looking impressive as the only rider to get close, coming in 13 seconds behind the winner and now third in the General Classification.

"Today is a big day for me, it's my first Giro stage win, so it's a nice day," Vingegaard ⁠said. "Felix is a very strong rider, so we ​knew ⁠he'd be up there close.…