Overview

• On the brutal Colle delle Finestre climb, Yates launched a solo assault that won him the maglia rosa in the penultimate stage.
• Richard Carapaz finished third, 47 seconds behind Isaac del Toro and 4 minutes 43 seconds behind Yates.
• The victory marked Yates’s redemption from his 2018 collapse on the same ascent and delivered his second Grand Tour crown after the 2018 Vuelta a España.
• Visma–Lease a Bike’s support, led by Wout van Aert, powered Yates through the mountains while teammate Olav Kooij secured the final Rome sprint.
• Riders paused at the Vatican to receive blessings from Pope Leo XIV before completing the largely ceremonial last stage through Rome.