New Delhi, May 16 -- Jonas Vingegaard surged away from the peloton to win on the Blockhaus peak in the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday and cut into Afonso Eulalio's overall lead.

Vingegaard pushed on alone on the final stretch of the mountain to claim his first career Giro stage win by 13 seconds from Felix Gall. No other rider finished within a minute. The 2022 Giro winner Jai Hindley was third fastest, 1 minute, 2 seconds off Vingegaard.

"Today we just wanted to go for the win and I'm extremely happy that I could finish it off. My teammates they did an amazing job today and I'm happy that I can really pay it off," Vingegaard said after what he called a "very tough climb" battling headwinds.

"I'm definitely happy that I c...