Overview
- Jonas Vingegaard attacked on the 13.6 km Blockhaus climb Friday and won Stage 7 after dropping race leader Afonso Eulalio, with Felix Gall finishing 13 seconds back.
- Eulalio keeps the maglia rosa but lost more than three minutes on the summit finish, which reshaped the general classification and put Vingegaard in second overall at 3:17.
- Thursday’s sprint in Naples ended in a mass crash on a wet, 180‑degree cobbled turn about 400 meters from the line, and Davide Ballerini took the stage as Dylan Groenewegen slid out and brought down others.
- Riders blasted the course design after the Naples pileup, with Pascal Ackermann saying the slick final turn made a crash likely and that organizers chose a risky finish.
- The chaotic week began Wednesday when Igor Arrieta won a crash-hit Stage 5 after a wrong turn, which helped Eulalio seize the race lead; Saturday’s Stage 8 features shorter climbs and is not expected to shake the standings.