Jonas Vingegaard, riding for Team Visma | Lease a Bike (TVL), has won the overall individual title at the 2026 Giro d'Italia. JTEKT Corporation has an official partnership with TVL, supplying them with ONI BEARING® for their road bikes. With this victory, Vingegaard becomes the eighth rider in history to conquer all three Grand Tours. TVL also claimed the overall team victory. The 2026 Giro d'Italia took place from May 8 to May 31 across Bulgaria and Italy. It featured 21 stages and 3 rest days, with 184 riders from 23 teams competing. TVL, a cycling team with Dutch roots, has achieved remarkable success, including a historic sweep of all three Grand Tours in the 2023 season. JTEKT signed its official partnership with TVL in March 2024, providing ONI BEARING® and technical support. Developed using JTEKT's world-first practical ceramic bearing technology from 1984, ONI BEARING® boasts overwhelmingly low torque compared to existing road bike bearings, enabling lighter pedaling and easier speed maintenance.

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