Jonas Vingegaard, the pre-race favourite, proved his Giro d’Italia credentials by going alone to conquer the Blockhaus summit finish and win stage seven on Friday as the Dane made his first telling move of this year’s race. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider, on his Giro debut, went for broke with just over 5km to the top, with the Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) the only rider to get close as he came in 13 seconds behind the winner. Jai Hindley, the Australian who triumphed at Blockhaus in 2022 before going on to win that year’s Giro, finished third. The overall leader, Portugal’s Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious), put in a brave ride, coming in less than three minutes after Vingegaard to hold on to the pink jersey. Jonas Vingegaard leads the field up to Blockhaus. Photograph: Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse/Shutterstock “Today we just wanted to go for the win and I’m extremely happy that I could finish it off.…