Overview
- Remco Evenepoel won the 26.1 km individual time trial in 32:19, finishing 28 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar and showing clear superiority against the clock.
- The stage left the overall standings with Tadej Pogacar in first, Evenepoel second at 4 minutes 32 seconds back, and Isaac del Toro third at 6 minutes 51 seconds.
- Isaac del Toro rode to fifth on the stage and retained his spot on the podium and the white jersey as best young rider despite small losses to rivals.
- German rider Florian Lipowitz crashed in the final part of the time trial, abandoned the race and is receiving medical assessment with his condition being treated as a developing matter.
- The peloton moves immediately into a sequence of high Alpine stages that are widely expected to decide the final general classification and will test whether Evenepoel can close the remaining gap to Pogacar.