Overview

• Jonas Abrahamsen attacked early and held off Mauro Schmid to claim his first Tour de France stage victory in Toulouse.
• Tadej Pogacar crashed four kilometres from the finish but rejoined without losing time after his rivals eased the pace.
• General classification contenders Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel paused their chase to allow Pogacar back into the peloton.
• An anti-Israel protester wearing an “Israel out of the Tour” T-shirt ran onto the final straight before being restrained by security.
• The stage’s five classified climbs and steep finale belied its official “flat” status, foreshadowing tougher gradients to come.