Overview

• Organisers ended stage 21 for security reasons, scrapped the podium ceremony and officially declared Jonas Vingegaard the overall winner.
• Thousands of protesters knocked down barriers and occupied central Madrid sections such as Gran Vía and Paseo del Prado as police used tear gas during clashes.
• Authorities had reinforced the finale with more than 1,500 officers, yet the route became unusable; police reported 22 officers injured and two arrests.
• The race had already faced sustained disruption, with seven of the last 11 stages cut short or interrupted amid protests targeting the Israel–Premier Tech team, which removed ‘Israel’ from its kit.
• Vingegaard sealed victory with his stage‑20 win to Bola del Mundo, finishing 1:16 ahead of João Almeida, with Tom Pidcock taking third for his first Grand Tour podium.