Overview

• Organisers took times 3km from the line, declared no stage winner, and kept only mountain and intermediate-sprint points.
• Police, including riot units, were deployed as protesters massed at the finish, pushed at barriers, and earlier entered the road on Alto del Vivero after a start-line delay.
• Jonas Vingegaard and Tom Pidcock reached the premature finish first, with Pidcock gaining time and moving up to third overall after taking bonus seconds on Alto de Pike.
• Riders, the CPA, the UCI, and organisers held pre-stage safety talks following recent incidents, including Simone Petilli’s crash when protesters ran into the road on stage 10.
• Some teams were reported to have asked for Israel–Premier Tech’s withdrawal, a move not adopted, as the team vowed to continue racing and a race official urged a solution to protect safety.