Overview

• Race officials stopped timing at 3 km to go after hundreds of demonstrators breached barriers on the Bilbao finishing straight, so no stage winner was declared.
• Jonas Vingegaard retained the red jersey based on the neutralization point, leading João Almeida by 52 seconds and Tom Pidcock by 56.
• The CPA, the UCI and the Vuelta issued formal condemnations of actions that endangered riders, urging Spanish security forces to guarantee safe conditions.
• Reports indicated some teams sought Israel‑Premier Tech’s exclusion on public‑order grounds, a move the CPA rejected; Vuelta official Kiko García said organizers cannot force the team to withdraw, and the team said it will continue.
• The neutralization followed earlier protest‑linked incidents, including Israel‑Premier Tech being halted in the Figueres team time trial and Simone Petilli’s crash on Tuesday.