Itzulia Basque Country: Isolated Paul Seixas clinches first WorldTour stage race title as AJ August wins rain-battered final stage

Paul Seixas of France and Team Decathlon CMA CGM chases solo to save his yellow jersey — Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) chases solo to save his yellow jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

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Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) conquered the 2026 Itzulia Basque Country and, in the process, became France's first overall winner of a WorldTour stage race in 19 years, but having dominated for five straight days, the 19-year-old's previously iron grip on the yellow jersey faltered dangerously at the last.

Riding through atrociously wet and windy conditions on a short but very punchy 135.2 kilometre stage, a mass assault by Uno-X Mobility and their leader Tobias Johannessen, 5:39 down on Seixas at the beginning of the day, saw the Frenchman eventually lose around three minutes of his lead on the Norwegian racer after he was forced to chase alone for the best part of the final hour.

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While one new French champion received acclaim and applause at the end of stage 6, his compatriot and former double World Champion Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) quietly dropped out of Itzulia before the start of the day. As soon as it had begun, though, three notable breakaway specialists used the opening - and final - ascent of the stage, the Cat.3 Asentzio, to move away: former long-distance stage winner Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), 2024 Itzulia podium finisher Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), fourth overall that same year.

It felt almost inevitable that such a high-quality break could gain as much as 90 seconds' margin prior to the next climb of six, the Cat. 2 Elosua, particularly as none of them was anywhere near an overall threat to Seixas. Their hold on the front strengthened, too, when they were joined by two more important reinforcements, Juanpe López (Movistar) and young Danish racer Peter Øxenberg (Ineos Grenadiers) on the first ascent of two of the Cat.3 Azkarate.

Things got even more interesting, though, when a further 32 riders from a whole selection of different squads, excluding - crucially - that of the leader and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, tried their best to bridge across as well. They didn't make it for another 100 kilometres, but what created the biggest interest all the same was the presence of Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), the former Tour de l'Avenir winner aiming for a late bid to take a GC podium spot behind Seixas - at the least - in the move. He had four teammates to back him up, too.

With Johannessen sitting 5:39 down on Seixas on GC, the Decathlon peloton began accelerating to try to reel him in, and with 53 kilometres to go, Seixas began to try to bridge across to the Johannessen group in person. Uno-X drove on relentlessly, nonetheless a move which allowed them to maintain over two minutes advantage and counting on the young Frenchman as the fate of the GC, seemingly so securely in Seixas favour, suddenly began to hang in the balance.

Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), second overall, was unable to follow as Seixas continued to drive on alone, the Decathlon leader picking up Steff Cras (Soudal-QuckStep) for company, but still essentially facing a fight of one against five Uno-X riders in the final hour. Soler, dropped in the freezing conditions and waving his hands as the rain teemed down, was unable to stay with Healy and Skjelmose as they faced the final, seven-kilometre ascent of Asentzio, its hardest part at the top.

The Irishman and Dane were then swept up by the Johannessen group, reduced now to some 20 riders, but still retaining a key core of UAE - also on the front now, Soler had been brought back - and Uno-X riders to support their Norwegian leader. However, just as UAE brought the Johannssen group up the lower slopes, there was a big development behind when Seixas was finally caught up by a large number of chasers, spearheaded by EF and also containing Lipowitz, which offered him some relief. On the downside, though, there was the question of whether all the energy Seixas had spent in his lone chase and whether he'd have enough fuel left in the tank to stay with that group.

Given it was a very benign ascent, despite its length, it turned out Seixas was able to stay in contact with the chasing EF, and the odds tipped back in Seixas' favour yet more when AJ August (Ineos Grenadiers) launched a hard attack, 12 kilometres from the line. Only Raúl García Pierna (Movistar) was able to follow, but as the chasing group blew apart, a searing acceleration by the American then allowed the Ineos racer to go clear, roughly a kilometre from the top.

For France, too, taking their first overall victory in Itzulia since Laurent Jalabert in 1999 and their first at WorldTour level since Christophe Moreau in the Criterium du Dauphiné in 2007, has given them much to hope for as well. For one thing, there's been the way Seixas has got there too, with three stage wins including the first two, dominating affairs from beginning to end - albeit with a big wobble on the last day - and taking the best young riders, the points and the mountains classification in the process. If there ever was a breakthrough event for a rider still not yet in his third decade and in only his second year as a pro, the 2026 Itzulia Basque Country was it.

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Pos	Rider	Time
1	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	3:29:35
2	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	3:29:51
3	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	3:30:09
4	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:30:09
5	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:30:42
6	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:30:42
7	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	3:30:42
8	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:30:44
9	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:31:01
10	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3:31:08
11	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	3:31:13
12	Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:31:20
13	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:32:12
14	Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:32:12
15	Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:32:12
16	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	3:32:17
17	Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis	3:33:50
18	Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana	3:33:50
19	Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team	3:33:50
20	Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	3:33:50
21	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	3:33:50
22	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3:33:50
23	Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:34:05
24	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	3:34:52
25	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	3:35:19
26	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:35:19
27	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	3:35:19
28	Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost	3:35:22
29	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:35:27
30	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:37:00
31	Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:37:16
32	Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	3:37:37
33	Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers	3:39:28
34	Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	3:39:28
35	Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	3:39:28
36	Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	3:41:09
37	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	3:42:23
38	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:42:23
39	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3:44:20
40	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious	3:46:20
41	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	3:46:24
42	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:46:25
43	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	3:46:27
44	Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	3:46:29
45	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:46:33
46	Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:46:34
47	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team	3:47:36
48	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:47:36
49	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	3:47:41
50	Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis	3:48:22
51	Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM	3:48:30
52	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	3:50:20
53	Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) XDS Astana	3:50:20
54	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	3:50:39
55	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3:53:04
56	Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:53:34
57	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:53:34
58	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	3:54:03
59	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:54:03
60	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:54:16
61	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3:54:52
62	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:55:21
63	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	3:55:21
64	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché	3:55:21
65	Lucas Wade Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	3:55:21
66	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	3:55:21
67	Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling	3:55:21
68	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	3:55:21
69	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:55:21
70	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	3:55:21
71	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:55:21
72	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:55:21
73	Iker Mintegi Claver (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:55:21
74	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:57:00
75	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	3:58:30
nan	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 75 - Cell 2
nan	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	Row 76 - Cell 2
nan	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	Row 77 - Cell 2
nan	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 78 - Cell 2
nan	Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 79 - Cell 2
nan	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 80 - Cell 2
nan	Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 81 - Cell 2
nan	Ethan Edward Hayter (GBr) Soudal-QuickStep	Row 82 - Cell 2
nan	Nicola Conci (Ita) XDS Astana	Row 83 - Cell 2
nan	Christian Scaroni (Ita) XDS Astana	Row 84 - Cell 2
nan	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	Row 85 - Cell 2
nan	Brandon Mcnulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	Row 86 - Cell 2
nan	Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek	Row 87 - Cell 2
nan	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	Row 88 - Cell 2
nan	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek	Row 89 - Cell 2
nan	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	Row 90 - Cell 2
nan	Haimar Etxeberria Ansalas (Spa) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 91 - Cell 2
nan	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 92 - Cell 2
nan	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 93 - Cell 2
nan	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 94 - Cell 2
nan	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	Row 95 - Cell 2
nan	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	Row 96 - Cell 2
nan	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	Row 97 - Cell 2
nan	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	Row 98 - Cell 2
nan	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	Row 99 - Cell 2
nan	Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	Row 100 - Cell 2
nan	Adrian Fajardo Toledo (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	Row 101 - Cell 2
nan	Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	Row 102 - Cell 2
nan	Nil Gimeno Ferrer (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	Row 103 - Cell 2
nan	Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	Row 104 - Cell 2
nan	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 105 - Cell 2
nan	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	Row 106 - Cell 2
nan	Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic PostNL	Row 107 - Cell 2
nan	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	Row 108 - Cell 2
nan	James Knox (GBr) Picnic PostNL	Row 109 - Cell 2
nan	Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL	Row 110 - Cell 2
nan	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL	Row 111 - Cell 2
nan	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	Row 112 - Cell 2
nan	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain Victorious	Row 113 - Cell 2
nan	Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain Victorious	Row 114 - Cell 2
nan	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	Row 115 - Cell 2
nan	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	Row 116 - Cell 2
nan	Alex Aranburu Deva (Spa) Cofidis	Row 117 - Cell 2
nan	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	Row 118 - Cell 2
nan	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis	Row 119 - Cell 2
nan	Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 120 - Cell 2
nan	Julen Arriola-Bengoa Beitia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 121 - Cell 2
nan	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 122 - Cell 2
nan	Lukas Nerurkar (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	Row 123 - Cell 2
nan	Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost	Row 124 - Cell 2
nan	Victor Langellotti (Mon) Ineos Grenadiers	Row 125 - Cell 2
nan	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	Row 126 - Cell 2
nan	Magnus Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	Row 127 - Cell 2
nan	Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	Row 128 - Cell 2
nan	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	Row 129 - Cell 2

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Points
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	25
2	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
3	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
4	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	15
5	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
6	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	12
7	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	10
8	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	9
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	8
10	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	7
11	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	6
12	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	6
13	Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
14	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
15	Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
16	Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

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Mountain
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16
2	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	13
3	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	10
4	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	6
5	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	4
6	Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers	2
7	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
8	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	1

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Best young rider
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	3:29:35
2	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	3:33:50
3	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:35:19
4	Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost	3:35:22
5	Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:37:16
6	Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	3:37:37
7	Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers	3:39:28
8	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:42:23
9	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3:44:20
10	Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	3:46:34
11	Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:53:34
12	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	3:55:21
13	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	3:55:21
14	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	3:55:21
nan	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 14 - Cell 2
nan	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 15 - Cell 2
nan	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	Row 16 - Cell 2
nan	Nil Gimeno Ferrer (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	Row 17 - Cell 2
nan	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	Row 18 - Cell 2
nan	Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL	Row 19 - Cell 2
nan	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	Row 20 - Cell 2

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Pos	Rider	Time
1	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	20:07:35
2	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	20:10:05
3	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	20:10:08
4	Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis	20:11:25
5	Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana	20:12:18
6	Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	20:12:38
7	Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team	20:12:40
8	Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:13:00
9	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	20:13:16
10	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	20:15:08
11	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	20:19:09
12	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	20:20:50
13	Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	20:26:14
14	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	20:26:59
15	Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) XDS Astana	20:28:34
16	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	20:30:29
17	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	20:31:34
18	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	20:31:53
19	Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:34:21
20	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	20:37:42
21	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20:37:56
22	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:38:09
23	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	20:38:12
24	Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	20:38:38
25	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	20:39:09
26	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:40:53
27	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	20:42:41
28	Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:44:23
29	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	20:45:11
30	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	20:47:23
31	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:54:01
32	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:54:15
33	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	20:56:46
34	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	20:58:22
35	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:00:03
36	Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost	21:02:09
37	Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	21:02:24
38	Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers	21:02:51
39	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	21:04:23
40	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	21:04:36
41	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	21:04:52
42	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	21:08:05
43	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché	21:08:12
44	Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	21:08:18
45	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	21:09:24
46	Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	21:09:52
47	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:12:24
48	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	21:12:28
49	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	21:13:42
50	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	21:14:32
51	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	21:14:38
52	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team	21:14:45
53	Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM	21:15:05
54	Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis	21:16:18
55	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	21:18:19
56	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	21:19:26
57	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	21:19:31
58	Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:20:45
59	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious	21:21:43
60	Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	21:24:18
61	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	21:24:59
62	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	21:27:15
63	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:28:09
64	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	21:28:44
65	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:32:43
66	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:33:44
67	Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	21:34:51
68	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	21:37:40
69	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	21:43:21
70	Iker Mintegi Claver (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:45:25
71	Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:50:51
72	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	21:51:42
73	Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling	21:52:11
74	Lucas Wade Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	22:01:51
75	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	22:01:53

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Mountain
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	32
2	Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	31
3	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	19
4	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	18
5	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	18
6	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	17
7	Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13
8	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	11
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
10	Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team	9
11	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	8
12	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	6
13	Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	6
14	Iker Mintegi Claver (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	6
15	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	5
16	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	4
17	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	4
18	Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis	3
19	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	3
20	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	2
21	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	2
22	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	2
23	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
24	Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers	2
25	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	2
26	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
27	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	2
28	Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana	1
29	Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost	1
30	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché	1

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Points
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	87
2	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	49
3	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	38
4	Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	36
5	Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis	35
6	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	35
7	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	34
8	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	34
9	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	34
10	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	25
11	Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team	22
12	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	21
13	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	21
14	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
15	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	19
16	Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	17
17	Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) XDS Astana	17
18	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
19	Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16
20	Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana	15
21	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	15
22	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
23	Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12
24	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	12
25	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	10
26	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché	10
27	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	10
28	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	9
29	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	8
30	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	7
31	Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost	6
32	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	6
33	Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
34	Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	3
35	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
36	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
37	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	1

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Best young rider
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	20:07:35
2	Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	20:26:14
3	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:54:15
4	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	20:58:22
5	Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost	21:02:09
6	Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers	21:02:51
7	Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	21:08:18
8	Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	21:13:42
9	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	21:19:31
10	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	21:24:59
11	Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	21:34:51
12	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	21:43:21
13	Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:50:51
14	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	22:01:53

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

How it unfolded

Stage 6 Results

Final general classification