On the final climb, the Dane not only lost ground to Pogacar but also fell a few seconds behind all the other general classification contenders, crossing the finish line in seventh place on the 166-kilometre stage, 44 seconds behind Pogacar. Second place went to Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe), who had lost contact with the chasing group on the final climb but closed the gap again on the descent and flew past them all.

He finished 32 seconds behind the stage winner, two seconds behind his team-mate Florian Lipowitz, who was beaten by Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) in the sprint for third place. In fifth and sixth place, the Lidl-Trek duo of Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose crossed the line six seconds behind Evenepoel.

In the overall standings, Pogacar remains well on course for his fifth Tour victory. Vingegaard now trails by 3 minutes and 36 seconds. Evenepoel has climbed to third place, 30 seconds behind. Ayuso, Seixas and Lipowitz have also moved up the rankings, as Isaac Del Toro was unable to keep up with the leaders this time and finished eighth in the stage classification, one and a half minutes behind Pogacar.

Evenepoel was first left behind, then surged ahead – much to Lipowitz’s delight

“We’d been keeping an eye on this stage for a long time,” said the man in yellow in his victory interview, before going on to explain why. “After all, Jonas beat me in the sprint here two years ago. Today, my legs felt similar at the finish – they were completely shattered. But I enjoyed it today. In the final stretch, I didn’t know whether I’d win until the very last kilometre. Then I remembered that today is a national holiday (in France). That’s why I wanted to honour the yellow jersey.”

As well as the yellow jersey, Pogacar also retains the mountains jersey. He managed to extend his lead there today as well. The same applies to Pedersen in green. However, following Del Toro’s slip, Ayuso now leads the young rider classification. He has a 13-second lead over Seixas.

The young Frenchman, meanwhile, is nine places ahead of Lipowitz in the general classification; Lipowitz can no longer compete for the white jersey this year. “As expected, it was another incredibly tough race right from the start. The team did a brilliant job. My legs felt pretty good after the rest day,” said the German. “When Pogacar sets off, nobody has the legs to keep up. At the back, we tried to close the gap, but he was too strong.” Nevertheless, the 25-year-old looked ahead optimistically, and his collaboration with Evenepoel was back on track too. “I heard that Remco then let a gap open up, and I had no choice but to wait and hope he’d come back. And then he went on to take second place – I’m absolutely delighted about that. I didn’t quite make it onto the podium myself. But we can be absolutely delighted and we’re now on the right track.”

2026 Tour de France – Results of Stage 10

Here’s how the 10th stage of the 2026 Tour de France unfolded

​Attacks began right at the start of the 166-kilometre stage from Aurillac to Le Lioran. Among others, Felix Engelhardt (Team Jayco AlUla) and Joshua Tarling (Netcompany INEOS) tried to break away in an early group, followed later by Ben O’Connor (Team Jayco AlUla) riding solo. However, Lidl–Trek were determined to keep the peloton together until the intermediate sprint to allow Pedersen to score points for the Green Jersey there. The Dane’s task was made more difficult, however, as he suffered a mechanical problem early in the stage.

Furthermore, the peloton split into three groups on the challenging approach. Pogacar wasn’t among the front-runners either and had to sprint his way back into the first group. Vingegaard wasn’t initially part of the leading group either, but managed to rejoin it with the help of his teammates. With the exception of Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), the peloton ultimately reached the intermediate sprint together. And although Max Kanter (XDS Astana Team) looked set to win for a long time, Pedersen overtook him just before the line and claimed the maximum number of points.

The race then started afresh. Engelhardt remained one of the most aggressive riders, whilst Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin - Premier Tech) also showed himself to be on the attack. After 45 kilometres, I broke away with a 31-rider group, which was packed with climbers and included Georg Zimmermann (Lotto Intermarché). However, the peloton allowed the gap to open only very slowly; with 100 kilometres to go, it stood at one minute. Among them were Kevin Vauquelin (Netcompany INEOS), Guillaume Martin, Romain Gregoire (Groupama – FDJ United), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) and Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), there were also several French riders looking to shine on their national holiday.

The UAE is consistently cracking down on runaways

Harold Tejada (XDS Astana Team) and Javier Romo (Movistar Team) broke away from the peloton, Ben Healy (EF Education - EasyPost), Sergio Higuita (XDS Astana Team) and Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step) set off in pursuit. On the Col de la Griffoul (2nd category), everyone then went their own way. Romo broke away from Tejada, whilst behind the Spaniard, many riders from the original breakaway group regrouped. Shortly before the immediately following Col de Prat de Bouc (Category 3), the peloton, led by UAE, had caught up with everyone except the leader and a chasing trio comprising Paret-Peintre, Alex Baudin (EF Education – EasyPost) and Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin – Premier Tech), which was caught on the descent.

Romo’s breakaway came to an end when the riders reached the foot of Puy Mary, 38 kilometres from the finish. Richard Carapaz (EF Education - EasyPost) took the lead with an attack that gave him a 20-second advantage over the group of favourites at the summit. On the descent, the Ecuadorian extended his lead over the Col de Pertus to one minute.

Pogacar’s attack pays off straight away

With 1,000 metres to go before the summit, Pogacar stood out of the saddle. His attack immediately opened up a 20-second gap on Vingegaard, Seixas, Lipowitz, Evenepoel, Ayuso and Skjelmose. Del Toro was unable to keep up. Within 800 metres, Pogacar had also closed the one-minute gap on Carapaz, who was completely taken by surprise. Over the summit, Pogacar had a seven-second lead, which he extended on the flat section nine kilometres from the finish. There, Carapaz was also caught by the rest of the chasing group. They worked well together, keeping the gap to Pogacar under 20 seconds right up to the final mountain classification (3rd category).

There, Evenepoel then had to fight to stay in contention. He didn’t make it over the mountain with the first group of chasers, but closed the gap again on the descent and then even surged past everyone else on the final climb to take second place. In doing so, he even made up two seconds on Seixas and Lipowitz. He gained as many as twelve seconds on Vingegaard; the most recent winner at Le Lioran ran out of steam in the final stretch.