It took a long time for the breakaway to form in Stage 17 of the 2026 Tour de France, but the stage ultimately went to Jasper Philipsen, who made a late in the stage push to overtake the lead group and emerge victorious.
While he sadly lost teammate Florian Lipowitz to a crash, Remco Evenepoel put in a strong performance in Stage 16 of the 2026 Tour de France, besting race leader Tadej Pogacar by 28 seconds.
Tadej Pogacar stays in the maillot jaune, but Stage 15 of the 2026 Tour de France saw Remco Evenepoel emerge victorious for the day over Pogacar and Mexican upstart Isaac del Toro.
Tim Merlier captured his third victory at the 2026 Tour de France, in Chalon-sur-Saône, where the race returned for the first time in seven years.
Tadej Pogačar soared to a solo stage victory in Stage 10 of the 2026 Tour de France on Bastille Day. It was stage victory number three for Pogačar at this year’s race, with the UAE Team Emirates-XRG man extending his lead in the general classification with the stage 10 win.
Attackers narrowly got the better of the peloton on a spectacular stage 9 of the 2026 Tour de France that eventually saw Mathieu Van der Poel power to victory in Ussel, after 154.6 km of exhilarating battle from Malemort.
Stage 8 of the 2026 Tour de France saw Soudal Quick-Step’s Tim Merlier take back-to-back sprint victories, conquering Bergerac the day after winning in Bordeaux.
After a long breakaway with Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché) and Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), the finish in Stage 7 of the 2026 Tour de France came down to a sprint finish where Tim Merlier won the bunch sprint.
Stage 6 of the 2026 Tour de France saw huge efforts by Mads Pedersen earlier in the day, but it was Tadej Pogacar showing his strength on the Col du Tourmalet to win the stage and take over the yellow jersey.
In his first appearance in the race, Dutch sprinter Olav Kooij win Stage 5 of the 2026 Tour de France after a day dominated by a solo breakaway by Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché). No change took place in the G.C. battle.