Overview
- Visma-Lease a Bike won the 19.6km team time trial in Barcelona on Saturday, putting Jonas Vingegaard in the first yellow jersey after he finished 12 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogačar on the day’s times.
- Race organisers used a new rule that gives each rider an individual time rather than the team taking the time of the fourth finisher, a change that produced immediate gaps in the general classification.
- On Sunday, UAE Team Emirates executed a tactical one-two when Tadej Pogačar allowed 22-year-old Isaac Del Toro to take the stage win on the Montjuïc climb, with bonus seconds cutting Vingegaard’s lead to six seconds.
- Vingegaard’s early lead follows his recovery from a serious 2024 crash and his Giro d'Italia win in May, positioning him as a contender pursuing a rare Giro–Tour double this season.
- Officials are monitoring a heatwave and a nearby forest fire that have raised the possibility of route changes, spectator closures, or stage shortening when the race enters the Pyrenees on Monday.