A flatter run to Tour mainstay Pau finally gives the sprinters their first bunch sprint.
After Paris and Bordeaux, Pau is the most visited Tour town. This relatively flat day at the foot of the Pyrenees gives the sprint trains their first real chance.
Jasper Philipsen, Mads Pedersen and Dylan Groenewegen are among the fastest men. A clean leadout is worth gold in the hectic closing kilometres.
Mads Pedersen wears green after his win in Foix, and today Pau hosts the first bunch sprint of this Tour. The points classification standings, the favourites and every remaining sprint chance.
A 39-man breakaway was gifted more than twelve minutes, Mads Pedersen finished it off in Foix and Torstein Træen is the surprise new yellow jersey. The results and standings after stage 4 of the 2026 Tour de France.
Olav Kooij won the very first bunch sprint on his Tour debut, but the day was defined by the crash six kilometres from the line — and the obscure rule that saved Jonas Vingegaard. The results and standings after stage 5.