GC and jerseys after Tour de France 2026 stage 6

Tadej Pogačar has taken the yellow jersey after a crushing stage 6 victory at Gavarnie-Gèdre, turning the first major mountain day of the 2026 Tour de France into an immediate GC reset.

The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider attacked on the Col du Tourmalet, rode solo over the top and continued to the finish to win by 2:38 from Jonas Vingegaard. Isaac del Toro was third at 2:57, ahead of Remco Evenepoel, Paul Seixas, Florian Lipowitz, Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose in the same group.

It was the day the race changed from a strange opening-week GC picture into a Pogačar-led Tour. Torstein Træen, who started the day in yellow, was dropped on the Tourmalet, crashed on the descent and later withdrew from the race after Uno-X Mobility confirmed a concussion and multiple rib fractures.

The full route set-up for the day was covered in our Tour de France 2026 stage 6 preview, while the yellow jersey context was set out in our stage 6 Tourmalet analysis.

Tour de France 2026 jerseys after stage 6

Jersey	Rider	Team	Lead
Yellow jersey	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:42 over Jonas Vingegaard
Green jersey	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	168 points
Polka-dot jersey	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28 points
White jersey	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7 seconds over Juan Ayuso
Team classification	Lidl-Trek	Lidl-Trek	27:01 over Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

Pogačar leads both the general classification and mountains classification after stage 6, but Jonas Vingegaard is set to wear the polka-dot jersey on the road because Pogačar will be in yellow. Isaac del Toro takes over the white jersey, giving UAE Team Emirates-XRG control of three major classifications on paper after the first Pyrenean showdown.

For a wider explainer on how the race’s four main jerseys work, see our Tour de France 2026 jerseys guide.

Stage 6 result: Pogačar wins at Gavarnie-Gèdre

Position	Rider	Team	Time / gap
1	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:32:07
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Visma-Lease a Bike	+2:38
3	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+2:57
4	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	+2:57
5	Paul Seixas	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+2:57
6	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	+2:57
7	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	+2:57
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	+2:57
9	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	+3:02
10	Sepp Kuss	Visma-Lease a Bike	+3:06

Pogačar also took 10 bonus seconds for the stage win, with Vingegaard taking 6 and Del Toro 4. That helped stretch the Slovenian’s overall advantage further after the gaps had already opened on the road.

The finish itself was not the steepest part of the day, but its position after the Tourmalet made it decisive. Our Gavarnie-Gèdre explainer looks at why the long final climb after the Tourmalet made the stage so awkward tactically.

General classification after stage 6

Position	Rider	Team	Time / gap
1	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:11:57
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Visma-Lease a Bike	+2:42
3	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+3:27
4	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	+3:30
5	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	+3:34
6	Paul Seixas	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+3:55
7	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	+4:00
8	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	+4:21
9	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	+4:57
10	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	+7:10

The race is now back in a more familiar shape, but with a much larger gap than many would have expected after only six stages. Pogačar leads Vingegaard by 2:42, while Del Toro, Evenepoel, Ayuso and Seixas are already more than three minutes down.

The unusual pre-stage gap had been created by the stage 4 breakaway, which put Træen in yellow and left Pogačar and Vingegaard 7:53 down. That strange GC situation is explained in our article on why Pogačar and Vingegaard were 7:53 down at the Tour de France 2026.

Yellow jersey: Pogačar takes control early

Pogačar did not just take yellow. He took command.

The attack on the Tourmalet was the decisive moment. UAE Team Emirates-XRG had already thinned the race on the earlier climbs, then Del Toro helped launch the move before Pogačar went clear. From there, the gap kept growing. Vingegaard limited the damage better than everyone else, but he still lost more than two and a half minutes on the stage.

The biggest shift is psychological as much as numerical. Pogačar now has a lead big enough to shape the next phase of the race. Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Ayuso and the rest no longer have the luxury of waiting for the Alps to begin the real contest. The race has already been opened.

There is still a long way to Paris, but the first mountain test has created a hierarchy. Pogačar is first. Vingegaard is clearly second. The fight behind them is already turning into a contest for the podium unless someone can change the pattern quickly.

The wider mountain roadmap is covered in our Tour de France 2026 Pyrenees guide and our ranking of the Tour de France 2026 mountain stages by difficulty.

What happened to Torstein Træen?

Træen’s yellow jersey spell ended painfully.

The Uno-X Mobility rider started stage 6 with a 7:53 advantage over Pogačar and Vingegaard, but that margin disappeared on the Tourmalet. He was dropped before the summit, then crashed on the descent after contact with teammate Anders Halland Johannessen’s rear wheel.

He finished the stage 29:55 behind Pogačar, but Uno-X Mobility confirmed later that he would not start stage 7. The team said Træen passed the roadside concussion assessment and reached the finish, but further medical checks, helmet sensor data and X-rays led to a diagnosis of concussion and multiple rib fractures.

That means Træen’s race ends with both frustration and achievement. He lost yellow on the road, but he also gave Uno-X their first days in the Tour de France yellow jersey. Our profile on who Torstein Træen is explains why that moment mattered for both rider and team.

Points classification after stage 6

Position	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	168
2	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	93
3	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	91
4	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	86
5	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	75
6	Olav Kooij	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	70
7	Jonas Vingegaard	Visma-Lease a Bike	61
8	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	55
9	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	54
10	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	53

Mads Pedersen strengthened his green jersey lead on a mountain day, which says plenty about how effective his opening week has been. He now has 168 points, with Max Kanter second on 93 and Biniam Girmay third on 91.

Stage 7 to Bordeaux now becomes important for the pure sprinters. Kooij, Philipsen, Merlier, Girmay and Kanter need to score heavily on the flat days if they are going to stop Pedersen building a points cushion that becomes difficult to break later in the race.

For more on why Pedersen remains such a dangerous green jersey rider, see our analysis of whether Mads Pedersen can win green at the Tour de France 2026. Our Tour de France 2026 sprinters guide covers the wider points classification field.

Mountains classification after stage 6

Position	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Visma-Lease a Bike	19
3	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	16
4	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	13
5	Paul Seixas	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	12
6	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	10
7	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10
8	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	10
9	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	9
10	Raul Garcia Pierna	Movistar Team	7

Pogačar leads the mountains classification after taking maximum points over the Tourmalet and winning the stage. That gave him the Souvenir Jacques Goddet on the Tourmalet and enough points to move ahead of Vingegaard in the KoM standings.

The important detail is jersey protocol. Pogačar leads the competition, but because he is also in yellow, Vingegaard is expected to wear the polka-dot jersey as second in the mountains standings. That creates a slightly odd visual, but the hierarchy is clear: Pogačar leads the mountain competition as well as GC.

The wider climbers’ contest is covered in our Tour de France 2026 climbers guide.

White jersey after stage 6

Position	Rider	Team	Time / gap
1	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:15:24
2	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	+0:07
3	Paul Seixas	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:28
4	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	+0:54
5	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	+3:43

Del Toro takes the white jersey after finishing third on the stage, but this classification is still extremely tight. Ayuso is only 7 seconds back, Seixas is 28 seconds down, and Martinez is less than a minute off the lead.

Cian Uijtdebroeks’ abandon during stage 6 removes one of the expected young rider contenders from the race. That sharpens the contest around Del Toro, Ayuso, Seixas and Martinez, all of whom survived the first real mountain test in the front GC group.

Team classification after stage 6

Position	Team	Time / gap
1	Lidl-Trek	63:25:20
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	+27:01
3	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+27:08

Lidl-Trek continue to lead the team classification, helped by their depth around Ayuso, Skjelmose and Vacek. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe sit second, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG third despite having the strongest rider in the race and two riders in the GC top three.

That contrast is a useful reminder of how the teams competition works. It rewards collective depth, not simply the best overall leader. Our Tour de France 2026 team-by-team guide explains how each squad entered the race and where their priorities sit.

Who gained and lost the most?

Pogačar was the obvious winner, but UAE Team Emirates-XRG had more than one reason to celebrate. Del Toro moved into third overall and into white, while the team now controls the GC narrative.

Vingegaard lost heavily to Pogačar, but he also separated himself from most of the rest. He finished ahead of the Del Toro, Evenepoel and Seixas group on the stage once the road gaps and bonuses had been applied, keeping him clearly second overall.

Evenepoel, Ayuso, Seixas, Lipowitz and Martinez all survived the first major mountain test well enough to remain in the podium fight, but none had an answer to Pogačar. Tom Pidcock, meanwhile, lost 8:18 on the stage and slipped out of the immediate GC picture.

Træen was the most obvious loser because he lost yellow, crashed and has now withdrawn. Uijtdebroeks’ abandon was also a major blow for Movistar and the white jersey contest, while Alex Molenaar had already failed to start stage 6 after his stage 5 crash. Our Alex Molenaar injury update explains that earlier withdrawal.

What stage 6 means for the rest of the Tour

Stage 6 has changed the race much earlier than expected.

Pogačar now has a margin that allows him to ride defensively if he wants to, but that is rarely how he races. Vingegaard is already in chase mode. Evenepoel, Del Toro, Ayuso, Seixas, Lipowitz and Martinez are now grouped into a fascinating podium and white jersey battle behind the two main favourites.

The next day to Bordeaux should belong to the sprinters, but the race cannot simply return to neutral. The GC riders have already been sorted once. The question now is whether anyone can put Pogačar under real pressure before the Alps, or whether stage 6 was the day the 2026 Tour began to tilt permanently in his direction.

The sprinters get their chance again on the road to Bordeaux, with the route already covered in our Tour de France 2026 stage 7 preview.

FAQs

Who is in the yellow jersey after Tour de France 2026 stage 6?

Tadej Pogačar leads the Tour de France 2026 after stage 6. He is 2:42 ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and 3:27 ahead of Isaac del Toro.

Who won stage 6 of the Tour de France 2026?

Tadej Pogačar won stage 6 from Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre in 4:32:07. Jonas Vingegaard was second at 2:38 and Isaac del Toro was third at 2:57.

Who has the green jersey after stage 6?

Mads Pedersen leads the points classification after stage 6 with 168 points. Max Kanter is second on 93, with Biniam Girmay third on 91.

Who has the polka-dot jersey after stage 6?

Tadej Pogačar leads the mountains classification with 28 points, but Jonas Vingegaard is expected to wear the polka-dot jersey because Pogačar also holds yellow.

Who has the white jersey after stage 6?

Isaac del Toro leads the young rider classification after stage 6. Juan Ayuso is second at 7 seconds, with Paul Seixas third at 28 seconds.

What happened to Torstein Træen on stage 6?

Torstein Træen was dropped on the Tourmalet, crashed on the descent and finished the stage 29:55 behind Pogačar. Uno-X Mobility later confirmed he would not start stage 7 after being diagnosed with concussion and multiple rib fractures.