Adam Yates of Ineos Grenadiers took command of the overall standings after finishing strongest at the summit finish. He takes over from Joao Almeida who finished 16th. This 203 km stage which consists of flat ascending planes was perfect for the break and sit tactic. Yates took charge of the race with 5 kilometres to go and won by about 13 seconds from second placed Esteban Chaves.

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	5:00:58
2	Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange	0:00:13
3	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:19
4	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:31
5	Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6	Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
7	Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
8	Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation	0:00:36
9	Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
10	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	9:44:21
2	Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:45
3	João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:49
4	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:53
5	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:03
6	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:04
7	Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:14
8	Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange	0:01:21
9	Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
10	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:24