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Visma | Lease a Bike won the 28.4 km team time trial, beating Netcompany–INEOS by 9 seconds; Alex Baudin kept the yellow jersey as the TTT redrew the GC behind him.
Over the 28.4 km Perreux loop, Netcompany–INEOS led at both intermediate splits (Coutievre and Montagny), but Visma | Lease a Bike turned the screw in the closing kilometres to win by nine seconds. EF Education–EasyPost took third at +0:29, protecting Alex Baudin's overall lead, while Lidl–Trek (+0:32) and Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe (+0:40) kept their GC men in contention. UAE Team Emirates lost over a minute as a team (+1:01), dropping Isaac del Toro down the early GC.
Alex Baudin retained the lead. Behind him the GC reshuffled along team lines: Kévin Vauquelin (+0:12) and Oscar Onley moved up via INEOS's strong TTT, with Matteo Jorgenson (+0:15) close behind for Visma. Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose sat at +0:47 for Lidl–Trek, while Isaac del Toro was already +1:16 down after UAE's slower team ride — a deficit that framed his eventual late-race comeback.
Jorgenson's Visma squad won the team time trial, lifting him to the fringe of the GC top three at +0:15. The strong TTT was the foundation of his week, keeping him in podium contention until the final climbs.
Netcompany–INEOS led the TTT at both checkpoints before fading to second by nine seconds. The ride vaulted Vauquelin to second on GC at +0:12, his best position of the race.
Lidl–Trek's solid fourth-place team ride kept Ayuso and Skjelmose at +0:47, a manageable deficit going into the mountains.
UAE Team Emirates' modest TTT (+1:01 as a team, ninth) left del Toro +1:16 down on GC — the worst-placed of the genuine favourites. Recovering that minute-plus would define his fight back over the final two mountain days.