UAE's race looked compromised after the stage-3 TTT (del Toro +1:16) and again after the stage-6 split (+3:22, tenth overall). But the team backed del Toro to ride himself back into it on the two summit finishes — and he delivered emphatically, winning stages 7 and 8 to take the overall by 54 seconds plus the young rider jersey. A statement Dauphiné-window result and ideal Tour de France preparation.

Luke Tuckwell exploited the stage-6 split brilliantly to seize the yellow jersey and defended it doggedly across two mountain stages before del Toro's final-climb attack proved too much. Second overall at +0:54 is a breakthrough week for the Australian, even if the team will rue letting the jersey slip on the very last climb.

Lidl–Trek had the most consistent firepower: Quinn Simmons won stage 4 from the break, and Juan Ayuso — backed by Mattias Skjelmose — recovered from the stage-6 split to finish second on both mountain stages and take third overall. A two-pronged GC approach that salvaged a podium from a difficult mid-race.

Visma won the stage-3 team time trial and Wout van Aert's stage-5 sprint, and took the team classification. Matteo Jorgenson rode the TTT foundation into a consistent GC week, sitting on the podium fringe before fading to fourth on the final climb. A productive Tour warm-up across multiple objectives.

Alex Baudin's stage-1 breakaway win gave EF the inaugural leader's jersey, which the team defended for five days before the stage-6 split ended the spell. A standout result for Baudin and an aggressive, high-visibility week for the team even without a GC finish.

Decathlon built the race around 19-year-old Paul Seixas, who attacked the favourites on stage 6 and rode into the GC top six. But a stage-7 crash forced a brutal ~70 km chase, and the accumulated cost saw him dropped and abandon on stage 8's Montée de Bisanne. A week that flashed his immense potential against the sport's best, ended by misfortune. Léo Bisiaux supported with a stage-1 podium and aggressive riding.

Racing as Netcompany–INEOS, the team led the stage-3 TTT at both checkpoints before settling for second, briefly putting Kévin Vauquelin second overall and Oscar Onley in the top ten. Both lost ground once the mountains arrived; Vauquelin went on the attack on the final stage. A solid if podium-less week.

A strong all-round week for the ProTeam: Anthon Charmig won the marathon stage 2 from the break, and Tobias Halland Johannessen climbed superbly across the mountain stages — second on stage 6, third on both stages 7 and 8 — to take fifth overall. Excellent value from the wildcard squad.

Maxim Van Gils made the decisive stage-6 split and timed his sprint perfectly at Crest-Voland to win the day that blew the race apart — the headline result of the team's week.

Clément Braz Afonso rode aggressively in the early breakaways, mopping up climbing points across the opening stages to win the mountains classification — a tangible jersey reward from a week spent up the road.