Heavy rain forced the organisers to shorten the queen stage from its planned 188.2 km to 147 km, cutting the Villány-Siklós-Harkány loop but keeping the punishing Pécs climbing circuit with its repeated ascents of the Bárány út / Lapis climb and the uphill finish at Pécs Zoo. The repeated climbing on the wet final circuit shredded the field and reduced the front to the GC men. Jakob Söderqvist proved the strongest climber on the day, going clear on the final ascent to win alone in Pécs. Adrián Benito limited his losses to take second at +0:32, while the chasing GC group — Luke Plapp, Junior Lecerf and overnight leader Benoît Cosnefroy — came in together at +0:41. The result transformed the general classification and handed Söderqvist the overall lead with one stage to go.

Söderqvist's stage-winning ride flipped the GC: he took over the overall lead from Benoît Cosnefroy, who dropped to second at +0:40. Luke Plapp moved to third at +0:52, with Junior Lecerf fourth at +0:56. With only the hilly finale to Veszprém remaining, Söderqvist held a slim but workable margin to defend.