Lidl-Trek built the entire week around one stage and executed it perfectly. Jakob Söderqvist was held in reserve through the sprint days and then unleashed on the rain-shortened Pécs queen stage, attacking clear on the final climb to win the stage and take the overall lead in a single move. The team then locked the race down on the hilly Veszprém finale to protect a 40-second buffer all the way to the line. For a developing rider it was a breakthrough stage-race overall and a clean tactical win for the team.

Soudal Quick-Step turned the race into a sprint showcase for Tim Merlier, who won three stages — the flat opener in Békéscsaba, the hilly Szekszárd day, and the Veszprém finale — and the points classification with it. The team also placed Junior Lecerf in the GC mix, the young climber surviving the Pécs queen stage in the front group to finish fourth overall at +0:56. A win-everywhere week: the sprints with Merlier, a GC top-five with Lecerf.

UAE had the race's most aggressive opening week through Benoît Cosnefroy, who won the long Stage 2 to Paks and held the overall lead for two days before the queen stage. He couldn't follow Söderqvist's climb on the wet Pécs circuit and slipped to second overall at +0:40, while Juan Sebastián Molano added sprint placings (2nd on Stage 1, 3rd on Stage 3). A strong, controlling week that fell just short of the win when the road tilted up.

Luke Plapp carried Jayco-AlUla's GC card and rode a steady, consistent week to the final podium. On the decisive Pécs queen stage he was in the lead GC group, finishing third on the stage and limiting his losses to Söderqvist, which was enough to secure third overall at +0:49. A solid, if unspectacular, podium result for the Australian.

Team Polti VisitMalta's headline came on the queen stage, where Adrián Benito was the best of the rest behind Söderqvist, taking second on the day at +0:32 on the Pécs climbs — the only rider able to get within striking distance of the eventual overall winner on the decisive afternoon.