Mauro Schmid gave Jayco-AlUla their first success of the 2026 Tour de France, out-sprinting Harold Tejada (XDS Astana) in the race's longest stage from Dole to Belfort from the day's successful breakaway.
"I can't believe it at the moment," Schmid said after finishing the stage in just over four hours and averaging over 51kph. "It was an incredibly hard day from the start. We were keen with the whole team to be there to be in the breakaway. We tried many times already these last couple of days, and so far it didn't really go as planned.
"I felt really good from the start, but it was just full gas from the first minute. Then also the boys came from the back, so I could just sit on, so it was pretty much perfect."
