Olav Kooij, a 22-year-old Netherlands rider, snatched victory on stage five of the 2026 Tour de France. The stage finished in Pau and featured the race's opening bunch sprint. Kooij burst through the line in front of peloton to take his first Tour win.
Norway’s Andreas Traeen kept the leader's maillot after the stage, remaining overall leader. Stage five gave sprinters their initial genuine opportunity to contest a finish, and the result puts Kooij among the early contenders for flat stages.