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Saturday, April 10: 6th & final stage, Ondarroa - Arrate, 111.9 km

Stage 6 map & profile

David Gaudu finishes just ahead of Primoz Roglic. Gomez Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Arrate at 1:45 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at at 10 km/hr (6 mph). Until 5:00 PM, there is a 20% chance of rain. The forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms followed by heavy rain starting around 6:00 PM.

The race: The 2021 Tour of the Basque Country's queen stage began at 2:40 PM.

Here's the race organizer's stage six summary:

In the final stage, the peloton ended up divided into several groups at the very start of the Arrabinieta climb at km 3. The first breakaway was engineered by riders Carlos Verona (56, MOV), Jan Polanc (37, UAD), Jakob Fuglsang (2, APT) and Antwan Tolhoek (145, TJV), the latter holding out the longest before being overtaken by the group of favorites.

Stage six gets rolling. Charly Lopez photo

The first passes saw the first attacks and attempted breakaways, but Roglic in the second group, at 39” from the head of the race, and Tadej Pogacar (31, UAD), accompanied by teammate Brandon McNulty (33, UAD) in the third group at 49”, started to pick up the pace.

It was from then on when McNulty could no longer keep up and began to fall behind, while Roglic managed to position himself as the leader of the race, leaving McNulty more than 3 minutes behind. Meanwhile, Pogacar turned to Mikel Landa (171, TBV) and Alejandro Valverde (56, MOV), among others, for support as he tried to shave off seconds, but the difference of nearly a minute proved to be too much.

Roglic and Gaudu won at Arrate and kept up the pace from then on, crossing the finish line together, which gave the French rider the stage victory and the Slovenian the overall victory at the 2021 Itzulia.

Complete results:

111.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.155 km/hr

1	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 5min 42sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 35sec
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:03
8	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:05
9	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:55
11	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	1:57
13	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	1:59
14	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	2:47
15	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:42
16	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	4:05
17	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	4:21
18	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	4:40
19	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
20	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:21
21	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	6:02
22	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	7:49
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	7:57
24	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	8:09
25	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	11:26
26	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	11:30
28	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	11:31
29	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:57
30	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
35	Felix Gall	Team DSM	12:00
36	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:23
37	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
39	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
40	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
42	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
43	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
44	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
45	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
47	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
52	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	12:58
55	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	13:02
57	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:08
58	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	13:11
61	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:12
62	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
63	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	14:02
65	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:45
66	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:32
67	Raul Garcia	Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	15:43
69	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
70	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
71	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
74	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:56
75	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	18:18
76	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
78	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
79	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
84	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
88	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
89	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
92	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
93	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	18:58
96	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	19:07
97	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	19:08
98	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
99	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
100	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	19:10
101	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	19:12
102	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	19:40

Final GC after stage 6:

• Final GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification winner: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification winner: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
• Team classification winner: Jumbo-Visma

797.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.556 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	19hr 11min 36sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	@ 52sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	1:07
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	1:26
5	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	1:27
6	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:28
7	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	1:33
8	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	2:17
9	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	2:38
10	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	2:59
11	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:16
12	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	4:19
13	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	5:01
14	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:32
15	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	5:54
16	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	5:57
17	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	7:46
18	Enric Mas	Movistar	8:04
19	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	9:37
20	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:46
21	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	12:02
22	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	13:17
23	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	15:38
24	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	16:24
25	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	16:46
26	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:58
27	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	17:04
28	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	17:14
29	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	17:30
30	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	18:43
31	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	20:12
32	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	21:22
33	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:47
34	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	23:04
35	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	23:56
36	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	24:42
37	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	25:00
38	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	25:04
39	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	25:17
40	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	25:50
41	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	26:08
42	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	28:52
43	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	s.t.
44	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	30:40
45	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:56
46	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	31:00
47	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	31:05
48	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	31:19
49	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	31:24
50	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	31:36
51	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	32:32
52	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	33:07
53	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:49
54	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	35:05
55	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	35:52
56	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:55
57	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	36:27
58	Carlos Verona	Movistar	37:33
59	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	37:37
60	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	37:45
61	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	38:11
62	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38:31
63	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	38:45
64	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	39:12
65	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	39:41
66	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	40:32
67	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	40:53
68	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	41:55
69	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	42:11
70	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	42:53
71	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	43:11
72	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	43:48
73	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	44:24
74	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:25
75	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	45:13
76	Roger Adrio	Kern Pharma	45:14
77	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	45:50
78	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	46:38
79	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	47:37
80	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	47:41
81	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	47:48
82	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	48:32
83	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	49:14
84	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	49:23
85	Felix Gall	Team DSM	50:04
86	Einer Rubio	Movistar	50:27
87	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	50:59
88	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	51:00
89	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	51:11
90	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	54:34
91	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	56:09
92	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	56:40
93	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	57:27
94	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	57:46
95	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	58:24
96	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	1:00:59
97	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	1:01:05
98	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	1:02:07
99	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:02:35
100	Raul Garcia	Kern Pharma	1:03:09
101	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	1:07:26
102	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07:57
103	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	1:10:14

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Friday, April 9: Stage 5, Hondarribia - Ondarroa 160.2 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Deceuninck-Quick Step have a good day as Mikkel Honore wins the stage as Josef Cerny finishes right with him. Gomez Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Ondarroa at 2:00 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 3% chance of rain during the afternoon that turns into a 40% chance after 8:00 PM.

The race: There were two non-starters today: Benoit Cosnefroy (Ag2r-Citroën) & Victor de la Parte (Total Direct Energie).

Here's the report from stage winner Mikkel Honore's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

There aren’t many things better in cycling than two teammates finishing first and second in a race, as it just says something about that squad, its strength and the pervasive team spirit that fuels the riders before each race. On Friday, we got to enjoy one of these fine moments at the end of the 180.2km stage 5 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, which journeyed from Hondarribia to Ondarroa over a hilly course that, at least on paper, should have made it easy for the peloton to control the race.

The peloton rides along the Spanish coast. Charly Lopez photo

Deceuninck – Quick-Step had other plans, and for that reason sent two riders – Josef Cerny and Mikkel Honoré – in a six-man break that was kept at no more than three minutes by a peloton keen on bringing it back together for the final kilometers in Ondarroa. Surprisingly for many, the sextet arrived at the bottom of Ukaregi with a two-minute gap, spreading panic in the bunch. The group splintered there under the impetus of Cerny and Honoré, who kept pushing only with Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) for company.

At ten kilometers to go, the trio still had one minute over the bunch, who despite their furious chase didn’t make inroads into the gap, and that was mainly thanks to the Czech National ITT Champion, who buried himself at the front on the rolling roads to Ondarroa. On a short drag inside the last five kilometers, Mikkel got out of the saddle and opened a gap, with Josef following suit when he sensed the Frenchman couldn’t follow.

The duo kept pedalling smoothly as they rode under the flamme rouge, where they carried a healthy lead of around 40 seconds. With 200 meters to go, they both sat up and bumped fists as they made their way towards the finish side by side. Mikkel took the win, becoming the first Danish rider in more than two decades to claim a stage at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, with Josef finishing at his side and making it a truly memorable day for the Deceuninck – Quick-Step.

“It was our goal to be in the breakaway and once we got there, we worked very hard to remain as much as possible at the front. With our gap standing at one minute on the climb, it looked like a hard task, but we gave everything there and continued pushing. In the closing kilometers, I jumped on the short hill and waited for Josef at the top so we could go together to the line. He was incredible today and I want to point out that this isn’t my victory, but a win shared by the two of us, because I wouldn’t have made it without him. Getting to the line together with a teammate and celebrating a victory is one of the most beautiful things in cycling”, said Mikkel after Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 15th win of the season.

“A memorable day for us. When we went into the break, our goal was to make the most out of this opportunity and I’m happy with how things panned out in the end. We believed in ourselves, kept the pace high in the finale and delivered a great team effort. That’s why we can be proud of what we achieved, as it’s a day we’ll always remember”, added Josef after contributing to the team’s magnificent display in the Basque Country.

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

160.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.711 km/hr

1	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 39min 54sec
2	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	@ 17sec
4	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:28
5	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
6	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
9	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
10	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
12	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
13	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
22	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
24	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
26	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
28	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
29	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
32	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
33	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
37	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
38	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
43	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
55	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
57	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
63	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
67	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
70	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
72	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
75	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
77	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
79	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
81	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
87	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
88	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
89	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
92	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:44
94	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	0:45
95	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	1:06
96	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
97	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
98	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
99	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
101	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
102	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11
104	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	1:26
105	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	1:28
106	Hector Carretero	Movistar	1:30
107	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
109	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
111	Laurens de Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
113	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	2:07
115	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:37
116	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	2:41
117	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
119	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	2:45
120	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	3:11
121	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	3:21
123	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	3:22
124	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	3:27
125	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:20
126	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
127	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
128	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	6:09
129	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	6:29
130	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:31
131	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:47
132	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	6:50
133	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
134	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
135	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
136	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
137	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
138	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
139	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
140	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
141	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
142	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	s.t.
143	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
144	Raul Garcia	Kern Pharma	s.t.
145	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:09
146	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	10:39
147	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
148	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	11:01
149	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
150	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
151	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
152	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
153	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	11:41
154	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

685.7 kilometers raced so far at an aveage speed of 42.603 km/hr

1	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	16hr 5min 43sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	@ 23sec
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:28
4	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
5	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:43
6	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02
7	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07
8	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	1:13
9	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	1:15
10	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:23
11	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:32
12	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	1:42
14	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	1:44
15	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
16	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
17	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	1:58
18	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:01
19	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	2:02
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	2:33
21	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	3:21
22	Enric Mas	Movistar	3:35
23	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	4:04
24	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	4:12
25	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	4:34
26	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:36
27	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:46
28	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:52
29	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	5:08
30	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	6:57
31	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	9:10
32	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	10:07
33	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	10:35
34	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	10:45
35	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	11:36
36	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	11:45
37	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	12:10
38	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	12:26
39	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	12:49
40	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	12:58
41	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	13:12
42	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	13:17
43	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	13:52
44	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	14:21
45	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	14:22
46	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	16:05
47	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	17:22
48	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	17:57
49	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	18:44
50	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	18:48
51	Laurens de Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	19:14
52	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	19:21
53	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	19:38
54	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	19:48
55	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:15
56	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	20:20
57	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	20:21
58	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	20:55
59	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	21:46
60	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	21:56
61	Carlos Verona	Movistar	22:01
62	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	22:02
63	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	22:52
64	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	22:53
65	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:54
66	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	23:26
67	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	24:09
68	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	24:26
69	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	24:44
70	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	25:04
71	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	25:23
72	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	25:25
73	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	25:59
74	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	26:11
75	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	26:12
76	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	26:17
77	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:19
78	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	26:31
79	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	26:57
80	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	27:00
81	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	27:49
82	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	28:31
83	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	28:36
84	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	29:05
85	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	29:12
86	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
87	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	29:30
88	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	29:31
89	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	29:41
90	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:56
91	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	30:09
92	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	31:01
93	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	31:07
94	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	31:16
95	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	31:23
96	Einer Rubio	Movistar	31:30
97	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	31:45
98	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	32:35
99	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:39
100	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	33:01
101	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	33:04
102	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	33:28
103	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	34:04
104	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	34:22
105	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	34:32
106	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	34:38
107	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	35:29
108	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	35:37
109	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:38
110	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	35:50
111	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	36:27
112	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	37:22
113	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	37:44
114	Felix Gall	Team DSM	38:15
115	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	38:44
116	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	38:48
117	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	38:50
118	Hector Carretero	Movistar	38:52
119	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	39:20
120	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	39:36
121	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	39:38
122	Oscar Rodríguez	Astana-Premier Tech	39:39
123	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	39:47
124	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	40:36
125	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	41:27
126	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	41:36
127	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	41:51
128	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	42:52
129	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
130	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	42:57
131	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	43:11
132	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	43:31
133	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	43:34
134	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	44:28
135	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
136	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	45:39
137	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	46:21
138	Raul García	Kern Pharma	47:48
139	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	48:27
140	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:29
141	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:50
142	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	50:13
143	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	50:56
144	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	51:07
145	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	51:22
146	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	51:31
147	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51:35
148	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	52:07
149	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	53:11
150	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	53:16
151	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	53:43
152	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	55:33
153	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	57:23
154	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:14:22

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Looks like it's about time to race.

The peloton gets rolling.

Racing along the Spanish coast

Another shot of the peloton strung out on the coastal road.

Jonas Vingegaard

Primoz Roglic in the green jersey

Mikkel Honore

Race leader Brandon McNulty

Two that got away: Josef Cerny & Mikkel Honore

Stage winner Mikkel Honore

Brandon McNulty will start stage six in yellow.

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Thursday, April 8: Stage 4, Vitoria Gasteiz - Hondarribia, 189.1 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Ion Izagirre just beats Pello Bilbao for the stage win. Gomez Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Hondarribia at 2:00 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: There was one non-starter, Michael Woods of the Israel Start-Up Nation team. His team posted this short note: "Following his crash yesterday, Mike was diagnosed with a badly bruised left hand and shoulder. Following the advice of ISN medical staff, Mike will take a break from racing in order to speed his recovery."

Here's the race organizer's stage 4 summary:

In the fourth stage, the peloton set off at a blistering pace which averaged nearly 50 km/h during the first two hours. The first 100 km saw several breakaway attempts by the riders, but the gap to the peloton was only about 10 seconds.

It wasn’t until km 102 that Guillaume Martin (95, COF), Ben O’Connor (154, ACT), Jefferson Cepeda (197, CJR) and Juan Pedro Lopez (97, TFS) were able to break away from the peloton with a lead of almost 3 minutes. But Martin and Cepeda dropped back during the climb to Jaizkibel.

The peloton, which continued at a high pace, fought back and with 30 kilometres to go, the gap was reduced to 30 seconds. Just before the climb to Erlaitz, the peloton was back together, and both Brandon McNulty (33, UAE) and Mikel Landa (171, TBV) tried to break away as the climb began but were ultimately caught by the peloton before reaching the summit.

Looks like a great day for a bike race. Charly Lopez photo

The lead group began to break away containing several favourites: McNulty, Esteban Chaves (21, BEX), Ion Izaguirre (1, APT), Pello Bilbao (173, TBV) Jonas Vingegaard (147, TJV) and Emmanuel Buchmann (13, BOH). Entering Hondarribi, the six riders began to push hard and in the final sprint Izaguirre took the stage in a photo finish.

Results:

189.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.128 km/hr

1	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	4hr 17min 7sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	@ 2sec
7	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:49
8	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
9	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
11	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
17	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
23	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
24	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
32	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
33	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	5:42
35	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
36	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
39	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
40	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
41	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
46	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
49	Laurens de Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	8:20
52	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
53	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
55	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	10:00
57	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
60	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
62	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
63	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
64	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
65	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	12:01
67	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	13:54
68	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
69	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
71	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
72	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
73	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
74	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
75	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
76	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
77	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
80	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
84	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
91	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
92	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
95	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
100	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
106	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	18:48
107	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
108	Raúl García	Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
111	Oscar Rodríguez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
113	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
114	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
115	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
116	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
117	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
118	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
120	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
121	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
124	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
125	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
126	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
127	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
129	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
130	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
133	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
136	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
137	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
138	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
139	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
140	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
141	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
142	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	20:48
143	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
145	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
146	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
147	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
148	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	s.t.
149	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
150	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
151	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
152	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
153	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	s.t.
154	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
155	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
156	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
157	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

525.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.302 km/hr

1	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	12hr 25min 21sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	@ 23sec
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:28
4	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
5	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:43
6	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02
7	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07
8	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	1:13
9	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	1:15
10	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:23
11	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:32
12	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	1:42
14	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	1:44
15	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
16	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
17	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	1:58
18	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:01
19	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	2:02
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	2:33
21	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	3:21
22	Enric Mas	Movistar	3:35
23	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	4:04
24	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	4:10
25	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	4:12
26	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	4:14
27	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	4:34
28	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:36
29	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:46
30	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:52
31	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	9:10
32	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	9:19
33	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	10:07
34	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	10:35
35	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	10:45
36	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	11:45
37	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	12:10
38	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	12:26
39	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	12:49
40	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	12:58
41	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	13:12
42	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	13:17
43	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	13:52
44	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	14:21
45	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	14:22
46	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	16:05
47	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:35
48	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	17:22
49	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	17:57
50	Laurens de Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	18:12
51	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	18:32
52	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	18:44
53	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	19:21
54	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	19:38
55	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	19:42
56	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	19:42
57	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	19:48
58	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:57
59	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:15
60	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	20:21
61	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	20:55
62	Carlos Verona	Movistar	20:59
63	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	21:46
64	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	21:51
65	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	21:56
66	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	22:02
67	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:17
68	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:20
69	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	22:52
70	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	23:26
71	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	23:29
72	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	23:42
73	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	24:09
74	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	25:25
75	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	25:43
76	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	25:55
77	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	26:01
78	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	26:06
79	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	26:11
80	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	26:17
81	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:19
82	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	26:57
83	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	27:00
84	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	27:49
85	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	28:03
86	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	28:31
87	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	28:36
88	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	28:42
89	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	28:54
90	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
91	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	29:12
92	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	29:16
93	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:32
94	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	29:41
95	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	30:11
96	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	30:14
97	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	30:23
98	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	30:40
99	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	30:45
100	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:59
101	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	31:16
102	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	31:24
103	Einer Rubio	Movistar	31:32
104	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	31:40
105	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	31:48
106	Felix Gall	Team DSM	31:55
107	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	32:09
108	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	32:26
109	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:28
110	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	32:35
111	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	33:01
112	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	33:14
113	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	33:30
114	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	34:04
115	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	34:38
116	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	34:56
117	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:02
118	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	35:08
119	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	35:16
120	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	35:29
121	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	35:37
122	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	36:29
123	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
124	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	36:37
125	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	36:58
126	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	37:24
127	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	37:46
128	Hector Carretero	Movistar	37:54
129	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	38:25
130	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	39:40
131	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	39:42
132	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	39:49
133	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	40:11
134	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	40:36
135	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	40:46
136	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	41:13
137	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	41:23
138	Raul García	Kern Pharma	41:28
139	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	41:52
140	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	42:07
141	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	42:54
142	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	43:12
143	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	43:13
144	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	43:33
145	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	44:30
146	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	44:39
147	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	44:56
148	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	45:02
149	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	45:11
150	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	46:08
151	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	46:51
152	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	46:52
153	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	46:56
154	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	48:06
155	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:31
156	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:52
157	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:04:13

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 7: Stage 3, Amurrio - Ermaulde, 167.7 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Tadej Pogacar finishes just ahead of Primoz Roglic. Gomez Sport photo

Weather at Laudio, on the route, 23 km from the finish: 9C (49F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race:

Wearing the GC leader's yellow jersey, Primoz Roglic gets his bike to start stage three. Gomez Sport photo

Here's the organizer's stage three summary:

The stage had just started when Daniel Navarro (203, BBH), Gotzon Martin (236, EUS), Felix Gall (133, DSM), Lawrence Warbasse (157, DSM), Oier Lazkano (196, CJR), Mikkel Honoré (84, DEC) and Roger Adria (221, KernPharma), produced the first breakaway and began to increase their lead over the peloton during the initial kilometres, gaining a lead of 7'05".

Over the course of the stage, the peloton picked up the pace again and started to reduce the gap from km 60 onwards. By Amurrio the gap had been reduced to under 2 minutes, but Oier Lazkano who was the most combative rider (196, CJR) had increased the pace before entering Laudio with 26 km to go.

In Okondo, the peloton managed to definitively reduce the lead enjoyed by the day's escapees and was just a few seconds behind. The last few kilometres of the climb to Ermualde were hotly contested as riders successively fought to lead the race. Until the descent when Tadej Pogacar (31, UAE) and Primoz Roglic (141, TJV) broke away and the UAE rider won the stage with a time of 4:04:51.

The jerseys were as follows: Roglic (Individual and Points) and Pogacar (Mountain and Youth).

Complete results:

167.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.097 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 4min 50sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 5sec
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:08
7	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:16
8	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
10	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
11	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	0:20
12	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
14	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:32
15	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
17	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	0:34
18	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:36
19	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	0:50
21	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
22	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	1:03
23	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
25	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
27	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	1:20
28	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	1:22
29	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:40
31	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:56
33	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	1:57
34	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
35	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:59
37	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	2:32
39	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	2:38
41	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:00
44	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
45	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
46	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	3:04
48	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	3:17
49	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	3:24
50	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:35
51	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	3:40
52	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
53	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
54	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
55	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
56	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	3:50
58	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	4:10
59	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:25
60	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	4:27
63	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
64	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
65	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	4:29
68	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:48
69	Carlos Verona	Movistar	5:23
70	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	5:25
71	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:10
72	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:20
73	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
79	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	7:28
84	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
85	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	7:40
86	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	7:42
87	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	8:05
88	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	8:12
90	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
93	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:14
94	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
100	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Raul Garcia	Kern Pharma	8:35
103	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	8:36
104	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	s.t.
108	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	8:48
110	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
111	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
112	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:50
113	Einer Rubio	Movistar	8:55
114	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	9:11
115	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	9:39
116	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
117	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	9:43
118	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:46
119	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:48
120	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
121	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	10:36
122	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	11:31
123	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
124	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:43
125	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
126	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
128	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
129	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	11:45
130	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	11:47
131	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
132	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
133	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
134	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	11:55
135	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
136	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
137	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
138	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
139	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
140	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
141	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
142	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
144	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	12:42
145	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
146	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
147	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:32
148	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
149	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
150	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
151	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
152	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
153	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	13:36
154	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
155	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
156	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
157	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:41
158	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:44
159	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:38
160	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	16:05
161	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:45

GC after stage 3:

336.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.378 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	8hr 7min 48sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:20
3	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:39
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	0:50
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:54
7	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:00
8	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:08
9	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:09
10	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
11	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	1:19
12	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	1:21
13	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	1:29
14	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:33
15	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	1:35
16	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:38
17	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	1:39
18	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	1:51
19	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	2:08
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	2:10
21	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	2:58
22	Enric Mas	Movistar	3:12
23	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	3:41
24	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	3:47
25	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	3:49
26	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	3:51
27	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	3:52
28	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	3:54
29	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	4:11
30	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:13
31	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	4:21
32	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:24
33	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:29
34	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
35	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	4:32
36	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	4:50
37	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	4:51
38	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	5:04
39	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	5:07
40	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:19
41	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	5:29
42	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	5:39
43	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:57
44	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	6:14
45	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
46	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:32
47	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	6:55
48	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	6:56
49	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	7:33
50	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	7:35
51	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	7:42
52	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	7:56
53	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	8:01
54	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	8:03
55	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	8:28
56	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	8:34
57	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:49
58	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	8:58
59	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	9:06
60	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:10
61	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	9:58
62	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:14
63	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	10:20
65	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	10:32
66	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	10:49
67	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:01
68	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	11:49
69	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	11:52
70	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	12:12
71	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	12:15
72	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:37
73	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	12:38
74	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	12:43
75	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	12:56
76	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	13:01
77	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	13:02
78	Einer Rubio	Movistar	13:10
79	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	13:18
80	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	13:26
81	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	13:32
82	Felix Gall	Team DSM	13:33
83	Jose Felix Parra	Kern Pharma	14:05
84	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	14:21
85	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	14:26
86	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	14:35
87	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	14:54
88	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:59
89	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	15:08
90	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:26
91	Carlos Verona	Movistar	15:43
92	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	15:44
93	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	15:48
94	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	15:51
95	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:04
96	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:12
97	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	16:13
98	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	16:15
99	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
100	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	16:35
101	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:40
102	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	16:43
103	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	16:55
104	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	16:59
105	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	17:12
106	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	17:17
107	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	17:23
108	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	17:37
109	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	17:48
110	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	18:07
111	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
112	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	18:12
113	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	18:26
114	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	18:36
115	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	18:41
116	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	18:57
117	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	18:58
118	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:00
119	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	19:02
120	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	19:07
121	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	19:18
122	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	19:24
123	Hector Carretero	Movistar	19:32
124	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	19:33
125	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	19:46
126	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	20:36
127	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	21:10
128	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	21:20
129	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	21:27
130	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	21:28
131	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	21:40
132	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	21:45
133	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	21:49
134	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	22:01
135	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	22:09
136	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	22:14
137	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	22:24
138	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	22:51
139	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
140	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	23:01
141	Raúl García	Kern Pharma	23:06
142	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	23:11
143	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	23:30
144	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	24:08
145	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	24:32
146	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:34
147	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	24:40
148	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	24:47
149	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	24:49
150	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:50
151	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:57
152	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	26:17
153	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	26:34
154	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	27:46
155	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	28:29
156	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	28:30
157	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:09
158	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:30
159	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	29:44
160	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	39:47
161	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	43:51

Stage 3 map & profile

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 6: Stage 2, Zalla - Sestao, 154.8 km

Stage 2 profile

Alex Aranburu wins stage two.

Weather at the finish city of Sestao at 1:50 PM, local time: 12C (53F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The race: All 165 riders who finished stage 1 began stage two at 1:43. The roads were wet for the start with the riders wearing cold-weather gear, some with rain jackets.

Here is the organizer's stage 2 summary:

Alex Aramburu won the second stage of the Itzulia Basque Country. It was a rain-soaked stage during which 7 riders broke away around the 17 km mark.

The breakaway was comprised of Hermans (124, IWG), Tusveld (134, DSM) and Vermaerke (135, DSM), Gastauer (152, ACT), Irisarri (194, CJR), Cabedo (205, BBH) and Iturria (234, EUS). The peloton gained a maximum lead of 4'07" at the head of the race, which was not neutralised until the last mountain pass.

With 18.5 km to go Gaudu (43, GFC) and Pogacar (31, UAD) upped the pace and managed to create some distance from the favourites. Roglic (141, TJV), Izagirre (1, APT), Landa (171, TBV), Schachmannn (16, BOH) and co. reduced the distance and after several attacks from Pogacar (31, UAD), Schachmannn with Roglic, Higuita (64, EFN) and McNulty (33, UAD) moved ahead.

It's a cool, wet day in the Basque hills. Charly Lopez photo

It was not until the descent from La Asturiana pass, a very technical descent, that things became competitive again and Alex Aramburu (3, APT) took advantage of the situation to race to the finish line without looking back. Increasing his lead to 30" during the descent. And reaching the last climb with a 35" lead over the group of favourites, which he held to take the stage in Sestao.

Primoz Roglic remains the GC leader.

Schachmannn (16, BOH) won the mountain jersey, McNulty (33, UAD) maintained the youth jersey, and Roglic maintained the yellow jersey and the points jersey.

Results:

154.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.182 km/hr

1	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	3hr 45min 32sec
2	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	@ 15sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
6	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
10	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
11	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
13	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Ilan Van Wilder	Team DSM	0:19
16	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
19	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
23	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:29
25	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	0:33
27	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	0:41
28	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	0:54
29	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
31	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
32	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
33	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:01
34	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:05
35	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07
36	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:10
37	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	1:21
38	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
39	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
42	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	1:33
47	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	1:36
48	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	1:40
49	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	1:42
50	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
51	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
54	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	1:49
60	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	2:01
62	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:04
63	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	2:10
64	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	2:53
65	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	2:55
66	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:23
67	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
68	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
69	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
70	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
72	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
73	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
74	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
76	Laurens de Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
78	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	3:27
81	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	3:29
82	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	4:27
83	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
86	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
87	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
91	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
92	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
93	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	5:14
95	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	6:37
96	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	6:51
97	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
98	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	8:12
99	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
100	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	8:19
103	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
104	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
109	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
110	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
111	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
112	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
113	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
116	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
117	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
118	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:02
119	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
120	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
121	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	9:15
122	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
123	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
124	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Oscar Rodríguez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
126	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
127	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	s.t.
129	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
132	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
133	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
134	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
135	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
136	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
137	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
138	James Whelan	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
139	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
140	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	s.t.
141	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
142	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
143	Jose Felix Parra	Kern Pharma	s.t.
144	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
145	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
146	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
147	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
148	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
150	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:59
151	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
152	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
153	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
154	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
155	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
156	Raul García	Kern Pharma	s.t.
157	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
158	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
159	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	14:50
160	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
161	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
162	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
163	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	19:07
164	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	21:16
165	Amund Jansen	Team BikeExchange	21:44

GC after stage 2

168.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.643 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 3min 4sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	@ 5sec
3	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:06
4	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
5	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
6	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:31
7	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
8	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	0:34
9	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:40
10	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:42
11	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	0:43
12	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
14	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:47
15	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:49
16	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:51
17	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	0:53
18	Ilan Van Wilder	Team DSM	0:55
19	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:07
20	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
21	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	1:09
22	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	1:15
23	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:16
24	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:24
26	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:25
27	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	1:30
28	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:32
29	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
30	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:42
31	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:49
32	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Enric Mas	Movistar	2:03
34	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:06
35	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	2:08
36	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	2:13
37	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
38	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	2:19
39	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	2:20
40	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:21
41	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:27
42	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	2:28
44	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	2:29
45	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	2:40
46	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:43
47	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	2:44
48	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	2:45
49	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	2:45
50	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
51	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	2:58
52	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	3:02
53	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	3:08
54	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:10
55	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	3:12
56	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	3:21
57	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:24
58	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	3:32
60	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	3:41
61	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	3:43
62	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:55
63	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:02
64	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	4:03
65	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	4:07
66	Einer Rubio	Movistar	4:09
67	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:14
68	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	4:20
69	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	4:25
70	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	4:26
71	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:34
72	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:39
73	Felix Gall	Team DSM	4:40
74	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	4:42
75	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	4:48
76	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	4:50
77	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	4:52
78	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:04
79	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	5:15
80	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	5:17
81	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	5:25
82	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	5:34
83	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	5:39
84	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	5:40
85	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	5:45
86	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	5:46
87	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	5:49
88	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:11
89	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	6:17
90	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	6:28
91	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	6:30
92	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	6:34
93	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	6:52
94	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	6:53
95	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	7:38
96	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	8:03
97	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	8:19
98	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	8:52
99	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	8:57
100	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	9:09
101	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	9:21
102	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	9:35
103	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	9:37
104	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	9:38
105	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:47
106	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	9:48
109	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	9:52
110	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
111	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	9:54
112	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	10:03
113	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
114	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	10:08
115	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:09
117	Carlos Verona	Movistar	10:14
118	Oscar Rodríguez	Astana-Premier Tech	10:16
119	James Whelan	EF Education-Nippo	10:19
120	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	10:20
121	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	10:21
122	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
123	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	10:23
124	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:24
125	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	10:25
126	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	10:33
127	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	10:36
128	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	10:39
129	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:40
130	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	Jose Parra	Kern Pharma	10:42
132	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	10:44
133	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:48
134	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	10:50
135	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	10:51
136	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:55
137	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
138	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	11:00
139	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	11:02
140	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	11:04
141	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:09
142	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	11:11
143	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:15
144	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	11:19
146	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	11:22
147	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	11:29
148	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:33
149	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:02
150	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	13:55
151	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	14:08
152	Raul García	Kern Pharma	14:25
153	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	14:45
154	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:46
155	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	14:47
156	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	14:52
157	Hector Carretero	Movistar	14:59
158	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:22
159	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	15:50
160	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	16:02
161	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	16:28
162	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
163	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:00
164	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	23:36
165	Amund Jansen	Team BikeExchange	24:40

Stage 2 profile:

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Monday, April 5: Stage 1, Bilbao 13.9 km individual time trial

Stage 1 profile

Winner Primoz Roglic in the final meters of his ride. Jumbo-Visma photo

Weather at the race city of Bilbao at 1:50 PM, local time: 16C (61F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Primoz Roglic's Jumbo-Visma team.

Primoz Roglic has won the first stage of the Itzulia Basque Country. The Slovenian of Team Jumbo-Visma was the fastest in the opening time trial of almost fourteen kilometres. Team Jumbo-Visma rode a very strong time trial in general as well with the third place for Jonas Vingegaard and the fourth place for Tobias Foss.

It is the fourth victory of the season for Roglic after having already won three stages in Paris-Nice. It’s the twelfth victory for Team Jumbo-Visma of the year.

“I am very happy with this victory and with my performance today”, Roglic said. “It’s always special and beautiful when you win. It was a very good day for us. The time trial here is always tough and I like to race in the Basque Country. The course was a nice challenge with a mix of climbs, descents, fast turns and a steep wall at the end. It is a great start for us, but we will have a tough week ahead of us. The field here is really strong and the next stages are going to be very tough.”

Team Jumbo-Visma Tweeted this picture of the tough climb to the finish.

Sports director Frans Maassen was impressed by the performance of his team. “I am proud of the team with three riders in the top four. Winning a time trial is always beautiful and definitely in such a strong field. Primoz is our leader this week, but it may be in his favour if Jonas and Tobias can remain close in the overall standings.”

Complete results & GC after stage 1:

13.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.255 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	17min 17sec
2	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	@ 2sec
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:18
4	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:24
5	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:28
6	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
8	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	0:29
9	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	0:30
10	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:31
11	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:36
12	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
13	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:38
14	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	0:39
15	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:40
16	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	0:43
18	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
20	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
22	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:46
23	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:47
24	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:49
27	Ilan Van Wilder	Team DSM	0:51
28	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	0:53
29	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
30	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:54
31	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	0:55
32	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:00
33	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	1:01
34	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
35	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
36	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	1:03
37	Laurens de Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:06
38	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
39	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:07
40	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
41	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Tao Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	1:08
43	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	1:09
44	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
45	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:11
46	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
49	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:12
50	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	1:13
52	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:14
53	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	1:15
54	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:16
56	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:17
57	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	1:18
60	Roger Adria	Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	James Whelan	EF Education-Nippo	1:19
62	Mark Padun	Bahrain Victorious	1:20
63	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
64	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	1:21
65	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:24
67	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
69	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Ben Hermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:26
71	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	1:27
72	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	1:28
74	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	1:29
75	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	1:31
76	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
78	Felix Gall	Team DSM	1:32
79	Sean Bennett	Qhubeka-Assos	1:33
80	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
82	Odd Christian Eiking	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:34
83	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
84	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Fabio Aru	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
86	Urko Berrade	Kern Pharma	1:36
87	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	1:37
88	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	1:38
89	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
90	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	1:39
91	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	1:40
92	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Raul Garcia	Kern Pharma	1:41
95	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
97	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
98	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	1:42
99	Jose Felix Parra	Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:43
101	Cristian Rodriguez	Total Direct Energie	1:44
102	Carlos Canal	Burgos-BH	s.t.
103	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:45
104	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-Citroën	1:47
105	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:48
106	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	1:50
108	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
110	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	1:51
111	Fabien Grellier	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
112	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	1:53
113	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
114	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
116	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	1:54
117	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	1:55
118	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:57
119	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	1:58
120	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	1:59
121	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
122	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	2:00
123	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:01
124	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	2:02
125	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:03
127	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	2:04
128	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
129	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
130	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	2:05
131	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
132	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	2:07
133	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
134	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:08
135	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
136	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
137	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:09
138	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
139	Carlos Verona	Movistar	2:10
140	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	2:11
141	Hector Carretero	Movistar	2:15
142	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
143	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	2:16
144	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	2:17
145	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	2:18
146	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	2:19
147	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	s.t.
148	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
149	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:20
150	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
151	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
152	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	2:22
153	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
154	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	2:26
155	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	2:29
156	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	2:35
157	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:38
158	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	2:40
159	Jon Agirre	Kern Pharma	2:41
160	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:46
161	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	2:58
162	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:02
163	Alexander Evans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:07
164	Amund Jansen	Team BikeExchange	3:10
165	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:37

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