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Saturday, April 8: Stage 6, Eibar 27.7 kilometer individual time trial

Stage 6 profile

Alejandro Valverde (shown as he was about to begin his time trial ride) is the final winner of the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Primoz Roglic wins final ITT stage and Valverde takes overall

The final ITT stage of 27.7 kilometers has decided the overall winner of the Tour of the Basque Country today. Tension was in the air as everything was open until the very last moment.

Intermediate timing point was at km. 12,7, inmediately after climbing and descending Karabielta hill. With this climb in first kilometers, it was really a question to know which type of bike was using each rider. Most of them decided to race with their time trial bikes, but Alberto Contador (TFS) prefered not to. It was in Karabieta, when he was about to finish the climb, when he changed his bike and took a TT one.

And same rider has been the fastest at intermediate point 12,7 kms. 2nd in this point was Alejandro Valverde (MOV) with 9 secs delay and Ion Izagirre (TBM) and De la Cruz (QST) were 12 and 22 seconds back. Primoz Roglic (TLJ) was fifth 33 seconds slower than Contador.

The Slovenian rider, though, has ridden amazingly fast in the flatter second half of the stage. Thanks to his performance in the flat section, LottoNL-Jumbo rider has won his second stage in this year´s race. Ion Izagirre has finished 3rd in the stage and managed to climb to the podium also in 3rd position. Overall winner was still to decide. Contador was 8 seconds slower than Izagirre at the finish line, but thanks to the gap he gained yesterday, managed to overcome him.

Only Alejandro Valverde was left to arrive. He was the last rider to start and had all time references from previous men. Contador was only 9 seconds faster at the intermediate timing point and after pushing hard in last kms, he finally managed to get both 2nd position in the stage and being 14 seconds faster than Contador, overall win. Therefore Alejandro Valverde is the overall winner of the Tour of the Basque Country.

Team standings winner: Bahrain Merida, Intermediate sprints winner: Mas (CajaRural), Mountains classification Howes (Cannondale), Ponts classification: Valverde (Movistar)

Complete Results:

27.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.209 km/hr

1	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	35min 58sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	@ 9sec
3	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	15
4	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	23
5	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	34
6	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	41
7	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	52
8	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
9	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+1:04
10	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:23
11	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
12	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:27
13	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+1:28
14	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
15	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	+1:31
16	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+1:34
17	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	+1:37
19	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
20	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	s.t.
21	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+1:41
22	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
23	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:44
24	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	+1:45
25	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	+1:48
27	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	+1:49
28	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	+1:53
29	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+1:55
30	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+2:00
31	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+2:01
32	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
33	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+2:05
34	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:08
36	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:10
37	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	+2:12
38	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+2:13
39	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	+2:15
40	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	+2:21
41	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+2:25
42	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
43	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+2:26
44	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	+2:27
45	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+2:29
46	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:30
47	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
48	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
49	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+2:32
50	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:33
51	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+2:37
52	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:38
54	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+2:41
55	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
56	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
57	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+2:42
58	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	Jaime ROSON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+2:48
60	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+2:50
61	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	+2:52
62	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+2:57
63	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+3:02
64	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	+3:03
65	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+3:05
67	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+3:08
68	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:09
70	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:10
71	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+3:20
72	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	+3:21
73	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+3:29
74	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+3:30
75	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:31
76	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
77	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+3:34
78	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	+3:38
79	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	+3:39
80	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
81	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:43
82	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:44
84	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+3:45
85	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+3:47
86	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+3:48
88	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+3:53
90	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+3:55
91	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	+3:57
92	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+3:59
93	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
94	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+4:00
95	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:01
96	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	+4:02
98	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
99	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+4:09
100	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+4:10
101	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+4:13
102	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+4:14
103	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+4:15
104	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:18
105	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+4:19
106	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:20
107	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+4:22
108	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:33
109	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+4:37
110	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
111	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+4:38
112	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+4:47
113	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	+4:48
114	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
115	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+4:55
116	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+5:00
117	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+5:01
118	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	+5:07
119	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	+5:12
120	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+5:25
121	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+5:29
122	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:33
123	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+5:39
124	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+5:40
125	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+5:51
126	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+6:04
127	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+6:07
128	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+6:10
129	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+6:17

Final GC after Stage 6:

• GC winner: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Points classification winner: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Mountains classification winner: Alex Howes (Cannondale-Drapac)
• Team classification winner: Bahrain-Merida

828.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.575 km/hr

1	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	20hr 41min 25sec
2	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	@ 17sec
3	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	21
4	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	44
5	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	59
6	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:19
7	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:40
8	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	+1:51
9	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:56
10	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	+2:01
11	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:12
12	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+2:16
13	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:22
14	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	+2:23
15	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:24
16	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	+2:30
17	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	+2:34
18	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:50
19	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	+2:55
20	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	+3:11
21	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+3:21
22	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	+3:24
23	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:26
24	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	+3:48
25	Jaime ROSON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+3:50
26	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	+4:23
27	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+4:52
28	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	+4:57
29	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+5:11
30	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	+5:29
31	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+6:29
32	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	+6:38
33	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+7:41
34	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+8:09
35	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+8:51
36	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+9:49
37	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+10:18
38	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+10:28
39	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+10:58
40	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+11:01
41	Alexander ARANBUR	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+11:21
42	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+11:40
43	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+12:27
44	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+12:56
45	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+13:27
46	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+13:29
47	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:43
48	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+14:58
49	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+15:34
50	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	+15:55
51	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+16:25
52	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+16:30
53	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+17:13
54	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	+17:17
55	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	+17:24
56	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+18:33
57	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	+20:02
58	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	+21:14
59	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+22:05
60	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	+22:16
61	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+22:17
62	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+23:00
63	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+23:10
64	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+23:16
65	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	+23:32
66	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+23:38
67	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+23:46
68	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+23:56
69	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	+24:18
70	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+26:03
71	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+26:35
72	David LOPEZ	Sky	+27:12
73	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+28:10
74	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+28:48
75	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+29:23
76	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+29:31
77	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	+30:12
78	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+30:36
79	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+30:39
80	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+32:01
81	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+33:50
82	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+34:30
83	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+34:33
84	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+34:34
85	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+35:13
86	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+36:15
87	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+36:51
88	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+37:41
89	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+38:18
90	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+38:49
91	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+38:56
92	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+39:00
93	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+39:18
94	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	+40:22
95	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+40:24
96	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+40:35
97	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	+40:50
98	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+40:56
99	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	+41:18
100	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+41:26
101	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	+41:30
102	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+41:34
103	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+41:55
104	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+41:57
105	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+42:20
106	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+42:31
107	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+42:44
108	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+42:59
109	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+43:13
110	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+43:20
111	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	+43:29
112	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+44:08
113	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+44:12
114	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+44:13
115	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+45:15
116	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	+45:54
117	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+45:58
118	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+46:02
119	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+46:08
120	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	+46:53
121	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+47:20
122	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+48:39
123	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+48:41
124	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+50:14
125	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+51:35
126	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+52:08
127	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+53:44
128	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+53:58
129	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+54:00

Stage 6 profile:

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Friday, April 7: Stage 5, Bilbao - Eibar, 139.8 km

Stage 5 profile

Alejandro Valverde takes the stage and the GC lead

The race: Here's the report from Valverde's Movistar team.

The most winning rider in UCI cycling so far in 2017 continued to extend his astonishing streak in the early season on Friday. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) was again valiant and intelligent on his way to success on the Queen stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco, finishing in Arrate after six climbs in just 139km from the start in Bilbao, claiming the 105th victory of his pro career, his eighth in this season and the Blues' 16th in less than three months. The Arrieta / Jaimerena-led squad's good protection work all day long, continued by pressure at the front from Sutherland, Moreno, De La Parte and Rubén Fernández into the closing ascent, was crowned by the attacks from the 36-year-old Spaniard, courageous like no other GC contender in the race.

Bala's accelerations, always followed closely by Sergio Henao (SKY) and Alberto Contador (TFS), led into a sudden change of strategy, Valverde setting a continuous pace over the final slopes of the climb to reach down Mike Woods (CDT) and Louis Meintjes (UAD), who had profited from vigilance behind to open a serious gap, and reach the sprint in pole position. Valverde narrowly got past a hard crash from Samuel Sánchez (BMC), at the short descent towards the sanctuary, and went through the final turn first to secure his stage win.

Alejandro, already victorious at the Eibar climb in the 2012 Vuelta a España, also takes over the lead in the 'Itzulia', with still eleven riders within 22" before Saturday's decisive ITT (27.7km) in Eibar, which includes the Elgeta climb, a fast descent and a second part full of ups-and-downs towards the finish.

Alejandro Valverde: "We set Rubén at the front to pull hard and pick the pace up heading into the climb; Yates jumped at the first slope and, when I saw him, I quickly tried to counter his move and make the GC contenders suffer. I attacked and attacked, the other struggled, but I also suffered and it was difficult to create a gap. At the final stretch of the 'new' climb I decided to just set a steady pace, without any attacks, to catch Woods and Meintjes. That way, I could contest the sprint, where I knew I'd be the fastest. I knew the finish perfectly - one who doesn't do might have his doubts about how to tackle that final turn, on full steam or braking a bit before going for the final straight. I knew I had to go full gas, that's why I took the lead with 300m to go and never let anyone go ahead. I was second through the last turn when I won in the Vuelta a España, and was lucky to just pip Purito over the very finish line. That's why I kept clear in mind I had to go through first.

"I'm really happy about this victory. It makes me feel already satisfied about what I've achieved in this race. We'll surely chase the overall win at the TT tomorrow, we've got no pressure on our shoulders and a GC victory would be a huge plus for my palmarès, I can't deny I want to take it as I haven't got an Itzulia - but I'll feel happy all the same if I don't win. I've claimed eight victories so far this year, two GCs, lots of second and third places - everything that happens now will not change my happiness. We also know that some good specialists are behind us, really close, and it will be tough to conserve the jersey. Alberto was strong today, despite his crashes on Thursday, and Ion is a splendid time trialist, and only lost 15" today.

"The key on tomorrow's TT route will be both the ascent and the flat after the Elgeta descent. You've got to climb fast and profit from that long downhill to recover because, even though there are some generous stretches into the flatter part to just throw your bike and not pedal, you'll also need some power on your legs to cope with some difficult sections. I know it well, I actually went on a recce of it last Friday, and today's finale went through some of its roads. I'm confident I can do well."

Circuit de la Sarthe: Double final podium

Over at their second race of the week, the 65th Circuit de la Sarthe, the Movistar Team sealed at Saint-Calais' sprint showdown on Friday (187km) their third place overall with Jonathan Castroviejo -behind Lilian Calmejane (DEN) and Arthur Vichot (FDJ)-, the Laguía-directed team having enjoyed a TT win and brief GC lead with Alex Dowsett in Angers on Wednesday. The telephone squad, which also stepped onto the final podium as winners of the team GC, also claimed third-place stage honours with Daniele Bennati -5th in the final classification-, the Blues featuring at the front early in the stage with a breakaway by Spanish youngster Jorge Arcas.

Complete Results:

139.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.613 km/hr

1	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	3hr 26min 32sec
2	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
4	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
5	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
6	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	@ 3sec
7	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	@ 15sec
8	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
9	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
10	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	@ 22sec
11	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	@ 34sec
14	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	@ 47sec
15	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 58sec
17	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
19	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
21	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:11
22	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
23	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
24	Jaime ROSON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	+1:27
26	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
28	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	+1:42
30	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	+1:55
31	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+1:57
32	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+2:00
33	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
34	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+2:16
35	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+2:30
36	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:43
37	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
39	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
40	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
42	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
43	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
44	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+3:10
45	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
47	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+3:33
48	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
49	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+3:40
51	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+4:29
52	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
54	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
55	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+4:46
56	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
57	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
59	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+5:10
60	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
61	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+5:20
62	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+6:01
63	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+6:44
64	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+7:10
65	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
66	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
67	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+8:59
68	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
69	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
70	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+9:22
71	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	David LOPEZ	Sky	s.t.
73	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+9:24
74	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
78	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	+9:27
80	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	s.t.
81	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
83	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
86	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
87	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
89	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+9:44
90	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
91	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+10:04
92	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+10:39
93	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
94	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
97	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+11:05
98	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+11:15
99	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+11:39
100	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+12:05
101	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	+13:09
102	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+13:23
104	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
105	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+14:07
106	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	s.t.
108	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
109	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	+14:12
110	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+14:42
112	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
113	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
114	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
115	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	+14:44
116	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	+14:48
117	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	+15:03
118	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
119	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
120	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
121	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
122	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
124	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	+15:07
125	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+15:11
126	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
127	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+15:25
128	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	+15:27
129	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
130	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
131	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
132	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
133	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+16:20
134	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+16:36
135	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
136	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
137	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
138	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+17:02

GC after Stage 5:

1	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	20hr 5min 18sec
2	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
3	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
5	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
6	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	@ 3sec
7	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	@ 15sec
8	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
9	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	@ 19sec
10	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 22sec
11	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	@ 34sec
13	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 47sec
14	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
15	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 58sec
16	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
17	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
18	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:08
21	Jaime ROSON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+1:11
22	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	+1:27
23	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	+1:42
26	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	+1:45
27	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	+2:00
28	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	+2:43
29	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
30	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+3:25
31	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+3:33
32	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+4:08
33	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+4:30
34	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	+4:46
35	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+4:48
36	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+5:19
37	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+5:55
38	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+6:11
39	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+6:44
40	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	+7:07
41	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+7:10
42	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+8:05
43	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+9:23
44	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+9:24
45	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+9:33
46	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+9:58
47	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+10:02
48	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+10:26
49	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+10:41
50	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+10:49
51	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	+10:52
52	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+12:00
53	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+12:25
54	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+12:38
55	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	+14:34
56	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+14:34
57	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	+15:17
58	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+16:01
59	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	+16:02
60	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+16:30
61	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:35
62	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	+17:08
63	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+18:01
64	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	+18:02
65	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+18:16
66	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+18:36
67	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+19:24
68	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	+19:40
69	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	+19:55
70	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+19:56
71	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+20:37
72	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	+21:45
73	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+21:55
74	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+22:21
75	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+23:01
76	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+23:42
77	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+24:20
78	David LOPEZ	Sky	+24:54
79	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+24:56
80	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	+25:14
81	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+25:50
82	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+26:11
83	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+26:59
84	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+27:23
85	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+27:55
86	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+29:27
87	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+30:05
88	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+31:31
89	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+31:33
90	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+31:51
91	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+32:05
92	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+33:28
93	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+33:58
94	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+34:08
95	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+34:43
96	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+34:52
97	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+35:10
98	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+35:44
99	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+35:57
100	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+36:02
101	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+36:17
102	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+36:44
103	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+37:00
104	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+37:02
105	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	+37:12
106	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+37:25
107	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	+37:25
108	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+37:28
109	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+37:57
110	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+38:04
111	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+38:16
112	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	+38:19
113	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+38:38
114	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+38:43
115	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+38:56
116	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	+39:18
117	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+39:44
118	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+39:59
119	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	+39:59
120	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+40:02
121	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+40:29
122	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	+41:15
123	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+41:19
124	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
125	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+41:28
126	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+42:09
127	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+42:32
128	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	+43:05
129	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+43:46
130	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+44:04
131	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+45:03
132	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+45:20
133	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+46:11
134	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+47:41
135	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+48:44
136	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+49:16
137	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+49:27
138	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+49:58

Stage 5 profile:

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Thursday, April 6: Stage 4, Donostia (San Sebastian) - Bilbao, 174.1 km

Stage 4 profile

Primoz Roglic holds off the thundering herd

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

4th stage of the Tour of the Basque Country has started today in San Sebastian, a stage that was covering almost all the Basque coastline. The Mayor of the city Eneko Goia was at the start line and inmediately after starting, usual scenes in Donostia Classics repeated when the peloton was riding close to La Concha Bay. As soon as start signal was given, attacks have started. Plenty of attacks and many riders trying to break from the peloton during the first hour has had as a result 47,5 kilometres ridden during the first hour.

Main breakaway of the stage has started to form in km. 50. Cannondale rider Toms Skujins and Katusha rider Maxim Belkov have attacked and two more riders joined them: Amaël Moinard (BMC) and Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural). They started cooperating and gap to the bunch went soon to 4 minutes. They have started climbing Sollube pass, hardest climb of the day with this time gap.

Moinard was the first to pass through Sollube with still 4 minutes and 20 seconds to main group. However, Astana started to cooperate with Quick-Step, who were the ones leading the bunch in order to defend yellow jersey. Astana was looking for a stage victory with Luis León Sánchez, and as they were pushing hard back, the breakaway was unable to maintain their gap. First time they went through finish line in Bilbao, with 30 kms to go, they only had less than one minute to the peloton.

The dream of the attackers ended before the last climb of the day. So, all riders have started Vivero climb (2nd category) together. We have seen many attacks in Vivero´s slopes, being one of the strongest the trial of Simon Yates, very close to the summit. However, a main group of near 30 riders started descending to Bilbao together. Among them was slovenian rider of LottoNL-Jumbo team Primoz Roglic, who attacked when fastest riders in the group were preparing their sprint in Bilbao streets. He raised his arms at finish line with two seconds to the group. Overall leader David de la Cruz was in the group and consequently keeps the yellow jersey.

Complete Results:

1	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	4hr 23min 46sec
2	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	@ 3sec
3	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
4	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
5	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
6	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
8	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
9	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
11	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
13	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
14	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
16	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
17	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
19	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
20	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
22	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
25	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
26	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
27	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
28	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
30	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
32	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
33	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
36	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
37	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
38	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	@ 1min 28sec
40	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
41	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
43	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	@ 3sec
46	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	+1:28
47	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
48	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
49	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
50	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
51	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	s.t.
53	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
54	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
57	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
58	Ángel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
59	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
61	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
63	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
64	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
65	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+3:25
67	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+3:28
68	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+3:37
69	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
70	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
71	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+4:20
74	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
75	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
77	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
79	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
80	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	@ 3sec
82	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	+5:22
83	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
86	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
87	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	s.t.
88	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
89	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
95	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
96	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+6:18
97	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	+8:05
98	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+8:11
99	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
100	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
101	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+9:12
102	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
103	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
104	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
107	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
109	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
111	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
112	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
114	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
115	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
116	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
118	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
119	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
120	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
121	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
123	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
124	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+10:56
125	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+12:04
126	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	+12:29
127	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
128	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
129	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
130	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
131	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
134	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
135	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	s.t.
136	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
138	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
139	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
140	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
141	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
142	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
143	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
144	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+13:32
145	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
146	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
147	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
148	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
149	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

1	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	16:38:43
2	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	1
3	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	3
4	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
5	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
7	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
8	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
9	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
10	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
12	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
14	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
16	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
17	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
19	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
20	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
21	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
22	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
26	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
27	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
29	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
31	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:02
33	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
34	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:28
35	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
37	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
38	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
39	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
40	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	+1:33
41	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+1:41
42	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+2:27
43	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
44	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+2:58
45	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:06
46	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+3:06
47	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+3:25
48	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	+4:27
49	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+4:47
50	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+4:55
51	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+5:07
52	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+5:46
53	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
54	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	+6:21
55	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+7:11
56	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
57	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
58	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
59	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	+8:40
60	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+9:20
62	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
63	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+9:51
65	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+10:11
66	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	+10:51
67	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	+11:05
68	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+12:17
69	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+12:31
70	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:40
71	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	+14:10
72	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
73	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	+14:55
74	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+15:20
75	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+15:29
76	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+15:35
77	David LOPEZ	Sky	s.t.
78	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	+17:00
80	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+17:35
81	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+17:44
82	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+18:27
83	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+19:15
85	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+19:29
86	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
87	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
88	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+19:41
89	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+19:52
90	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+20:03
91	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+20:36
92	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+21:03
93	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+21:24
94	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+21:40
95	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+22:05
96	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+22:05
97	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	+22:12
98	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+23:12
99	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+23:19
100	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
101	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+23:22
102	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+23:29
103	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+23:34
104	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+23:47
105	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+23:56
106	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	+24:33
107	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+24:44
108	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
109	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
110	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
111	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+24:54
112	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	+25:55
113	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
114	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
116	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
118	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+26:24
119	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+26:28
120	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+26:36
121	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
122	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
123	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
124	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+27:22
125	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+27:30
126	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+27:36
127	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	+27:39
128	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
129	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+27:56
130	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	+28:01
131	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
133	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+28:04
134	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+28:21
135	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+28:55
136	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	+28:55
137	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+29:04
138	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+29:12
139	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
140	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+29:17
141	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+29:42
142	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+30:41
143	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+32:11
144	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+32:17
145	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+32:43
146	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+33:41
147	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+35:23
148	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+35:39
149	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+40:15

Stage 4 profile:

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Wednesday, April 5: Stage 3, Gasteiz - Donostia (San Sebastian), 160.5 km

Stage 3 profile

The race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Today's stage has started in Vitoria (Gasteiz), a city that traditionally hosts a stage every year. The Mayor of the city, Gorka Urtaran was there, among others. First hour of the race has been really fast, with many riders attacking and trying to catch or provoque the breakaway of the day. Therefore, they have ridden 47,700 kilometers during the first hour.

Main attack was at km 43 and 9 riders finally get together. Each of them representing a differenting team: Antonio NIBALI from Bahrain Merida, Alex HOWES from Cannondale, Eros CAPECCHI-Quick-Step, Alessandro DE MARCHI-BMC, Stephane ROSSETTO-Cofidis, Matteo MONTAGUTI-AG2R La Mondiale, Jakob FUGLSANG-Astana, Sergio PARDILLA-Caja Rural and Arnaud COURTEILLE-FDJ.

This group of 9 riders has faced the six mountain passes of the day together and they have increased the gap to 4:25 at km 64. But important riders were at the breakaway and neither Movistar nor Sky let them go. In this mountainous stage of 6 hills, several riders in the breakaway have been dropped during last climbs. Fuglsang and De Marchi have been the latest riders to be caught by the bunch. In their way, riders in the breakaway have been able to get many points for mountains classification and Cannondale rider Alex Howes is the new leader of this classification.

It was finally at km. 139 when last two riders were surpassed by the peloton and in that difficult moment, two of the main contenders have punctured. Alejandro Valverde and his team Movistar were happy to see Gorka Izagirre could give his bike to team leader, but Sean Yates from Orica Scott Team was definitely dropped. In front, Romain Bardet (ALM) has attacked strongly, but Quick-Step rider David de la Cruz counter attacked and went alone. His solo breakaway never went too far, being max. gap to main group of 15 seconds, but showing an impressive strength, he arrived to the finish line of San Sebastian with 3 seconds to a small group. Leading this small group were Jay McCarthy (BOH) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). In addition to stage victory, Sabadell born David de la Cruz is the new overall leader-

Complete results:

1	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	3hr 54min 25sec
2	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
3	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
5	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
7	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
8	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
11	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
13	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
15	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
16	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
17	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
18	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
21	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
22	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
24	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
28	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
30	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
31	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
32	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
33	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
35	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
36	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
37	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
38	Daniel NAVARRO GARCIA	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
40	Stephen CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
41	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
42	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 39sec
43	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:02
44	Omar FRAILE MATARRANZ	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
49	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
50	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	+1:33
51	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
52	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
53	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
54	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+1:41
55	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
56	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+3:08
58	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+3:22
59	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
60	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+5:46
61	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
62	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
63	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
64	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
65	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
66	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
67	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
71	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
72	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
73	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+7:15
74	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+7:15
76	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+8:26
77	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	+10:51
79	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+11:49
80	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+14:10
81	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
82	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
83	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
85	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
86	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
87	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Jose HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
92	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
93	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
94	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
95	Sergio PARDILLA BELLON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
98	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
99	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
101	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
102	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
103	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
104	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
105	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
106	Antonio PEDRERO LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
107	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+14:42
110	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+15:25
111	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+15:35
112	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
113	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
114	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
115	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
116	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
118	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
120	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
121	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
122	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
123	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
124	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
125	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
126	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
127	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
128	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+16:46
129	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
131	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
132	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
133	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	s.t.
134	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
135	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
136	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
138	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	s.t.
139	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
140	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
141	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
142	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
143	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
144	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
145	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
146	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
147	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
148	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
149	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
150	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
151	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
152	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
153	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
154	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+23:02
155	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
156	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
157	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+26:16

GC after Stage 3:

1	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	12hr 14min 54sec
2	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 3sec
3	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
4	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
5	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
7	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
9	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
11	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
14	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
15	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
16	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
17	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
18	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
19	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
22	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
23	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
25	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
27	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
29	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
30	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
32	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
33	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
34	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
35	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
36	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
37	Stephen CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Daniel NAVARRO GARCIA	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
40	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
41	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:02
43	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
45	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
48	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+1:33
49	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
50	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
51	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:41
52	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
53	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
54	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	+3:02
55	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+3:08
56	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+3:22
57	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
58	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+3:30
59	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+4:31
60	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+5:46
61	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
63	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
64	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
65	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
66	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
67	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
68	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
69	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
71	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
72	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	+7:15
73	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
74	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+8:26
76	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+10:01
77	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	+10:51
78	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+11:12
79	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:58
80	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	+14:10
81	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
82	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
84	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
85	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
86	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
87	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
88	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
89	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
90	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
91	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
92	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
95	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
96	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
97	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
99	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
100	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
101	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+15:17
103	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+15:25
104	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+15:35
105	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
106	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
107	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
108	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
109	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
110	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
111	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
112	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
114	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
116	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
117	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+15:39
118	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+16:29
119	Jose HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
120	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
121	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+16:46
122	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
124	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
125	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
126	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
127	Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
128	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
129	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
130	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
131	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
132	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
133	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+16:51
134	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+17:07
135	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+18:03
136	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+18:10
137	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+18:15
138	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
139	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+18:21
140	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+18:38
141	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+18:47
142	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+18:55
143	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+18:55
144	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+19:14
145	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
146	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
147	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+19:39
148	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+19:51
149	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+19:54
150	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+20:12
151	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+20:33
152	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+23:02
153	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+23:02
154	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+23:13
155	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+26:14
156	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+27:49

Stage 3 profile:

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Tuesday, April 4: Stage 2, Iruñea - Eltziego, 173.4 km

Stage 2 profile

Michael Albasini just gets the stage win

The race: Here's the story from stage winner Michael Albasini's Orica-Scott team.

Swiss star Michael Albasini claimed an incredible sprint victory today for Orica-Scott on the second stage of Vuelta al Pais Vasco.

Last year’s Leige-Bastogne-Leige runner up showed his power and experience to launch out from the wheels with 300metres to go and hold on all the way to the finish line to take the stage victory into Eltziego.

“I actually didn’t feel so great during the stage,” Albasini explained after his first win of the season. “We had big chain rings on which I am not really used to riding but it was downhill and very fast in the end and it actually worked out very well.”

“We decided around 25kilometres to go that I would try the sprint today. I was looking before the race on the satellite pictures and for me it was pretty clear that we wouldn’t change position much in the final 300-400metres. When the guys attacked in the final I went straight away and we didn’t change position much so that was the key to winning today.”

Fresh from a impressive ride on Sunday in the Vuelta la Rioja, where Albasini spent the day in the breakaway and still sprinted to second place, the win today gives the 36-year-old confidence in his current form.

“I feel good at the moment,” Albasini continued. “I had two good weeks of training after Milan-San Remo and already in La Rioja on Sunday I felt really good and was able to pull out a result. Even yesterday I was able to do a good job for Simon Gerrans to lead him out so it is actually really good to win today. It gives me a lot of confidence for the upcoming races.”

With the final six kilometres of the stage predominately downhill, the team worked hard to position both Gerrans and Albasini but also bearing in mind the position of their general classification hopeful Simon Yates.

“The plan both today and yesterday was to try and get both Albasini and Gerrans into a position where they could go for the stage,” said sport director Neil Stephens. “They are both quick riders and today the guys spoke out on the road around 25kilometres to go and decided to have a go with Albasini.”

“We were really conscious that the final six kilometres were downhill. It was meant to be a bit of a stronger wind and the rest of the teams had the same thing in mind. For some of our riders it had to be their finishing line to get these guys into good position into the final kilometres of the race.

“From there on it was a case of staying in a good place. Even Simon Yates went up to the front and once he was there, we knew he was ok and that he wouldn’t really lose position, so all the guys did a really good job. In the final part it was a bit of surfing for position and that is what Albasini did really well. He isn’t afraid to hit out early and that is what he did and it paid off for him today.”

How it happened:

Stage two of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco began very much like yesterday’s stage with a breakaway forming in the first 10kilometres.

Two riders, Fabricio Ferrari (Caja-Rural) and Luis Maté (Cofidis), quickly establish a sizeable advantage of three minutes and remained out front for the majority of the stage.

The current race leaders, Team Sunweb, set the initial pace on the front of the peloton, gradually reeling in the duo before making the catch with just 14kilometres remaining. Orica-Scott remained in good position at the head of the peloton keeping Gerrans and Albasini in the front position ahead of the frantic, fast dash for the line.

A late effort with around 500metres to go saw Albasini move up to the front and launch from out of the wheels, successfully powering all the way to the line, to claim his first victory of the season.

Complete Results:

173.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.782 km/hr

1	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	4hr 35min 22sec
2	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
4	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
5	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
6	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
7	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
8	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
9	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
10	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
11	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
16	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
17	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
18	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
20	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
21	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
23	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
24	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
25	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
26	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
28	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
29	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
32	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
34	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
35	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
36	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
39	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
40	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
41	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
42	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
43	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
45	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
46	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
47	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
49	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
50	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
51	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
52	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
54	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
55	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
56	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
57	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
58	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
60	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
61	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
64	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
65	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
66	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
67	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Andrew TALANSKY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
69	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
70	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
73	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
74	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
75	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
76	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
77	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
78	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
79	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
80	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
81	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
82	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
83	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
88	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Stephen CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
91	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
92	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
94	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
96	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
97	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
98	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	David LOPEZ	Sky	s.t.
100	Daniel NAVARRO	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
102	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
103	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
104	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
105	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
106	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
107	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
108	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
109	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	s.t.
110	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
111	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
112	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
113	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
115	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
117	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
119	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
120	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
121	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
124	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
125	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
126	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
127	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
129	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
130	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
131	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
132	Ángel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
133	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
134	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+1:07
137	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+1:28
138	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+1:39
139	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+2:09
140	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
141	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	s.t.
142	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	s.t.
143	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
144	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+2:28
145	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
146	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
147	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
148	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
149	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
150	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
151	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
152	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+2:46
153	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
154	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
155	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+3:37
156	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:52
157	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+4:04
158	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	+5:34
159	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+6:15

GC after Stage 2:

326.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.166 km/hr

1	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	8hr 20min 29sec
2	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
4	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
6	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
8	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
10	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
11	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
14	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
15	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
16	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
18	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
19	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
20	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
21	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
26	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
27	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
28	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
29	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
30	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
32	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
35	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
36	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
37	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
38	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
40	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
41	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
42	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
43	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
44	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
45	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
46	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
47	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
48	Rafael VALLS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
50	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
52	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
53	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
55	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
56	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
57	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
58	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
61	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
62	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
65	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
66	Andrew TALANSKY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
67	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
68	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
69	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
71	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
72	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
73	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
77	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
78	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
79	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
80	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
85	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
86	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
87	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
88	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
91	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
92	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
95	Stephen CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
97	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
98	Daniel NAVARRO	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
101	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
102	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
103	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
105	David LOPEZ	Sky	s.t.
106	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
107	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
109	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
110	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
111	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
112	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
115	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
116	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
117	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
118	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
119	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
120	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
121	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
123	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
124	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+1:07
126	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+1:24
127	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+1:29
128	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
129	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
130	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
131	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+2:09
132	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
133	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
134	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
135	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+2:19
136	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
137	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+2:28
139	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
140	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
141	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
142	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
143	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
144	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	+2:46
145	Jon IRISARRI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
146	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+2:57
147	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+3:05
148	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+3:08
149	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:12
150	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+3:26
151	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+3:47
152	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:52
153	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+4:04
154	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+4:15
155	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+4:28
156	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+4:47
157	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	+5:34
158	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+6:27
159	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+9:28

Stage 2 profile:

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Monday, April 3: Stage 1, Iruñea - Eguesibar Sarriguren, 153.3 km

Stage 1 profile

Michael Matthews takes the first stage

The race: here's the report from winner Michael Matthews' Team Sunweb.

Team Sunweb stepped out for a race week at Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco today. As a break went clear, the team began to hunt down the breakaway in time for a bunch sprint at Eguesibar-Sarriguren.

Keen to create an opportunity for the sprint, the team lead the charge and put in a mountain of work at the head of the peloton in order to bring the race back together. With 20km to the finish the efforts of the bunch paid off and the race regrouped. Team Sunweb were looking strong throughout the day and rode together through to the final kilometres, working to deliver Michael Matthews in as fresh as possible position to the finish.

A solo attack inside the last 10km threatened to ruin the sprinters chances of glory, but the move wasn’t to be and the race came back together. As the bunch headed round the final corner through to the finish line Michael launched an explosive sprint that proved to be too strong for his opponents. Michael crossed the line in first place, taking his first victory of the season and first victory wearing Team Sunweb’s colours.

Complete Results:

153.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.859 km/hr

1	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	3hr 45min 7sec
2	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
4	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
5	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
8	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
9	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
10	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
14	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
15	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
17	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
18	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
19	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
20	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
21	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
22	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
24	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
26	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
27	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
28	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
29	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
30	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
35	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
37	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
39	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
41	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
43	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
45	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
46	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
47	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
48	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
49	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
52	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
53	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
55	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
56	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
57	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
58	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
59	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
62	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Antonio PEDRERO LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
65	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Jaime ROSON GARCIA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE	Sky	s.t.
69	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
71	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
73	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
74	Andrew TALANSKY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
75	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
76	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
77	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
78	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
80	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
81	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
83	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
84	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
85	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
86	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
87	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
88	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
90	Daniel NAVARRO GARCIA	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
92	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
94	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
95	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	s.t.
97	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Stephen CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
99	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
100	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
101	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
103	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
104	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
105	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
107	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
108	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
109	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
110	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
111	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
112	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
113	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
114	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
115	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
116	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
117	Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
120	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
121	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
123	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
124	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
125	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
126	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
127	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
129	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
130	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
132	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
133	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
135	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
136	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+1:07
138	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+1:19
139	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+1:24
140	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+1:29
141	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
142	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
143	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
144	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
145	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
146	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
147	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	@ 0sec
148	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 0sec
149	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+2:19
150	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	@ 0sec
151	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	+2:19
152	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
153	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
154	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
155	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
156	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+2:50
157	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+3:05
158	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:12
159	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+3:13

GC after Stage 1:

1	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	3hr 45min 7sec
2	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
4	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
5	Sean DE BIE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
8	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
9	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
10	Gregor MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
14	George BENNETT	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
15	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Alejandro VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
17	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
18	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
19	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
20	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
21	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
22	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Luis León SANCHEZ	Astana	s.t.
24	Romain BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
26	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
27	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
28	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
29	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
30	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
35	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
37	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
39	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
41	Guillaume BONNAFOND	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
43	Eros CAPECCHI	Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
45	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
46	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
47	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
48	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
49	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
52	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
53	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
55	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
56	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
57	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
58	Floris DE TIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
59	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Enric MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
62	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Alexander ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
65	Rafael VALLS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Jaime ROSON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
69	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
71	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
73	Tiago MACHADO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
74	Andrew TALANSKY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
75	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
76	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
77	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
78	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
80	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
81	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Alex HOWES	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
83	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
84	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
85	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
86	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
87	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
88	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
90	Daniel NAVARRO GARCIA	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
92	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
94	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
95	Markel IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	s.t.
97	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Stephen CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
99	Robert KIŠERLOVSKI	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
100	Giovanni VISCONTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
101	Jon IRISARRI RINCON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
103	Ángel VICIOSO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
104	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
105	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
107	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
108	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
109	David LOPEZ	Sky	s.t.
110	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
111	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
112	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
113	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
114	Dries DEVENYNS	Quick-Step	s.t.
115	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
116	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
117	Igor ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
120	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
121	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
123	Rafael REIS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
124	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
125	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
126	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
127	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
129	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
130	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
132	Kristijan ÐURASEK	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
133	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	Grega BOLE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
135	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
136	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
138	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
139	Omar FRAILE	Dimension Data	s.t.
140	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+1:07
141	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+1:19
142	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+1:24
143	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+1:29
144	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
145	Maxim BELKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
146	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
147	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
148	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
149	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
150	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+2:19
151	Laurent DIDIER	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
152	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
153	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
154	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
155	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
156	Julien BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+2:50
157	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+3:05
158	Cesare BENEDETTI	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:12
159	Chris HAMILTON	Sunweb	+3:13

Stage 1 profile:

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Start list with back numbers, April 3, 2017:

Trek-Segafredo

Manager: Kim Andersen

1. CONTADOR, Alberto - Spain

2. BERNARD, Julien - France

3. CARDOSO, André - Portugal

4. DIDIER, Laurent - Luxembourg

5. GUERREIRO, Ruben - Portugal

6. HERNANDEZ, Jesus - Spain

7. IRIZAR, Markel - Spain

8. ZUBELDIA, Haimar - Spain

AG2R La Mondiale

Manager: Arturas Kasputis

11. BARDET, Romain - France

12. BERARD, Julien - France

13. CHEREL, Mikael - France

14. CHEVRIER, Clement - France

15. DUPONT, Hubert - France

16. JAUREGUI, Quentin - France

17. MONTAGUTI, Matteo - Italy

18. VUILLERMOZ, Alexis - France

Astana Pro Team

Manager: Alexander Shefer

21. SANCHEZ, Luis Leon - Spain

22. BILBAO, Pello - Spain

23. CHERNETSKIY, Sergei - Russia

24. FUGLSANG, Jakob - Denmark

25. STALNOV, Nikita - Kazakhstan

26. KOZHATAYEV, Bakhtiyar - Kazakhstan

27. LUTSENKO, Alexey - Kazakhstan

28. VALGREN, Michael - Denmark

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team

Manager: Philippe Mauduit

31. IZAGIRRE, Ion - Spain

32. ARASHIRO, Yukiya - Japan

33. BOLE, Grega - Slovenia

34. CINK, Ondrej - Czech Republic

35. GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam - Ethiopia

36. NIBALI, Antonio - Italy

37. BRAJKOVIC, Janez - Slovenia

38. VISCONTI, Giovanni - Italy

BMC Racing Team

Manager: Yvon Ledanois

41. SANCHEZ, Samuel - Spain

42. CARUSO, Damiano - Italy

43. DE MARCHI, Alessandro - Italy

44. MOINARD, Amaël - France

45. ROCHE, Nicolas - Ireland

46. TEUNS, Dylan - Belgium

47. VLIEGEN, Loic - Belgium

48. WYSS, Danilo - Switzerland

Bora-Hansgrohe

Manager: Christian Pömer

51. BENNETT, Sam - Ireland

52. BENEDETTI, Cesare - Italy

53. BUCHMANN, Emanuel - Germany

54. HERKLOTZ, Silvio - Germany

55. KONRAD, Patrick - Austria

56. MCCARTHY, Jay - Australia

57. MÜHLBERGER, Gregor - Austria

58. SCHWARZMANN, Michael - Germany

Caja Rural - Seguros RGA

Manager: Eugenio Goikoetxea

61. PARDILLA, Sergio - Spain

62. ARANBURU, Alex - Spain

63. FERRARI, Fabricio - Uruguay

64. LASTRA, Jonathan - Spain

65. MAS, Lluis - Spain

66. REIS, Rafael - Portugal

67. ROSON, Jaime - Spain

68. IRISARRI, Jon - Spain

Cannondale Drapac Team

Manager: Juanma Garate

71. URAN, Rigoberto - Colombia

72. BROWN, Nathan - United States

73. CLARKE, Simon - Australia

74. WOODS, Michael - Canada

75. HOWES, Alex - United States

76. SKUJINS, Toms - Latvia

77. SLAGTER, Tom Jelte - Netherlands

78. TALANSKY, Andrew - United States

Cofidis Solutions Crèdits

Manager: Didier Rous

81. NAVARRO, Daniel - Spain

82. BAGOT, Yoann - France

83. BONNAFOND, Guillaume - France

84. LETURNIER, Mathias - France

85. EDET, Nicolas - France

86. MATE, Luis Angel - Spain

87. PEREZ, Anthony - France

88. ROSSETTO, Stephane - France

FDJ

Manager: Jussi Veikkanen

91. MOLARD, Rudy - France

92. COURTEILLE, Arnaud - France

93. EIKING, Odd Christian Norway

94. PINEAU, Cedric - France

95. ROUX, Anthony - France

96. ROY, Jeremy - France

97. VAUGRENARD, Benoit - France

98. VINCENT, Leo - France

Lotto Soudal

Manager: Mario Aerts

101. WELLENS, Tim - Belgium

102. DE BIE, Sean - Belgium

103. ARMÉE, Sander - Belgium

104. MONFORT, Maxime - Belgium

105. VALLS, Rafael - Spain

106. VAN DER SANDE, Tosh - Belgium

107. VANENDERT, Jelle - Belgium

108. VERVAEKE, Louis - Belgium

Movistar Team

Manager: José Luis Jaimerena

111. VALVERDE, Alejandro - Spain

112. DE LA PARTE, Victor - Spain

113. FERNANDEZ, Ruben - Spain

114. IZAGIRRE, Gorka - Spain

115. PEDRERO, Antonio - Spain

116. HERRADA, Jose - Spain

117. MORENO, Daniel - Spain

118. SUTHERLAND, Rory - Australia

Orica Scott

Manager: Neil Stephens

121. YATES, Simon - United Kingdom

122. ALBASINI, Michael - Switzerland

123. POWER, Robert - Australia

124. GERRANS, Simon - Australia

125. HAIG, Jack - Australia

126. KREUZIGER, Roman - Czech Republic

127. PLAZA, Ruben - Spain

128. VERONA, Carlos - Spain

Quick-Step Floors

Manager: Davide Bramati

131. ALAPHILIPPE, Julian - France

132. BRAMBILLA, Gianluca - Italy

133. CAPECCHI, Eros - Italy

134. DE LA CRUZ, David - Spain

135. DEVENYNS, Dries - Belgium

136. MAS, Enric - Spain

137. VELITS, Martin - Slovakia

138. RICHEZE, Ariel Maximiliano - Argentina

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka

Manager: Alex, Sans

141. CUMMINGS, Steven - United Kingdom

142. ANTON, Igor - Spain

143. FRAILE, Omar - Spain

144. KING, Benjamin - United States

145. KUDUS, Merhawi - Eritrea

146. MORTON, Lachlan - Australia

147. NIYONSHUTI, Adrien - Rwanda

148. PAUWELS, Serge - Belgium

Team Katusha - Alpecin

Manager: Claudio Cozzi

151. SPILAK, Simon - Slovenia

152. BELKOV, Maxim - Russia

153. KISERLOVSKI, Robert - Croatia

154. LAMMERTINK, Maurits - Netherlands

155. MACHADO, Tiago - Portugal

156. MAMYKIN, Matvei - Russia

157. RESTREPO, Jhonatan - Colombia

158. VICIOSO, Angel - Spain

Team LottoNL - Jumbo

Manager: Frans Maasen

161. ROGLIC, Primoz - Slovenia

162. BATTAGLIN, Enrico - Italy

163. BENNETT, George - New Zealand

164. DE TIER, Floris - Belgium

165. LINDEMAN, Bertjan - Netherlands

166. LOBATO, Juan Jose - Spain

167. MARTENS, Paul - Germany

168. TOLHOEK, Antwan - Netherlands

Team SKY

Manager: Gabriel Rasch

171. HENAO, Sergio Luis - Colombia

172. LOPEZ, David - Spain

173. GEOGHEGAN HART, Tao - United Kingdom

174. GOLAS, Michal - Poland

175. HENAO, Sebastian - Colombia

176. KIRYIENKA, Vasil - Belarus

177. KWIATKOWSKI, Michal - Poland

178. NIEVE, Mikel Spain

Team Sunweb

Manager: Morten Bennekou

181. BARGUIL, Warren - France

182. FRÖHLINGER, Johannes - Germany

183. GESCHKE, Simon - Germany

184. HAMILTON, Chris - Australia

185. PREIDLER, Georg - Austria

186. MATTHEWS, Michael - Australia

187. OOMEN, Sam - Netherlands

188. TEN DAM, Laurens - Netherlands

UAE Abu Dhabi

Manager: Orlando Maini

191. ULISSI, Diego - Italy

192. ATAPUMA, Darwin - Colombia

193. MEINTJES, Louis - South Africa

194. MOHORIC, Matej - Slovenia

195. MORI, Manuele - Italy

196. CONTI, Valerio - Italy

197. DURASEK, Kristijan - Croatia

198. SWIFT, Ben - United Kingdom