2023 Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)

Tour of the Basque Country
Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia

62nd edition: April 3 - April 8, 2023

Vuelta al País Vasco podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

 

Map of the 2023 edition of the race. The Basque Country is in the northeast corner of Spain, just touching France.

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Friday, April 7: Stage 5: Amorebieta Etxano - Amorebieta Etxano, 164.5 km

Stage 5 profile

Sergio Higuita is the day's fastest rider. Photo: Sprint Cycling.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Amorebieta Etxano at 1:30 PM, local time: 20C (68F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Sergio Higuita's Team Bora-hansgrohe.

The stage around Amorebieta-Etxano near Bilbao, which was shortened to 164.5 km, was energy-sapping, featuring a number of short but steep climbs before the route ended with a demanding finishing lap. Before the final intermediate sprint, the race was all together but on the uncategorised climb immediately afterwards, a 20-man group with Sergio Higuita broke clear from the peloton.

With 5km remaining, the leaders had a 15-second gap. With 200m to the finish line, Sergio launched his sprint and the Colombian was too fast to be caught. He thereby took the second stage win for BORA-hansgrohe in this year's race and also moves up to 8th place in the general classification.

"It was a really tough stage today but I knew that I had a good chance to take a top result. I knew the finish well. In the finale, I saw the opportunity and knew that I had to take it. I went actually a little bit early, but in the end, I was strong enough to keep my lead and not be reeled back. I'm really happy to give the team a second stage win, and it's always nice to win at this race, as I have good memories here. After a few not so easy months, this stage victory, plus my podium at GP Indurain, has given me back more confidence. It's really motivating for me and the team." - Sergio Higuita

"We actually planned to put a rider in the breakaway, to have a relay station in the tough final, and with the objective of being numerically stronger for the classics-like finale. It didn't work out because only two riders were able to go clear today, so we then set everything up to support Sergio and Emu. That worked out well and the whole team put in a very good performance. I have to say that Florian Lipowitz played a huge part in our success today. He really went toe-to-toe with the big riders. In the end, Sergio was able to complete this strong teamwork in a really outstanding manner. We are very happy with this victory, especially after the unfortunate events of the third stage. Of course, this victory makes us very confident for the final stage. The form is there and tomorrow we'll ride strongly once again and try to come out with a great result in the general classification as well." - Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Complete results:

164.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.134 km/hr

1	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	3hr 59min 57sec
2	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
5	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
10	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
17	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 32sec
24	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
25	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
26	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
31	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:46
41	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:17
42	Florian Stork	Team DSM	1:29
43	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	1:56
44	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:02
45	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
50	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	3:35
53	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
57	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	5:25
61	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
62	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	6:19
65	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	7:01
67	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
68	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
70	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	7:40
71	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	9:08
74	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
75	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
76	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	9:11
85	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:33
86	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
87	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
88	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
94	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	13:41
98	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	14:26
99	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
100	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
101	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
103	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
105	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
106	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
108	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	16:05
109	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	16:48
110	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	16:52
112	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
114	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
116	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
119	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
120	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
121	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
122	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
124	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
126	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
127	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	16:58
128	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	17:46
129	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
130	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
131	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	20:16
132	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
134	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	20:18
135	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
136	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
137	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
139	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

 

GC after stage 5:

862.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.770 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	21hr 8min 52sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 13sec
3	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:32
4	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	0:34
6	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:37
8	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:38
9	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
10	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	0:40
11	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	0:47
12	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:50
13	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:51
14	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	1:18
15	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:37
16	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	1:40
17	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	1:43
18	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	1:45
19	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	1:52
20	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:56
21	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	1:57
22	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:08
23	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	2:15
24	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:19
25	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	2:40
26	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	2:50
27	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	3:07
28	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:22
29	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:45
30	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	4:00
31	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	4:12
32	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4:18
33	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	4:26
34	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:40
35	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	5:00
36	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	5:04
37	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	5:10
38	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:58
39	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	8:20
40	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	9:53
41	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	10:37
42	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	12:08
43	Florian Stork	Team DSM	12:37
44	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	12:38
45	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	13:01
46	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	13:11
47	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	13:12
48	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	13:27
49	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:05
50	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	14:12
51	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	14:39
52	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:24
53	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	19:31
54	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	20:58
55	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	23:17
56	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	23:31
57	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:39
58	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	24:41
59	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	25:10
60	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	25:39
61	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	26:01
62	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	26:23
63	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	26:31
64	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	27:14
65	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:21
66	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	28:46
67	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:48
68	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	30:08
69	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:16
70	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	30:28
71	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	30:36
72	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	30:43
73	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	31:04
74	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	32:18
75	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	32:41
76	Manuel Diaz Jose	Burgos-BH	34:21
77	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	35:05
78	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	35:15
79	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	37:18
80	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	38:32
81	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	40:59
82	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	41:38
83	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	41:45
84	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	42:24
85	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	43:23
86	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	43:47
87	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	43:56
88	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	44:07
89	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	44:53
90	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	45:21
91	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	45:55
92	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	45:58
93	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	47:36
94	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	47:55
95	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	48:35
96	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	48:58
97	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:47
98	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	50:03
99	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	50:18
100	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	51:15
101	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	52:11
102	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	52:12
103	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	52:31
104	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	53:14
105	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	54:06
106	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	54:16
107	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	54:48
108	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	55:02
109	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	55:26
110	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	55:37
111	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	56:04
112	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	56:13
113	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	56:41
114	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	56:44
115	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	58:17
116	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	58:54
117	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	59:08
118	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	59:19
119	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:39
120	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	1:00:31
121	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:01:39
122	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:01:52
123	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:04:06
124	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:05:54
125	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	1:07:18
126	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	1:07:59
127	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:08:06
128	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	1:08:17
129	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:08:50
130	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	1:09:06
131	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:09:33
132	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:10:08
133	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:10:25
134	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:10:25
135	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	1:13:37
136	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:13:50
137	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	1:14:22
138	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	1:15:39
139	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:20:50

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 6: Stage 4, Santurtzi - Santurtzi, 175.7 km

Stage 4 profile:

GC leader Jonas Vingegaard takes the stage just ahead of Mikel Landa.

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Weather at the start-finish city of Santurtzi at 1:50 PM, local time: 18C (64F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is the race organizer's stage four summary.

We have passed the halfway point of the Itzulia 2023 and reached stage 4, with start and finish lines in Santurtzi. A stage with 175 kilometres and 4 mountain passes.

The stage started fast, with many breakaway attempts, but a group of riders did not form until kilometre 40: Harm Vanhoucke (DSM, 76), Jonathan Caicedo (EFE, 83), Natnael Tesfazion (TFS, 157), Jon Barrenetxea (CJR, 194), Alan Jousseaume (TEN, 225).

The peloton was led by Jumbo Visma for the first part of the race, letting the leading group go for 6 minutes and 45 seconds. In the second half of the stage, Ineos Grenadier upped the pace and quickly reduced the gap. Jon Barrenetxea, in the breakaway, scored some very important points for the mountain classification.

With 28 kilometres to go, the breakaway group was neutralised and the overall favourites fought to the last metre for the sprint points. Everything counts in this year’s tight race. Thereafter, the race focussed on the last pass of the day. EF Education-Easypost upped the pace and Jonas Vingegaard ran out of teammates.

With 6 kilometres to go before the finish, the leader launched a very hard attack. He could only be followed by a great Mikel Landa (TBV, 141). The following group included Enric Mas (MOV, 121), Ion Izagirre (COF, 61), Sergio Higuita (BOH, 53) and David Gaudu (GFC, 91) amongst others. At the front, all the pressure was on the yellow jersey and they opened a gap of 28 seconds with the chasing group.

The leading duo reached the top of La Asturiana with a 32-second lead and faced the last 14 kilometres with a clear chance of winning the stage.

Mikel Landa and Jonas Vingegaard did not stop until the finish line and although they were almost neutralised in the last metres, the Danish Jumbo Visma rider took the stage with Mikel Landa coming second.

Complete results:

175.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.170 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 22min 26sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 2sec
4	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
10	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
16	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
20	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:46
23	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
35	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	1:06
38	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	1:47
39	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	2:47
40	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	3:26
41	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
51	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
55	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
56	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
57	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
58	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
59	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
60	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	5:37
66	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
70	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
71	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:53
72	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
73	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
74	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
76	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
77	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	7:29
78	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	8:15
79	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
83	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:18
86	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:08
87	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
88	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
94	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
98	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
101	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
102	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
105	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	12:46
107	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
112	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
114	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
115	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
117	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
118	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
120	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
122	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
125	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
126	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	15:25
127	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	15:29
128	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
129	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
130	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
134	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
135	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
137	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
138	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
139	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
140	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:32
141	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
142	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
144	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
145	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	s.t.
146	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
147	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
148	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

697.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.685 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	17hr 8min 56sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 12sec
3	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:31
4	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	0:33
5	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
7	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:37
8	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:38
9	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	0:39
10	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	0:46
11	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:47
12	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
13	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:50
14	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:04
15	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	1:07
16	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	1:12
17	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	1:19
18	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:23
19	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	1:39
21	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	1:42
22	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	1:56
24	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:04
25	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	2:07
26	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
27	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	2:17
28	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:18
29	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	2:23
30	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:57
31	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:12
32	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	3:27
33	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	4:03
34	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:07
35	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	4:11
36	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	4:13
37	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4:17
38	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	4:31
39	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	4:37
40	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:11
41	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	6:17
42	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
43	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	6:25
44	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	6:42
45	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	7:01
46	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	7:12
47	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:44
48	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:46
49	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	10:36
50	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:01
51	Florian Stork	Team DSM	11:07
52	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:02
53	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	12:28
54	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	12:29
55	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	12:38
56	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	14:06
57	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	14:51
58	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:12
59	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	17:36
60	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	18:21
61	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	18:30
62	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	18:50
63	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	18:55
64	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	18:59
65	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	19:21
66	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	19:37
67	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	19:41
68	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	19:54
69	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	19:55
70	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	20:25
71	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:07
72	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	21:27
73	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	21:34
74	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:36
75	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	22:41
76	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	22:47
77	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:55
78	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	23:09
79	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	23:38
80	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	23:58
81	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	24:38
82	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	24:52
83	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	25:56
84	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	26:32
85	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	26:54
86	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:07
87	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	27:56
88	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	28:56
89	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	29:50
90	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	32:14
91	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	32:19
92	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	32:40
93	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:54
94	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	33:04
95	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	33:21
96	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:22
97	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	34:31
98	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	34:38
99	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	34:56
100	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	35:04
101	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	35:10
102	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	35:21
103	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	36:01
104	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	36:12
105	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	36:22:
106	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	37:05
107	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	37:44
108	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	38:24
109	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	38:33
110	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38:44
111	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	40:21
112	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	41:10
113	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	41:24
114	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	41:32
115	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	41:37
116	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:42
117	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	42:22
118	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	42:46
119	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	43:03
120	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	43:39
121	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	44:25
122	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	44:41
123	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	44:52
124	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	44:59
125	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	45:53
126	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	46:59
127	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	47:35
128	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	47:48
129	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	47:58
130	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	48:01
131	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	48:31
132	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	48:47
133	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	49:01
134	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	49:45
135	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	50:08
136	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	51:10
137	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	51:13
138	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	51:32
139	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	52:38
140	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:40
141	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	53:15
142	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	53:20
143	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	53:39
144	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	53:58
145	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	56:03
146	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	57:29
147	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	58:46
148	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:00:31

 

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 5: Stage 3, Errenteria - Amasa Villabona, 162.8 km

Stage 3 profile

Jonas Vingegaard takes a solo win and the GC lead.

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Weather at the finish city of Amasa Villabona at 1:25 PM, local time: 14C (58F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Jonas Vingegaard's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Jonas Vingegaard has won the third stage of the Itzulia Basque Country. On the extremely steep finish in Villabona, the Dane of Team Jumbo-Visma was too fast for his rivals. Thanks to the victory, Vingegaard starts in the leader's jersey tomorrow.

The stage from Errenteria to Villabona was another tough one with two long climbs and a handful of steep hills. After the six early escapees were caught with 25 kilometres to go, several riders tried to escape. Thanks in part to the efforts by Attila Valter, everything came together in the final kilometre.

On the heavy ascent in a vineyard, Vingegaard waited for his chance to attack. At the finish, he was clear of his closest rivals. "I am thrilled and proud that I was able to finish the team's work", Vingegaard said.

"Itzulia Basque Country is one of my favourite races, so to win here is amazing. It was a very tough last climb, although the other climbs were also tough. The guys worked their butts off again, and luckily I had the legs to finish it off. I'm very grateful to them."

Vingegaard says he will do everything possible to keep the yellow leader's jersey. "It is a challenging race to control; we have seen that in recent years", he said. "I think we are strong enough to keep the jersey, but we have to take it one day at a time."

For Team Jumbo-Visma, it is already the 21st victory of the season. It marks Vingegaard's sixth triumph of the year.

Complete results:

162.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.109 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 51min 58sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
4	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:08
5	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:10
7	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:12
8	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
11	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:20
16	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
17	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
18	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:22
19	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:26
23	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	0:33
25	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:35
26	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	0:40
30	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
31	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:45
33	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
34	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
37	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:55
38	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:01
39	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	1:11
40	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:35
41	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
42	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	2:05
43	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:17
44	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:23
45	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
46	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	2:26
47	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
48	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	3:21
49	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:29
50	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	3:37
51	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:42
52	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	3:47
54	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:49
55	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:54
56	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	4:29
57	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:39
58	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:44
60	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
62	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	5:48
63	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Florian Stork	Team DSM	5:51
65	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	5:55
66	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	5:59
67	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	6:19
69	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:10
70	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	8:11
71	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	8:23
72	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	8:28
73	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:38
74	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	10:04
75	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	10:06
76	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	10:41
77	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:49
78	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	12:17
79	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	12:54
80	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
82	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
83	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	14:06
91	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	16:03
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
97	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	16:06
99	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
100	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
101	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	16:11
103	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:14
105	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	16:16
108	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	18:08
109	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	18:44
110	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
112	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
113	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
117	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
119	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
121	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
122	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
124	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
125	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
126	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
127	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
128	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	18:51
129	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
130	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
131	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
132	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	18:54
133	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
134	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:57
137	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
138	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	18:58
139	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	18:59
140	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
141	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
142	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
143	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
144	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
145	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	19:04
146	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
147	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
148	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
149	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	19:07
150	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	19:13
151	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	19:30
152	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	20:29
153	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	20:40
154	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

522 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.850 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	12hr 46min 43sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 5sec
3	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
4	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	0:18
5	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:20
6	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:21
7	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:22
8	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:24
9	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	0:31
14	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	0:32
15	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:34
17	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	0:35
19	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	0:43
21	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	0:49
23	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	0:52
24	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:57
27	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:58
29	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	1:04
31	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05
32	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	1:08
33	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:17
35	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:24
36	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	1:28
37	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:58
38	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:03
39	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	2:25
40	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	2:28
41	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	2:38
42	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
43	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:40
44	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:54
45	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	3:08
46	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	3:33
47	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:52
48	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	4:00
49	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:05
50	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	4:10
51	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:12
52	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	5:01
53	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:11
54	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:51
55	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:56
56	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	6:22
57	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	6:57
58	Florian Stork	Team DSM	7:28
59	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	9:00
60	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:01
62	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	9:08
63	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	10:27
64	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	10:41
65	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:59
66	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	11:04
67	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:15
68	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:14
69	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	13:26
70	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	13:33
71	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	13:55
72	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	15:11
73	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	15:16
74	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	15:20
75	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	15:27
76	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	15:31
77	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	15:57
78	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	16:15
79	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	16:35
80	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	16:37
81	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	17:28
82	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
83	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	17:48
84	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	17:55
85	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	18:42
86	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	18:56
87	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	19:11
89	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:16
90	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	19:22
91	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
92	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	19:28
93	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	19:41
95	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	20:27
96	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	20:37
97	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:19
98	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:28
99	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	24:06
100	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	24:38
101	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	25:25
102	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	25:35
103	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	26:03
104	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	26:40
105	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	27:15
106	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	28:16
107	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	28:23
108	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:35
109	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	29:03
110	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	29:12
111	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:15
112	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:23
114	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
115	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	29:25
116	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	30:04
117	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	31:26
118	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	31:49
119	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	31:53
120	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
121	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:00
123	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	32:03
124	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	32:11
126	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	32:13
127	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	32:16
128	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	32:21
129	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	32:49
130	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	32:54
131	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	33:02
132	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	34:00
133	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	34:18
134	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	35:20
135	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	35:28
136	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	35:31
137	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	36:46
138	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:56
139	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
140	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	37:09
141	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	37:33
142	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	37:38
143	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	37:55
144	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	37:58
145	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	38:16
146	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	38:33
147	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	40:23
148	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	43:04
149	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
150	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	43:11
151	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	43:19
152	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	44:30
153	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	44:49
154	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	45:00

 

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 4: Stage 2, Viana - Leitza, 193.8 km

Stage 2 profile

Ide Schelling appears to be rather well-pleased with his stage win. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the finish city of Leitza at 1:50 PM, local time: 10C (50F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) has a respiratory infection and did not start stage two.

Here's the report from stage winner & new GC leader Ide Schelling's Team Bora-hansgrohe

With 193.8 km, today's stage covered the longest distance of the race. The route between Viana and Leitza featured five climbs before heading to the finish on a circuit with winding roads and a long and fast descent. With 500m remaining, Ide launched his sprint and wasn't able to be brought back. The Dutchman thereby celebrated his first WorldTour victory and takes over the lead in the general classification.

The peloton enjoys some nice April weather. INEOS photo

"Today I took my first WorldTour victory and of course I'm immensely proud of it. I was well positioned before the last descent. With one kilometer left, I found a gap and 500 metres later I opened up my sprint. With the tricky turns in the finale, I knew it would be difficult to be caught. I have to say that I am surprised that such a final was allowed by the UCI, because it could have been quite dangerous. But I think everyone made it through fine." - Ide Schelling

"Yesterday we weren't on target in the finale and Ide really took that on himself after the race. I think that made him all the more focused and motivated for today. We had a long meeting before the stage and went through our plan in great detail and Ide really executed it very well. The guys also supported him and brought him into a very good position before the finale. He took the last kilometers alone from the front and rode well around the roundabouts. Nevertheless, I have to say that such an arrival had the potential to be quite dangerous and it's not usual to see such a finish in a WorldTour race. But in terms of the team's performance, it was a deserved win for Ide, which also gives us a lot of confidence for the rest of the week." - Jens Zemke

Complete results:

193.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.612 km/hr

1	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 53min 33sec
2	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
3	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
9	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
10	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
11	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
22	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
25	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
26	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
29	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
30	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
31	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
32	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	@ 11sec
33	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
38	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
40	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
45	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
48	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
53	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
54	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
55	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
63	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:20
64	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
71	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	0:27
72	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:30
75	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:05
76	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:16
77	Florian Stork	Team DSM	1:25
78	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:35
79	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:57
80	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2:29
81	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	2:55
82	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	4:22
83	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
84	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	4:49
88	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	6:22
89	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	9:20
92	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
95	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
100	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
101	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
102	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
103	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:26
105	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	11:08
107	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	11:32
109	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	11:55
110	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	12:06
111	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:57
112	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
113	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
114	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
115	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
117	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
120	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
121	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
122	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
124	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
127	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
129	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
130	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	s.t.
134	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
135	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
136	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
137	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
138	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
139	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	13:06
140	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
141	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:00
142	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
143	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
145	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
146	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
147	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
148	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
149	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
150	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
151	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
152	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
153	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
154	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
155	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
156	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	20:50

 

GC after stage 2:

359.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.300 km/hr

1	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	8hr 54min 47sec
2	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	@ 4sec
3	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:06
4	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:07
5	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:08
6	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:10
7	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
9	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
15	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
17	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
26	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
29	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
30	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
31	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	0:15
33	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:21
34	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
38	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
40	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
45	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
51	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
53	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
58	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
60	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	0:29
61	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:30
62	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
65	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
66	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
68	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	0:55
70	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	0:58
71	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	1:14
72	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:15
73	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:26
74	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Florian Stork	Team DSM	1:35
76	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	1:36
77	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:07
78	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2:39
79	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	4:32
80	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
82	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	4:52
84	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	4:55
85	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	5:46
86	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	6:29
87	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	6:32
88	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	7:53
91	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:30
92	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
100	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
101	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:36
102	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	9:57
103	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	10:07
105	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	10:33
106	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:18
107	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	11:42
109	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	12:53
110	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	13:07
111	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
112	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
114	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	s.t.
116	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
117	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
118	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
120	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
121	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
122	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
124	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	13:16
128	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:35
129	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	13:47
130	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	13:49
131	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	14:54
132	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	16:49
133	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	18:00
134	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	18:06
135	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:10
136	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
137	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
139	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:47
140	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:09
141	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:12
142	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:15
143	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
144	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
145	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
146	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
147	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
148	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	19:27
149	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:41
150	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	24:18
151	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
152	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
153	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
154	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
155	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
156	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	25:44

 

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 3: Stage 1, Vitoria Gasteiz - Labastida, 165.4 km

Stage 1 profile

Ethan Hayter takes the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Labastida at 2:00 PM, local time: 11C (52F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast for the afternoon.

The race: Jaakko Hanninen (Ag2r-Citroën) did not start.

Here the report from stage winner Ethan Hayter's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Ethan Hayter ensured the INEOS Grenadiers got off to a perfect start in the Basque Country with sprint victory on stage one.

The Brit notched up his first win of 2023 in style, latching on to a brilliant final lead-out from Omar Fraile on the uphill drag into Labastida. Launching into the final 100 metres, there was no stopping Hayter, who also moved into the early race lead.

It was a strong day all round for the team, who committed to the cause early and set about controlling the race. Egan Bernal got through a lot of work on the front alongside Brandon Rivera.

In the early GC battle it was a good opening day for Dani Martinez, who jumped out of the pack to snare three bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint with 20km to go. The Colombian edged out Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) with an impressive turn of speed. Finishing high up in the bunch, Martinez sits fourth overall, just seven seconds back on his teammate.

Luke Plapp set the final lead-out in motion and also finished on the end of the tail bunch. All in all it was a great start for the team, with Hayter pulling on the yellow jersey.

Ethan Hayter:
"It’s amazing. My team really backed me, even after I wasn’t amazing in Catalunya. But I stepped up I think and they were all in for me today. I’ve just got to thank them. [Omar’s] an expert in the Basque Country and this final was perfect. I just had to do the last 100 metres.

"It’s really nice, especially to get my first win this year. I broke my collarbone in Australia and it took me a while to come back from that. Hopefully this gives me more confidence to keep going forward."

Complete results:

165.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.110 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 1min 24sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
5	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
9	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
11	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
13	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
21	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
23	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
27	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
36	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
37	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
38	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
42	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
48	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
51	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
56	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
63	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
64	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
67	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
68	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
74	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
78	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
79	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
88	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
89	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
90	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
96	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
101	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
103	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
104	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
105	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
107	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
109	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
117	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
118	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
122	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 21sec
124	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:28
125	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	0:34
127	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:37
128	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
131	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	0:40
133	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:42
134	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	0:49
135	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	1:03
136	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	1:06
137	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14
138	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:17
139	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:31
140	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	1:38
141	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	1:47
142	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	4:44
143	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
144	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	6:08
145	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
146	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
147	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
148	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
149	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
150	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
151	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
152	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
153	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
154	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
155	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
156	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
157	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
158	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
159	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
160	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 1min 14sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	0:06
4	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:07
5	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:08
6	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:09
7	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
8	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:10
9	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
13	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
17	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Steff Cras	TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
30	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
39	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
40	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Henri Vandenabeele	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Clément Champoussin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
50	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Attila Valter	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
58	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
66	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
76	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
81	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
82	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
93	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
98	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
104	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
105	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
109	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
117	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
118	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
122	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	0:31
124	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:38
125	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	0:44
127	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:47
128	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
131	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	0:50
133	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:52
134	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	0:59
135	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	1:13
136	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	1:16
137	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:24
138	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:27
139	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:41
140	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	1:48
141	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	1:57
142	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	4:54
143	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
144	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:15
145	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:16
146	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	6:18
147	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
148	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
149	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
150	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
151	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
152	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
153	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
154	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
155	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
156	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
157	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
158	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
159	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
160	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

 

Stage 1 profile:

Start list with back-numbers, April 2, 2023:

	INEOS GRENADIERS
1	Daniel Martinez
2	Egan Bernal
3	Jonathan Castroviejo
4	Omar Fraile
5	Ethan Hayter
6	Brandon Rivera
7	Lucas Plapp
	AG2R-CITROËN
11	Andrea Vendrame
12	Alex Baudin
13	Felix Gall
14	Jaakko Hänninen
15	Lawrence Warbasse
16	Valentin Paret-Peintre
17	Nicolas Prodhomme
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
21	Stefano Oldani
22	Tobias Bayer
23	Nicola Conci
24	Quinten Hermans
25	Jimmy Janssens
26	Oscar Riesebeek
27	Robert Stannard
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
31	Cristian Rodriguez
32	Clément Champoussin
33	Thibault Guernalec
34	Simon Guglielmi
35	Michel Ries
36	Alan Riou
37	Alessandro Verre
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
41	Luis León Sánchez
42	Gianni Moscon
43	David De La Cruz
44	Fabio Felline
45	Andrey Zeits
46	Javier Romo
47	Cristian Scaroni
	BORA-HANSGROHE
51	Emanuel Buchmann
52	Giovanni Aleotti
53	Sergio Higuita
54	Luis-Joe Lührs
55	Anton Palzer
56	Ide Schelling
57	Florian Lipowitz
	COFIDIS
61	Ion Izagirre
62	Thomas Champion
63	Simon Geschke
64	Jose Herrada
65	Jonathan Lastra
66	Rémy Rochas
67	Harrison Wood
	TEAM DSM
71	Florian Stork
72	Romain Combaud
73	Matthew Dinham
74	Andreas Leknessund
75	Martijn Tusveld
76	Harm Vanhoucke
77	Henri Vandenabeele
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
81	Richard Carapaz
82	Andrey Amador
83	Jonathan Caicedo
84	Esteban Chaves
85	Odd Christian Eiking
86	Merhawi Kudus
87	Rigoberto Uran
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
91	David Gaudu
92	Bruno Armirail
93	Romain Grégoire
94	Matthieu Ladagnous
95	Quentin Pacher
96	Michael Storer
97	Lars Van Den Berg
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
101	Rui Costa
102	Lilian Calmejane
103	Tom Paquot
104	Laurens Huys
105	Dion Smith
106	Rein Taaramäe
107	Georg Zimmermann
	JAYCO-ALULA
111	Simon Yates
112	Lawson Craddock
113	Edward Dunbar
114	Chris Harper
115	Christopher Juul-Jensen
116	Jan Maas
117	Matteo Sobrero
	MOVISTAR
121	Enric Mas
122	Ruben Guerreiro
123	Alex Aranburu
124	Jorge Arcas
125	Nelson Oliveira
126	Gonzalo Serrano
127	Gorka Izagirre
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
131	Remi Cavagna
132	Andrea Bagioli
133	Dries Devenyns
134	James Knox
135	Mauro Schmid
136	Martin Svrcek
137	Mattia Cattaneo
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
141	Mikel Landa
142	Pello Bilbao
143	Yukiya Arashiro
144	Rainer Kepplinger
145	Hermann Pernsteiner
146	Jasha Sütterlin
147	Edoardo Zambanini
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
151	Tony Gallopin
152	Jon Aberasturi
153	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier
154	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
155	Bauke Mollema
156	Juan Pedro Lopez
157	Natnael Tesfazion
	JUMBO-VISMA
161	Jonas Vingegaard
162	Rohan Dennis
163	Lennard Hofstede
164	Steven Kruijswijk
165	Gijs Leemreize
166	Sam Oomen
167	Attila Valter
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
171	Brandon McNulty
172	Marc Hirschi
173	Davide Formolo
174	Felix Grossschartner
175	Michael Vink
176	Marc Soler
177	Domen Novak
	BURGOS-BH
181	Ander Okamika
182	Camilo Ardila
183	Antonio Angulo
184	Jose Manuel Diaz
185	Jesus Ezquerra
186	Victor Langellotti
187	Daniel Navarro
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
191	Jokin Murguialday
192	Orluis Aular
193	Abel Balderstone
194	Jon Barrenetxea
195	Jefferson Cepeda
196	Joel Nicolau
197	Eduard Prades
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
201	Jordi Lopez Caravaca
202	Jon Agirre
203	Igor Arrieta
204	Giovanni Carboni
205	Iñigo Elosegui
206	Carlos Garcia
207	Ibon Ruiz
	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
211	Mikel Bizkarra
212	Joan Bou
213	Carlos Canal
214	Asier Etxeberria
215	Unai Iribar
216	Txomin Juaristi
217	Gotzon Martín
	TOTALENERGIES
221	Victor De La Parte
222	Mathieu Burgaudeau
223	Jérémy Cabot
224	Steff Cras
225	Alan Jousseaume
226	Pierre Latour
227	Alexis Vuillermoz