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Saturday, April 13: 6th & Final Stage, Eibar - Eibar, 118.2 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Adam Yates wins the final stage.

Weather at the start/finish city of Eibar at 2:10 PM, local time: 18C (65F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team.

After finishing consistently high all week, Adam Yates finally got the chance to throw his hands in the air with a final stage victory today in Itzulia Pais Vasco, after making it into a winning move, before attacking in the final three-kilometres to take a solo victory.

Yates also picked up some valuable mountains points throughout the short stage to secure the overall mountains classification and move up to fifth place overall, rounding up a good week for Mitchelton-SCOTT in the Basque country.

Within the first 20kilometres of the race a group of 18riders broke off the front of the bunch with Damien Howson in the move representing Mitchelton-SCOTT. The group gained a small advantage of just one-minute with the peloton staying very attentive behind.

As the race headed towards the first category climb of the day, Azurki, with 67kilometres to go, the race situation quickly changed on the narrow rolling roads and the breakaway riders were all swallowed up as the road headed north.

Mitchelton-SCOTT remained with numbers at the front, before Yates saw a dangerous group of riders trying to get away and was quick to react, jumping across towards the top of the climb.

The move was successful with Yates finding himself at the head of the race, however, the Brit was outnumbered alongside two UAE riders, Dan Martin and Tadej Pogacar and two riders from Astana Pro Team, Jakob Fulgsang and Ion Izagirre.

Despite a hard chase behind from the race leading team Bora-Hansgrohe, the five leaders extended their advantage out to two-minutes and maintained their distance for the final 40kilometres of the stage.

Yates headed over two important first category climbs in first position which secured him enough points to claim the mountain classification before turning his attention to the stage win. After a few attacks, the five leaders completed all the climbs together and headed towards the final flat five-kilometres as one group.

Yates waited patiently before picking his moment to attack with just three-kilometres to go. It looked as though the gap wasn’t big enough to be able to stay away with Astana chasing hard, but once he entered the twisty, technical last kilometre, it proved to be enough to hold off the chase and take the stage victory by just one-second on the line.

Final GC leader Ion Izagirre

Adam Yates:
“Today we knew it was the last chance to win and I think Astana had the idea they wanted to win the GC. It was a crazy day, just like yesterday, the pace was super high all day and I think when Bora had the lead, teams like Astana knew they really had to push the pace to drop these guys, so they had to start early.

"With 65 kilometres to go, the pace was super hard and luckily I had some teammates there to really push the pace. Then from there on the five of us worked well and it was just in the final when I attacked and managed to stay away to win, so it was a really great day."

Julian Dean - Sport Director:
“It was always going to be a key day today being a short stage and aggressive with lots of climbs in close succession. So it was always our aim to make the day as difficult as possible. When it gets difficult is when Adam seems to be flourishing at the moment, so that was our tactic and we were able to profit form it.

“Our objective was to finish on the podium and win a stage, we won a stage and just missed the podium and it was good that the guys were able to overcome that first road stage when Adam punctured. They were able to keep fighting on and still try to achieve the goals that we set out to at the start. It is signs of a real good quality group.”

Complete results:

118.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.451 km/hr

1	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	2hr 59min 46sec
2	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 1sec
3	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
4	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
5	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	0:07
6	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	1:24
7	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
8	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	s.t.
9	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	2:27
16	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
17	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	2:30
20	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
21	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Bora-hansgrohe	3:33
22	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	s.t.
23	SÁNCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
24	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
25	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	8:41
27	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
29	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	8:45
30	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
31	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
33	ROJAS José	Movistar	8:47
34	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
36	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
37	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	8:53
40	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	8:55
41	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
42	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
43	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
44	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	11:18
46	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	12:05
47	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	12:29
48	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	12:31
49	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:38
51	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
52	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
53	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
57	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
60	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
61	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
63	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
65	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	17:00
67	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	17:03
68	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
73	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
77	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
78	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
80	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
82	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
84	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
87	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
91	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	17:11
92	BILBAO Pello	Astana	17:13
93	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	17:15
94	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	17:32
95	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:38
96	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	17:43

Final GC after stage 6:

• Final GC leader: Ion Izagirre (Astana)
• Mountains classification winner: Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Points classification winner: Max Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates)

783.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.392 km/hr

1	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	19hr 24min 9sec
2	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 29sec
3	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:31
4	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	0:36
5	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	0:51
6	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	1:36
7	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	2:56
8	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	3:13
9	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	3:29
10	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Bora-hansgrohe	3:44
11	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:15
12	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	5:25
13	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	6:02
14	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	6:15
15	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	6:43
16	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	6:45
17	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	7:06
18	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	9:03
19	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	11:43
20	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	15:56
21	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	16:43
22	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	18:51
23	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	19:32
24	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain Merida	21:25
25	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	22:53
26	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	23:07
27	SÁNCHEZ Luis	Astana	23:45
28	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	25:01
29	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	25:32
30	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	30:20
31	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:25
32	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	30:30
33	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	30:57
34	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	31:04
35	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	31:59
36	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	32:55
37	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	33:34
38	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	34:44
39	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	35:37
40	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	35:43
41	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	36:40
42	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	36:56
43	FRAILE Omar	Astana	37:30
44	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	38:16
45	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	38:24
46	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	40:46
47	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	41:01
48	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	42:26
49	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	43:32
50	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	43:33
51	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	44:12
52	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	44:20
53	BILBAO Pello	Astana	46:17
54	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	47:20
55	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	47:47
56	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	47:56
57	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	48:56
58	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	49:07
59	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	49:08
60	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	50:07
61	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	51:30
62	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51:45
63	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	52:31
64	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	52:36
65	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	53:09
66	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	53:14
67	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	53:24
68	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	53:25
69	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	53:45
70	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	55:29
71	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	56:29
72	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	56:37
73	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	57:00
74	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	57:32
75	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	58:19
76	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	59:23
77	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	59:27
78	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	59:34
79	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	1:00:11
80	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	1:00:35
81	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:00:42
82	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	1:01:36
83	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	1:01:43
84	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	1:02:09
85	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	1:03:01
86	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	1:03:25
87	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	1:04:50
88	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:05:31
89	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	1:06:12
90	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	1:06:13
91	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07:13
92	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:07:23
93	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:21
94	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	1:11:06
95	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	1:12:01
96	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	1:15:14

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Friday, April 12: Stage 5, Arrigorriaga - Arrate, 149.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Emanuel Buchmann takes the stage and the GC lead in Arrate. Photo: Gomez Sport

Weather at the finish city of Arrate at 1:40 PM, local time: 11C (51F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the NNW at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Emanuel Buchmann's Bora-hansgrohe team.

The queen stage of the Tour of the Basque Country consisted of 150km from Arrigorriaga to the iconic pilgrimage church of Arrate, which today served as a finish town for the ninth time in a row.

In the first half of the race, the riders had to conquer no less than four third category ascents, before taking on the first category climb to Izua 40km before the finish. With 2km remaining, the course went uphill again, this time featuring a first category climb, the Alto Usartza.

Numerous attacks and changes at the head of the race were seen in the first 100km of racing, before Gregor Mühlberger and another rider were able to put some distance between themselves and the field. The duo, which was pursued by a 25 man strong group, which contained Patrick Konrad and Max Schachmann. On the brutal climb to Izua, Gregor wasn’t able to keep up and had to fall back.

On the descent of Izua, however, Emanuel Buchmann was able to make the jump into a small leading group, and from there, he attacked at the foot of the next climb. Several riders took up the chase behind him, however, he was too strong for them and they were not able to catch up with him. With that move, he took the victory on the queen stage of this year’s race, and the lead in the general classification. Teammate Max Schachmann crossed the line in nith position, and now sits in third overall, while Patrick Konrad took tenth position and, with that, now holds sixth place in the overall standings. Max was also able to successfully defend his blue and green jerseys, and BORA – hansgrohe currently leads the team classification.

From the finish line:
“It’s unbelievable to win the queen stage of the race, and also to take the lead in the general classification. I hope to be able to defend the yellow jersey tomorrow. I am optimistic, because we have a very strong team here. Every day, we try our best to win, and we’ll also try the same on tomorrow’s stage.” - Emanuel Buchmann

“Today was the hardest day of the race, with 150km of racing and seven classified climbs. The course went up and down the whole day. We focused on the yellow jersey and of course wanted to defend it, and we were ultimately able to do that. The guys worked fantastically together, and we always had the race under control. With 35 km to go, we still had several strong riders present at the front end of the race. Emu was able to bridge the gap into the leading group and then attack on the penultimate climb. It’s an unbelievable win and the guys showed excellent teamwork. We’ll aim to take the yellow jersey home tomorrow.” - André Schulze, Sports Director

Complete results:

149.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.113 km/hr

1	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 44min 4sec
2	Ion Izagirre	Astana	@ 1min 12sec
3	Adam Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	1:14
4	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	1:18
5	Tadej Pogaar	UAE-Team Emirates	1:34
6	Daniel Martin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Mikel Landa	Movistar	2:00
8	Lucas Hamilton	Mitchelton-Scott	2:14
9	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Enric Mas	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	Daniel Martínez	EF Education First	s.t.
14	Mikel Nieve	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	3:05
16	Bjorg Lambrecht	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	Victor De La Parte	CCC Team	3:23
18	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	3:39
19	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	3:46
20	Hugh John Carthy	EF Education First	s.t.
21	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskadi Basque Country	4:13
22	Sergio Henao	UAE-Team Emirates	4:10
23	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	4:34
24	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	4:36
25	Dylan Teuns	Bahrain-Merida	4:55
26	Carlos Quintero	Manzana Postobon	5:59
27	José Rojas	Movistar	8:53
28	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Gregor Mülberger	Bora-hansgrohe	13:13
30	Gorka Izagirre	Astana	15:20
31	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	15:15
32	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	15:20
33	Jay Mc Carthy	Bora-hansgrohe	19:25
34	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	19:41
35	Léo Vincent	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	Nicholas Schultz	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Ben King	Dimension Data	20:58
40	Christopher Hamilton	Team Sunweb	s.t.
41	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Fernando Barceló	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
45	Luis Ángel Mate	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Mathias Frank	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
49	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
51	Grega Bole	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
52	Manuele Mori	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
53	Mikael Cherel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Neilson Powless	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	s.t.
58	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	s.t.
59	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
60	Winner Anacona	Movistar	s.t.
61	Aurélien Paret	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	s.t.
64	Amaro Antunes	CCC Team	s.t.
65	Rubén Fernández	Movistar	s.t.
66	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
67	Jesús Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Mikkel Honoré	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
69	Daniel Navarro	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	Sander Armee	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
71	Pawel Poljanski	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Aldemar Reyes	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
73	Mikel Iturria	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
74	Clément Chevrier	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Diego Rosa	Sky	s.t.
76	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Rémi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
80	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Damien Howson	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
82	Michael Storer	Team Sunweb	s.t.
83	Enrico Battaglin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
84	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Lawson Craddock	EF Education First	s.t.
86	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
87	Michael Albasini	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
88	Omar Fraile	Astana	s.t.
89	Tsgabu Grmay	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
90	Pello Bilbao	Astana	s.t.
91	Alessandro De Marchi	CCC Team	s.t.
92	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	s.t.
93	Petr Vakoc	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
94	Luka Pibernik	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
95	Jesper Hansen	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Carlos Betancur	Movistar	s.t.
97	David de la Cruz	Sky	s.t.
98	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	José Gonçalves	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
100	Dmitrii Strakhov	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
101	Riccardo Zoidl	CCC Team	s.t.
102	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	22:16
103	Óscar Rodríguez	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
104	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
105	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
106	Darwin Atapuma	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Cristian Rodriguez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	Alexander Aranburu	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Ruben Guerreiro	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
111	Sergio Samitier	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
112	Gari Bravo	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	s.t.
113	Nicolas Sessler	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	Edward Ravasi	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
115	Michal Golas	Sky	s.t.
116	Jhonjan Orlando	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
117	Marc Hirschi	Team Sunweb	s.t.
118	Alex Howes	EF Education First	s.t.
119	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Kenny Elissonde	Sky	s.t.
121	Yecid Arturo Sierra	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
122	Sean Bennett	EF Education First	s.t.
123	Willem Jakobus Smit	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
124	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
125	Jonas Koch	CCC Team	s.t.
126	Markel Irizar	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	22:46
128	Jacques Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	22:53
129	Nicholas Dlamini	Dimension Data	s.t.
130	David Gonzalez Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:17
131	Loic Chetout	Cofidis	23:34

GC after stage 5:

665.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.600 km/hr

1	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	16hr 23min 30sec
2	Ion Izagirre	Astana	@ 54sec
3	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:04
4	Daniel Martin	UAE-Team Emirates	1:32
5	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
6	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	1:55
7	Adam Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	1:56
8	Daniel Martínez	EF Education First	2:11
9	Mikel Landa	Movistar	2:25
10	Tadej Pogaar	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Mikel Nieve	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
12	Enric Mas	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:44
13	Bjorg Lambrecht	Lotto-Soudal	3:51
14	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	4:28
15	Sergio Henao	UAE-Team Emirates	4:41
16	Hugh John Carthy	EF Education First	4:54
17	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	5:06
18	Victor De La Parte	CCC Team	5:08
19	Dylan Teuns	Bahrain-Merida	5:15
20	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	5:32
21	Lucas Hamilton	Mitchelton-Scott	6:12
22	Carlos JQuintero	Manzana Postobon	6:57
23	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	8:32
24	José Rojas	Movistar	11:28
25	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	16:12
26	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	20:03
27	Luis Sánchez	Astana	21:05
28	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskadi Basque Country	21:16
29	Rubén Fernández	Movistar	22:07
30	Lawson Craddock	EF Education First	22:09
31	Gorka Izagirre	Astana	22:11
32	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	22:26
33	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:33
34	Carlos Betancur	Movistar	s.t.
35	Alessandro De Marchi	CCC Team	22:52
36	Marc Hirschi	Team Sunweb	22:55
37	Diego Rosa	Sky	s.t.
38	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
39	David de la Cruz	Sky	23:10
40	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Dimension Data	23:11
41	Omar Fraile	Astana	23:45
42	Aldemar Reyes	Manzana Postobon	24:07
43	Dmitrii Strakhov	Katusha-Alpecin	24:24
44	Óscar Rodríguez	Euskadi Basque Country	24:39
45	Ruben Guerreiro	Katusha-Alpecin	25:01
46	Winner Anacona	Movistar	25:22
47	Carlos Verona	Movistar	25:32
48	Darwin Atapuma	Cofidis	25:53
49	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	26:56
50	Léo Vincent	Groupama-FDJ	27:01
51	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	27:35
52	Geraint Thomas	Sky	27:41
53	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	27:57
54	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	28:41
55	Mikkel Honoré	Deceuninck-Quick Step	29:47
56	Pello Bilbao	Astana	29:57
57	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	29:59
58	Tsgabu Grmay	Mitchelton-Scott	31:04
59	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	31:10
60	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	31:37
61	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	32:36
62	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	32:38
63	Grega Bole	Bahrain-Merida	32:46
64	Jay Mc Carthy	Bora-hansgrohe	32:57
65	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	33:55
66	Nicholas Schultz	Mitchelton-Scott	33:57
67	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	34:11
68	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	34:30
69	Enrico Battaglin	Katusha-Alpecin	35:07
70	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:35
71	Luis Ángel Mate	Cofidis	35:45
72	Larry Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	36:26
73	Christopher Hamilton	Team Sunweb	36:28
74	Gregor Mülberger	Bora-hansgrohe	36:31
75	Danilo Wyss	Dimension Data	36:59
76	Daniel Navarro	Katusha-Alpecin	38:21
77	Damien Howson	Mitchelton-Scott	38:43
78	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	38:44
79	José Gonçalves	Katusha-Alpecin	38:46
80	Alexander Aranburu	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	40:19
81	Aurélien Paret	Ag2r La Mondiale	40:27
82	Michael Albasini	Mitchelton-Scott	40:54
83	Petr Vakoc	Deceuninck-Quick Step	41:45
84	Mathias Frank	Ag2r La Mondiale	41:46
85	Michael Storer	Team Sunweb	42:13
86	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Jumbo-Visma	42:42
87	Pawel Poljanski	Bora-hansgrohe	43:13
88	Amaro Antunes	CCC Team	43:15
89	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Dimension Data	43:17
90	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r La Mondiale	43:42
91	Sander Armee	Lotto-Soudal	43:47
92	Neilson Powless	Jumbo-Visma	43:53
93	Sergio Samitier	Euskadi Basque Country	44:25
94	Clément Chevrier	Ag2r La Mondiale	44:32
95	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	44:34
96	Fernando Barceló	Euskadi Basque Country	45:09
97	Jesús Herrada	Cofidis	45:12
98	Luka Pibernik	Bahrain-Merida	45:13
99	Jonas Koch	CCC Team	45:14
100	Florian Stork	Team Sunweb	45:26
101	Rémi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	45:40
102	Mikael Cherel	Ag2r La Mondiale	45:51
103	Jhonjan Orlando	Manzana Postobon	46:22
104	Sean Bennett	EF Education First	46:54
105	Jacques Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	47:05
106	Edward Ravasi	UAE-Team Emirates	48:00
107	Gari Bravo	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	48:40
108	Jesper Hansen	Cofidis	49:09
109	David Gonzalez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:21
110	Yecid Arturo Sierra	Manzana Postobon	49:31
111	Willem Jakobus Smit	Katusha-Alpecin	49:56
112	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	51:03
113	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	51:19
114	Markel Irizar	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Manuele Mori	UAE-Team Emirates	51:25
116	Ben King	Dimension Data	51:31
117	Mikel Iturria	Euskadi Basque Country	51:34
118	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	51:47
119	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	51:57
120	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	52:11
121	Nicholas Dlamini	Dimension Data	52:20
122	Michal Golas	Sky	52:27
123	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	53:10
124	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	53:15
125	Cristian Rodriguez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	53:38
126	Kenny Elissonde	Sky	54:15
127	Riccardo Zoidl	CCC Team	54:16
128	Alex Howes	EF Education First	54:51
129	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	55:51
130	Loic Chetout	Cofidis	56:43
131	Nicolas Sessler	Burgos-BH	59:04

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 11: Stage 4, Vitoria Gasteiz - Arrigorriaga, 163.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Max Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) makes it three stage wins in a row!

Weather at the finish city of Arrigorriaga at 1:50 PM, local time: 12C (54F), rain, with the wind from the northwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). The rain should decrease during the afternoon and end around 4:00 PM.

The race: Stage winner Max Schachmann's Bora-hansgrohe team posted this stage report.

Today saw the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, a 163,6 km-long route commencing in Vitoria-Gasteiz. On the menu today were four categorised climbs, including the first category ascent to Bikotz Gane. This was followed by a rapid descent and another climb before a downhill run into the finish town of Arrigorriaga.

At the start of the race, the peloton set a relatively high tempo and it took around one hour of racing until a seven-man group was able to distance itself. The peloton never gave the breakaway an advantage of more than four minutes. BORA – hansgrohe was always visible at the head of the main field, with Pawel Poljanski and Cesare Benedetti being particularly active during this period of racing. In the steep ascent to Bikotz Gane the breakaway group then split.

At the last intermediate sprint, Patrick Konrad, currently placed third in the general classification, took valuable bonus seconds. Mitchelton-Scott then took over the pace setting in the field, but rain and fog made the chase after the two remaining escapees increasingly difficult, and with 12 km remaining, a duo was still riding at the head of the field. Then, a few kilometres ahead of the finish line, several riders were involved in a crash on the wet roads, however BORA – hansgrohe was able to avoid hitting the deck.

A group of four riders, including Max Schachmann, attacked in the last 3 km and raced up the uphill stretch to the finish. In the finishing straight, Max proved himself to the best strongest and crossed the finish line first in sovereign fashion. With this win, he further extended his lead in the general classification, and also defended his points jersey and the youth jersey. His teammate Patrick Konrad is now second in the overall standings, while Emanuel Buchmann was able to defend his sixth place. Thanks to these results, the team also leads the team classification.

“I don’t really know what to say. It’s my third win here and I’ll need some time to process this. The weather conditions were very bad today, even worse than predicted. It was relatively cold and it rained continuously. In the end, I was exhausted, but I was really motivated to win today. I was in a perfect position in the finishing straight, and was able to sprint across the line first. Tomorrow it will be a hard stage, but we will of course do our best to net a good result.” - Max Schachmann

“We have a group of strong guys here, and it can be hard to decide for whom to ride. The boys delivered a great performance and I give my congratulations to the whole team.” - Jens Zemke, Sports Director

Complete results:

163.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.243 km/hr

1	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	4hr 3min 55sec
2	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	@ 1sec
4	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	0:09
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
9	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
12	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
14	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	s.t.
15	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
17	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
18	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
19	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
20	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	s.t.
22	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
23	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
24	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
25	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
26	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
27	ROSA Diego	Sky	0:25
28	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
30	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:33
31	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
32	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
33	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	0:46
34	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
35	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:47
36	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
38	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
39	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
40	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	0:50
41	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	1:00
42	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
44	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
45	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
46	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
47	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:05
48	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
49	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	1:15
50	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
51	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
53	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:45
54	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	1:54
55	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
56	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	1:00
58	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	2:11
59	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	3:10
60	SÁNCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
61	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
64	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	0:09
66	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	3:24
67	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	3:41
68	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	3:54
69	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	4:36
70	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
71	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
72	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	5:12
75	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	5:33
76	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
77	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:00
79	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:11
80	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	8:16
81	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
82	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
83	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
85	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
86	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
87	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
88	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
90	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
91	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	8:19
93	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	BILBAO Pello	Astana	9:05
95	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
96	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	10:18
98	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
99	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
102	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
103	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
104	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
105	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	12:15
106	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	12:30
107	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	12:53
108	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
109	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
110	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	s.t.
112	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
113	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
115	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
116	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	s.t.
117	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	GOLAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
119	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	s.t.
121	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
122	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	s.t.
123	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	13:01
124	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
125	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	13:06
126	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
128	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
129	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
130	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
131	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
132	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
133	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
134	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
136	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
137	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	s.t.
138	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
139	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	13:32
140	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	14:44
141	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain-Merida	17:16

GC after stage 4:

515.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.806 km/hr

1	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	12hr 38min 16sec
2	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 51sec
3	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:52
4	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	1:07
5	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:08
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:10
7	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:24
8	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	1:30
9	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	1:35
10	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1:38
11	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	1:41
12	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	1:49
13	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	1:52
14	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:56
15	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	1:59
16	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	2:01
17	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	2:05
18	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	2:08
19	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
20	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	2:13
21	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	2:18
22	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	2:19
23	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	2:21
24	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	2:30
25	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	2:38
26	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:40
27	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	2:45
28	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	2:55
30	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	3:04
31	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	3:07
32	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
33	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	3:22
34	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	3:33
35	ROJAS José	Movistar	3:45
36	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	3:55
37	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3:57
38	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	4:19
39	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	4:36
40	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	4:47
41	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	5:08
42	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	5:34
43	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	5:44
44	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	5:53
45	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	6:37
46	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	6:52
47	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	7:00
48	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	7:08
49	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	7:53
50	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	8:01
51	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	8:30
52	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	9:59
53	BILBAO Pello	Astana	10:09
54	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	10:10
55	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	10:11
56	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	11:16
57	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11:22
58	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	11:30
59	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	11:49
60	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	12:50
61	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	12:58
62	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	14:07
63	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	14:42
64	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
65	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	15:08
66	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	15:19
67	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	15:26
68	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	15:40
69	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:47
70	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	15:57
71	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	16:38
72	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	16:40
73	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	17:11
74	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	18:13
75	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	18:33
76	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	18:55
77	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:56
78	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	18:58
79	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:13
80	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	19:52
81	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	20:39
82	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	21:06
83	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	21:36
84	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	21:57
85	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:58
86	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	22:25
87	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	23:19
88	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	23:25
89	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	23:27
90	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	23:29
91	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:54
92	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	23:59
93	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	24:05
94	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	24:08
95	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	24:28
96	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	24:31
97	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:44
98	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	24:46
99	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	25:16
100	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	25:21
101	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	25:22
102	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	25:24
103	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-Merida	25:25
104	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	25:38
105	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	25:48
106	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	25:52
107	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	26:03
108	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	26:30
109	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	26:54
110	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:14
111	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	27:34
112	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	27:47
113	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	28:25
114	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	28:32
115	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	28:40
116	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	28:50
117	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	29:21
118	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	29:23
119	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	30:11
120	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	30:13
121	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
122	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	30:37
123	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	30:51
124	GOLAŚ Michał	Sky	31:21
125	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	31:37
126	KING Ben	Dimension Data	31:43
127	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	31:46
128	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	32:09
129	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	32:23
130	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	32:32
131	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	33:09
133	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	33:22
134	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	33:45
135	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	34:19
136	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain-Merida	34:26
137	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	34:28
138	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	34:46
139	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain-Merida	35:33
140	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	36:03
141	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	37:58

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 10: Stage 3, Sarriguren - Estibaliz, 191.4 km

Stage 3 map & profile

GC leader Max Schachmann wins stage three.

Weather at the finish city of Estibaliz at 2:00 PM, local time: 11C (52F), cloudy, with the wind from the nporthwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). 60% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Max Schachmann's Bora-hansgrohe team.

The Tour of the Basque Country continued today with a relatively demanding course of almost 192 km in length. After the riders departed Sarriguren, they traversed a 9 km-long second category climb up to Goñi, with an average gradient of 4.7 per cent. Afterwards, the parcours was relatively hilly until reaching the climb to Opakua, a third category ascent, which was followed by a long descent. In the finale, the course climbed for 2 km until the finish line in Estibaliz.

An eight rider strong breakaway led the race for most of the day and the peloton conceded not more than around 4 minutes during the day. BORA – hansgrohe was to be seen at the head of the main field, with our riders working to keep the advantage of the escapees within bounds. With 60 km of the race remaining, the leading group’s advantage had been whittled down to around 1:30 minutes. On the ascent to Opakua, Team Sky took greater responsibility for setting the pace in the main field, and the gap to the reduced breakaway group began to reduce slowly.

At this time, BORA – hansgrohe was riding within the peloton, in an attempt to save energy and resources. With 15 km to go, the team from Raubling came to the front with Jay McCarthy and Pawel Polanski in order to control the tempo and bring Max Schachmann into a good position for the finale. In the last 6 km, there was a crash in the field, in which some favourites were involved, however, the BORA – hansgrohe riders were able to avoid being mixed up in the incident.

In the last 500m, Max launched a decisive attack, which none of his rivals were able to keep up with. With that, he took a decisive stage victory and further stretched his lead in the general classification. After today’s stage, Patrick Konrad sits third in the general classification, and Emanuel Buchmann moved up into fifth position overall.

From the Finish Line:
"I want to thank the whole team. The guys supported me, like always, very well, and this was clear to see yet again today. In the finale, the were a crash and I hope that all the riders involved are ok. In the finish, I had Gregor and Jay there with me, and they brought me into a good position. I had good legs and that allowed me to notch up the win and defend my leader’s jersey. Yesterday we had a meeting and we discussed what I could do better, and today I implemented that, and it worked. I feel good and am happy to be able to reward the hard work of my team with this win. We still have three hard stages ahead of us, and I hope that I will still have something left in the tank after today.”
-Maximillian Schachmann

"We tried to defend the leader's jersey today, and we were able to do that successfully. The guys prepared the sprint perfectly for Max, and we were also able to look after our GC riders, Patrick and Emu. All the others, like Cesare and Pawel, controlled the race very well, and never let the breakaway have more than 4 minutes. During the race, other teams came to the front and so we didn't have to work the entire time. Luckily, we were also not involved in the crash. Our preparations worked out perfectly today. In the sprint, Emu and Jay did a fantastic job. We are very happy and of course will try our best to defend the jersey tomorrow."
- André Schulze, Sports Director

Complete results:

191.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.882 km/hr

1	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	4hr 47min 57sec
2	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
4	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
6	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
8	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
10	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
11	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
12	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
13	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
21	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
24	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
25	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
26	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
27	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
28	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
30	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
31	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
32	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
33	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
34	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
35	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
37	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
40	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
41	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
42	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	@ 9sec
43	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
44	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
45	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
46	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
47	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	0:14
48	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	0:16
50	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
51	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
52	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	0:19
53	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
54	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
55	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
56	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	0:25
57	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
58	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
59	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
61	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
63	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
64	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
65	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
67	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
68	SÁNCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
69	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	0:45
73	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	0:48
74	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:51
75	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	0:56
76	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
77	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:00
78	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
79	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
80	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
81	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
83	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	1:02
84	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	1:06
85	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	s.t.
86	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	1:33
88	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	1:43
90	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
91	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	2:08
92	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
93	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	JARAMILLO Daniel	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
95	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	2:16
96	FRAILE Omar	Astana	2:19
97	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
98	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:39
99	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
100	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
101	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
102	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	s.t.
104	GOLAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
105	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	2:54
107	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
108	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
109	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain-Merida	3:07
110	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:24
111	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	KING Ben	Dimension Data	3:46
113	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	3:52
115	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	4:25
116	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	4:26
117	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
119	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
124	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
125	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
126	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
127	OLIVIER Daan	Jumbo-Visma	5:46
128	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
129	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
130	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
132	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
133	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
134	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
135	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	s.t.
136	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
137	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
138	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	s.t.
139	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
140	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	s.t.
141	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
142	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	s.t.
143	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:54
144	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:32
145	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
146	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	8:38
147	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:28
148	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
149	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
150	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Sky	s.t.
151	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:09

GC after stage 3:

352.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.060 km/hr

1	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	8hr 34min 31sec
2	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	@ 33sec
3	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	0:48
5	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:49
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:51
7	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:54
8	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	1:11
9	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	1:16
10	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:17
12	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1:19
13	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
14	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	1:22
15	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
16	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	1:30
17	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:37
19	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	1:40
20	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	1:41
21	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	1:44
22	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	1:46
23	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	1:49
24	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
25	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	1:51
26	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	1:57
27	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
28	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	1:59
29	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:02
30	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	s.t.
31	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	2:06
32	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	2:14
33	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	2:19
34	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:21
35	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	2:22
36	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	2:26
37	ROSA Diego	Sky	2:32
38	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	2:35
39	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	2:37
40	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	3:01
41	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	3:03
42	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	3:04
43	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	3:09
44	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	3:11
45	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	3:20
46	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
47	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3:38
48	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	3:40
49	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:49
50	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
51	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	3:50
52	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	3:58
53	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:01
54	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	4:08
55	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	4:14
56	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	4:32
57	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	4:41
58	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	4:52
59	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	4:56
60	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	5:33
61	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:10
62	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	6:38
63	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	7:49
64	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	8:25
65	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:41
66	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	8:45
67	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	9:01
68	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	9:20
69	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	9:32
70	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Sky	9:48
71	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	10:03
72	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	10:11
73	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	10:32
74	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	11:05
75	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	12:05
76	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	12:19
77	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:24
78	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:49
79	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	13:22
80	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	14:09
81	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	14:10
82	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	14:12
83	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	14:18
84	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	14:19
85	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	14:23
86	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	14:34
87	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	14:42
88	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	14:44
89	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	14:48
90	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	14:49
91	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:50
92	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	14:51
93	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	14:56
94	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	15:00
95	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	15:01
96	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
97	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	15:03
98	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	15:13
99	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	15:23
100	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	15:24
101	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	15:29
102	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	15:33
103	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	15:39
104	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	15:47
105	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	16:02
106	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	16:05
107	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	16:18
108	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
109	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:21
110	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:46
111	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	16:55
112	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	16:57
113	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	16:58
115	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-Merida	16:59
116	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	17:12
117	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	17:16
118	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	17:22
119	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	17:34
120	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	17:40
121	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:41
122	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	17:48
123	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	17:57
124	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain-Merida	18:07
125	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	18:18
126	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	18:21
127	KING Ben	Dimension Data	18:27
128	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	18:28
130	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	18:45
131	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	18:53
132	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	19:06
133	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	19:16
134	JARAMILLO Daniel	Manzana Postobon	19:19
135	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	19:20
136	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:29
137	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	20:03
138	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	20:06
139	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	20:34
140	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	20:42
141	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	20:46
142	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	21:09
143	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain-Merida	21:10
144	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	21:16
145	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	21:30
146	OLIVIER Daan	Jumbo-Visma	21:35
147	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	22:09
148	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:01
149	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	24:40
150	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	24:42
151	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	25:06

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 9: Stage 2, Zumarraga - Gorraiz, 149.5 km

Stage 2 map & profile

And the stage goes to Julian Alaphilippe. Getty Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Gorraiz at 1:50 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). Rain is likely in the late afternoon, probably after the stage has finished.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Julian Alaphilippe's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

Julian Alaphilippe produced a perfect finish on the 8% gradients of Gorraiz – the small town which welcomed the Vuelta al Pais Vasco peloton for the third time in history – displaying an impressive burst of speed that helped him pick up his eighth success of the year and jump to second in the general classification at the season’s 15th World Tour event.

“I didn’t know how things will go after the break I took following my Milano-Sanremo victory, but the legs felt good and I was very motivated to get the win. The day was a very fast and nervous one, despite being short, due to the presence of those unpaved segments, but we managed the situation perfectly and I could rely on a strong squad, which kept me near the front at all times, so a big thank you goes to them for their valuable help”, Julian said immediately after crossing the line.

Tuesday’s 149.5km stage was an atypical one for the race, as it contained five gravel road stretches that seriously shook up the peloton, who reeled in the breakaway with more than 40 kilometers to go and continued to push a huge tempo at the front in order to put some of the riders into red, reducing the yellow jersey group to about 30 men by the time they left behind the final dirt road sector.

Protected by his Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammates, who helped him return to the field after two mechanicals, Julian Alaphilippe remained attentive and bided his time as things began heating up at the front of the bunch with the flamme rouge in sight. As the road went up, also Julian navigated to the front of the group and waited for the others to make their move before launching a devastating sprint with 200 meters to go and putting several bike lengths into his opponents en route to claiming his third career stage win at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco.

Deceuninck – Quick-Step, who now counts 21 UCI victories in 2019, placed three more riders in the top 15 – Pieter Serry, Enric Mas and Mikkel Honoré – an indicator of the team’s remarkable strength in depth.

Alaphilippe, who on stage 3 will wear again the race’s green jersey, talked of Tuesday’s victory, which he made look effortless: “The finish suited me and I was well-positioned going into the closing kilometer. With 200 meters left, I saw an opening and kicked out, and that proved to be the right moment. I am really glad that I could take the victory. My goal at the start of this week was to take a stage win, and now that I have done that, I’ll just take it day by day and see how things go, especially as the general classification isn’t an objective.”

Complete results:

149.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.792 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 29min 37sec
2	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	@ 1sec
3	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Sky	s.t.
4	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
5	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
9	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
10	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
11	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
13	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
14	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
19	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09
20	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
21	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
23	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
24	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
27	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
28	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	s.t.
29	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
30	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	s.t.
31	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
32	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
33	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
34	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
36	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
37	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
38	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
39	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	0:16
40	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:18
41	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	0:20
42	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	0:23
43	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
44	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	s.t.
45	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
46	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
48	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
49	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	1:05
50	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	1:10
51	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	1:12
52	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	1:15
53	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	1:24
55	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	ROSA Diego	Sky	1:26
57	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	1:28
58	RODRÍGUEZ Oscar	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
59	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	1:31
60	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
61	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	s.t.
62	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
63	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	1:39
64	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	1:43
65	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	1:49
66	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	1:53
68	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
69	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	1:57
70	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	2:26
73	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:29
74	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	2:35
75	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	2:43
76	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	2:45
77	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	3:09
78	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	3:54
79	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	7:32
80	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	8:15
81	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
82	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
83	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
85	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
86	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	8:58
87	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	12:53
88	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
89	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
90	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
93	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
94	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
95	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	s.t.
103	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
105	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
106	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
107	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
108	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
110	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
112	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
113	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
114	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
116	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
117	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
118	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
119	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
120	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
121	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
124	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
125	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
126	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
128	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
129	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
130	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
131	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
132	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
133	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
134	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
135	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	s.t.
136	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
137	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
138	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
139	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
140	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
141	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
142	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
143	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
144	OLIVIER Daan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
145	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
146	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	s.t.
147	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
148	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	13:04
149	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	13:07
150	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	14:24
151	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
152	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
153	FERNANDES José	Burgos-BH	s.t.
154	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
155	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
156	JARAMILLO Daniel	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
157	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
158	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
159	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

1	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 46min 44sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 5sec
3	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Sky	0:10
4	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	EF Education First	0:13
5	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:23
6	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:28
8	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain Merida	0:36
9	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:39
10	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:41
11	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	0:42
12	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
13	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:43
14	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:44
15	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	0:46
16	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	0:47
17	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:54
18	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	1:00
19	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
20	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:02
21	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
22	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	1:06
23	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
24	FRAILE Omar	Astana	1:09
25	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
26	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	1:10
27	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	1:12
28	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
29	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	1:14
31	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	1:16
32	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	1:20
33	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
34	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	1:21
35	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	1:22
36	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	1:31
37	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	1:34
38	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	1:36
40	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
41	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	1:39
42	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	1:51
43	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:52
44	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	1:53
46	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	1:58
47	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	2:00
48	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	2:06
49	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	2:09
51	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	ROSA Diego	Sky	2:22
53	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	2:23
54	RODRÍGUEZ Oscar	Euskadi Basque Country	2:27
55	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	2:31
56	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	2:37
57	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	2:45
58	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	2:59
59	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	3:01
60	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	3:05
61	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:07
63	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	3:10
64	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	3:20
65	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	3:23
66	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	3:24
67	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	3:32
68	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	3:33
69	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	3:36
70	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	3:40
71	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:05
72	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	4:10
73	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	4:21
74	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	4:22
75	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	4:23
76	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	4:42
77	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	5:07
78	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	5:09
79	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	8:46
80	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	9:33
81	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	9:34
82	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	9:44
83	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	9:50
84	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	10:15
85	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:20
86	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	11:13
87	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	13:43
88	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	13:50
89	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	13:54
90	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	14:02
91	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:07
92	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
93	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	14:10
94	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	14:12
95	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	14:13
96	GARCÍA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
97	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	14:18
98	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	14:23
99	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	14:24
100	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	14:27
101	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	14:28
102	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	14:29
103	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	14:30
105	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	14:32
106	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	14:33
107	KING Ben	Dimension Data	14:34
108	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
109	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	14:36
110	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	14:38
111	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	14:39
113	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:40
114	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	14:41
116	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	14:42
117	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
118	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	14:46
119	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
121	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	14:47
122	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain Merida	14:50
123	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	s.t.
124	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:53
125	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	14:54
126	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	15:02
127	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:08
128	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
129	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	15:10
130	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	15:12
131	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	15:13
132	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	15:14
133	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
134	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	15:16
135	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:19
136	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	15:20
137	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	15:24
138	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:28
139	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	15:29
140	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	15:33
141	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	15:34
142	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:36
143	OLIVIER Daan	Jumbo-Visma	15:39
144	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	15:41
145	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	15:42
146	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	15:56
147	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	16:04
149	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	16:05
150	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	16:10
151	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:11
152	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	16:13
153	FERNANDES José	Burgos-BH	16:33
154	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	16:45
155	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	16:47
156	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	16:48
157	JARAMILLO Daniel	Manzana Postobon	17:01
158	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	17:02
159	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	18:21

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 8: Stage 1, Zumarraga 11.2 km individual time trial

Stage 1 map & profile

Max Schachmann won the first stage and will wear the leader's jersey in stage two.

Weather at Zumarraga at 2:15 PM, local time: 9C (49F), rain, with the wind from the northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph).

The race: Here's the organizer's stage one report:

The Itzulia Basque Country 2019 has officially started. The first stage was an extremely technical I.T.T. with a rainy day as a background. The weather, the choice of the bike and the brakes made the difference in an 11.2 km stage.

The road was very wet but that didn’t stop Enric Mas (DQT) from getting the first good result of the day. The top riders were at the start when the road began to dry off and the results improved. Maximilian Schachmann (BOH), with 17’10” was the best rider of the day and won the stage to become the first GC leader of the Itzulia 2019. Daniel Martínez Póveda (EF) and Michal Kwiatkowski (SKY) followed him on the podium.

The top riders performed well. However, Mikel Landa (MOV) lost 54” and George Bennett (TJV) some more after crashing at the top of La Antigua.

Following a technical and strategical first stage, the second journey will be contested tomorrow on 149.5 km and its feared sterratos.

Schachmann: “I feel good and proud after winning today in front of the top riders of this race. My goal today was to avoid crashes and injuries and I felt pretty comfortable on the bike and on the race. At the top of the climb they told me that I was leading, so I decided to take more risks, not because I wanted to win the stage but to finish with the best possible time. From now on, our goal is to work and take the best possible result back home”.

Complete Results & GC:

11.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.146 km/hr

1	SCHACHMANN Max	Bora-hansgrohe	17min 10sec
2	MARTINEZ Daniel	EF Education First	@ 9sec
3	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Sky	0:10
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:12
5	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	0:16
6	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	0:19
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:22
8	MAS Enric	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:24
9	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	0:30
10	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:31
11	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:32
12	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	0:34
14	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:35
15	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:37
16	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	0:38
17	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:42
18	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	0:43
19	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:46
20	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
21	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	0:47
22	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
23	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	0:48
24	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	0:49
25	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	0:50
26	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
27	ROSA Diego	Sky	0:53
28	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	0:54
29	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
30	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
31	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	0:55
33	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:56
34	RODRIGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
35	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	0:57
36	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	0:58
37	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	1:00
39	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	1:01
40	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	1:03
41	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
42	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
43	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	1:05
44	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	FRAILE Omar	Astana	1:07
46	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:08
47	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
48	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
49	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
50	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
51	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:11
52	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
53	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
54	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	1:12
55	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	1:13
56	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	1:14
58	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:15
60	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
61	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	1:16
63	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
64	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:17
65	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
66	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	1:18
67	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	1:20
68	QUINTERO Carlos	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
69	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	1:22
70	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	1:24
71	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	1:25
72	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	1:26
73	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	1:27
74	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
75	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:28
76	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	1:29
77	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
78	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	1:31
80	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
81	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	1:32
82	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
84	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
85	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	1:33
86	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
87	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	1:34
91	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
92	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	1:36
93	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:37
95	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	1:38
96	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	1:39
98	ROJAS José	Movistar	1:40
99	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
100	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	WYSS Danilo	Dimension Data	1:41
102	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:42
103	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
104	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:43
105	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:44
106	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-Merida	1:45
107	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	1:46
108	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
109	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
110	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	1:48
111	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	1:50
112	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
114	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	1:51
115	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	1:52
116	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain-Merida	1:54
117	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	s.t.
118	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	1:55
120	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:57
121	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	1:58
122	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:02
123	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
124	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	2:06
125	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
126	FERNANDES José	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	2:07
128	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:12
129	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
130	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	2:14
131	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	2:16
132	KUSS Sepp	Jumbo-Visma	2:17
133	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	2:18
134	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
135	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
136	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	2:20
137	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
138	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	2:21
139	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:23
140	CHETOUT Loïc	Cofidis	2:24
141	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	2:26
142	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	2:27
143	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	2:28
144	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:32
145	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	2:33
146	JARAMILLO Daniel	Manzana Postobon	2:34
147	SIERRA Yecid	Manzana Postobon	2:35
148	SAENZ Nicolas	Manzana Postobon	2:37
149	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	2:38
150	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	2:40
151	GONZÁLEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
152	OLIVIER Daan	Jumbo-Visma	2:43
153	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	2:45
154	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	2:55
155	SESSLER Nícolas	Burgos-BH	3:00
156	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	3:08
157	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	3:09
158	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	3:14
159	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:15
160	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain-Merida	3:54
161	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.

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Start list with back numbers, April 7, 2019:

MOVISTAR TEAM
Director Jose Luis ARRIETA
1	LANDA, Mikel
2	BETANCUR, Carlos
3	FERNÁNDEZ, Rubén
4	PEDRERO, Antonio
5	ROJAS, José
6	ANACONA, Winner Andrew
7	VERONA, Carlos
BAHRAIN MERIDA
Director Gorazd Stangelj
11	BOLE, Grega
12	DENNIS, Rohan
13	WANG, Meiyin
14	PADUN, MArk
15	PIBERNIK, Luka
16	TEUNS, Dylan
17	WILLIAMS, Stephen
BORA HANSGROHE
Director Jens ZEMKE
21	BUCHMANN, Emanuel
22	BENEDETTI, Cesare
23	KONRAD, Patrick
24	MC CARTHY, Jay
25	MÜLBERGER, Gregor
26	POLJANSKI, Pawel
27	SCHACHMANN, Max
ASTANA PRO TEAM
Director Alexandr SHEFER
31	FUGLSANG, Jakob
32	BILBAO, Pello
33	FRAILE, Omar
34	IZAGIRRE, Gorka
35	IZAGIRRE, Ion
36	LUTSENKO, Alexey
37	SÁNCHEZ, Luis León
DECEUNINCK - QUICK STEP
Director Davide BRAMATI
41	ALAPHILIPPE, Julian
42	CAVAGNA, Rémi
43	DEVENYNS, Dries
44	HONORÉ, Mikkel Flølich
45	MAS, Enric
46	SERRY, Pieter
47	VAKOC, Petr
AG2R LA MONDIALE
Director Didier JANNEL
51	GENIEZ, Alexandre
52	CHEREL, Mikael
53	CHEVRIER, Clément
54	FRANK, Mathias
55	DUPONT, Hubert
56	PARET, Aurélien
57	WARBASSE, Lawrence
LOTTO SOUDAL
Director Mario AERTS
61	VANENDERT, Jelle
62	ARMEE, Sander
63	HANSEN, Adam James
64	LAMBRECHT, Bjorg
65	MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz
66	MONFORT, Maxime
67	VAN DER SANDE, Tosh
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
Director Xavier FLORENCIO
71	BATTAGLIN, Enrico
72	SMIT, Willem Jakobus
73	GUERREIRO, Ruben
74	CRAS, Steff
75	GONÇALVES, José
76	NAVARRO, Daniel
77	STRAKHOV, Dmitrii
TEAM SKY
Director Gabriel RASCH
81	THOMAS, Geraint
82	CASTROVIEJO, Jonathan
83	DE LA CRUZ, David
84	ELISSONDE, Kenny
85	GOLAS, Michal
86	KWIATKOWSKI, Michal
87	ROSA, Diego
MITCHELTON - SCOTT
Director Julian DEAN
91	YATES, Adam
92	ALBASINI, Michael
93	HAMILTON, Lucas
94	HOWSON, Damien
95	NIEVE, Mikel
96	SCHULTZ, Nicholas
97	GRMAY, Tsgabu
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
Director Neil STEPHENS
101	MARTIN, Daniel
102	HENAO, Sergio Luis
103	MORI, Manuele
104	POGAAR, Tadej
105	RAVASI, Edward
106	SUTHERLAND, Rory
107	ULISSI, Diego
EF EDUCATION FIRST
Director Juan Manuel GARATE
111	MARTÍNEZ POVEDA, Daniel Felipe
112	BENNETT, Sean
113	CARTHY, Hugh John
114	CLARKE, Simon
115	CRADDOCK, Lawson
116	HOWES, Alex
117	BROWN, Nathan
CCC TEAM
Director Gabriele MISSAGLIA
121	BEVIN, Patrick
122	ANTUNES, Amaro
123	DE LA PARTE, Victor
124	DE MARCHI, Alessandro
125	KOCH, Jonas
126	PAUWELS, Serge
127	ZOIDL, Riccardo
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
Director Alexandre SANS VEGA
131	KING, Benjamin
132	CUMMINGS, Stephen
133	DLAMINI, Nicholas
134	JANSE VAN RENSBURG
135	GEBREIGZABHIER, Amanuel
136	SLAGTER, Tom-Jelte
137	WYSS, Danilo
GROUPAMA - FDJ
Director Jussi VEIKKANEN
141	MOLARD, Rudy
142	ARMIRAIL, Bruno
143	GAUDU, David
144	MADOUAS, Valentin
145	ROUX, Anthony
146	SEIGLE, Romain
147	VINCENT, Léo
TEAM SUNWEB
Director Luke ROBERTS
151	ROCHE, Nicolas
152	HAMILTON, Christopher
153	HINDLEY, Jai
154	HIRSCHI, Marc
155	OOMEN, Sam
156	STORER, Michael
157	STORK, Florian
TEAM JUMBO - VISMA
Director Frans MAASSEN
161	BENNETT, George
162	KUSS, Sepp
163	LINDEMAN, Bert-Jan
164	MARTIN, Tony
165	OLIVIER, Daan
166	POWLESS, Neilson
167	VINGEGAARD, Jonas
TREK - SEGAFREDO
Director Kim ANDERSEN
171	MOLLEMA, Bauke
172	BERNARD, Julien
173	CONCI, Nicola
174	FELLINE, Fabio
175	IRIZAR, Markel
176	SKUJINS, Toms
177	STETINA, Peter
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Director Christian GUIBERTEAU
181	HERRADA, Jesús
182	ATAPUMA, Darwin
183	CHETOUT, Loic
184	EDET, Nicolas
185	HANSEN, Jesper
186	MATE, Luis Ángel
187	PEREZ, Anthony
EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS
Director Xabier MURIEL
191	BIZKARRA, Mikel
192	SAMITIER, Sergio
193	SANZ, Enrique
194	ITURRIA, Mikel
195	BARCELÓ, Fernando
196	BRAVO, Gari
197	RODRÍGUEZ, Óscar
CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
Director Josemi FERNANDEZ
201	RODRIGUEZ, Cristian
202	AMEZQUETA, Julen
203	ABERASTURI, Jon
204	IRISARRI, Jon
205	LASTRA, Jonathan
206	GONZALEZ, David
207	ARANBURU, Alexander
MANZANA POSTOBÓN TEAM
Director Luis Fernando SALDARRIAGA
211	REYES, Aldemar
212	SAENZ, Nicolas
213	GARCÍA, Jhonjan Orlando
214	JARAMILLO, Daniel Alexander
215	SUAZA, Bernardo Albeiro
216	SIERRA, Yecid Arturo
217	QUINTERO, Carlos Julian
BURGOS BH
Director Medina BARRANCO
221	MADRAZO, Ángel
222	BOL, Jetse
223	FERNANDEZ, José
224	SESSLER, Nicolas
225	EZQUERRA, Jesús
226	RUBIO, Diego