2022 Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)

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Friday, April 8: Stage 5, Zamudio - Mallabia, 163.8 km

Stage 5 profile

Carlos Rodriguez takes a solo stage win. Photo: Luis Gomez/Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the finish city of Mallabia at 1:45 PM, local time: 18C (64F), fair, with the wnd from the southwest at 26 km/hr (16 mph). At the moment there is just a 4% chance of rain, but it grows to 72% by 5:00 PM.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five summary.

Carlos Rodríguez wins the 5th stage of the Itzulia between Zamudio and Mallabia, his first victory in a World Tour event. Despite the changes in the general classification, the gap remains minimal, and the favorites will decide the race in the last stage.

The penultimate stage of the Itzulia 2022 got off to a very fast start, making it difficult for the day’s breakaway. After numerous attempts, a breakaway finally emerged 62.5 kilometers into the stage by a group comprising Sepp Kuss (TJV), Marc Soler (UAD), Sergio Samitier (MOV), Carlos Rodriguez (IGD), Lucas Hamilton (BEX), and Kenny Elissonde (TFS). The Bedarona pass left the breakaway with just four riders. Sergio Samitier and Sepp Kuss conceded a few seconds.

The descent included one of the most worrying moments of the day when Lucas Hamilton crashed down the mountainside. The cyclist fell into some bushes and his bike a few meters further down the road. The Australian rider with Team BikeExchange withdrew from the race.

Trabakua ended up defining the strongest of the breakaway, with only Carlos Rodriguez IGD) and Marc Soler (UAD) remaining. The Spanish duo achieved a margin of 4 minutes, although only Marc Soler drove the breakaway.

Behind, Quick-Step Vinyl Alpha, Jumbo-Visma, Bora-Hansgrohe and Barhain Victorious propelled the peloton leaving the escapees with little room. With 35km to go, Kenny Elissonde and Sergio Samitier were neutralised. Remco Evenepoel once again put on a show with his attack 14 km from the finish, before the start of the Karabieta ascent. He was accompanied by Vlasov, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Ion Izagirre, Peio Bilbao, Vingegaard and Enric Mas. Just at that moment, Carlos Rodríguez changed the pace of the breakaway and easily left Marc Soler behind. The gap between each group was around 38 seconds. In the peloton, Roglic didn’t try to close the gap and let the other favourites do the work.

The general classification is up in smoke, with Remco Evenepoel the new leader of the Itzulia. The gap between the favourites remains at around 30” and Roglic is 8th to 1’05" behind the leader.

Complete results:

163.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.765 km/hr

1	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 7min 9sec
2	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:09
4	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:11
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
6	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:18
8	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:20
9	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:38
10	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:07
11	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:11
14	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	1:15
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
23	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	1:22
24	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	1:27
26	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
30	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	1:32
31	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
32	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:44
33	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
34	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:00
35	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	2:25
36	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	2:27
37	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	2:38
38	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	3:19
39	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:21
41	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:30
45	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	3:42
46	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	4:01
47	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	6:30
48	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
50	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
53	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
55	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
57	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	6:36
58	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	6:38
60	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	9:22
61	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	9:24
63	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
64	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	9:25
66	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:27
67	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	10:50
68	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	13:01
69	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
72	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
74	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
76	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
78	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	13:13
81	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	13:14
82	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	13:26
83	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	13:30
84	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:34
85	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
86	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
87	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
88	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
89	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	20:37
90	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	20:38
91	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:40
92	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
95	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
100	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	20:49
106	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	20:51
108	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
109	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
112	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
114	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
116	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	21:01
117	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
118	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:11
119	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	21:22
120	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	21:26

 

GC after stage 5:

746.53 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.000 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	18hr 12min 29sec
2	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
3	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:21
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:22
5	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:29
7	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:37
8	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	1:05
9	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	1:15
10	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:30
11	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
12	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:45
13	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	1:49
14	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	1:52
15	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	3:40
16	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	4:10
17	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	4:17
18	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:25
20	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	4:30
21	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	4:31
22	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	4:32
23	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	5:33
24	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	6:07
25	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	6:24
26	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	6:25
27	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	7:18
28	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	7:38
29	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	8:15
30	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	8:59
31	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	9:00
32	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	9:11
33	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:53
34	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	10:24
35	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	12:00
36	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	12:38
37	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
38	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	12:55
39	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	13:01
40	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:45
41	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	15:24
42	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	15:56
43	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	16:55
44	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	16:59
45	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	17:50
46	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	18:08
47	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:26
48	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	19:34
49	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:08
50	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	20:59
51	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	21:00
52	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:01
53	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	22:11
54	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	22:17
55	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	23:30
56	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	24:25
57	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	25:09
58	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	25:32
59	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	26:12
60	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	26:56
61	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:00
62	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	29:20
63	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	29:52
64	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	29:53
65	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	30:01
66	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	31:51
67	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	32:20
68	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	32:46
69	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	32:57
70	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	33:07
71	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	33:48
72	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	34:13
73	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	35:20
74	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	35:39
75	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:48
76	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	36:26
77	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	36:43
78	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	37:53
79	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	38:11
80	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38:16
81	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	39:13
82	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	39:29
84	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	40:04
85	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	40:41
86	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	43:48
88	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	45:10
89	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	45:19
90	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	46:11
91	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	46:12
92	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	46:16
93	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	46:50
94	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	46:51
95	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	47:09
96	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	47:14
97	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	47:24
98	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	47:33
99	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	47:51
100	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	48:03
101	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	48:06
102	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	48:12
103	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	48:15
104	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	49:14
105	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	49:18
106	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	49:40
107	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	49:56
108	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	50:01
109	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	51:11
110	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	53:24
111	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	53:57
112	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	54:01
113	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	54:02
114	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	54:17
115	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	56:46
116	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	59:15
117	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	1:00:13
118	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:02:00
119	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:04:32
120	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	1:05:41

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 7: Stage 4, Vitoria Gasteiz – Ingeteam Parke Zamudio, 185.6 km

Stage 4 profile

Daniel Martinez just beats green-jersey'd Julian Alaphilippe for the stage win.

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Weather at the finish at Zumudio at 1:40 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast until after 6:00 PM, when there will be a 20% chance of rain.

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

The fourth stage of the Itzulia between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zamudio arrived with 185.6 km to go. The start was attended by big names in cycling, including the presence of the general director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme.

The day started with a hard-fought breakaway that consolidated 20 km into the race with a large group of 16 riders including names such as Geraint Thomas (IGD), Davide Formolo (UAD), Ruben Guerreiro (EFE) and Cristian Rodriguez (106, TEN).

Despite the size of the group, the peloton did not let the escapees go very far, with a maximum lead of 3 minutes. After the climb to Jata, the breakaway was down to just four riders, who were joined by another three on the descent from Urruztimendi. With just 30 km to go the breakaway group had to decide whether to compete for the stage amongst itself or on the hard ramps of Vivero. The peloton meanwhile controlled the distance, which was around 2’40”.

The second climb to Vivero via the northern slope brought the peloton closer to the race leaders, with Brambilla (183, TFS) launching a few attacks. The Ineos-Grenadiers team made the race harder by stretching out the group of favourites. Meanwhile, at the head of the race, French rider Victor Lafay (COF) left his breakaway companions behind and pulled steadily towards the finish line.

Attacks then began from the group of favourites who hunted down members of the breakaway. Remco Evenpoel took a risk to force the favourites on the descent from Vivero, although he did not see it through. With 9 km to go, the gap was reduced to 1 minute between the leaders and the group of favourites, when they neutralised them. It was then that almost the entire UAE Team Emirates group started to pull the group back to close the gap. Finally, Evenpoel closed the last stretch and caught Victor Lafay with 1 km to go.

Everything played out in the sprint with Ulissi (UAD), Alaphilippe (QST) y Daniel Felipe Martinez (IGD). The latter took the stage by a few centimetres.

The general classification maintains the gap between the favourites with Primoz Roglic leading Remco Evenepoel by 05″ seconds. Daniel Felipe Martínez climbs to 3rd place on account of his finishing bonus.

Complete results:

185.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.605 km/hr

1	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 15min 23sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
3	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
18	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
24	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
25	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
32	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
35	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	@ 33sec
36	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:42
37	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	0:44
39	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	0:55
40	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:14
41	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	3:28
42	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
47	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
58	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
59	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
62	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:36
65	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:19
66	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	6:34
71	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
72	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
73	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
74	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
75	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
79	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	7:18
81	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
82	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
87	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
88	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:06
93	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
95	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
96	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
97	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
103	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
105	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	9:11
107	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
108	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
109	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	13:03
111	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
116	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
117	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
120	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
121	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
122	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	s.t.
123	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
124	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
127	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	16:01
130	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
131	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
132	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
133	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
134	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
136	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
137	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
138	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:51
139	Florian Stork	Team DSM	27:41

 

GC after stage 4:

582.73 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.369 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	14hr 5min 10sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 5sec
3	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:11
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
5	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
6	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:19
7	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:20
9	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:22
10	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
11	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
12	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
13	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	0:44
14	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:08
15	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	2:35
16	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	2:39
17	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	2:46
18	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:52
19	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:53
20	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	3:05
21	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
22	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	3:12
23	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:13
24	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	3:15
25	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	3:16
26	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	3:26
27	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	5:40
28	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	6:01
29	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	6:12
30	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	6:18
31	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	6:25
32	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	6:26
33	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	6:31
34	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	6:31
35	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	6:37
36	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	6:42
37	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	6:43
38	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	6:56
39	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	7:11
40	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:30
41	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:46
42	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	8:03
43	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	8:29
44	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:33
45	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	9:36
46	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:32
47	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	11:30
48	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	11:34
49	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:44
50	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	11:45
51	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	11:48
52	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	11:50
53	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	11:56
54	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	12:09
55	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	13:32
56	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:48
57	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	14:53
58	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	14:59
59	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:09
60	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
61	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:10
62	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	15:32
63	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	15:33
64	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	17:02
66	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
67	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:29
68	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	17:30
69	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:46
70	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	18:42
71	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	18:45
72	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	18:59
73	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	19:00
74	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	19:12
75	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:11
76	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	20:37
77	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	20:57
78	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	20:58
79	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	21:18
80	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	23:08
81	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	23:18
82	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	23:32
83	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	23:42
84	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	23:47
85	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	23:52
86	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	25:02
87	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	26:12
88	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	26:20
89	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	26:43
90	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	26:45
91	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	26:46
92	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	26:47
93	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	26:50
94	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	26:56
96	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:09
97	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	27:12
98	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	27:13
99	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	27:25
100	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	27:27
101	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	27:34
102	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	27:39
103	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	27:45
104	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	28:48
105	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	28:50
106	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	29:00
107	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	29:10
108	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	29:22
109	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	29:26
110	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:28
111	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:37
112	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	30:41
113	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	32:19
114	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	32:28
115	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	32:34
116	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:53
117	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:54
118	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	32:55
119	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	32:57
120	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	33:09
121	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	33:16
122	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	33:21
123	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	33:21
124	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	33:23
125	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	33:25
126	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	33:46
127	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	33:47
128	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	35:49
129	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	35:54
130	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	36:05
131	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:31
132	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	36:39
133	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	37:12
134	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	38:45
135	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	39:01
136	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	40:59
137	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	43:51
138	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	44:50
139	Florian Stork	Team DSM	47:42

 

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 6: Stage 3, Laudio - Amurrio, 181.7 km

Stage 3 profile

Baharin-Merida's Pello Bilbao takes stage three. Photo: Luis Gomez/Sprintcycling

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The race:

Weather at the finish city of Amurrio at 2:05 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage three summary.

The day started calmly, with the riders aware that a tough stage awaited, with its demanding Opellora – Ozeka finish.

The day’s breakaway emerged at kilometre 42.3 of the race with Jan Polanc (UAD), Hugo Houle (IPT) and Cristian Rodríguez (TEN), who achieved a maximum lead of 4’58” over the peloton. The Ineos-Grenadiers team set the pace of the race and controlled the distance to the leading group.

The best of the breakaway was Cristian Rodríguez (TEN) who, with a strong pace on the uphill sections, maintained the lead alone. The work put in by Ineos-Grenadiers, and particularly Geraint Thomas (IGD) resulted in an attack by Adam Yates (IGD) with 25 km to go. The peloton was left with a group of around 15 riders, including the main contenders for the 2022 race.

The gap was cut to 20" as a result of Yates’ pace, on the descent, Pello Bilbao (TBV) tried to pull off a surprise by reeling in the leaders even closer. There were numerous attacks among the favorites until Cristian Rodriguez (106, TEN) was caught with 18 km to go. The group of 17 riders worked together to increase the gap from the rest of the peloton and go for the stage in Amurrio. A very active Remco Evenepoel (44, QST) tried several times, but the group would not let him go. With 5 km to go Pello Bilbao tried again on a climb, but they again closed the gap.

Alaphilippe started the sprint with the group still compact, but Pello Bilbao caught up to him and took the victory by half a wheel at the finish line. It is Pello Bilbao’s first victory in the Itzulia after last year’s second place in the Hondarribia stage.

The general classification maintains the gap between the favourites with Primoz Roglic leading Remco Evenepoel by 05" seconds. Pello Bilbao jumps to 5th place.

Complete results:

181.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.586 km/hr

1	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 35min 24sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
3	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
6	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	@ 33sec
15	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	1:21
16	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:56
18	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:20
19	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
21	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:25
24	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
25	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
31	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
32	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	6:23
45	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:28
46	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	s.t.
54	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
62	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
66	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:55
69	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
73	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	12:43
77	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	12:54
78	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	13:52
80	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	14:29
81	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	17:05
82	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
83	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	17:49
84	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	19:09
87	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
88	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
91	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
100	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
104	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
105	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
106	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
107	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
108	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
109	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
110	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
111	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
112	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
114	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
115	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
116	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
117	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
118	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
119	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
120	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
122	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
123	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
124	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
125	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
126	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
128	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
130	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
132	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
134	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
136	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
137	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
138	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
139	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
140	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
142	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

397.13 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.401 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	9hr 49min 47sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 5sec
3	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
5	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:19
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:20
8	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
9	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	0:25
10	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:28
11	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
12	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
13	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
14	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	0:44
15	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:08
16	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	2:12
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	2:39
18	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	2:44
19	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	2:45
20	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	2:46
21	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	2:50
22	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:52
23	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:53
24	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:55
25	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:57
26	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	2:58
27	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:03
28	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	3:05
30	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	3:09
32	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	3:12
33	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:13
34	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:14
35	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	3:15
37	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	3:16
39	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	3:26
40	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	3:28
41	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	3:43
42	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:02
43	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	6:01
44	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	7:17
45	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:46
46	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	7:51
47	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:58
48	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	8:02
49	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	8:03
50	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	8:13
51	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	8:14
52	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	8:15
53	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	s.t.
54	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:17
55	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	8:19
57	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	8:20
59	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	8:22
60	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:29
61	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:33
62	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	8:35
63	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:40
65	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	8:41
66	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:51
67	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	11:23
68	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	11:27
69	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	11:41
70	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:44
71	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	11:51
72	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	11:59
73	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:10
74	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	13:09
75	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	13:34
76	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	14:12
77	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	14:41
78	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	14:59
79	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	16:18
80	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	17:42
81	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	17:58
82	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	18:31
83	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	18:39
84	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	19:00
85	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:25
86	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	19:31
87	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	19:40
88	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	19:42
89	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	19:44
90	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	19:46
91	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:50
92	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:51
93	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	19:52
94	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	19:53
95	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	19:54
96	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
98	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	19:55
99	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
100	Florian Stork	Team DSM	20:01
101	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	20:03
102	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	20:04
103	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	20:06
105	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:07
106	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:08
107	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	20:09
108	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:11
109	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:12
111	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	20:13
112	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	20:14
113	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	20:16
114	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
115	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
116	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
117	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	20:18
118	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
119	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	20:19
120	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	20:20
121	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	20:21
123	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	20:22
124	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
125	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
126	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:30
127	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:31
128	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	20:33
129	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:35
130	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	20:38
131	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	20:43
132	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	20:44
133	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:11
134	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:24
135	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:35
136	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	22:44
137	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	22:46
138	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	23:00
139	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	23:02
140	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	23:19
141	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	27:50
142	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	28:49

 

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 5: Stage 2, Leitza - Viana, 207.92 km

Stage 2 profile

Julian Alaphilippe wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Viana at 1:55 PM, local time: 10C (50F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

Julian Alaphilippe wins the second stage of the Itzulia 2022, and Primoz Roglic retains his lead.

The second stage of the Itzulia took place today, covering 207.9 km between Leitza and Viana. The longest stage of this year’s race began with a breakaway at the start with the climb to Uitzi (Cat. 3). 4 riders formed the breakaway: Julen Amezqueta (133, CJR), Ander Okamika (171, BBH), Ibai Azurmendi (192, EUS) and Ibon Ruiz (206, EKP).

The four riders rode the breakaway for more than 190 kilometres and achieved a maximum gap of 5 minutes 34 seconds. The peloton was controlled by team Jumbo-Visma and supported by the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team. The day’s mountain passes were hard-fought, with the riders battling for as many points as possible to wear the mountain jersey tomorrow at the start in Laudio.

The last stretch of the race saw the peloton turn up the pace and give chase to the leaders. At the start of the Aguilar Gaina pass, the breakaway group had a lead of 1’32”. The peloton gave up a further 10" during the climb, which featured some timid attacks that came to nothing.

The gap widened to 2 minutes during the descent. With 15 km to go, Ibon Ruiz (EKP) attacked on a climb where his breakaway companions hesitated to follow and managed to open up a 10" lead over them. The peloton picked up the pace again, cutting back an incredible 1’40” over 5km and catching the stage leader with 500m to go.

Julian Alaphilippe won the sprint finish. The world champion repeating his stage victory at the Itzulia once again this year.

The general classification maintains the gap between the favourites with Primoz Roglic leading Remco Evenepoel by 5 seconds.

Complete results:

207.92 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.958 km/hr

1	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5hr 4mn 35sec
2	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
3	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
7	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
10	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
17	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
21	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
26	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
36	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
45	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
51	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
54	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
61	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
65	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
66	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
69	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
72	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
73	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
74	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
75	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
76	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
79	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
81	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
84	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
85	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
87	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
91	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
92	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
94	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
104	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
105	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
106	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
108	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
109	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
110	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
111	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
112	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
115	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
117	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
118	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
120	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	s.t.
121	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
122	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
123	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
126	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
128	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
131	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 25sec
132	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	0:40
133	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	0:47
134	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:01
135	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06
136	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:07
137	Jesus Pena	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:17
138	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	@ 0sec
139	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:27
140	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	2:25
141	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	2:32
142	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
143	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	3:01
144	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:12
145	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
146	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:18
147	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:57
148	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	7:48
149	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
150	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
151	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

215.43 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.115 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	5hr 14min 23sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 5sec
3	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:16
4	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
5	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
8	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
11	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	0:23
13	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	0:24
14	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:25
15	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
16	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:26
17	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	0:27
18	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:29
19	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:30
20	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
21	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	0:31
23	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
24	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
27	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:34
31	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	0:35
33	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
36	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	0:37
37	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:38
38	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
39	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
41	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:41
44	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	0:42
45	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	0:43
47	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	0:44
50	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
53	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
58	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
59	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
62	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	0:47
63	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
64	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:48
65	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:49
66	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Luis Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
71	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	0:50
72	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	0:51
75	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Florian Stork	Team DSM	0:52
77	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	0:53
80	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	0:54
81	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
84	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	0:55
85	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	0:56
87	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:58
90	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:59
91	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	1:00
92	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	1:01
93	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:02
95	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:03
97	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	1:04
99	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
100	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:05
101	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:07
103	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
104	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
107	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
108	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
109	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	1:09
110	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	1:10
112	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	1:11
113	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	1:12
116	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:13
118	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
119	Jeremy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
120	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:15
122	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:18
123	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
124	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
125	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:21
126	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:22
127	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	1:24
129	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:26
130	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:29
131	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	1:34
132	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	1:35
133	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:37
134	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:02
135	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:15
136	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:23
137	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:26
138	Jesus Pena	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:58
139	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	3:30
140	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	3:35
141	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	3:36
142	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	3:37
143	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	3:51
144	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	3:53
145	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:02
146	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:10
147	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:29
148	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	8:36
149	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	8:41
150	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	8:50
151	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	9:40

 

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 4: Stage 1, Hondarribia 7.51 km individual time trial

Stage 1 profile

Primoz Roglic shows how it is done. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the race city of Hondarribia at 1:50 PM, local time: 9C (49F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 155 riders rode the course today. There was one non-starter, Clément Champoussin (Ag2r-Citroen).

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

Primoz Roglic has won the opening stage of the Itzulia, a short but very technical time trial, and will wear the Itzulia yellow leader’s jersey tomorrow.

The day began with a tribute to Hondarribia cyclist, Jon Rodríguez Irastorza, who was run over by a car this year. In doing so, the organisers and the Hondarribia town council wished to pay tribute and support the cyclist’s family.

The riders set off through the cobbled streets of Hondarribia. Ben Tulett (66, IGD) held the fastest time for much of the day with a time of 10’09”. But he was beaten by teammate Adam Yates by just 3". He didn’t last long in the hot seat however, Geraint Thomas (IGD) beat Adam’s time by mere thousandths of a second. Rémi Cavagna (QST) matched Yates’ time at the halfway point when he came in first with a 2" advantage over the fastest time.

The main contenders for the txapela emerged at the end and did not disappoint. Remco Evenepoel (QST) outpaced his teammate by 11" with an overall time of 09’53”. Behind, only Primoz Roglic (TJV) was on Remco’s time, equalling him at halfway.

Remco Evenepoel was able to get within five seconds of Primoz Roglic. Photo: Getty Sport.

But it was in the last stretch on cobblestones where he managed to reel in the Belgian rider and set a finishing time of 09’48” that helped him to win the first stage of the Itzulia 2022 and become the first leader of the general classification.

Complete results & GC:

7.51 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.980 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	9min 48sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 5sec
3	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:16
4	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
5	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
8	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
11	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	0:24
13	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:25
14	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:26
16	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	0:27
17	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:29
18	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:30
20	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
21	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	0:31
22	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
23	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
26	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:34
31	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	0:35
33	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
37	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	0:37
38	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:38
39	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
40	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
42	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Roger Adria	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:41
45	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	0:42
47	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	0:43
49	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Leon Heinschke	Team DSM	0:44
52	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
53	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
57	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
60	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
62	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
63	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	0:47
67	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:48
69	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:49
72	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Luis Leon Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
77	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
79	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Juan Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	0:51
83	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Florian Stork	Team DSM	0:52
85	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	0:53
88	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
89	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	0:54
90	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	0:55
94	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	0:56
96	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
98	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	0:57
99	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:58
100	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:59
103	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	1:01
104	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
106	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:02
107	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
109	Kevin Van Melsen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
110	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:03
111	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
112	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	1:04
114	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
115	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:05
116	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:07
119	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
120	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
121	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
122	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
123	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
124	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
125	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	1:09
126	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	1:10
128	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	1:11
129	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
130	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	1:12
132	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
134	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:13
135	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
136	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
137	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
138	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:15
139	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:18
140	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
141	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:19
142	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
143	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
144	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:21
145	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:22
146	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:23
147	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	1:24
148	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:26
149	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:29
150	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:32
151	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	1:34
152	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:37
153	Jesus David Pena	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:41
154	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	1:52
155	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	3:36

 

Stage 1 profile:

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back-numbers, April 3, 2022:

	JUMBO-VISMA
1	Primož ROGLIČ
2	Gijs LEEMREIZE
3	Chris HARPER
4	Sepp KUSS
5	Pascal EENKHOORN
6	Milan VADER
7	Jonas VINGEGAARD
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
11	Peio BILBAO
12	Yukiya ARASHIRO
13	Gino MÄDER
14	Domen NOVAK
15	Luis Leon SANCHEZ
16	Hermann PERNSTEINER
17	Edoardo ZAMBANINI
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
21	Alessandro COVI
22	George BENNETT
23	Jan POLANC
24	Davide FORMOLO
25	Rafal MAJKA
26	Diego ULISSI
27	Marc SOLER
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
31	Stefan DE BOD
32	Sebastian HENAO GOMEZ
33	Yuriy NATAROV
34	Antonio NIBALI
35	Aleksandr RIABUSHENKO
36	Javier ROMO
37	Andrey ZEITS
	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
41	Julian ALAPHILIPPE
42	Rémi CAVAGNA
43	Dries DEVENYNS
44	Remco EVENEPOEL
45	James KNOX
46	Mauri VANSEVENANT
	MOVISTAR TEAM
51	Enric MAS NICOLAU
52	Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI
53	Gregor MÜHLBERGER
54	Nelson OLIVEIRA
55	Antonio PEDRERO
56	Oscar RODRIGUEZ
57	Sergio SAMITIER
	INEOS GRENADIERS
61	Omar FRAILE
62	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART
63	Daniel Felipe MARTINEZ
64	Carlos RODRIGUEZ
65	Geraint THOMAS
66	Ben TULETT
67	Adam YATES
	COFIDIS
71	Ion IZAGUIRRE
72	André CARVALHO
73	Ruben FERNANDEZ
74	Simon GESCHKE
75	Jose HERRADA
76	Victor LAFAY
77	Thomas CHAMPION
	BORA - HANSGROHE
81	Emanuel BUCHMANN
82	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER
83	Sergio Andres HIGUITA
84	Lennard KÄMNA
86	Aleksandr VLASOV
87	Frederik WANDAHL
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE - JAYCO
91	Lucas HAMILTON
92	Tsgabu GRMAY
93	Jesus David PEÑA
94	Tanel KANGERT
95	Jack BAUER
96	Nicholas SCHULTZ
97	Jan MAAS
	TOTALENERGIES
101	Jeremy CABOT
102	Fabien DOUBEY
103	Fabien GRELLIER
104	Alan JOUSSEAUME
105	Pierre LATOUR
106	Cristian RODRIGUEZ MARTIN
107	Alexis VUILLERMOZ
	INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX
111	Kobe GOOSSENS
112	Quinten HERMANS
113	Julius JOHANSEN
114	Laurens HUYS
115	Hugo PAGE
116	Kevin VAN MELSEN
117	Théo DELACROIX
	TEAM DSM
121	Romain COMBAUD
122	Mark DONOVAN
123	Leon HEINSCHKE
124	Andreas LEKNESSUND
125	Tim NABERMAN
126	Florian STORK
127	Martijn TUSVELD
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
131	Mikel NIEVE
132	Jonathan LASTRA
133	Julen AMEZQUETA
134	Orluis Alberto AULAR
135	Fernando BARCELO
136	Jefferson CEPEDA
137	Jokin MURGUIALDAY
	AG2R CITROEN TEAM
141	Clément CHAMPOUSSIN
142	Felix GALL
143	Paul LAPEIRA
144	Aurélien PARET PEINTRE
145	Valentin PARET PEINTRE
146	Nicolas PRODHOMME
147	Andrea VENDRAME
	ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
151	Sebastian BERWICK
152	Alexander CATAFORD
153	Alessandro DE MARCHI
155	Hugo HOULE
156	James PICCOLI
157	Michael WOODS
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
161	David GAUDU
162	Bruno ARMIRAIL
163	Ignatas KONOVALOVAS
164	Antoine DUCHESNE
165	Rudy MOLARD
166	Sébastien REICHENBACH
167	Anthony ROUX
	BURGOS-BH
171	Ander OKAMIKA
172	Daniel NAVARRO
173	Oscar CABEDO
174	Victor LANGELLOTTI
175	Angel MADRAZO
176	Pelayo SANCHEZ
177	Jetse BOL
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
181	Julien BERNARD
182	Tony GALLOPIN
183	Gianluca BRAMBILLA
184	Kenny ELISSONDE
185	Juan Pedro LOPEZ PEREZ
186	Simon PELLAUD
187	Antwan TOLHOEK
	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
191	Xabier Mikel AZPARREN
192	Ibai AZURMENDI
193	Mikel BIZKARRA
194	Mikel ITURRIA
195	Asier ETXEBERRIA
196	Gotzon MARTIN
197	Xabier ISASA
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
201	Hector CARRETERO
202	Roger ADRIA
203	Jon AGIRRE
204	Diego LOPEZ
205	Daniel Alejandro MENDEZ
206	Ibon RUIZ
207	Igor ARRIETA
	EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST
211	Rigoberto URAN
212	Diego Andres CAMARGO
214	Ruben GUERREIRO
215	Mark PADUN
216	James SHAW
217	Jonathan Klever CAICEDO
	LOTTO SOUDAL
221	Filippo CONCA
222	Steff CRAS
224	Sylvain MONIQUET
225	Viktor VERSCHAEVE
226	Harrison SWEENY
227	Maxim VAN GILS