2024 Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)
Tour of the Basque Country
Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia
63rd edition: April 1 - April 6, 2024
Vuelta al País Vasco
podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6
Map of the 2024 edition of the race. The Basque Country is in the northeast corner of Spain, just touching France.
Saturday, April 6: 6th & Final Stage, Eibar - Eibar, 137.8 km
Carlos Rodriguez wins the stage. Just on his wheel and barely visible is GC winner Juan Ayuso. Race organizer's photo
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Weather at the start/finish city of Eibar at 1:40 PM, local time: 25C (77F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). No rain is forecast.
The route: As in 2023, this will be the final stage of the Itzulia. A special and demanding stage from the get-go, where the main protagonists of the day will be the riders competing in the general classification. And where a great team will be very important to ensure control, as in previous editions.
The race: Not startling: Loe Van Belle (Visma | Lease a Bike) & Guillermo Silva (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Here's the race organizer's stage six summary:
We have reached the sixth and final stage of the Itzulia 2024. With both start and finish lines in Eibar, 137 kilometres and 7 mountain passes to go. The general classification is very tight with only a few seconds separating the favourites. Mattias Skjelmose (71, LDT) to defend his yellow jersey.
The day, as throughout the Itzulia, started very quickly and a very large breakaway formed with 22 riders. Almost every team had a rider involved, Visma-Lease a Bike had 3 riders. Behind, it was up to Lidl-Trek to maintain the gap to the escapees. The most significant rider in the breakaway in terms of the general classification was Brandon Rivera (167, IGD), at 1’21” behind the leader. After the first two mountain passes of the day, the breakaway was 3’20” ahead.
At the front, David de la Cruz (234, Q36) upped the pace on the climb to Gorla which he managed to reach alone. The leader’s team was still pulling away from the peloton with a lead of 3’50”. The breakaway continued on its way, with several attempts to escape the breakaway, but without success.
Krabelin had arrived, the ascent to Arrate, one of the most feared mountain passes of the Itzulia. The breakaway kept up the pace and the attacks began from behind. Marc Soler and William Junior Lecerf jumped from the peloton at the start of the tough ramps. The race leader was 2’30” ahead. As the climb wore on, the main group started to disperse. There were no attacks among the favourites. At the Markina-Xemein pass, with 54 kilometres to go, the race leader was 55 seconds ahead of the chasing group and 1’30” ahead of the peloton. In the latter group, Bora-Hansgrohe started to close the gap in anticipation of a possible attack by Max Schachmann (36, BOH).
Marc Soler finally managed to get into the leading group of the race thanks to the work of his teammate Sjoerd Bax. At which point, and with 40 kilometres to go, he was the virtual leader of the race. Good move so far from UAE Team Emirates. Igor Arrieta (102, UAD) led the breakaway and maintained the gap. Marc took the points in the second intermediate sprint of the day. It was getting complicated for the leader.
The leader, seeing his victory at risk in Izua, upped his speed and set a very strong pace Only Ayuso, Carlos Rodríguez, Santi Buitrado and Isaac del Toro were able to follow. First Carlos Rodríguez and then Ayuso, counterattacked Skjelmose who lost a few seconds. Juan Ayuso did not look back and went solo. Ahead of him, his team-mate Marc Soler was waiting to take him further. The yellow jersey did not give up and caught Carlos Rodríguez on the climb, a rider who has gone from strength to strength at this Itzulia. On the descent to Etxebarria, Skjelmose managed to link up with Ayuso’s group. The last mountain pass of the Itzulia was the last chance to make a difference and Juan Ayuso attacked just at the start of the pass, with only Carlos Rodríguez on his wheel. The yellow jersey found an ally from the breakaway, Oscar Onley (155, DFP), to follow the two escapees, with Marc Soler still on his wheel.
The two Spaniards understood each other perfectly, and with 14 kilometres to go were already 25” ahead of Skjelmose.
Finally, Juan Ayuso and Carlos Rodríguez reached the finish line together with enough of an advantage to secure the stage victory, the overall victory and the podium. A great display by the riders in the last stage of the Itzulia 2024.
Behind them, Skjelmose’s group arrived aware that he had lost the txapela. The final podium was comprised of: Carlos Rodríguez and Mattias Skjelmose.
GC winner Juan Ayuso
Complete results:
137.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.063 km/hr.
| 1 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 3hr 37min 13sec |
| 2 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 3 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | @ 41sec |
| 4 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 5 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 6 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 1:31 |
| 7 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 9 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:33 |
| 10 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | 1:41 |
| 11 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:30 |
| 12 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 13 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 14 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 15 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 16 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 17 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 18 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 19 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:34 |
| 20 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:36 |
| 21 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:36 |
| 22 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 23 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 24 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 25 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 26 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 27 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 28 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:44 |
| 29 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | 4:12 |
| 30 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | 5:16 |
| 31 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 32 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 34 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 35 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 36 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 37 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 38 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 39 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 40 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 41 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 42 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 44 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 45 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 46 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:16 |
| 47 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
| 48 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 9:29 |
| 49 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 50 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:50 |
| 51 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 52 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 53 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 54 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 55 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 56 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 57 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 58 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 59 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 60 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 61 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 62 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 64 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 65 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 66 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 10:59 |
| 67 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 68 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:29 |
| 69 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 70 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 71 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 73 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 74 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 75 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 76 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 77 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 78 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 79 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 15:29 |
| 80 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 82 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 83 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 84 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 85 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 86 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 87 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 88 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 20:13 |
| 89 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 90 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 92 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 93 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 95 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 96 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 97 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 98 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 99 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 100 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 101 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 102 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 103 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 104 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 20:16 |
| 105 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 22:48 |
| 106 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 26:21 |
| 107 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 108 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 109 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 29:37 |
Final GC after stage 6:
- GC winner: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
- Mountains classification winner: Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Points classification winner: Alex Aranburu (Movistar)
- Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
- Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates
674.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.302 km/hr
| 1 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | 15hr 56min 50sec |
| 2 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 42sec |
| 3 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 0:43 |
| 4 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | 1:23 |
| 5 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 1:46 |
| 6 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 1:48 |
| 7 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | 2:15 |
| 8 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:38 |
| 9 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 3:06 |
| 10 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:07 |
| 11 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 3:09 |
| 12 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:19 |
| 13 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:40 |
| 14 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | 3:59 |
| 15 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | 4:01 |
| 16 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 17 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | 4:08 |
| 18 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:10 |
| 19 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 4:48 |
| 20 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:32 |
| 21 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:57 |
| 22 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 6:14 |
| 23 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 6:17 |
| 24 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:18 |
| 25 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:31 |
| 26 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:39 |
| 27 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 6:41 |
| 28 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 29 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 7:10 |
| 30 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 7:27 |
| 31 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 7:28 |
| 32 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:32 |
| 33 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 34 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 7:42 |
| 35 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 8:24 |
| 36 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 8:27 |
| 37 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 8:44 |
| 38 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 9:39 |
| 39 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:04 |
| 40 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 10:32 |
| 41 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 11:04 |
| 42 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 11:31 |
| 43 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | 11:59 |
| 44 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:19 |
| 45 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 46 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 12:26 |
| 47 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 12:42 |
| 48 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 12:50 |
| 49 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 13:00 |
| 50 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 13:17 |
| 51 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | 13:39 |
| 52 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | 13:42 |
| 53 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 13:52 |
| 54 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | 14:00 |
| 55 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:37 |
| 56 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 15:38 |
| 57 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 15:55 |
| 58 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 16:09 |
| 59 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 16:35 |
| 60 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 16:42 |
| 61 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 17:14 |
| 62 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 17:38 |
| 63 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:50 |
| 64 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 17:56 |
| 65 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 18:01 |
| 66 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 19:01 |
| 67 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | 19:25 |
| 68 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 21:31 |
| 69 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 21:32 |
| 70 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 21:51 |
| 71 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 22:46 |
| 72 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 22:56 |
| 73 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | 24:07:00 |
| 74 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 75 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 24:30 |
| 76 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 24:58 |
| 77 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 25:07 |
| 78 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 25:33 |
| 79 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 25:52 |
| 80 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 25:53 |
| 81 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 27:01 |
| 82 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 28:11 |
| 83 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 84 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 28:31 |
| 85 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 29:30 |
| 86 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 30:23 |
| 87 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 30:38 |
| 88 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | 31:18 |
| 89 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 33:28 |
| 90 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 34:34 |
| 91 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | 34:47 |
| 92 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | 35:26 |
| 93 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 35:59 |
| 94 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 36:23 |
| 95 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 37:25 |
| 96 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 37:27 |
| 97 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 38:53 |
| 98 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 38:57 |
| 99 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 39:42 |
| 100 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 42:51 |
| 101 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 43:36 |
| 102 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 44:59 |
| 103 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 45:15 |
| 104 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 45:37 |
| 105 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 46:54 |
| 106 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 50:25 |
| 107 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 52:51 |
| 108 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 54:44 |
| 109 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 59:13 |
Stage 6 map & profile:
Stage 6 map
Stage 6 profile
Friday, April 5: Stage 5, Vitoria Gasteiz - Amorebieta Etxano, 175.9 km
Romain Grégoire takes the fifth stage. Race organizer's photo
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Weather at the finish city of Amorebieta Etxano at 1:30 PM, local time: 23C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.
The route: The start promises to be the only “quiet” part of the day until the descent to the first of the 4 passes through Amorebieta. From there, the race climbs Urkiola, a Category 1 climb, and enters a circuit involving two climbs up Muniketa and another non-scoring steep slope. It will then cross the finish line checkpoint in reverse and through Amorebieta twice before reaching the finish.
The race: Emils Lipins (dsm-fimenich-PostNL) & Sebastian Berwick (Caja Rural- Seugos RGA) did not start.
Here's the race organizer's stage five report:
Following yesterday’s stage, the riders lined up at the start in Vitoria-Gasteiz to tackle the 175.9 km to Amorebieta-Etxano. With the favourites out of contention, a new race scenario opened up for the remaining riders.
The stage started with the riders in a compact group, the peloton did not want to allow a breakaway. The race progressed at an average speed of 53 km/h for the first hour. After leaving the province of Araba, there was a crash which caused Mikel Landa and Pelayo Sánchez, among others, to drop out. Once again, the Itzulia was plagued by falls.
On the Urkiola climb, the hardest ascent of the day, Sepp Kuss (3, TVL) and Isaac Del Toro (104, UAD) upped the pace and broke away from the peloton. Having achieved a maximum lead of 1 minute they took their foot off the gas after reaching the plain, with more than 60 kilometres to go Lidl-Trek led the pack.
The whole group had compacted again until a large breakaway formed with 9 riders before the second pass through Amorebieta-Etxano: Johannes Staune-Mittet (5, TVL), Mauro Schmid (67, JAY), Harrison Wood (97, COF), Mathieu Burgaudeau (141, TEN), Martijn Tusveld (156, DFP), Enekoitz Azparren (177, EUS), Ivan Cobo (193, EKP), Jimmy Janssens (203, ADC), and Jose Manuel Diaz (221, BBH).
The peloton again looked to regain control of the stage and caught the breakaway by maintaining a high pace and constant attacks. Marc Soler (106, UAD) and Santi Buitrago (113, TBV) both tried, the Bahrain-Victorious rider linked up with the only remaining escapee, Jimmy Janssens and started the descent The main group did not want to leave any space and reduced the gap on the descent. The downhill was very fast, with several gaps in the group.
The stage was a hard nut to crack, another group of 8 riders formed, but failed to understand each other. It was clear to Lidl-Trek that they could not allow any breakaways with such small gaps in the general classification. Another attack would allow a group of 5 riders to gain a 30” margin over the peloton. The leader’s team pulling from behind as always, with UAE Team Emirates on the wheel.
The race was well ahead of schedule, with an average speed of over 47 km/h. Now the breakaway started to work, although the last climb to Muniketagaina remained. The riders battled the approach to gain the leading positions, with many riders looking like they had a chance of taking the stage or perhaps more. Isaac del Toro tried to set a hard pace, but the peloton, with Tao Geoghegan Hart in the lead, closed the gap.
The last few kilometres of the stage transpired at breakneck pace with Santi Buitrago launched downwards, making it difficult for other riders. Finally neutralised, with 6 kilometres to go, it was the turn of UAE Team Emirates’ Brandon McNulty to start his charge. Followed by Tao Geoghegan Hart still hard at work for his leader. Other teams started to help with the chase glimpsing an opportunity to compete for the stage.
He was neutralised with less than 4 kilometres to go, Pablo Castrillo of Kern-Pharma had tried but without success. A group of 30 riders would reach the final straight to fight it out in a sprint.
The fastest was Romain Grégoire from team Groupama-FDJ, whose victory was confirmed in a photo finish. Mattias Skjelmose (71, LDT) remains in the lead.
Complete results:
175.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.229 km/hr
| 1 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 3hr 43min 28sec |
| 2 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 3 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 5 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 6 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 7 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 8 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 10 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 11 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 12 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 13 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 14 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 15 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 16 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 17 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 18 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 19 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 20 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 22 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 23 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 24 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 25 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 26 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 27 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 28 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 29 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 30 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 31 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 32 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 33 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 34 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 35 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 58sec |
| 36 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 37 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 38 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 0:59 |
| 39 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 40 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 42 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 43 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 44 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 45 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:06 |
| 46 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 47 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 48 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 49 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 50 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
| 51 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 52 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 53 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 54 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 55 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 56 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 57 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 58 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 59 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:45 |
| 60 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 1:47 |
| 61 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 2:17 |
| 62 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 63 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 64 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 65 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:20 |
| 66 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 68 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:26 |
| 69 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:41 |
| 70 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | 2:44 |
| 71 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 4:32 |
| 72 | Matteo Sobrero | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:34 |
| 73 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:48 |
| 74 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 75 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 77 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 78 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 79 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 80 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 81 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 82 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 83 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 84 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 85 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 7:18 |
| 86 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 87 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | 8:38 |
| 88 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 89 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 90 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 91 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 92 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 93 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 94 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 95 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 96 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 97 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 98 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 99 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 100 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 100 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 102 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 103 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 10:25 |
| 104 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 105 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 106 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 10:33 |
| 107 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:36 |
| 108 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 12:12 |
| 109 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 110 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 111 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 112 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 113 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 114 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 115 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 116 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 117 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 118 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 119 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 120 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 121 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 122 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 123 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 124 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 125 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 126 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 127 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 128 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 129 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 14:05 |
| 130 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 131 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 132 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 133 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 16:54 |
| 134 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 135 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 136 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 137 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 138 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 139 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 140 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 141 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 142 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 143 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 16:59 |
GC after stage 5:
- GC leader: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
- Mountans classification leader: Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty)
- Points classification leader: Alex Aranburu (Movistar)
- Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
- Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates
536.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.545 km/hr
| 1 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 12hr 19min 39sec |
| 2 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 2sec |
| 3 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | 0:04 |
| 4 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:06 |
| 5 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 0:08 |
| 6 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:13 |
| 7 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:14 |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:15 |
| 9 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | 0:23 |
| 10 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | 0:30 |
| 11 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:32 |
| 12 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 13 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 0:34 |
| 14 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:35 |
| 15 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:36 |
| 16 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 0:37 |
| 17 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:39 |
| 18 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:47 |
| 20 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 21 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:50 |
| 22 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 0:59 |
| 23 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:00 |
| 24 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:04 |
| 25 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:13 |
| 26 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:15 |
| 27 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:19 |
| 28 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:21 |
| 29 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:24 |
| 30 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
| 31 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | 1:27 |
| 32 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 33 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 34 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:32 |
| 35 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:34 |
| 36 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:47 |
| 37 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:50 |
| 38 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:58 |
| 39 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:08 |
| 40 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 2:09 |
| 41 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 2:10 |
| 42 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:11 |
| 43 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:14 |
| 44 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | 2:14 |
| 45 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:29 |
| 46 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:31 |
| 47 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 2:36 |
| 48 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:41 |
| 49 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | 2:47 |
| 50 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | 2:50 |
| 51 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:55 |
| 52 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 3:06 |
| 53 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:07 |
| 54 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 3:09 |
| 55 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:14 |
| 56 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3:26 |
| 57 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:32 |
| 58 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:46 |
| 59 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:52 |
| 60 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 4:06 |
| 61 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:07 |
| 62 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 4:30 |
| 63 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4:46 |
| 64 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:49 |
| 65 | Matteo Sobrero | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:54 |
| 66 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 67 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 5:09 |
| 68 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:49 |
| 69 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 6:00 |
| 70 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:17 |
| 71 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:27 |
| 72 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | 6:41 |
| 73 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | 6:59 |
| 74 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 7:01 |
| 75 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 7:04 |
| 76 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 7:09 |
| 77 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 7:20 |
| 78 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 8:00 |
| 79 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 8:19 |
| 80 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 8:28 |
| 81 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | 9:28 |
| 82 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | 9:29 |
| 83 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | 9:36 |
| 84 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 9:41 |
| 85 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | 9:46 |
| 86 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 10:08 |
| 87 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:18 |
| 88 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:19 |
| 89 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:23 |
| 90 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:37 |
| 92 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | 10:43 |
| 93 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | 10:46 |
| 94 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | 11:03 |
| 95 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 11:20 |
| 96 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 11:21 |
| 97 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 11:30 |
| 98 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 11:45 |
| 99 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 11:58 |
| 100 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 13:13 |
| 101 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 13:15 |
| 102 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 13:20 |
| 103 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | 13:22 |
| 104 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 13:24 |
| 105 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 13:31 |
| 106 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 13:38 |
| 107 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 13:40 |
| 108 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 13:59 |
| 109 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:00 |
| 110 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:06 |
| 111 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 14:16 |
| 112 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 14:32 |
| 113 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 15:01 |
| 114 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | 15:11 |
| 115 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 15:20 |
| 116 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | 16:10 |
| 117 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 16:56 |
| 118 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 17:10 |
| 119 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 17:12 |
| 120 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 17:19 |
| 121 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:07 |
| 122 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 18:38 |
| 123 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:42 |
| 124 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 19:03 |
| 125 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 19:05 |
| 126 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 19:14 |
| 127 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:27 |
| 128 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 20:28 |
| 129 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 20:46 |
| 130 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 20:52 |
| 131 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 22:02 |
| 132 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | 23:46 |
| 133 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 25:00 |
| 134 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | 26:45 |
| 135 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 27:20 |
| 136 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | 27:28 |
| 137 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 28:21 |
| 138 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | 30:08 |
| 139 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 30:10 |
| 140 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | 31:02 |
| 141 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 31:23 |
| 142 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 32:36 |
| 143 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 32:50 |
Stage 5 map & profile:
Stage 5 map
Stage 5 profile
Thursday, April 4: Stage 4, Etxarri Aranatz - Leguito, 159 km
Louis Meintjes wins stage four. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Leguito at 2:30 PM, local time: 16C (62F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is a 13% chance of rain.
The route: The stage starts with 25 km of false flat and the climb to Opakua, an ideal pass for a breakaway. Followed by wilderness until the riders cross the finish line for the first time. Nervousness will start to set in during the final part of the circuit, with 3 short but demanding climbs. The last climb is only 8 km from the finish line.
The race: Ide Schelling (Astana Qazaqstan) did not start. With the abandonment of Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel, Mattias Skjelmose is the new GC leader.
There was a terrible crash 35 kilometers from the finish. Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel & Primoz Roglic went down. Here is the post from Jonas Vingegaard's team Visma | Lease a Bike:
Team Visma | Lease a Bike lost Jonas Vingegaard in the fourth stage of Itzulia Basque Country. The leader of the Dutch cycling formation was involved in a big crash. The remainder of the race was neutralised by the organisation.
At 35 kilometres before the finish line, things went horribly wrong in the descent of the Olaeta climb. At the front of the peloton, several riders slid straight on at a right-hand bend. Vingegaard crashed hard and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.
The scene as the race is neutalized.
The remainder of the race was neutralised. Only the six-rider breakaway group was still allowed to battle for the day's victory. Louis Meintjes won the fourth stage.
Sports director Addy Engels: "Over the radio we heard that Jonas was involved in a big crash. We immediately saw that it didn't look good when we arrived to him. Fortunately, he was conscious. Jonas is now being examined at the hospital. We are waiting for any updates now.”
Another shot of Louis Meintjes winning the stage. Organizer's photo
Complete results:
| 1 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 2 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | |
| 3 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | |
| 4 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 5 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | |
| 6 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 7 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 8 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 9 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 10 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | |
| 11 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | |
| 12 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | |
| 13 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 14 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 15 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 16 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 17 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 18 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 19 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 20 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 21 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 22 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 23 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | |
| 24 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 25 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | |
| 26 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | |
| 27 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | |
| 28 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 29 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | |
| 30 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 31 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | |
| 32 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | |
| 33 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 34 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | |
| 35 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | |
| 36 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | |
| 37 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | |
| 38 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 39 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 40 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | |
| 41 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | |
| 42 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | |
| 43 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | |
| 44 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 45 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | |
| 46 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 47 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | |
| 48 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 49 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | |
| 50 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 51 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 52 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 53 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | |
| 54 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | |
| 55 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | |
| 56 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | |
| 57 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 58 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 59 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 60 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 61 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 62 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 63 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 64 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 65 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 66 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | |
| 67 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 68 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 69 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 70 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 71 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 72 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 73 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 74 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 75 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 76 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 77 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | |
| 78 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | |
| 79 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 80 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 81 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 82 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 83 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 84 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | |
| 85 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 86 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 87 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 88 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 89 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | |
| 90 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | |
| 91 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 92 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 93 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 94 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 95 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | |
| 96 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 97 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 98 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 99 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 100 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 101 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 102 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 103 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 104 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 105 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 106 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 107 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 108 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 109 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 110 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 111 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 112 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 113 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | |
| 114 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 115 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 116 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 117 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | |
| 118 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 119 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 120 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 121 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 122 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | |
| 123 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 124 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | |
| 125 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 126 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 127 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | |
| 128 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 129 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 130 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | |
| 131 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | |
| 132 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 133 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | |
| 134 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 135 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | |
| 136 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | |
| 137 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 138 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 139 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | |
| 140 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | |
| 141 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 142 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 143 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 144 | Matteo Sobrero | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 145 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 146 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 147 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | |
| 148 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | |
| 149 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 150 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | |
| DNF | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | |
| DNF | Primoz Roglic | BORA-hansgrohe | |
| DNF | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | |
| DNF | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| DNF | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| DNF | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | |
| DNF | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | |
| DNF | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| DNF | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| DNF | Steff Cras | TotalEnergies | |
| DNF | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates |
GC after stage 4:
- GC leader: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
- Mountains classification leader: Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty)
- Points classification leader: Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceunnck)
- Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emriates)
- Teams classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe
360.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.964 km/hr
| 1 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 8hr 36min 11sec |
| 2 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:06 |
| 4 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:13 |
| 6 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:14 |
| 7 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:15 |
| 8 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:16 |
| 9 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 0:18 |
| 10 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 11 | Matteo Sobrero | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:20 |
| 12 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:22 |
| 13 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | 0:23 |
| 14 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:29 |
| 15 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | 0:30 |
| 16 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:32 |
| 17 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 18 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:34 |
| 19 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 20 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:35 |
| 21 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 22 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:36 |
| 23 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 0:37 |
| 24 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:39 |
| 25 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:42 |
| 26 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:44 |
| 27 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:45 |
| 28 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 29 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:47 |
| 30 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 31 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:50 |
| 32 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 33 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 34 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | 0:51 |
| 35 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 0:52 |
| 36 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 0:56 |
| 37 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 0:59 |
| 38 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:00 |
| 39 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:01 |
| 40 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:02 |
| 41 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:03 |
| 42 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 43 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:04 |
| 44 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:06 |
| 45 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:08 |
| 46 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 47 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | 1:10 |
| 49 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:11 |
| 50 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 51 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 52 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 1:12 |
| 53 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 55 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:13 |
| 56 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 57 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 58 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | 1:15 |
| 59 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 60 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:16 |
| 61 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 62 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:19 |
| 63 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 64 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:20 |
| 65 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:21 |
| 66 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:24 |
| 67 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:25 |
| 68 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | 1:27 |
| 69 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 70 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 71 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:28 |
| 72 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:29 |
| 73 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 1:30 |
| 74 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 1:31 |
| 75 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:32 |
| 76 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:34 |
| 77 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:39 |
| 78 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:40 |
| 80 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | 1:41 |
| 81 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 1:45 |
| 82 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:47 |
| 83 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:48 |
| 84 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 85 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:50 |
| 86 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | 1:52 |
| 87 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:54 |
| 88 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:56 |
| 89 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:59 |
| 90 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 2:03 |
| 91 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 2:04 |
| 92 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:05 |
| 93 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 94 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | 2:08 |
| 95 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 2:11 |
| 96 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:12 |
| 97 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 2:13 |
| 98 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:20 |
| 99 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | 2:25 |
| 100 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:29 |
| 101 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 102 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:31 |
| 103 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:33 |
| 104 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:40 |
| 105 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:41 |
| 106 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:43 |
| 107 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:44 |
| 108 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 2:52 |
| 109 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | 2:59 |
| 110 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:05 |
| 111 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:34 |
| 112 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:40 |
| 113 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:48 |
| 114 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 115 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | 3:57 |
| 116 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 4:03 |
| 117 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 4:06 |
| 118 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 4:07 |
| 119 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:20 |
| 120 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 4:40 |
| 121 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:43 |
| 122 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 4:44 |
| 123 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 4:58 |
| 124 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 5:00 |
| 125 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 126 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:07 |
| 127 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 6:17 |
| 128 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 8:34 |
| 129 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 8:40 |
| 130 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 9:13 |
| 131 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 9:50 |
| 132 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | 9:51 |
| 133 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 9:54 |
| 134 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 10:03 |
| 135 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 10:25 |
| 136 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | 10:28 |
| 137 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | 10:34 |
| 138 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 10:50 |
| 139 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | 11:34 |
| 140 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 12:48 |
| 141 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | 14:08 |
| 142 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 14:29 |
| 143 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 15:42 |
| 144 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 16:44 |
| 145 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 17:46 |
| 146 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | 17:56 |
| 147 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 17:58 |
| 148 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:12 |
| 149 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 18:42 |
| 150 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 18:45 |
Stage 4 map & profile:
Stage 4 map
Stage 4 profile
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Wednesday, April 3: Stage 3, Espeleta - Altsasu, 190.9 km
Quinten Hermans wins stage three.
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Weather at the finish city of Altsasu at 1:50 PM, local time: 17C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.
The route: The longest stage of the 2024 race, with 6 scoring mountain passes. From practically a standstill, the riders will start the climb to Otsondo, a good place for a significant large breakaway to open up the way. The last two climbs may well define the group leading the charge to the finish line.
The race: David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) & Ben Tulett (Visma | Lease a Bike) did not start.
Here's the race organizer's stage three summary:
Ezpeleta awoke to a radiant sun and the best cyclists in the world on its streets. The small town of Iparralde hosted the start of the third stage to Altsasu. At 190 kilometres, it is this year’s longest stage. The cyclists would have to overcome the distance and 6 mountain passes on the route.
After the start there were many breakaway attempts, this stage being important in terms of competition for the mountain jersey. After the summit of Otxondo, a breakaway of three riders formed: Louis Meintjes (121, IWA), Quinten Hermans (202 , ADC) and Filippo Conca (233, Q36). Euskaltel-Euskadi, not happy with the breakaway, put its team to work to neutralise the escapees. The orange team ultimately managed to catch the leading trio. The first hour of the race was very fast, with an average speed of 45.2 kph. Tom Paquot (124, IWA), Alan Jousseaume (145, TEN), Eric Fagundez (226, BBH) and James Fouche (176, EUS) formed the day’s breakaway.
Bora-Hansgrohe controlled the distance, with a maximum margin of 3’30”. The first pass through Altsasu, and the intermediate sprint, were timidly tackled by the breakaway. The pace was upped by UAE Team Emirates, Ineos Grenadiers and Bora-Hansgrohe once the peloton had passed through, with 59 kilometres to go. The three teams wanted to neutralise the breakaway. Within a few kilometres, they had reduced the distance to 45”.
The most critical kilometres of the stage were imminent, with their narrow roads, ups and downs and the last two climbs of the day. Ineos Grenadiers pushed downhill to force the peloton and place its riders at the front. The gap to the escapees had been reduced to 15″. The breakaway was neutralised with 42 kilometres to go, but the pace did not relent. All of the leading teams still fought to lead the peloton, aware that the end of the stage was going to be complicated. There was a lot of stress in the group and a fall happened on one of the corners entering Olaberria involving race leader Primoz Roglic (31, BOH). He was able to resume but lost more than 2 minutes to the peloton. Team Bora-Hansgrohe was soon on hand to accompany Roglic forwards. The peloton continued its drive towards the finish line.
Neither Bora-Hansgrohe nor Roglic relented and reduced the advantage to 55” with 28 kilometres to go. Great work by the team. With 25 kilometres to go, the race leader rejoined the peloton. The Lizarrusti pass and the high pace of Ineos Grenadiers reduced the main group of riders. The mountain jersey was up for grabs and Louis Meintjes upped the pace to pass alone and gain additional points in the mountains classification.
The last kilometres were heart-stopping, with several falls, including one involving Juan Ayuso. Ultimately, Quinten Hermans of Alpecin-Deceuninck took the win in a close sprint.
Complete results:
190.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.764 km/hr
| 1 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4hr 40min 59sec |
| 2 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 3 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 4 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 5 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 6 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 7 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 9 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 10 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 11 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 12 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 13 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 14 | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 15 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 16 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 17 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 18 | Primoz Roglic | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 19 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 20 | Matteo Sobrero | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 22 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 23 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 24 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 25 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 26 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 27 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 28 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 29 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 30 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 31 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 32 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 33 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 34 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 35 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 36 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 37 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 38 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 39 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 40 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 41 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 42 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 43 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 44 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 45 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 46 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 47 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 48 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 49 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 50 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 51 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 52 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 54 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 55 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 56 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 57 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 58 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 60 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 61 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 62 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 63 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 64 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 65 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 66 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 67 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 68 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 69 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 70 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 71 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 72 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 73 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 74 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 76 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 77 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 78 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 79 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 80 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 81 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 83 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 84 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 85 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 86 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 87 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 88 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 89 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 91 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 92 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 93 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 94 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 95 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 96 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 97 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 98 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 99 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 100 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 101 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 102 | Ide Schelling | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 103 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 104 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 105 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 106 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 107 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 108 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 109 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 110 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 111 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 112 | Steff Cras | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 113 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 114 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 115 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 116 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 117 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 118 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 119 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 120 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 121 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 122 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 123 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 124 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 125 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 126 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 127 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 128 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
| 129 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 130 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 3min 5sec |
| 131 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | @ 0sec |
| 132 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | @ 0sec |
| 133 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | @ 0sec |
| 134 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | @ 0sec |
| 135 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | @ 0sec |
| 136 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 5:08 |
| 137 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 138 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 0sec |
| 139 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 8:03 |
| 140 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 141 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 142 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 143 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 144 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 145 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 146 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 147 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 148 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 149 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 150 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 151 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 152 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | s.t. |
| 153 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:36 |
| 154 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 155 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 156 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 157 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 158 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 159 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 160 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:36 |
| 161 | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 162 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 163 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 15:38 |
| 164 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | @ 0sec |
GC after stage 3:
- GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe)
- Mountains classification leader: Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty)
- Points classification leader: Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
- Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
- Teams classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe
360.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.964 km/hr
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | BORA-hansgrohe | 8hr 36min 1sec |
| 2 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | @ 7sec |
| 3 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 0:10 |
| 4 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | 0:14 |
| 5 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 6 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:16 |
| 7 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 8 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:23 |
| 9 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:24 |
| 10 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:25 |
| 11 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:26 |
| 12 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 0:28 |
| 13 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 14 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | 0:30 |
| 15 | Matteo Sobrero | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 16 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:32 |
| 17 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | 0:33 |
| 18 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:39 |
| 19 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | 0:40 |
| 20 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:42 |
| 21 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 22 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:44 |
| 23 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:45 |
| 25 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 26 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:46 |
| 27 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:47 |
| 28 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 29 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:49 |
| 30 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:52 |
| 31 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:54 |
| 32 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:55 |
| 33 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 34 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:57 |
| 35 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 36 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:00 |
| 37 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 38 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 39 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | 1:01 |
| 40 | Steff Cras | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 41 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:02 |
| 42 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 43 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 1:06 |
| 44 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 1:09 |
| 45 | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | 1:10 |
| 46 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 47 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:11 |
| 48 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:12 |
| 49 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:13 |
| 50 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 51 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:14 |
| 52 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:16 |
| 53 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:18 |
| 54 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 55 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 56 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | 1:20 |
| 57 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:21 |
| 58 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 59 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 60 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 1:22 |
| 61 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 63 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:23 |
| 64 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 65 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 66 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | 1:25 |
| 67 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 68 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:26 |
| 69 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 70 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:29 |
| 71 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 72 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:30 |
| 73 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:31 |
| 74 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:34 |
| 75 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:35 |
| 76 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | 1:37 |
| 77 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 78 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 79 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 1:38 |
| 80 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 81 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:39 |
| 82 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 1:40 |
| 83 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:41 |
| 84 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:42 |
| 85 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:44 |
| 86 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:49 |
| 87 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 88 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:50 |
| 89 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | 1:51 |
| 90 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 1:55 |
| 91 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:57 |
| 92 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:58 |
| 93 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 94 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:00 |
| 95 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | 2:02 |
| 96 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:04 |
| 97 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:06 |
| 98 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:09 |
| 99 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 2:13 |
| 100 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 2:14 |
| 101 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:15 |
| 102 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 103 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | 2:18 |
| 104 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 2:21 |
| 105 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:22 |
| 106 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 2:23 |
| 107 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:30 |
| 108 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | 2:35 |
| 109 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:39 |
| 110 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 111 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:41 |
| 112 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:43 |
| 113 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:50 |
| 114 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:51 |
| 115 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:53 |
| 116 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:54 |
| 117 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 3:02 |
| 118 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | 3:09 |
| 119 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:15 |
| 120 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:44 |
| 121 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:50 |
| 122 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:58 |
| 123 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 124 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | 4:07 |
| 125 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 4:13 |
| 126 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 4:16 |
| 127 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 4:17 |
| 128 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:30 |
| 129 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 4:50 |
| 130 | Ide Schelling | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:51 |
| 131 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:53 |
| 132 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 4:54 |
| 133 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 5:08 |
| 134 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 5:10 |
| 135 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 136 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:17 |
| 137 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 6:27 |
| 138 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 8:44 |
| 139 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 8:50 |
| 140 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 9:23 |
| 141 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 10:00 |
| 142 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | 10:01 |
| 143 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 10:04 |
| 144 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 10:13 |
| 145 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 10:35 |
| 146 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | 10:38 |
| 147 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | 10:44 |
| 148 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 11:00 |
| 149 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | 11:44 |
| 150 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 12:58 |
| 151 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | 14:18 |
| 152 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 14:39 |
| 153 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 15:52 |
| 154 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:18 |
| 155 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 16:54 |
| 156 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 17:27 |
| 157 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 17:56 |
| 158 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | 18:06 |
| 159 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 18:08 |
| 160 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:22 |
| 161 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 18:52 |
| 162 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 18:55 |
| 163 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 19:33 |
| 164 | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 24:03 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
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Tuesday, April 2: Stage 2, Irun - Kanbo, 160 km
Paul Lapeira wins stage two.
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Weather at Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, on the route, 20 kms form the finish at 2:25 PM, local time: 18C (65F), fair, with the wind from the south at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 22% chance of rain.
The route: The race enters France during a stage on very tricky terrain. There is only one scoring pass, but the roads are constantly up and down. Including narrow sections where the peloton will have to fight for position. It could be the stage for the breakaway.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two summary.
After several years’ absence, the Itzulia returned to Iparralde for the second stage between Irun and Kanbo. Although the stage only has one mountain pass, 160 kilometres of constant ups and downs awaited the riders. A sunny start to the day in Irun saw all of the riders still in the race take to the starting line.
The day’s breakaway formed almost immediately at kilometre 7, comprised of Alexis Vuillermoz (147, TEN), Enekoitz Azparren (177, EUS), Ivan Cobo (193, EKP), Jetse Bol (227, BBH) and Xabier Azparren (231, Q36). The group of 5 riders pushed on towards the finish line in Kanbo at a good pace with a maximum margin of 3’40” over the peloton.
Ivan Cobo (193, EKP) subsequently lost contact with the leaders at kilometre 70. The trailing peloton was led by team Bora-Hansgrohe, which worked constantly to support its leader. The Azparren brothers, Bol and Vuillermoz kept the gap at about 3 minutes. With 60 kilometres to go, Ineos Grenadiers put its men to work to close the gap with the breakaway. The race became tougher with more ups and downs. Areas with very narrow roads where everyone wanted to lead.
As the kilometres passed, it became clear that the peloton wanted to sprint. With 25 kilometres to go, the escapees maintained a 45’’ lead. 13 kilometres out from the finish, the 4 escapees were neutralised by the peloton. The final kilometres were very fast as the riders competed for the intermediate sprint points and given the importance of good position for the last 3 kilometres of the stage.
After a very close sprint, Paul Lapeira (186, DAT) took the win.
Complete results:
160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.153 km/hr
| 1 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3hr 42min 28sec |
| 2 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 3 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 5 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 6 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 7 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
| 8 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 9 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 10 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 11 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 12 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 13 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 14 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 15 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 16 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 17 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 18 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 19 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 20 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 21 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 22 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 23 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 24 | Matteo Sobrero | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 25 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 26 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 27 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 28 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 29 | Primoz Roglic | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 30 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 31 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 32 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 33 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 34 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 35 | Max Schachmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 36 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 37 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
| 38 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 39 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 40 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 41 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | @ 13sec |
| 42 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 0:15 |
| 43 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 44 | Steff Cras | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 45 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 46 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 47 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 48 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 49 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 50 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:21 |
| 52 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:23 |
| 53 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 54 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 55 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 56 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 57 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 58 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 59 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 60 | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 61 | Jai Hindley | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 62 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 63 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 64 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 65 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 66 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 67 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 68 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 69 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 70 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 71 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 72 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 73 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 74 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 75 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 76 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 77 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 78 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 79 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 80 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 81 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 82 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 83 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 84 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 85 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 86 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 87 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 88 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 89 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 90 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 92 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 93 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 94 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 95 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 96 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 97 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 0:36 |
| 98 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 99 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:37 |
| 100 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:49 |
| 101 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 102 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 103 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 104 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:54 |
| 105 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 107 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 108 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 109 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 110 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 111 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 112 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 113 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 114 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 0:58 |
| 115 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:15 |
| 116 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:16 |
| 117 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 1:19 |
| 118 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:23 |
| 119 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 120 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 121 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 122 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 123 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 124 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 125 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 126 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 127 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 128 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 129 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 130 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 131 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:33 |
| 132 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:36 |
| 133 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | s.t. |
| 134 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 135 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:43 |
| 136 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:49 |
| 137 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 2:01 |
| 138 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:02 |
| 139 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | 2:17 |
| 140 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 2:24 |
| 141 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:27 |
| 142 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 2:34 |
| 143 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | 2:39 |
| 144 | Ide Schelling | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:52 |
| 145 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 2:57 |
| 146 | Bob Jungels | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:05 |
| 147 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 3:06 |
| 148 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 149 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 3:33 |
| 150 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 151 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 152 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 153 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 3:38 |
| 154 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 155 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 156 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 157 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 158 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 159 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 160 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 161 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 3:41 |
| 162 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:50 |
| 163 | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 6:38 |
| 164 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 8:34 |
| 165 | Roger Adrià | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:03 |
GC after stage 2:
- GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe)
- Mountains classification leader: Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe)
- Points classification leader: Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe)
- Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE team Emirates)
- Teams classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe
170 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.398 km/hr
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Bora-hansgrohe | 3hr 55min 2sec |
| 2 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | @ 10sec |
| 3 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | 0:14 |
| 5 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:15 |
| 6 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:16 |
| 7 | Max Schachmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 8 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:23 |
| 9 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:24 |
| 10 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:25 |
| 11 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:26 |
| 12 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 0:28 |
| 13 | Matteo Sobrero | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:30 |
| 14 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 15 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:32 |
| 16 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | 0:37 |
| 17 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:39 |
| 18 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | 0:40 |
| 19 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 0:41 |
| 20 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:42 |
| 21 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | 0:44 |
| 22 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 23 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:45 |
| 24 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 25 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:46 |
| 26 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 0:47 |
| 27 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 28 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 29 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:49 |
| 30 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:52 |
| 31 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:54 |
| 32 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 33 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 34 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:55 |
| 35 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 36 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | 0:57 |
| 37 | Jai Hindley | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 38 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:00 |
| 39 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 40 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 41 | Steff Cras | TotalEnergies | 1:01 |
| 42 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 43 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:02 |
| 44 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 45 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 1:06 |
| 46 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 1:09 |
| 47 | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | 1:10 |
| 48 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 49 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:11 |
| 50 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:12 |
| 51 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:13 |
| 52 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 53 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:14 |
| 54 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:16 |
| 55 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:18 |
| 56 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 57 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 58 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 1:19 |
| 59 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 60 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | 1:20 |
| 61 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:21 |
| 62 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 63 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 1:22 |
| 64 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 65 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:23 |
| 67 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 68 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 69 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:25 |
| 70 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 71 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:26 |
| 72 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 73 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 1:27 |
| 74 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 1:29 |
| 75 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:30 |
| 76 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:31 |
| 77 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:34 |
| 78 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:35 |
| 79 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | 1:37 |
| 80 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 81 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 82 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 1:38 |
| 83 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 84 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:39 |
| 85 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 1:40 |
| 86 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:41 |
| 87 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:42 |
| 88 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 89 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:44 |
| 90 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:49 |
| 91 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 92 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:50 |
| 93 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:51 |
| 94 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 95 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 1:55 |
| 96 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 1:57 |
| 97 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:58 |
| 98 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 99 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:00 |
| 100 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 2:01 |
| 101 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 102 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:04 |
| 103 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:06 |
| 104 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:09 |
| 105 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 2:10 |
| 106 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 2:13 |
| 107 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 2:14 |
| 108 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | 2:15 |
| 109 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 110 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | 2:18 |
| 111 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 112 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 2:21 |
| 113 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:22 |
| 114 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 2:23 |
| 115 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | 2:30 |
| 116 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 117 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 2:33 |
| 118 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | 2:35 |
| 119 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 120 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:36 |
| 121 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:39 |
| 122 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 123 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:41 |
| 124 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 125 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:43 |
| 126 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:46 |
| 127 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:50 |
| 128 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:51 |
| 129 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:53 |
| 130 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:54 |
| 131 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:57 |
| 132 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 3:02 |
| 133 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | 3:09 |
| 134 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | 3:14 |
| 135 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:15 |
| 136 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 3:25 |
| 137 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 3:32 |
| 138 | Bob Jungels | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:41 |
| 139 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:44 |
| 140 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:50 |
| 141 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | 3:56 |
| 142 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | 3:58 |
| 143 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 144 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:12 |
| 145 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 4:13 |
| 146 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:15 |
| 147 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 4:16 |
| 148 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | 4:17 |
| 149 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 4:19 |
| 150 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:30 |
| 151 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4:47 |
| 152 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 4:50 |
| 153 | Ide Schelling | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:51 |
| 154 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:53 |
| 155 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 4:54 |
| 156 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 4:55 |
| 157 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 4:57 |
| 158 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 5:08 |
| 159 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 5:10 |
| 160 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 161 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:17 |
| 162 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 6:36 |
| 163 | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 8:27 |
| 164 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 9:53 |
| 165 | Roger Adrià | Bora-hansgrohe | 11:13 |
Stage 2 map & profile
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Monday, April 1: Stage 1, Irun 10.0 km individual time trial
Primoz Roglic on his way to winning the stage and being the first GC leader.
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Weather at the race city of Irun at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 29 km/hr (18 mph). There is a 15% chance of rain. Late in the race it did rain at the finish.
The route: The time trial returns to the Itzulia during a short and not very demanding stage but with several steep climbs. The first leg will be vital to get off to a good start and set a good pace. There is a short, cobbled section with a 10% gradient right at the start. That should separate the wheat from the chaff. After several ups and downs, begins the only ascent of the stage, with an elevation of 1.7km at 5.2% that will have to be ridden flat out. From there, the race crosses the length of the Olaberria neighbourhood downhill until the ramp up to the town hall square. The favourites are expected to be close, barring any surprises.
The race: First rider scheduled to start was Damien Howsen (Q36.5) at 2:10.
Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) did not start.
Here is the race organizer's report.
After a year of waiting, the Itzulia is finally rolling again. In its centenary edition, the race started with a 10km individual time trial, with both start and finish lines located in Irun.
The day dawned sunny, cloudy and threatening rain in the afternoon. The favourites in the general classification decided to start early to avoid the potential rainfall. Before the race, Thomas Pidcock (166, IGD) had suffered a fall during the reconnaissance lap which ruled him out of the starting lineup.
As the riders began to flow through the streets of Irun, their times were soon smashed by the favourites. Pello Bilbao (111, TBV) set the best time, but Juan Ayuso (101, UAD) stole first place by 9 seconds soon after. Behind, Primoz Roglic (31, BOH) and Jonas Vingegaard (1, TVL) started their races. The double winner of the Itzulia was on fire, overcoming the Spaniard by 19 seconds, despite a mistake at the entrance to the finish, a great time for the Slovenian.
Defending champion Vingegaard was 18 seconds behind. Stage favourites included Mattias Skjelmose (71, LDT) and Remco Evenepoel (21, SOQ), the reigning world time trial champion who started the Itzulia in the rainbow jersey, and whose wheel lost grip in the second corner, going to ground and losing time, but was able to continue. Ultimately losing 11 seconds to the virtual leader. The Lidl-Trek rider took the second fastest provisional time at the finish line ahead of Evenepoel.
The riders continued to arrive at the finish, but none managed to beat the best time. Where, despite the confusion, Roglic took the best provisional time.
Jay Vine managed to take second place at the finish just 7 seconds behind Roglic.
Primoz Roglic in the GC leader's yellow jersey.
At the end of the first stage, Primoz Roglic is the overall race leader, with his main competitors close behind. Tomorrow sees the first online stage, starting in Irun and finishing in Kanbo.
Complete results and GC:
10 km raced at an average speed of 47.745 km/hr
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Bora-hansgrohe | 12min 34sec |
| 2 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | @ 7sec |
| 3 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 0:10 |
| 4 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:11 |
| 5 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:15 |
| 6 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:16 |
| 7 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | Max Schachmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:19 |
| 10 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 0:21 |
| 11 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:23 |
| 12 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:24 |
| 13 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 14 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 15 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 16 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:25 |
| 17 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lidl-Trek | 0:26 |
| 18 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 0:28 |
| 19 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 20 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:29 |
| 21 | Matteo Sobrero | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:30 |
| 22 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | 0:31 |
| 23 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:32 |
| 24 | Jai Hindley | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:34 |
| 25 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 26 | Bob Jungels | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:36 |
| 27 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 28 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:37 |
| 29 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 30 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 31 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 32 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 33 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 0:38 |
| 34 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 35 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:40 |
| 36 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 37 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 0:41 |
| 38 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:43 |
| 39 | Oscar Onley | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 40 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 41 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:45 |
| 43 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 44 | Steff Cras | TotalEnergies | 0:46 |
| 45 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 46 | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | 0:47 |
| 47 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 48 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 49 | Martijn Tusveld | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 50 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 51 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:48 |
| 52 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 54 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:49 |
| 55 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:50 |
| 56 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:51 |
| 57 | Nans Peters | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:52 |
| 58 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 59 | Igor Chzhan | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 60 | Mauro Schmid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 61 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:53 |
| 62 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:54 |
| 63 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 64 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 65 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 0:55 |
| 66 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 67 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 68 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 69 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 70 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | James Fouche | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:56 |
| 72 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:57 |
| 73 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 74 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:58 |
| 75 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:59 |
| 76 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | s.t. |
| 78 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:00 |
| 79 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 80 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | 1:01 |
| 81 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:02 |
| 83 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 84 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:03 |
| 85 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 1:04 |
| 86 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 87 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 88 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:05 |
| 89 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:06 |
| 90 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 91 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:08 |
| 92 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:09 |
| 93 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:10 |
| 94 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 95 | Roger Adrià | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 96 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:11 |
| 97 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 98 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 99 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:12 |
| 100 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 101 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 102 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 103 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:13 |
| 104 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 105 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 106 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:14 |
| 107 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 108 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 1:15 |
| 109 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 110 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 111 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 112 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 1:16 |
| 113 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 114 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 1:17 |
| 115 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:18 |
| 116 | Anton Kuzmin | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 117 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 118 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:19 |
| 119 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 120 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
| 121 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 122 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | s.t. |
| 123 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 124 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:21 |
| 125 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 1:22 |
| 126 | Loe Van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 127 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:23 |
| 128 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 129 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 130 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:24 |
| 131 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 132 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:26 |
| 133 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 134 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:27 |
| 135 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 136 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 137 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:28 |
| 138 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 139 | Rudy Porter | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 140 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:31 |
| 141 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 1:32 |
| 142 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:35 |
| 143 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 144 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | 1:36 |
| 145 | Davide Formolo | Movistar | 1:37 |
| 146 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 1:38 |
| 147 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 1:39 |
| 148 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 149 | Jaakko Hänninen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 150 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 1:40 |
| 151 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:41 |
| 152 | Reuben Thompson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 153 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:44 |
| 154 | Aaron Gate | Burgos-BH | 1:46 |
| 155 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:47 |
| 156 | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:49 |
| 157 | Ide Schelling | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 158 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 1:50 |
| 159 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:54 |
| 160 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 161 | Laurens Huys | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:56 |
| 162 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:58 |
| 163 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 2:14 |
| 164 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 2:23 |
| 165 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:35 |
| 166 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:01 |
| 167 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:24 |
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Start list with back-numbers, March 31, 2024:
| Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
| 1 | Jonas Vingegaard |
| 2 | Steven Kruijswijk |
| 3 | Sepp Kuss |
| 4 | Loe Van Belle |
| 5 | Johannes Staune-Mittet |
| 6 | Ben Tulett |
| 7 | Milan Vader |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 11 | Remco Evenepoel |
| 12 | Gil Gelders |
| 13 | James Knox |
| 14 | Mikel Landa |
| 15 | William Junior Lecerf |
| 16 | Pieter Serry |
| 17 | Louis Vervaeke |
| Movistar Team | |
| 21 | Alex Aranburu |
| 22 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 23 | Davide Formolo |
| 24 | Pelayo Sanchez |
| 25 | Gregor Mühlberger |
| 26 | Nelson Oliveira |
| 27 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 31 | Primoz Roglic |
| 32 | Roger Adrià |
| 33 | Emanuel Buchmann |
| 34 | Jai Hindley |
| 35 | Bob Jungels |
| 36 | Max Schachmann |
| 37 | Matteo Sobrero |
| Ef Education-EasyPost | |
| 41 | Rigoberto Uran |
| 42 | Alexander Cepeda |
| 43 | Esteban Chaves |
| 44 | Sean Quinn |
| 45 | Archie Ryan |
| 46 | James Shaw |
| 47 | Markel Beloki |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 51 | Clément Champoussin |
| 52 | Elie Gesbert |
| 53 | Alessandro Verre |
| 54 | Anthony Delaplace |
| 55 | Laurens Huys |
| 56 | Lukasz Owsian |
| 57 | Kévin Vauquelin |
| Team Jayco-Alula | |
| 61 | Lucas Hamilton |
| 62 | Davide De Pretto |
| 63 | Edward Dunbar |
| 64 | Felix Engelhardt |
| 65 | Rudy Porter |
| 66 | Christopher Juul-Jensen |
| 67 | Mauro Schmid |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 71 | Mattias Skjelmose |
| 72 | Andrea Bagioli |
| 73 | Julien Bernard |
| 74 | Fabio Felline |
| 75 | Tao Geoghegan Hart |
| 76 | Bauke Mollema |
| 77 | Natnael Tesfazion |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 81 | David Gaudu |
| 82 | Lorenzo Germani |
| 83 | Romain Grégoire |
| 84 | Quentin Pacher |
| 85 | Rémy Rochas |
| 86 | Clément Russo |
| 87 | Reuben Thompson |
| Cofidis | |
| 91 | Ion Izagirre |
| 92 | Thomas Champion |
| 93 | Simon Geschke |
| 94 | Gorka Izagirre |
| 95 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 96 | Stefano Oldani |
| 97 | Harrison Wood |
| UAE Team Emirates | |
| 101 | Juan Ayuso |
| 102 | Igor Arrieta |
| 103 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 104 | Isaac Del Toro |
| 105 | Brandon McNulty |
| 106 | Marc Soler |
| 107 | Jay Vine |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 111 | Pello Bilbao |
| 112 | Yukiya Arashiro |
| 113 | Nikias Arndt |
| 114 | Santiago Buitrago |
| 115 | Johan Price-Pejtersen |
| 116 | Jasha Sütterlin |
| 117 | Edoardo Zambanini |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 121 | Louis Meintjes |
| 122 | Vito Braet |
| 123 | Alexy Faure-Prost |
| 124 | Tom Paquot |
| 125 | Kevin Colleoni |
| 126 | Lorenzo Rota |
| 127 | Rein Taaramäe |
| Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 131 | Samuele Battistella |
| 132 | Gleb Brussenskiy |
| 133 | Igor Chzhan |
| 134 | Gianmarco Garofoli |
| 135 | Martin López |
| 136 | Ide Schelling |
| 137 | Anton Kuzmin |
| TotalEnergies | |
| 141 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 142 | Steff Cras |
| 143 | Fabien Doubey |
| 144 | Jordan Jegat |
| 145 | Alan Jousseaume |
| 146 | Fabien Grellier |
| 147 | Alexis Vuillermoz |
| Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | |
| 151 | Warren Barguil |
| 152 | Romain Combaud |
| 153 | Gijs Leemreize |
| 154 | Enzo Leijnse |
| 155 | Oscar Onley |
| 156 | Martijn Tusveld |
| 157 | Emils Liepins |
| INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 161 | Carlos Rodriguez |
| 162 | Jonathan Castroviejo |
| 163 | Omar Fraile |
| 164 | Ethan Hayter |
| 165 | Michal Kwiatkowski |
| 166 | Tom Pidcock |
| 167 | Brandon Rivera |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 171 | Gotzon Martín |
| 172 | Iker Mintegi |
| 173 | Victor De La Parte |
| 174 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 175 | Txomin Juaristi |
| 176 | James Fouche |
| 177 | Enekoitz Azparren |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 181 | Felix Gall |
| 182 | Bruno Armirail |
| 183 | Alex Baudin |
| 184 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 185 | Valentin Retailleau |
| 186 | Paul Lapeira |
| 187 | Nans Peters |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 191 | Unai Iribar |
| 192 | Pablo Castrillo |
| 193 | Ivan Cobo |
| 194 | Jon Agirre |
| 195 | Mikel Retegi |
| 196 | Pau Miquel Delgado |
| 197 | Ibon Ruiz |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 201 | Nicola Conci |
| 202 | Quinten Hermans |
| 203 | Jimmy Janssens |
| 204 | Juri Hollmann |
| 205 | Jason Osborne |
| 206 | Stan Van Tricht |
| 207 | Luca Vergallito |
| Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 211 | Orluis Aular |
| 212 | Sebastian Berwick |
| 213 | Joseba Lopez |
| 214 | Joel Nicolau |
| 215 | Eduard Prades |
| 216 | Thomas Silva |
| 217 | Gorka Sorarrain |
| Burgos-BH | |
| 221 | Jose Manuel Diaz |
| 222 | Victor Langellotti |
| 223 | Karel Vacek |
| 224 | Jesus Ezquerra |
| 225 | Aaron Gate |
| 226 | Eric Fagundez |
| 227 | Jetse Bol |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 231 | Xabier Azparren |
| 232 | Matteo Badilatti |
| 233 | Filippo Conca |
| 234 | David De La Cruz |
| 235 | Mark Donovan |
| 236 | Carl Fredrik Hagen |
| 237 | Damien Howson |