2025 Gran Premio Miguel Induráin (1.Pro), Spain
26th edition, Saturday, April 5, 2025
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Estella Lizarra - Estella Lizarra, 203.9 km
Thibau Nys takes a solo win in Estella Lizarra.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Estella Lizarra at 2:25 PM, local time: 17C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain, growing to 11% at 4:00 PM.
The Race: Here's the report from winner Thibau Nys' Team Lidl-Trek.
Thibau Nys clinched a remarkable victory on his first race back on the road at the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain in Estella, Spain. Andrea Bagioli backed it up with a very impressive 3rd place.
The 204 kilometer course, renowned for its hilly terrain, featured multiple ascents, including the Alto de Eraul and the Muro de Ibarra, which played pivotal roles in how the race unfolded. The early breakaway, comprising of seven riders, established a sizable lead over the peloton with a 7 minute advantage at one point. However, the Lidl-Trek guys, including 18 year old Hector Alvarez, increased the tempo in the main group, aiming to set up Thibau for the latter stages.
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On the Alto de Eraul, approximately 10 kilometers from the finish, the breakaway was reeled in and the attacks started with Bauke Mollema in the thick of it. With just under 2km remaining, Thibau executed a powerful and well-timed attack on the steep gradients of the Muro de Ibarra. His acceleration was unmatched, allowing him to distance himself from the chasing group. Thibau maintained a small lead through the technical descent into Estella, crossing the finish line solo to claim his first professional road victory in Spain.
A brilliant 3rd place for Andrea Bagioli in the sprint behind adds to Bagioli’s consistent performances in the early part of this season, including a fifth-place finish at both the Faun Drome Classic and the Cade Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
The day concluded with Nys receiving the winner’s trophy from the legend that the race is named after, Miguel Indurain.
The peloton 50 kilometers into the race.
In Thibau’s words:
“I was dreaming of this last night. I knew I was in great shape and that the course would suit me with the final kick like this. The climb in the end really suited me, but you never know how the body will react in the first race day. Immediately when the final opened up a bit I felt that I had really good legs and that I could do a really good final, but you never know how the competition will be and how the others feel, maybe someone else is having a super good day. We turned up the last climb and I knew I was going to win.
“I think we managed perfectly with the team. We were in the right position in the right moments, I didn’t stress the whole race and I was just in the middle of the bunch trying not to catch any wind. In the final we did it perfect, with Bauke in the front group in the last 5km, so we didn’t have to do anything. On the last climb it was all out and I could do my thing.
“I knew that if you come on top with about five seconds you could win the race. I knew I just had to go all out. It’s super nice to win already, and next week we try to go for a nice GC with Mattias [Skjelmose], and I will try to go for a stage maybe. This week is all in preparation for the Ardennes, to already win is really nice.”
Thibau Nys takes a solo win in Estella Lizarra. Getty photo
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Complete results:
203.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.794 km/hr
| 1 | Thibau Nys | Lidl-Trek | 4hr 59min 54sec |
| 2 | Alex Molenaar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 4 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:07 |
| 5 | Alex Aranburu | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 6 | Marc Hirschi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:09 |
| 8 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 10 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 11 | Archie Ryan | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 12 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 0:12 |
| 13 | Mauro Schmid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:13 |
| 14 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:18 |
| 15 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 16 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:22 |
| 17 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 18 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 19 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 20 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 21 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:25 |
| 22 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | 0:26 |
| 23 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:35 |
| 24 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 25 | Ander Okamika | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 26 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 0:37 |
| 27 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:45 |
| 28 | Davide Bais | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 0:56 |
| 29 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:57 |
| 30 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 32 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 33 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 34 | Bjoern Koerdt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 35 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 37 | Warren Barguil | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:01 |
| 38 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:08 |
| 39 | Fernando Tercero | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 40 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 41 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:14 |
| 42 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 43 | Alex Martin | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 44 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 45 | Luis Faura José | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 46 | Alexis Guérin | Anicolor/Tien 21 | s.t. |
| 47 | Artem Nych | Anicolor/Tien 21 | s.t. |
| 48 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 49 | Juan Guillermo Martinez | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:28 |
| 50 | Alessandro Tonelli | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 1:36 |
| 51 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:56 |
| 52 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos Burpellet BH | 1:58 |
| 53 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:13 |
| 54 | Samuel Fernández Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:18 |
| 55 | Roger Adrià | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4:25 |
| 56 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 57 | Diego Pescador | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Asier Pablo Gonzalez | Illes Balears Arabay | 4:40 |
| 59 | Ivo Pinheiro | Feirense-Beeceler | 4:45 |
| 60 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 61 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 62 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 5:02 |
| 63 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 5:06 |
| 64 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 65 | Anthon Charmig | XDS Astana Team | 5:37 |
| 66 | Clément Champoussin | XDS Astana Team | 5:40 |
| 67 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:06 |
| 68 | Hugo de la Calle | Burgos Burpellet BH | 6:49 |
| 69 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 70 | Edoardo Zamperini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 71 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 72 | Alessandro Verre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 73 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 74 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 75 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 76 | Fabian Weiss | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | 6:55 |
| 79 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 6:56 |
| 80 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Alan Jousseaume | Team TotalEnergies | 8:09 |
| 82 | Harrison Wood | Anicolor/Tien 21 | s.t. |
| 83 | Ander Ganzabal | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 9:16 |
| 84 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 9:26 |
| 85 | Lennart Jasch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 86 | Romain Combaud | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 87 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 88 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 89 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | 10:51 |
| 90 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | 13:06 |
| 92 | Nil Gimeno | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 93 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 94 | Unai Esparza | Illes Balears Arabay | s.t. |
| 95 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 96 | Diogo Gonçalves | Feirense-Beeceler | s.t. |
| 97 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 13:12 |
| 98 | Victor Martinez Garcia | Anicolor/Tien 21 | 17:40 |
| 99 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 17:44 |
| 100 | Gabriele Raccagni | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 101 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 102 | Ruben Fernandez | Anicolor/Tien 21 | s.t. |
| 103 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears Arabay | s.t. |
| 104 | Héctor Álvarez | Lidl-Trek | 17:53 |
| 105 | Tiago Santos | Anicolor/Tien 21 | s.t. |
| 106 | Goncalo Oliveira | Anicolor/Tien 21 | s.t. |
| 107 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 108 | Unai Zubeldia | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 109 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 110 | Ian Lopez | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 111 | Tyler Stites | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:11 |
| 112 | Gonzalo Ariños | Illes Balears Arabay | 18:17 |
| 113 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18:24 |
| 114 | Jambaljamts Sainbayar | Burgos Burpellet BH | 19:20 |
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Start list with back numbers, April 4, 2025
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 1 | Brandon McNulty |
| 2 | Igor Arrieta |
| 3 | Isaac del Toro |
| 4 | Vegard Stake Laengen |
| 5 | Felix Grossschartner |
| 6 | Marc Soler |
| 7 | Pablo Torres |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 11 | Kévin Vauquelin |
| 12 | Alessandro Verre |
| 13 | Martin Tjøtta |
| 14 | Thibault Guernalec |
| 15 | Edoardo Zamperini |
| 16 | Elie Gesbert |
| 17 | Simon Guglielmi |
| Cofidis | |
| 21 | Ion Izagirre |
| 22 | Jesus Herrada |
| 23 | Alex Aranburu |
| 24 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 25 | Jan Maas |
| 26 | Stefano Oldani |
| 27 | Sergio Samitier |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 31 | Archie Ryan |
| 32 | Samuele Battistella |
| 33 | Alex Baudin |
| 34 | Jardi Van Der Lee |
| 35 | Hugh Carthy |
| 37 | Ian Lopez |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 41 | Andrea Bagioli |
| 42 | Patrick Konrad |
| 43 | Bauke Mollema |
| 44 | Thibau Nys |
| 45 | Otto Vergaerde |
| 46 | Héctor Álvarez |
| Movistar Team | |
| 51 | Jorge Arcas |
| 52 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 53 | Pablo Castrillo |
| 54 | Gregor Mühlberger |
| 55 | Antonio Pedrero |
| 56 | Diego Pescador |
| 57 | Nelson Oliveira |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 61 | Roger Adrià |
| 62 | Finn Fisher-Black |
| 63 | Lennart Jasch |
| 64 | Alexander Hajek |
| 65 | Daniel Martinez |
| 66 | Luke Tuckwell |
| 67 | Maxim Van Gils |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 72 | Davide De Pretto |
| 73 | Anders Foldager |
| 74 | Alan Hatherly |
| 75 | Asbjørn Hellemose |
| 76 | Christopher Juul-Jensen |
| 77 | Mauro Schmid |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 81 | Warren Barguil |
| 82 | Romain Combaud |
| 83 | Bjoern Koerdt |
| 84 | Gijs Leemreize |
| 85 | Guillermo Juan Martinez |
| 86 | Oscar Onley |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 91 | Clément Champoussin |
| 92 | Anthon Charmig |
| 93 | Simone Velasco |
| 94 | Florian Kajamini |
| 95 | Anton Kuzmin |
| 97 | Harold Tejada |
| Burgos Burpellet BH | |
| 101 | Ander Okamika |
| 102 | Jambaljamts Sainbayar |
| 103 | José Luis Faura |
| 104 | Hugo de la Calle |
| 105 | Jose Manuel Diaz |
| 106 | Sinuhé Fernandez |
| 107 | Eric Fagundez |
| Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 111 | Fernando Barceló |
| 112 | Joan Bou |
| 113 | Samuel Fernández |
| 114 | Alex Molenaar |
| 115 | Joel Nicolau |
| 116 | Thomas Silva |
| 117 | Tyler Stites |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 121 | Iker Mintegi |
| 122 | Mikel Bizkarra |
| 123 | Xabier Isasa |
| 123 | Unai Zubeldia |
| 125 | Ander Ganzabal |
| 126 | Txomin Juaristi |
| 127 | Gotzon Martín |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 131 | Urko Berrade |
| 132 | Ivan Cobo |
| 133 | Iñigo Elosegui |
| 134 | Nil Gimeno |
| 135 | Unai Iribar |
| 136 | Pau Miquel Delgado |
| 137 | Ibon Ruiz |
| Team Polti-VisitMalta | |
| 141 | Alessandro Tonelli |
| 142 | Fernando Tercero |
| 143 | Gabriele Raccagni |
| 144 | Davide Bais |
| 145 | Samuele Zoccarato |
| 146 | Alex Martin |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 151 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 152 | Joris Delbove |
| 153 | Fabien Doubey |
| 154 | Fabien Grellier |
| 155 | Jordan Jegat |
| 156 | Alan Jousseaume |
| 157 | Mattéo Vercher |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 161 | Marc Hirschi |
| 162 | Jacob Eriksson |
| 164 | Yannis Voisard |
| 165 | Fabian Weiss |
| 166 | Hannes Wilksch |
| 167 | Luc Wirtgen |
| Anicolor / Tien21 | |
| 171 | Artem Nych |
| 172 | Tiago Santos |
| 173 | Alexis Guérin |
| 174 | Harrison Wood |
| 175 | Goncalo Oliveira |
| 176 | Ruben Fernandez |
| 177 | Victor Martinez Garcia |
| Feirense-Beeceler | |
| 181 | Byron Munton |
| 182 | Diogo Oliveira |
| 183 | Diogo Gonçalves |
| 184 | Francisco Pereira |
| 185 | Ivo Pinheiro |
| 186 | Fabio Oliveira |
| Illes Balears Arabay | |
| 191 | Unai Esparza |
| 192 | Gonzalo Ariño Bolinches |
| 193 | Pau Llaneras |
| 194 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez |
| 195 | Asier Pablo Gonzalez |
| 196 | Jose Marin Aragón |
| 197 | Sergio Trueba |