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2025 Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)

Tour of the Basque Country
Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia

64th edition: April 7 - April 12, 2025

Map of the 2025 edition of the race. The Basque Country is in the northeast corner of Spain, just touching France.

Saturday, April 12: 6th & Final stage, Eibar - Eibar, 153.4 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Joao Almeida wins the final stage wearing the GC leader's yellow jersey.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Eibar at 2:30 PM, local time: 20C (68F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 24% chance of rain, rising to 90% at 4:00 PM.

The stage: Eibar will once again host the final stage, with both the start and finish lines located in Plaza Unzaga. With 7 mountain passes, 3 of which are Category 3, over the more than 150 km route. This year, the very hard climb to Krabelin will happen at the beginning of the stage, so an attack from afar to win the txapela cannot be ruled out. Major changes compared to 2024 involve two climbs to Trabakua, the elimination of Gorla and the addition of Karabieta to reach Bergara. Undoubtedly a very lively stage that will decide who wins the Itzulia 2025.

The race: Here's the report from winner Joao Almeida's UAE Team Emirates-XRG:

Rounding off a tremendous week of racing for UAE Team Emirates-XRG at Itzulia Basque Country, João Almeida beat Enric Mas (Movistar) in a two-up sprint to win stage 6 and seal the overall victory of the race. In doing so, the Portuguese climber takes UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s 26th and 27th wins of the season, whilst claiming his first stage race victory since signing for the team in 2022.

The start line in Eibar for the final stage.

The final day in Eibar was made all the sweeter by the performance of Isaac del Toro, who gave his every last ounce of energy to take fourth place across the line and seize the young rider’s classification at the last opportunity. Ending the race with the blue jersey on his back, Del Toro can be proud of his efforts in the Basque Country, as can the rest of his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammates.

In the traditional, tough final stage that saw the peloton tackle no less than seven categorised climbs, Marc Soler, Brandon McNulty and Felix Großschartner were by the side of their teammate and race leader throughout the afternoon. Keen to repay their efforts, Almeida looked to not only finish the job and take the general classification victory, but go in search of a second stage win of the week.

It was on the penultimate climb that the damage was done, with the peloton torn to shreds as heavy rainfall ensued and McNulty produced a vicious turn of pace at the front. Handing over the reins to Großschartner halfway up the category one test, McNulty stayed in the wheels alongside Del Toro and Soler, as the Austrian went to work at denting the morale of their rivals. With every turn of the pedal, it seemed as though another rider was dispatched from the back of the bunch, until only Almeida, Mas and a handful of other contenders remained.

Between here and the finish, the race was in tatters. Ultimately, Mas and Almeida proved the strongest, whilst Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) battled bravely from the breakaway to hang on to third place. Behind the leading duo, the trio of Soler, McNulty and Großschartner marked the chasing groups, as Del Toro squeezed himself to the limit, desperate to finish in as strong a position as possible.

His efforts were rewarded, with fourth place over the line taking him into the blue jersey as the winner of the young rider’s classification. As for Almeida, his battle with Mas went all the way to the line, where the pair sprinted for the stage honours. It was a canny move to take the initiative inside the final 400m and having moved himself to the front, the Portuguese led out the sprint in front of the Spaniard.

Once Almeida had made his charge, there was no coming around the UAE Team Emirates-XRG man. As he roared across the line and celebrated his stage and overall victory, Almeida was able to cheer his fourth win of the season. The 26-year-old also ends Itzulia Basque Country as the winner of the points classification, capping off a brilliant week for himself and the team.

Speaking after the finish, the GC victor was quick to heap the praise on his teammates.

Almeida: “The team did a perfect job today, like every day. We are super strong, we did what we planned to do and then in the end the rain came. It was starting to be a bit dangerous so I never took any risks. I am glad I was in a safe position and I was ahead, so I am super happy with how it went today.

“It was all day a really hard pace, a super hard stage. I think it was the stage of the stages here in Itzulia.

“I think my team deserved another victory and also for myself, so I sprinted for the victory and I think we deserve it.

“This means a lot. There are so many sacrifices for me, for my family and for my girlfriend. It is hard to be a professional rider these days with these high levels, so it means a lot. I think it is the biggest victory of my career, and hopefully, it is the first of [many] more.”

Complete results:

153.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.852 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3hr 56min 54sec
2	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
3	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 13sec
4	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:28
5	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	0:58
6	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	1:19
8	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
9	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
10	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	58
20	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:28
21	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:09
22	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	3:40
23	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	3:53
24	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:13
26	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:28
27	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:30
29	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
30	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
33	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
35	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
39	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	4:39
49	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:41
50	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	4:52
52	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	5:15
53	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	6:03
55	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
56	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
57	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	6:20
59	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
60	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	6:26
64	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:35
66	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:27
67	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	7:44
70	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	7:54
71	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:55
73	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:00
74	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:34
75	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:28
76	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:16
78	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
79	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	11:21
81	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:39
82	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	12:20
83	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
85	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
87	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
88	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
92	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	15:02
95	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
98	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	15:27
101	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:31
102	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:37
103	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	16:42
104	Jan Maas	Cofidis	23:39
105	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:58
107	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
108	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
110	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	27:12
112	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.

Final GC after stage 6:

GC winner: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification winner: Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Points classification winner: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Teams classification winner: Soudal Quick-Step

855.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.584 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20hr 4min 49sec
2	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	@ 1min 52sec
3	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	1:59
4	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:07
5	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	2:17
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	2:18
7	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	2:45
8	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	3:42
9	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	3:43
10	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	3:50
11	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	3:55
12	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:04
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	4:16
14	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	4:23
15	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:55
16	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:03
17	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	5:51
18	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	6:55
19	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:21
20	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	8:21
21	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	8:34
22	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	8:43
23	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:16
24	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	9:32
25	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:33
26	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	10:00
27	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:52
28	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	14:35
29	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:12
30	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	20:13
31	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	20:23
32	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:24
33	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	21:32
34	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	22:13
35	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:38
36	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	23:22
37	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	23:47
38	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:12
39	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	24:14
40	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:18
41	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	24:20
42	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	25:09
43	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	27:21
44	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	27:56
45	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	28:20
46	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	28:36
47	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	30:17
48	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:18
49	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	31:17
50	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	31:20
51	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	31:24
52	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	31:32
53	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	32:17
54	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	32:24
55	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	33:09
56	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	33:37
57	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:38
58	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	33:58
59	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	34:03
60	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	35:39
61	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36:10
62	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:11
63	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	37:13
64	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	37:19
65	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	37:21
66	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	38:02
67	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
68	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	38:41
69	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	39:43
70	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	40:51
71	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	40:55
72	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	41:05
73	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	41:56
74	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	42:11
75	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	42:19
76	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	43:52
77	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	44:14
78	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	44:15
80	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	45:03
81	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	45:09
82	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	45:16
83	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	45:51
84	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	46:15
85	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	46:49
87	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	47:39
88	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	47:55
89	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	49:43
90	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	50:07
91	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	50:09
92	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	50:18
93	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	50:48
94	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	51:47
95	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	52:45
96	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	53:05
97	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
98	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	55:29
99	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
100	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	57:43
101	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	57:48
102	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:35
103	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	59:50
104	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	1:02:24
106	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:04:42
107	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:05:29
108	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:07:23
109	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:08:54
110	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	1:09:44
111	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:13:45
112	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16:03

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Friday, April 11: Stage 5, Urduña - Gernika-Lumo, 172.3 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Ben Healy solos across the line to win stage five. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the finish at Gernika at 2:00 PM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

The stage: The fifth stage arrives in the town of racer Pello Bilbao, Gernika. The Bahrain-Victorious rider has been involved in its design. After the start, the route will head towards Amurrio and then back to Urduña, before leaving for Gernika. Along the way, the riders will have to overcome 4 mountain passes and position themselves well in sections of the last part of the route if they want to clinch the stage.

The race: Ben Tulett (Visma | Lease a Bike) & Kim Heiduk (INEOS Grenadiers) did not start.

Here's a machine-translation of the race organizer's stage five report:

The Itzulia has now reached Orduña, and that meant the start of the fifth stage of this edition. The route wasn't as demanding as the previous two days, but with narrow roads and constant ups and downs until reaching the finish in Gernika-Lumo. A very special stage for Pello Bilbao, who designed part of the stage.

Pre-race ceremonies: Team INEOS Grenadiers riders are presented.

From the first climb of the day, the attacks and the breakaway of the day began, with Pello Bilbao, Bruno Armirail, Ben Healy, Alex Baudin, Warren Barguil, and Julian Alaphilippe. A very high-level breakaway.

The frontrunners achieved a maximum gap of 2'45" over the peloton led by UAE Team Emirates-XRG. The leader's team was constantly monitoring the gap.

After completing all the day's qualifying climbs, with 56 kilometers remaining, Ben Healy attacked from the breakaway and managed to open a gap of almost two minutes over the chasing group. The Irish rider rode at high speed towards the finish.

Behind him, a battle within the peloton for positioning and to close the gap to the front of the field made for a very nervous race. Teams like Ineos Grenadiers, Cofidis, and UAE Team Emirates-XRG were pulling the group together.

With 20 kilometers remaining, the chasing group was caught by the peloton. Pello Bilbao's chances of winning the stage on home soil were fading. Still leading the race, with a lead of almost two minutes, was the tireless Ben Healy (EFE, 91), who, at the start, had already signaled that he would try to be in the breakaway.

The stage seemed over, but behind him, in terms of the general classification, the hostilities began. First, Ineos Grenadiers increased the pace, followed by the Movistar Team. On the tough, narrow slopes of the final climb before the finish, individual attacks began by Florien Lipowitz and Alex Aranburu. The yellow jersey responded well to the attacks, always covered by teammates. With just 15 kilometers to go, Max Schachmann lost contact with the leading group.

The stage winner was ultimately Ben Healy, who finished almost two minutes ahead of the group. It looks like everything will be decided on the sixth and final stage.

Complete results:

172.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.814 km/hr

1	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 55min 57sec
2	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1min 47sec
3	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	1:48
4	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
10	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
17	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
20	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
24	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
27	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
28	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:00
37	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
39	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:48
42	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	2:00
43	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
44	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:22
46	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:28
47	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:51
48	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:59
49	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	3:10
51	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:13
54	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
55	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
56	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	3:17
57	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:19
58	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:23
59	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	3:49
60	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	3:53
61	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:55
62	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	4:01
63	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:34
64	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:06
65	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
67	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
68	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
70	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:26
75	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
76	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	7:58
77	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:11
78	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	9:14
81	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:18
82	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
83	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
84	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	10:04
87	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:45
88	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
93	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
97	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
98	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
99	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
101	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
102	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
103	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
104	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
107	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
109	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
110	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
111	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	14:13
115	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:08
116	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
117	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
119	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
121	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
124	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
125	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
127	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
128	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
129	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
130	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
131	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
133	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
134	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
135	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
136	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	19:18
137	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
138	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
140	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
141	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
142	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
143	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
144	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
145	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
146	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
147	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
148	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
149	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
150	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20:47
151	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	21:13
152	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification leader: Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Points classification leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: XDS Astana

701.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.484 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16hr 8min 5sec
2	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 30sec
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:38
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:49
5	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	0:50
6	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:11
7	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	1:37
8	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	1:48
9	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	2:14
10	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	2:15
11	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	2:21
12	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	2:26
13	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	2:34
14	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:35
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	2:47
16	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	3:18
17	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:25
18	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:41
19	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	3:54
21	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	4:03
22	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:18
23	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:36
24	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:53
25	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:08
26	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	5:42
27	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:12
28	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	8:30
29	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	9:10
30	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	11:11
31	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:52
32	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	14:56
33	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:32
34	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	15:43
35	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:44
36	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:58
37	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	18:02
38	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	18:32
39	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	18:54
40	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:32
41	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	19:34
42	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	19:40
43	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	19:57
44	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	20:29
45	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20:39
46	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	20:41
47	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	20:51
48	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	20:57
49	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	21:03
50	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	21:33
51	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	22:06
52	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	22:06
53	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	22:18
54	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	22:31
55	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	23:16
56	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	23:31
57	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	23:42
58	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	23:48
59	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	24:13
60	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:35
61	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	24:40
62	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	24:47
63	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	24:51
64	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	25:15
65	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	25:19
66	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	25:32
67	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	25:36
68	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:38
69	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:54
70	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:01
71	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	26:11
72	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:24
73	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	26:57
74	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	27:06
75	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:07
76	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	27:09
77	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	27:22
78	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	27:39:
79	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:33
80	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	28:46
81	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	29:09
82	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	29:26
83	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:35
84	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	29:55
85	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	29:55
86	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	30:02
87	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	30:57
88	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:00
89	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:44
90	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	32:07
91	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	32:55
92	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	33:39
93	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	33:45
94	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	33:49
95	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
96	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	33:59
97	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	34:31
98	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	34:38
99	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	34:38
100	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	34:54
101	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	35:49
102	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	36:35
103	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	37:24
104	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	37:32
105	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	37:39
106	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	37:47
107	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	37:48
108	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:11
109	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	39:36
110	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	39:37
111	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	39:42
112	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	39:49
113	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	39:51
114	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	39:52
115	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	40:12
116	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	40:15
117	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	40:35
118	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	40:48
119	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	40:53
120	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	41:16
121	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	42:13
122	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	42:36
123	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	42:46
124	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	42:59
125	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	43:09
126	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	43:17
127	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	43:18
128	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	43:30
129	Jan Maas	Cofidis	43:34
130	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	43:36
131	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:09
132	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:23
133	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	44:38
134	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	45:10
135	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	45:13
136	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	45:27
137	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	45:43
138	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	46:21
139	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	46:22
140	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	46:23
141	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	46:33
142	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	46:48
143	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	46:49
144	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	48:12
145	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	48:40
146	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	48:41
147	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	49:02
148	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:53
149	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	49:54
150	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	50:17
151	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	53:36
152	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	56:10

Stage 5 map & profile

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 10: Stage 4, Beasain - Markina-Xemein, 169.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Joao Almeida wins stage four and takes over the GC lead. Sprint Cycling photo

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Weather at the finish city of Markina-Xemein at 1:50 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: No respite as the race arrives in Bizkaia after 3 stages. The cyclists will once again encounter 7 mountain passes, including the Category 1 Izua pass. A climb that will undoubtedly decide who wins the stage and even make a difference in the general classification. The climb will not follow the main road nor the Krabelin to Arrate ascent but depart from the Matsaria industrial estate on a very narrow road between farmhouses with 20% gradients.

The race: Mathieu Burgaudeau (Team TotalEnergies), Anders Foldager (Jayco-AlUla) & Robbe Dhondt (Team Picnic-PostNL) did not start.

Here's the race report from winner Joao Almeida's UAE Team Emiratres-XRG:

Stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country was an excellent affair for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who not only claimed the stage victory and lead of the race through João Almeida, but also placed second on the day with Isaac del Toro and grabbed the King of the Mountains jersey through Marc Soler. Conquering the seventh and final categorised climb of a brutal stage, Almeida powered away from his rivals and rode alone to the finish in Markina-Xemein.

Stage four gets rolling.

With his teammate Soler up the road in the day’s breakaway, Almeida could bide his time in the peloton and wait for the perfect moment to attack, having begun the day only four seconds down on race leader Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step). Once Soler had taken enough KOM points to ride into that jersey out front, the peloton approached the breakaway and at the foot of the final climb, it was all to play for.

As the only category 1 test of the day, the final climb cast an imposing figure over the day’s action. Standing at 9.6% for 3.5km, the Izua saw Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) make an initial move before Almeida came to the fore and dropped a stage-winning attack. Cresting the climb with a 30-second advantage, the Portuguese was able to descend to the finish line alone and seal UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s 25th victory of the campaign.

Prior to Almeida’s stage-winning exploits, the day had belonged to teammate Soler, who was on the front foot throughout. After the flag had been dropped in Beasain, the Spaniard was forever on the prowl for an opportunity to claim much-vaunted points in the King of the Mountains classification.

At first, Soler sought his fortune from the peloton, winning the KOM sprint over the first categorised climb after 44.2km. But with this obstacle out of the way, Soler used the second categorised climb to work his way into the breakaway and establish himself as part of its number. With the likes of Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco AlUla) also in the move, it was soon clear that this breakaway would come to define much of the day.

Over the next four categorised climbs, Soler led the breakaway over the summit each and every time, taking 12 KOM points over the course of the afternoon. With this haul, the Spaniard moves up three places in the classification and now takes a hold of the jersey heading into stage 5. In fact, thanks to the efforts of Brandon McNulty and teammate Almeida through the week, all three UAE Team Emirates-XRG riders sit within the top five in the classification.

With his eyes set on a larger prize, however, Almeida presented himself towards the fore of the peloton as they caught the break at the foot of the final climb. Ramping up to 20% in parts, the Izua climb was a straight-up brute, with the potential to turn the GC on its head. As such, the Portuguese stuck to his own pace as Buitrago made an initial attack for Bahrain Victorious. Little by little, as the sprightly climber was reined in, Almeida nudged his way up the group of favourites and with 2.5km of the climb to go, the 26-year-old made his acceleration.

At first, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Clément Champoussin (XDS Astana) and Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) were able to follow the wheel, but before long Almeida was alone and in pursuit of a second victory of the season. Powering away as the climb refused to relent, the UAE Team Emirates-XRG man crested the climb with a 30-second advantage and with a little over 10km to descend to the finish line.

Maintaining his gap to the finish, where teammate Del Toro out-sprinted their rivals to sweep up second place, Almeida did enough to not only win stage 4, but also claim the lead of the race. In doing so, he becomes the first Portuguese rider in history to lead Itzulia Basque Country, whilst he also tops the points jersey classification heading into Friday.

GC leader Max Schachmann finsihed third. Getty Sport photo

Speaking to the awaiting press after the longest solo victory of his career to date, Almeida reflected on a perfect day for his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad.

Almeida: “It was a good day. I wasn’t feeling great to be honest but I did my race. The team was amazing once again, I think we deserve it.

“They have been really hard days and we are happy to take the win after two close days. It was good to win again. The plan was to do the best in the last climb and try to go solo. It went perfectly actually so we are happy.

“We also have the team to control. There are two days to go, they are really hard, so we need to keep the focus and do our best day by day.”

Complete results:

169.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.740 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3hr 52min 39sec
2	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 28sec
3	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
5	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
9	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	1:05
16	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:13
17	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:23
18	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	1:47
23	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
25	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:02
28	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	2:13
31	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
32	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
35	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
36	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
37	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	2:44
39	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
40	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:55
43	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
49	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
50	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:56
53	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
58	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
60	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
63	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
64	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
66	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
67	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
69	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:42
70	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	5:55
71	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	5:57
73	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
77	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
79	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
80	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:35
82	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	7:40
84	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	8:16
85	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
90	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
91	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
95	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
96	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:25
97	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
99	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	8:40
100	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
105	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
107	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
108	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
110	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
114	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
115	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
116	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
118	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
119	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
120	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
121	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
122	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
124	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
126	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
127	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	9:00
128	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
130	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
131	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9:38
132	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
133	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:51
136	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
137	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
138	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
139	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
140	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:26
141	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
142	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
143	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
145	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
146	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
147	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	10:49
148	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
149	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
150	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:52
151	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
152	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
153	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
154	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	12:39
155	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
156	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
157	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification leader: Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Points classification leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: XDS Astana

529.3 kilometers raced so far at an avcerage speed of 43.484 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12hr 10min 20sec
2	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 30sec
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:38
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:49
5	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	0:50
6	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:11
7	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	1:37
8	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	1:48
9	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	2:15
10	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	2:18
11	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	2:21
12	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	2:26
13	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	2:34
14	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:35
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	2:47
16	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	3:18
17	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:25
18	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:41
19	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	3:42
20	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
21	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	3:48
22	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:56
23	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	4:03
24	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:18
25	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	4:52
26	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:53
27	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:01
28	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:08
29	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	5:42
30	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	5:50
31	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:12
32	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	7:33
33	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	8:30
34	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	8:37
35	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:42
36	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	9:44
37	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:49
38	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	12:53
39	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	13:02
40	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:19
41	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	13:43
42	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:20
43	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	15:43
44	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:44
45	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	16:09
46	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16:12
47	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16:13
48	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:46
49	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:49
50	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:01
52	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:13
53	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	18:15
54	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	18:20
55	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	18:54
56	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	18:58
57	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	19:00
58	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:24
59	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	19:26
60	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	19:27
61	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	19:54
62	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	20:08
63	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	20:10
64	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	20:17
65	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	20:45
66	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	20:51
67	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	20:55
68	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:36
69	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:46
70	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	21:53
71	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	21:58
72	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	22:00
73	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	22:06
74	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	22:18
75	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	22:28
76	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	23:02
77	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	23:04
78	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	23:22
79	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	23:23
80	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	23:25
81	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	23:31
82	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	23:41
83	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	23:44
84	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	23:57
85	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	24:01
86	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	24:37
87	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:39
88	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:51
89	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:02
90	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:04
91	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:16
92	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	25:23
93	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	25:32
94	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	25:37
95	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	25:39
96	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	26:15
98	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	26:18
99	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:35
100	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:39
101	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	26:42
102	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	26:51
103	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:01
105	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	27:17
106	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:22
107	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	27:28
108	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	27:39
109	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	27:43
110	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	27:53
111	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	28:01
112	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:16
113	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	28:19
114	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	28:39
115	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
116	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	28:40
117	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	28:45
118	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	28:51
119	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	28:52
120	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
121	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	28:54
122	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	28:57
123	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	28:58
124	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
125	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	29:01
126	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	29:03
127	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	29:10
128	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	29:12
129	Jan Maas	Cofidis	29:14
130	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:15
131	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	29:16
132	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	29:18
133	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
134	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	29:19
135	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	29:27
136	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	29:31
137	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:35
138	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:49
139	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	29:51
140	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:56
141	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:03
142	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:19
143	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	30:42
144	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	30:50
145	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:00
146	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	31:07
147	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	31:10
148	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	31:11
149	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	31:23
150	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	31:32
151	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	31:44
152	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:03
153	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:23
154	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:47
155	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	34:11
156	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	35:34
157	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:50

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Wednesday, April 9: Stage 3, Zarautz - Beasain, 156.6 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Alex Aranburu wins stage three.

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The stage: This could be a decisive stage, together with stage 6. After two relatively easy stages, a tough day awaits involving 7 mountain passes with continuous climbs and descents, despite not a very long route. The mountain passes are not too hard in and of themselves, 5 of which are Category 3, but they will certainly take their toll on the cyclists’ legs over the final kilometres.

Weather at the finish city of Beasain at 2:40 PM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Team Visma | Lease a bike posted this sad note: Following his crash during the second stage of Itzulia Basque Country, Victor Campenaerts will not be starting today’s stage.

And INEOS Grenadiers posted this: Caleb Ewan won’t start today’s third stage of the Itzulia Basque Country. As part of the management of his race programme, he’s returned home.

That left 167 riders on the start line.

Here's a machine-translation of the race organizer's corrected stage three report:

The third stage of the 2025 Itzulia, starting in Zarautz and finishing in Beasain, is a 155-kilometer stage entirely in Gipuzkoa. After the first two stages, the first demanding stage arrives with seven qualifying climbs. Due to its gradient and type of climbs, it could be considered the queen stage along with Stage 6.

The peloton began rolling along the coast with several attempts at a breakaway, but they were unsuccessful until reaching kilometer 48 after descending the Andazarrate mountain pass. A single rider, Bruno Armirail, led the race with a maximum margin of 1 minute 30 seconds over the peloton.

Stage three gets started.

The high pace of the peloton set by the UAE Emirates-XRG team left Bruno Armirail with no room to make up ground. The team of Joao Almedia and Isaac Del Toro worked to complete a very fast stage and gradually eliminate riders towards the end of the stage. The gap between the main group and the breakaway was 40 seconds. On the climb to Santa Ageda (Cat. 2), Pello Bilbao , among others, lost contact with the peloton. On the descent, he tried to rejoin the group but was unsuccessful.

The strong pace at the front meant that Isaac Del Toro Aleksandr Vlasov , and Sepp Kuss gained a few meters of distance on the peloton. Movistar Team and Soudal Quick-Step quickly closed the gap. Bruno Armirail was caught by the peloton with 72 kilometers remaining.

After neutralizing the breakaway, more strong attacks began on the climb to Mandubia (Cat. 2) by UAD Team Emirates-XRG, first with Brandon Mcnulty and then with Isaac Del Toro . The stage was pure action. Florien Lipowitz tried his best to set a very strong pace, making a gap on the chasing group, which included Joao Almedia . He couldn't maintain the gap. At that point, race leader Max Schachmann was losing a few seconds. The attacks continued throughout the climb. With 63 kilometers remaining, Joao Almeida, Brandon Mcnulty, Mattias Skjelmose, Enric Mas, Nelson Oliveira and Harold Tejada built a 12-second lead over the remaining peloton, which included the yellow jersey and the main Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe riders. Vlasov and Lipowitz managed to close the gap, but the Almedia team's advance was unstoppable. The entire peloton was in single file.

On the descent to Segura, Marc Soler, Clément Berthet, and Rudy Molard gained a few seconds. The peloton slowed, giving way to the breakaway, which, with 50 kilometers remaining, had lost a minute. After the break, many riders rejoined the peloton.

The climb to Gaintza approached, with Clément Berthet remaining alone in the lead. Behind, the main favorites held their own, but there were no attacks on the tough 20% slopes. The yellow jersey remained in the group.

With 26 kilometers remaining, with a 1-minute gap to the breakaway, Max Schachmann launched an attack on the flat, but without success. Moments earlier, Joao Almeida lost contact with the main group, along with Alex Aranburu and Enric Mas. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team saw this and began to push, eventually building a 30-second lead over the chasing group.

The final climb, Lazkaomendi, would mark the end of the stage. The gap between the breakaway and the main group, which Joao Almeida's group finally joined, was narrowed down to 20 seconds. The riders were struggling on the climb when, during one of Lipowitz's attacks, Schachmann was able to get onto his wheel. The yellow jersey looked very good. The gaps were minimal. With 6 kilometers to go and one to the top of Lazkaomendi, Clément Berthet was neutralized.

Behind them were Alex Aranburu, Enric Más, and Joao Almedia. The Gipuzkoan rider from Cofidis launched a strong attack, which was followed by a change of pace by Romain Gregoire and the yellow jersey. The descent began and they would soon enter the streets of Beasain to face the final straight.

On a steep incline, the Portuguese rider from UAE Emirates launched a change of pace and gained a few meters of distance. With only 4 kilometers remaining, Aranburu was trying to do so, followed by the group of about 15 riders.

With one kilometre to go, Alex Aranburu gained a few metres’ advantage and managed to cross the finish line ahead of Romain Grégoire. Following a review by the VAR officials, Alex Aranburu was disqualified for incorrectly navigating one of the last roundabouts. This allowed Romain Grégoire to secure his second Itzulia win.

Hours later, after several objections, the team of stewards decided to return the stage victory to Alex Aranburu. The statement read as follows:

“Following the initial footage received, we made the decision to disqualify rider number 51 for ‘Deviation from the race route constituting an advantage,’ as the images appeared to show that the rider had taken the roundabout in a way that was deviating from the signposted route.

However, after receiving and reviewing additional evidence, including data from Veloviewer, the roadbook, and the team, it became clear that all available information indicated that the roundabout in question was to be taken in the manner chosen by the Cofidis rider.

In accordance with Article 1.2.064 of the UCI regulations, which states that “Riders shall study the course in advance”. In this case, the rider correctly followed the indicated path.

Furthermore, the rider’s advantage continued to increase after exiting the roundabout and all the way to the finish line.

The race organiser was also consulted and confirmed that there had been a signage error at the roundabout in question.

Therefore, the Commissaires’ Panel has decided to overturn its initial decision, and the rider’s passage over the finish line is confirmed as valid”.

Max Schachmann retains the yellow jersey.

Romain Grégoire finishes stage three. Note, he was relegated to second place.

Complete results:

156.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.686 km/hr

1	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	3hr 45min 21sec
2	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	@ 3sec
3	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
6	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	0:32
12	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:49
13	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
14	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
17	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
19	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
20	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
21	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
22	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
23	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
24	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:02
27	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:05
28	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:09
29	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	1:11
30	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:47
32	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	2:12
33	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:35
34	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	3:10
35	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:28
38	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	3:46
39	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:29
40	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:09
41	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	7:55
42	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:01
43	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	10:19
44	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	11:26
45	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	12:26
46	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
52	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	12:53
56	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
59	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:31
60	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
61	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:49
62	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
63	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
66	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
70	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
76	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
77	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
78	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
81	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:56
87	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	14:58
89	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
90	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:06
91	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:41
92	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	16:39
93	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	16:41
95	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	18:50
96	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
100	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
103	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
111	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
112	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
113	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
115	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
117	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
122	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
123	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
124	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
125	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
126	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
127	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
128	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
131	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
134	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
135	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
136	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
137	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
139	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
140	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
141	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
142	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
143	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
145	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
146	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
147	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
148	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
149	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
150	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
151	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
152	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
153	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
154	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
155	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
156	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
157	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
158	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
159	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
160	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
161	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	19:43
162	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:20

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Mountains classification leader: Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Points classification leader: Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groujpama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

359.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.356 km/hr

1	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	8hr 17min 47sec
2	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:15
5	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	0:16
6	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:37
7	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
8	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	0:46
9	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	1:03
10	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	1:14
11	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	1:23
12	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	1:34
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	1:36
14	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	1:44
15	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:47
16	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	1:49
17	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	1:52
18	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	1:55
19	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
21	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	2:00
22	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:01
23	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:10
24	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:22
26	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:27
27	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	2:31
28	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	2:33
29	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:42
30	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:00
31	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	3:15
33	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:35
34	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:50
35	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	4:29
36	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	4:36
37	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:40
39	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	4:43
40	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:44
41	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:48
42	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	9:42
43	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:46
44	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	12:40
45	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	13:08
46	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:11
47	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	13:12
48	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	13:13
50	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	13:21
51	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	13:24
52	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	13:39
53	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	13:52
54	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:54
55	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:57
56	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:58
57	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	14:01
58	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	14:10
59	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:15
60	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	14:31
61	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	14:33
62	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	14:43
63	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	14:45
64	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:52
65	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	14:53
66	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	14:57
67	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	14:59
68	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:06
69	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:07
70	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:11
72	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:13
74	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	15:15
75	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:19
77	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	15:25
78	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	15:26
79	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:27
80	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:30
81	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	15:43
82	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	15:51
83	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	15:53
84	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:05
85	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	16:07
86	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	16:17
87	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	16:27
88	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:50
89	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	16:51
90	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	16:55
91	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	16:58
92	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	17:07
93	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	18:33
94	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	18:35
95	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	18:57
96	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	19:07
97	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	19:16
98	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	19:19
99	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	19:33
100	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:48
101	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	19:53
103	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:54
105	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:58
107	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	19:59
108	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:02
109	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:05
110	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	20:06
112	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	20:08
113	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	20:10
114	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	20:11
115	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	20:12
116	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
118	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	20:15
119	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
120	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
121	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	20:21
122	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:22
123	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	20:24
124	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	20:26
125	Jan Maas	Cofidis	20:28
126	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:29
127	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:30
128	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
129	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:32
130	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	20:35
131	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
133	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
134	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:38
135	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	20:39
136	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
137	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	20:41
138	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	20:43
139	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	20:45
140	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	20:49
141	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	20:50
142	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
143	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	20:51
144	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
145	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	20:53
146	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	20:57
147	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:58
148	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	21:00
149	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:03
150	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
151	Luis Faura José	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
152	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
153	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:05
154	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	21:06
155	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:10
156	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	21:16
157	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:17
158	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:19
159	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:25
160	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	21:26
161	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	24:36
162	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	32:44

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Tuesday, April 8: Stage 2, Pamplona-Iruña - Lodosa, 186.6 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Caleb Ewan wins stage two. Sprint Cycling photo

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Weather at the finish city of Lodosa at 2:45 PM, local time: 21C (70C), sunny, with the wind from the east-southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The longest stage this year, at almost 200 km. The entire stage traverses Navarre, from Iruña to Lodosa. The stage will include constant climbs and descents, but just one Category 3 pass. Barring a surprise breakaway, the stage could be decided by a sprint.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

The second stage of the 2025 Itzulia set off from the streets of Pamplona. Ahead of the start, the peloton rode a section of the famous San Fermín route – a rare and memorable image. With nearly 200 kilometres ahead, it marked the longest stage of the 2025 edition. The whole stage was set to take place in Navarre.

On the start line.

The day’s breakaway took shape in the opening kilometres, comprising five riders. Xabier Isasa (EUS, 134), Tobias Bayer (ADC, 156), Diego Uriarte (EKP, 167), Sinuhé Fernandez (BBH, 187) and Julen Arriola-Bengoa (CJR, 217). The peloton allowed them to gain a maximum lead of nearly 3 minutes.

Diego Uriarte (EKP, 167), wearing the mountains jersey, claimed the 3 points at the San Martin de Unx mountain pass, ensuring he would hold onto the jersey for at least another day.

Behind, Ineos Grenadiers set the pace, ensuring the escapees didn’t gain too much of a lead. It was evident that the team was focusing on stage opportunities for Caleb Ewan (IGD, 17).

At the 40-kilometre mark, Soudal Quick-Step, in the yellow jersey, initiated the chase to reel in the breakaway. The gap to the breakaway stood at two minutes. In the final kilometres, the peloton, led by Visma–Lease a Bike and Soudal Quick-Step, cut the gap to one minute. The breakaway’s chances of contesting the stage were quickly diminishing.

Here they come for the sprint. Sirotti photo

With just 3 kilometres remaining, the breakaway was caught. The fastest riders battled in a tight sprint, which was ultimately claimed by Australian Caleb Ewan (IGD, 17).

The general classification remains the same, with Schachmann retaining the yellow jersey.

Max Schachmann will start stage three in yellow. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

186.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.108 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 13min 50sec
2	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
3	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
10	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
12	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
14	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
19	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
22	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
37	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
38	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
41	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
48	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
50	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
52	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
53	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
57	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
58	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
59	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
61	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
62	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
67	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
78	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
81	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
90	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
93	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
95	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
96	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
97	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
99	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
100	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
101	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
105	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
107	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
108	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
109	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
111	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
113	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
114	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
117	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
118	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
119	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
120	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
121	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
124	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
125	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Luis Faura José	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
128	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
129	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
130	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
132	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
133	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
134	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
135	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
137	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
138	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
139	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
140	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
141	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
142	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
143	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
144	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
145	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
146	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
147	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
148	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
149	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
150	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
151	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
152	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
153	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
154	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
155	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
156	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
157	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
158	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
159	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
160	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
161	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
162	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
163	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
164	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
165	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	@ 3min 48sec
166	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
167	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 0sec

GC after stage 2:

GC leader Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Mountains classification leader: Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma)
Points classification leader: Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Best young rider: Michael Leonard (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

203.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.728 km/hr

1	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 32min 27sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 1sec
4	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	0:06
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:11
7	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:12
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:13
10	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	0:16
11	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:18
12	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:20
14	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	0:22
15	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:23
16	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:25
18	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:26
19	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:27
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:28
21	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:33
23	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:34
25	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:41
26	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	0:42
28	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:43
31	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:44
32	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:45
33	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:46
34	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
36	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	0:49
37	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	0:53
38	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:54
40	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
41	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:57
42	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
43	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
45	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	0:59
46	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:00
48	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
49	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:02
50	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
52	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
53	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	1:03
54	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:05
57	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:07
58	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:08
61	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	1:09
62	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
63	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	1:11
65	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:12
68	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14
71	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:15
73	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:16
74	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:17
76	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:18
79	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:19
80	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	1:20
81	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:21
82	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
84	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:23
86	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	1:24
89	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
91	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	1:25
92	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:26
96	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:28
97	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:29
98	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	1:30
99	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:31
100	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:32
101	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:33
103	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	1:34
104	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	1:35
105	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
106	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:36
107	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
108	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:37
109	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:38
111	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	1:39
112	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:40
114	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:41
115	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:43
116	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:44
117	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
118	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
119	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:46
121	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:47
123	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:48
124	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
126	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
127	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	1:50
128	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:52
129	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	1:53
130	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
131	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:54
133	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:55
134	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:56
135	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	1:58
136	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:59
137	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
138	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
140	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:00
141	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
142	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	2:01
143	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	2:02
144	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:03
145	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	2:06
146	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:07
147	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:09
148	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:12
149	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
150	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
151	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
152	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:14
153	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:15
154	Caleb Ewan	INEOS Grenadiers	2:16
155	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:17
156	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:19
157	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	2:20
158	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:25
159	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:26
160	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:28
161	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:34
162	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	2:35
163	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	2:37
164	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:44
165	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:23
166	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	3:57
167	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	5:45

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 7: Stage 1, Vitoria-Gasteiz - Baskonia-Alavés 16.5 km individual time trial

Stage 1 map & profile

Max Schachmann on his way to winning the stage. Getty Photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Vitoria-Gasteiz at 2:20 PM, local time: 19C (66F), fair, with the wind from the north-northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: Itzulia 2025 will start with an individual time trial as was the case last year. An 18.70 km stage with the start and finish at the Buesa Arena stadium in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The first half of the stage includes several steep climbs which may highlight certain small differences. The steep climb to the village of Arzubiaga will be a scoring stage and decide the first winner of the mountain jersey. The terrain is favourable from Libiano, making this section the fastest and most favourable for specialists.

The stage is not expected to produce big differences between the favourites but will nonetheless decide the first rider to lead the Itzulia 2025.

The race: Here's the report from winner Max Schachmann's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Maximilian Schachmann took his first victory since returning to Soudal Quick-Step at the beginning of the year, after a superb display on stage 1 of the Itzulia Basque Country. It was our team’s tenth success of the season, and one that put the 31-year-old at the top of the general classification of this prestigious World Tour race.

Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe rider Florian Lipowitz riding to third place.

Vitoria-Gasteiz welcomed the peloton for the first time in ten years, and the 16.5km stage against the clock held around the capital of the Alava province – despite featuring a third-category climb and some small undulating roads – made for a very fast race, as shown by Schachmann’s average speed: 53.2km/h. The German wasn’t the only Soudal Quick-Step rider to produce a great effort, both Ethan Hayter and Ilan Van Wilder recording strong times that allowed them to finish the stage in the top ten.

“I’m overwhelmed! It’s an amazing feeling to win a World Tour race again, and especially a time trial. It was a hard, high-speed course, with not many sections to recover from the effort, so a short but spicy start, but I left it all out on the road and I’m happy with this success, my fourth in the Basque Country.”

Second-place Joao Almeida.

“The moment I returned to this team a couple of months ago, everybody gave me a warm welcome and a lot of confidence, which was extremely important. We worked hard during the winter with Specialized and Castelli, and all this has paid off. It’s great to take this win and to have three riders in the top ten. It’s a fantastic start for the team here and we’ll continue to do our best this week”, said Max, who holds three jerseys going into Tuesday’s stage between Pamplona and Lodosa: yellow, points and KOM.

Complete results & GC:

GC leader: Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Mountains classification leader: Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Points classification leader: Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Best young rider: Michael Leonard (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

16.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.178 km/hr

1	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	18min 37sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ s.t.
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:01
4	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	0:06
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:11
7	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:12
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:13
10	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	0:16
11	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:18
12	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:20
14	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	0:22
15	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:23
16	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:25
18	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:26
19	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:27
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:28
21	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:33
23	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:34
25	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:41
26	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	0:42
28	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:43
31	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:44
32	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:45
33	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:46
34	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Maxim Van Gils	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
36	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	0:49
37	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	0:53
38	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
40	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:57
41	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
43	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:58
45	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	0:59
46	Axel Zingle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:00
48	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
49	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:02
50	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
52	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
53	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	1:03
54	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:05
57	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:07
58	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:08
61	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	1:09
62	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
63	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	1:11
65	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:12
68	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14
71	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:15
73	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:16
74	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:17
76	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:18
79	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:19
80	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	1:20
81	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:21
82	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
84	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:23
86	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	1:24
89	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
91	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	1:25
92	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:26
96	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:28
97	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:29
98	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	1:30
99	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:31
100	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:32
101	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:33
103	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	1:34
104	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	1:35
105	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
106	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:36
107	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
108	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:37
109	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:38
111	Fabien Grellier	Team TotalEnergies	1:39
112	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:40
114	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:41
115	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:43
116	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:44
117	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
118	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
119	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:46
121	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:47
123	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:48
124	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
126	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
127	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	1:50
128	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:52
129	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	1:53
130	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
131	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:54
133	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:55
134	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:56
135	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	1:57
136	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:59
137	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
138	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
140	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:00
141	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
142	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	2:01
143	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	2:02
144	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:03
145	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	2:04
146	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	2:06
147	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:07
148	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:09
149	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:12
150	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
151	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
152	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
153	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:15
154	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:16
155	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	2:18
156	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:19
157	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	2:20
158	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:21
159	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:25
160	Caleb Ewan	INEOS Grenadiers	2:26
161	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:26
162	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:28
163	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:34
164	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	2:35
165	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	2:37
166	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:44
167	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:29
168	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	3:57

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Start list with back-numbers, April 6, 2025:

	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Joao Almeida
2	Igor Arrieta
3	Vegard Stake Laengen
4	Isaac del Toro
5	Felix Grossschartner
6	Brandon McNulty
7	Marc Soler
	INEOS Grenadiers
11	Omar Fraile
12	Kim Heiduk
13	Victor Langellotti
14	Axel Laurance
15	Michael Leonard
16	Salvatore Puccio
17	Caleb Ewan
	Lidl-Trek
21	Andrea Bagioli
22	Otto Vergaerde
23	Patrick Konrad
24	Bauke Mollema
25	Thibau Nys
26	Quinn Simmons
27	Mattias Skjelmose
	Bahrain Victorious
31	Pello Bilbao
32	Santiago Buitrago
33	Jack Haig
34	Robert Stannard
35	Mathijs Paasschens
36	Finlay Pickering
37	Max van der Meulen
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
41	Alessandro Verre
42	Anthony Delaplace
43	Elie Gesbert
44	Mathis Le Berre
45	Thibault Guernalec
46	Martin Tjøtta
47	Simon Guglielmi
	Cofidis
51	Alex Aranburu
52	Ion Izagirre
53	Jonathan Lastra
54	Jan Maas
55	Stefano Oldani
56	Anthony Perez
57	Sergio Samitier
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
61	Bruno Armirail
62	Clément Berthet
63	Léo Bisiaux
64	Victor Lafay
65	Jordan Labrosse
66	Callum Scotson
67	Bastien Tronchon
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
71	Florian Lipowitz
72	Daniel Martinez
73	Roger Adrià
74	Alexander Hajek
75	Finn Fisher-Black
76	Aleksandr Vlasov
77	Maxim Van Gils
	Movistar Team
81	Enric Mas
82	Jon Barrenetxea
83	Pablo Castrillo
84	Jorge Arcas
85	Gregor Mühlberger
86	Nelson Oliveira
87	Michel Hessmann
	EF Education-EasyPost
91	Ben Healy
92	Archie Ryan
93	Samuele Battistella
94	Alex Baudin
95	Jardi Van Der Lee
96	Markel Beloki
97	Hugh Carthy
	Team TotalEnergies
101	Mathieu Burgaudeau
102	Steff Cras
103	Joris Delbove
104	Fabien Doubey
105	Fabien Grellier
106	Jordan Jegat
107	Mattéo Vercher
	Team Picnic PostNL
111	Warren Barguil
112	Romain Combaud
113	Matthew Dinham
114	Gijs Leemreize
115	Juan Guillermo Martinez
116	Oscar Onley
117	Robbe Dhondt
	Groupama-FDJ
121	Clément Braz Afonso
122	Romain Grégoire
123	Thibaud Gruel
124	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet
125	Rudy Molard
126	Brieuc Rolland
127	Clément Davy
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
131	Jon Aberasturi
132	Mikel Bizkarra
133	Gotzon Martín
134	Xabier Isasa
135	Txomin Juaristi
136	Iker Mintegi
137	Ander Ganzabal
	Soudal Quick-Step
141	Gianmarco Garofoli
142	Ethan Hayter
143	James Knox
144	Max Schachmann
145	Ilan Van Wilder
146	Mauri Vansevenant
147	Louis Vervaeke
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
151	Fabio Van den Bossche
152	Ramses Debruyne
153	Juri Hollmann
154	Jimmy Janssens
155	Luca Vergallito
156	Tobias Bayer
157	Emiel Verstrynge
	Equipo Kern Pharma
161	Ibon Ruiz
162	Pau Miquel Delgado
163	Ivan Cobo
164	Haimar Etxeberria
165	Iñigo Elosegui
166	Unai Iribar
167	Diego Uriarte
	Team Jayco-AlUla
171	Davide De Pretto
172	Edward Dunbar
173	Anders Foldager
174	Alan Hatherly
175	Asbjørn Hellemose
176	Christopher Juul-Jensen
177	Mauro Schmid
	Burgos Burpellet BH
181	Ander Okamika
182	Jambaljamts Sainbayar
183	José Luis Faura
184	Hugo de la Calle
185	Jose Manuel Diaz
186	Eric Fagundez
187	Sinuhé Fernandez
	Intermarché-Wanty
191	Louis Barré
192	Kamiel Bonneu
193	Alexander Kamp
194	Gerben Kuypers
195	Tom Paquot
196	Lorenzo Rota
197	Luca Van Boven
	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
201	Axel Zingle
202	Sepp Kuss
203	Wilco Kelderman
204	Thomas Gloag
205	Ben Tulett
206	Attila Valter
207	Victor Campenaerts
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
211	Fernando Barceló
212	Joan Bou
213	Iúri Leitão
214	Joel Nicolau
215	Thomas Silva
216	Tyler Stites
217	Julen Arriola-Bengoa
	XDS Astana Team
221	Clément Champoussin
222	Anthon Charmig
223	Florian Kajamini
224	Anton Kuzmin
225	Ide Schelling
226	Harold Tejada
227	Simone Velasco
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
231	Marc Hirschi
232	Jacob Eriksson
233	Julian Alaphilippe
234	Yannis Voisard
235	Fabian Weiss
236	Hannes Wilksch
237	Luc Wirtgen

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