Tour of the Basque Country 2026
Axel Laurance won the 3rd stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, while Paul Seixas retained the overall lead. In the next stage, the riders tackle eight climbs along the way before finishing on a punchy ramp. The queen stage is on the menu for Friday, while the six-day race concludes on Saturday with a compact climbing stage.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2026: Laurance outpowers Arrieta, Seixas still leader
It takes a long while before a break finally forms, but eventually sixteen riders get clear. Axel Laurance and Igor Arrieta slip away on the run-up to the last climb of the day. In the streets of Basauri, Laurance outsprints Arrieta for the win, while his countryman Paul Seixas remains comfortably in the overall lead.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2026 Route stage 4: Galdakao - Galdakao
Thursday 9 April – Eight climbs are on the menu on the Tour of the Basque Country stage from and to Galdakao, a suburb of Bilbao. Covering 167.2 kilometres and featuring 3,137 metres of climbing, the course is a dream for punchers, with the final kilometre rising at 9% to the line.
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Cycling Calendar 2026
Throughout the year, Cyclingstage.com covers the races we are passionate about – including the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, but there's so much more… Please take a look at our 2026 cycling calendar!
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Tour of the Basque Country 2026: Route
The Tour of the Basque Country starts this coming Monday and finishes on Saturday 11 April. The riders face plenty of climbing, often at brutal gradients, but there are no long finishing climbs. Instead, the finish line is placed several times on punchy uphill ramps. Over six days, the riders tackle 16,291 metres of climbing on an 809.6-kilometre route.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2026: Riders
The firepower in the Basque Country is impressive. Isaac del Toro, Juan Ayuso, Paul Seixas, Primoz Roglic, Ben Healy, Mattias Skjelmose and Tobias Halland Johannessen are among the riders fighting for the GC. Who else is riding the race locally known as the Itzulia Basque Country?
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Paris - Roubaix 2026: Route
Sunday, 12 April – Also known as the ‘Hell of the North’, Paris–Roubaix is one of the oldest and most challenging one-day races, with riders having to endure a daunting gauntlet of cobbled sectors before finishing in the Roubaix Velodrome. This year’s route covers 258.3 kilometres, with all thirty cobbled sectors concentrated in the final 165 kilometres.
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