Tour of the Basque Country 2021
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Gaudu wins final stage, Roglic takes GC
Door Harmen Lustig Following a frantic opening Primoz Roglic takes the reins on the steep Krabelin climb. David Gaudu wins the stage ahead, while the Slovene takes the overall victory. Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar round out the podium.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Honoré wins from breakaway, McNulty still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Deceunick-QuickStep riders Josef Cerny and Mikkel Frølich Honoré drop their breakaway companion Julien Bernard in the last 5 kilometres. Honoré takes the win, while Brandon McNulty stays in the overall race lead.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Izagirre wins six-up sprint, McNulty new leader
Door Harmen Lustig Ion Izagirre takes the 4th stage of the Itzulia Basque Country. The Basque wins a six-up sprint ahead of Pello Bilbao and Brandon McNulty. The young American moves into the overall race lead.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Pogacar wins clash of titans, Roglic retains lead
Door Harmen Lustig The 3rd stage of the Tour of the Basque Country comes down to the excessively steep finish climb. Tadej Pogacar outguns Primoz Roglic on the line, while Alejandro Valverde finishes in third. Roglic stays in the overall race lead, Pogacar moves up…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Aranburu brings late attack home, Roglic still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Alex Aranburu attacks in the descent of the last climb of the 2nd stage of the Itzulia Basque Country. The home rider holds off the chasers to solo to triumph. Primoz Roglic keeps the overall race lead, while Aranburu moves up to second and…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Roglic wins ITT to take race lead
Door Harmen Lustig Primoz Roglic wins the ITT opener of the Itzulia Basque Country ahead of Brandon McNulty and Jonas Vingegaard. The Slovene puts 28 seconds into his GC rivals Adam Yates and Tadej Pogacar and is the first overall race leader.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Stage 1: Starting times ITT
Door Harmen Lustig On the first day of the Itzulia Basque Country GC contenders are expected to step up in a demanding ITT. Cyclingstage.com brings you the most important starting times.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: The Route
Door Harmen Lustig Itzulia Basque Country kicked into gear on Monday 5 April to finish on Saturday the 10th with an attrition race to the Arrate Sanctuary.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Riders
Door Harmen Lustig Itzulia Basque Country is a race for climbers and punchers. Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and Adam Yates are headlining the impressive start list of the Tour of the Basque Country.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021: GC Favourites
Door Harmen Lustig The Itzulia Basque Country is this season's first clash of last year's Tour de France titans. But Pogacar and Roglic are not the only big guns at the start in Bilbao. Cyclingstage.com takes a closer look at the major contenders to win the 2021…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Route stage 1: ITT in Bilbao
Door Harmen Lustig Monday 5 April - The Itzulia Basque Country opens with a trying 13.9 kilometres ITT. Taking in a 2.6 kilometres climb to start, the last 600 metres to the line ramp up to 19%.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Route stage 2: Zalla - Sestao
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday 6 April - At 154.8 kilometres, the 2nd stage of the Itzulia Basque Country leads on lumpy terrain from Zalla to Sestao. The last peak is crested with 14 kilometres remaining, while the home straight also points uphill.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Route stage 3: Amurrio - Ermualde
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday 7 April - At 167.7 kilometres, the 3rd stage on the Itzulia Basque Country travels from Amurrio to Ermualde. With two steep climbs in quick succession the finale is expected to detonate the fireworks. The last 3.1 kilometres rise at…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Route stage 4: Vitoria-Gasteiz - Hondarrabia
Door Harmen Lustig Thursday 8 April - Stage 4 on the Itzulia Basque Country is 189.2 kilometres long and includes four ascents. The last one, Erlaitz, is crested with 22 kilometres remaining.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Route stage 5: Hondarribia - Ondarroa
Door Harmen Lustig Friday 9 april - The 5th stage on the Itzulia Basque Country is played out on a lumpy route of 160.2 kilometres. The race from Hondarribia to Ondorroa is likely to see a clash of strong fast finishers.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Route stage 6: Ondarroa - Arrate
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday 10 April - The Itzulia Basque Country finishes in fine style. At 11.9 kilometres, the route is packed with seven intermediate climbs before the final ascent to Arrate Sanctuary kicks in: 4.5 kilometres at 8.9%.