Tour of the Basque Country 2024
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Rodriguez wins thriller race, Ayuso takes GC
Door Harmen Lustig The decisive last stage of the the Itzulia Basque Country is an atrittion race if ever there was one. Juan Ayuso strikes in the last climb from a group with yellow jersey Mattias Skjelmose. The Dane can't follow, but Carlos Rodriguez does follow…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Grégoire wins sprint of decimated peloton, Skjelmose still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Romain Grégoire outsprints Orluis Alaur and Maximilian Schachmann in a close finish in the 5th stage of the Itzulia Basque Countru. Mattias Skjelmose stays in the lead of the general classification.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Meintjes wins crash-marred race, Skjelmose new leader
Door Harmen Lustig A crash in the descent of the second of four climbs takes down several riders, including pre-race favourites Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. Following a neutralisation only the lead group continues the race.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024 Route stage 4: Etxarri Aranatz – Legutio
Door Harmen Lustig Thursday 4 April - Stage 4 of the Itzulia Basque Country takes place on a predominantly flat route. Yet, the 157.5 kilometers long race is complicated by four climbs, the last of which is a punchy ramp of 3 kilometres at 8.7% before the final 9.3…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Sprint win Hermans, Roglic still leader
Door Harmen Lustig The 3rd stage of the Itzulia Basque Country boils down to a sprint of a decimated peloton. Quinten Hermans takes the spoils, while Primoz Roglic stays in the overall race lead
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Lapeira wins chaotic sprint, Roglic still leader
Door Harmen Lustig The 2nd stage of the Itzulia Basque Country comes down to a sprint finish. Paul Lapeira takes the spoils in a chaotic and rain-soaked finale, while Primoz Roglic stays in the lead of the general classification. Mattias Skjelmose sits in second,…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Roglic wins ITT to take race lead
Door Harmen Lustig Primoz Roglic won the ITT on the first day of the Itzulia Basque Country ahead of Jay Vine and Mattias Skjelmose. Obviously, the Sloven is the first leader on GC.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: 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. All big guns start early. Cyclingstage.com brings you the most important starting times.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: The Route
Door Harmen Lustig The Itzulia Basque Country set off on Monday with an ITT and finishes this Saturday with an attrition race in the Eibar region. As always, punchers and climbers find a fair share of their favourite terrain, although there is no uphill finish this week.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: Riders
Door Harmen Lustig Itzulia Basque Country is a race for climbers and punchers, although this year's edition will see no uphill finishes. Still, climbing legs are a prerequisite, which shows on the entry list. Title defender Jonas Vingegaard faces competition from…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024: GC Favourites
Door Harmen Lustig Tour de France pretenders Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic go head to head in the Basque Country. The favourites for next July's showdown aim to floor their rivals and draw first blood. Cyclingstage.com takes a look at all…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024 Route stage 1: Irun - Irun
Door Harmen Lustig Monday 1 April - The Itzulia Basue Country kicks off with an ITT. The 10 kilometres long route features an elevation gain of 164 metres.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024 Route stage 2: Irun - Kanbo
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday 2 April - The 2nd stage of the Itzulia Basque Country is entirely played out in the French part of the cycling loving region west of the Pyrenees. The 160 kilometres long route takes in an elevation gain of 2,300 metres.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024 Route stage 3: Ezpeleta – Altsasu
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday 3 April - The longest stage of the Itzulia Basque Country adds up to 190.9 kilometres. While the elevation gain exceeds 3,000 metres, the race features six climbs, but the last 18 kilometres are played out on the flat.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024 Route stage 5: Vitoria-Gasteiz – Amorebieta-Etxano
Door Harmen Lustig Friday 5 April - The 5th stage of the Itzulia Basque Country takes in three climbs and an elevation gain of 2,220 metres. Virtually all climbing is done in the last 100 kilometres of the 175.9 kilometres long race.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2024 Route stage 6: Eibar - Eibar
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday 6 April - An elevation gain of 3,400 metres on a 137.8 kilometres route with seven classified climbs. The Itzulia's Basque Country's last stage is a carbon copy of last year's last stage. Which was won by Jonas Vingegaard with a clear margin.