Tour of the Basque Country 2025
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Almeida outsprints Mas to seal GC
Door Harmen Lustig João Almeida outsprints Enric Mas in a two-man finish in Eibar to secure the overall victory. Mas finishes the Tour of the Basque Country in second place, with Maximilian Schachmann taking third.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Healy caps off long solo ride, Almeida stays in yellow
Door Harmen Lustig With roughly 55 kilometres to go, Ben Healy powers away from his breakaway companions – Pello Bilbao, Alex Baudin, Bruno Armirail, Warren Barguil, and Julian Alaphilippe. The Irishman never looks back and storms to a dominant solo victory. The…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Double win Almeida in Markina-Xemein
Door Harmen Lustig João Almeida drops his rivals on the steep final climb of stage 4 of the Itzulia Basque Country. He crests the top with a half-minute lead and manages to hold onto it during the descent to the finish. The Portuguese thus claims the stage win and…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Aranburu wins thrilling stage, Schachmann cements lead
Door Harmen Lustig The riders put on a show from start to finish in the 3rd stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. Alex Aranburu takes the spoils with a late attack, while Maximilian Schachmann crosses the line in third to strengthen his lead in the general…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Sprint triumph Ewan, Schachmann still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Caleb Ewan makes the most of the only sprint opportunity in the Tour of the Basque Country, while Maximilian Schachmann holds on to the overall lead.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Schachmann wins ITT to take race lead
Door Harmen Lustig Maximilian Schachmann storms to victory in the flat opening time trial around Vitoria-Gasteiz. The German rider takes the lead in the general classification. João Almeida is in second place on the same time, with Florian Lipowitz in third, just 1…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Start times ITT
Door Harmen Lustig As early as the first day, GC contenders are expected to step up, as the Itzulia Basque Country opens with an ITT. Cyclingstage.com brings you the most important start times.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Route
Door Harmen Lustig The 2025 Itzulia Basque Country started on Monday, 7 April, and finished on Saturday, the 12th. As always, punchers and climbers found a fair share of their favourite terrain, although there was no real uphill finish.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: Riders
Door Harmen Lustig Who were riding the Itzulia Basque Country in 2025?
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025: GC Favourites
Door Harmen Lustig The big guns of cycling are not present in the Itzulia Basque Country, paving the way for the lesser gods to ignite the fireworks in one of the most interesting stage races on the calendar.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025 Route stage 1: Vitoria-Gasteiz - Vitoria-Gasteiz
Door Harmen Lustig Monday, 7 April - The Itzulia Basue Country kicks off with an ITT. The route is set to the northeast of cycling hotbed Vitoria-Gasteiz.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025 Route stage 2: Pamplona - Lodosa
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday, 8 April – Stage 2 of the Tour of the Basque Country takes the riders on a 186.6-kilometre journey from Pamplona to Lodosa. By Basque standards, the amount of climbing is modest - roughly 2,000 metres.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025 Route stage 3: Zarautz - Beasain
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday, 9 April – Stage 3 of the Tour of the Basque Country takes the riders over hilly terrain from Zarautz to Beasain. They are to conquer 3,170 metres of climbing over a 156.3-kilometre route, while the last ramp – 1.4 kilometres at 10%…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025 Route stage 4: Beasain - Markina-Xemein
Door Harmen Lustig Thursday, 10 April – Stage 4 of the Tour of the Basque Country takes the riders on 169.6-kilometre journey from Beasain to Markina-Xemein. The route packs in over 2,800 metres of climbing, The finale features a 3.5-kilometre ascent at 10.6%,…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025 Route stage 5: Urduña - Gernika-Lumo
Door Harmen Lustig Friday, 11 April – The penultimate stage of the Tour of the Basque Country is a 172.4-kilometre race with over 2,500 metres of elevation gain. Not necessarily one for the GC contenders, but stage hunters will surely have their sights set on…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2025 Route stage 6: Eibar - Eibar
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday 12 April – The final stage of the Tour of the Basque Country serves up over 3,500 metres of climbing across a route of 153.6 kilometres. There are seven KOM worthy ascents and the riders regularly face gradients well into double digits.