Edition 60 of the Tour of the Basque Country sets off from Eibar on Monday 5 April for a mountainous first leg with a summit finish near the Sanctuary of Arrate. The 2nd stage finishes uphill after a 3.1 kilometres haul up at 11.1%, while stage 3 serves 4,000 vertical metres. Woops! The 6-day stage race concludes with an ITT for climbers in Bilbao on Saturday the 10th. (Slideshow route/profile)
Read about the 2021 route of the ‘Itzulia Basque Country’.
Ion Izagirre won his home race in 2019. The Basque rider outgunned Dan Martin and Emanuel Buchmann on GC. The 2020 edition was postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Another interesting read: winners and records in the Tour of the Basque Country.
Click on the links in underneath scheme for in-depth information on individual stages.
Tour of the Basque Country 2021 stages:
| date | route | km | type | results | winner | leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-4 | Tour of the Basque Country route stage 1 Eibar – Arrate Santuary | 160.2 | hills | |||
| 2 | 6-4 | Tour of the Basque Country route stage 2 Amurrio – Santa María del Yermo | 162.8 | hills | |||
| 3 | 7-4 | Tour of the Basque Country route stage 3 Vitoria-Gasteiz – Ibardin | 198.0 | mountains | |||
| 4 | 8-4 | Tour of the Basque Country route stage 4 Berra – Errentería | 175.3 | hills | |||
| 5 | 9-4 | Tour of the Basque Country route stage 5 Errentería – Sestao | 180.0 | flat | |||
| 6 | 10-4 | Tour of the Basque Country route stage 6 Bilbao – Bilbao | 21.1 | ITT |
Tour of the Basque Country 2021: routes, profiles, more
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