Tour of the Basque Country 2021: Roglic wins ITT to take race lead

fotobureau Cor VosPrimoz 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. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 1st stage 2021 Itzulia Basque Country

1. Primoz Roglic (slo) 17.17
2. Brandon McNulty (usa) + 0.02
3. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.18
4. Tobias Foss (Nor) + 0.24
5. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.28
6. Adam Yates (gbr) s.t.
7. Patrick Bevin (nzl) s.t.
8. Ide Schelling (nld) + 0.29
9. Alex Aranburu (spa) + 0.30
10. Maximilian Schachmann (ger) + 0.31

11. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 0.36
13. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 0.38
14. Jakob Fuglsang (den) + 0.39
19. Alejandro Valverde (spa) + 0.43
21. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 0.45
24. Emanuel Buchmann (ger) + 0.47
26. Mikel Landa (spa) + 0.49
28. Sergio Higuita (col) + 0.53
38. Hugh Carthy (gbr) + 1.06
40. Michael Woods (can) + 1.07
42. Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr) + 1.08
43. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 1.09
54. David Gaudu (fra) + 1.15
56. Enric Mas (spa) + 1.17
69. Bauke Mollema (nld) + 1.25
74. Guillaume Martin (fra) + 1.29
89. Esteban Chaves (col) + 1.38

Intermediate
1. Brandon McNulty (usa) 7.42
2. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.03
3. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 0.05