Tour of the Basque Country 2024: The Route

Tour of the Basque Country 2024The 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.

Stage 1 is a 10 kilometres long ITT. The route features a 1.7 kilometres climb at 5.2%, plus two short and sharp ramps – the first shortly after the start, the second just before the finish.

The 2nd stage is played out on a 160 kilometres long route with an elevation gain of 2,300 metres. The race goes up and down from start to finish. Although the hills in itself are hardly worth mentioning, it’s the sheer repetition that will wear the riders out.

The longest race of the week adds up to 190.9 kilometres. While featuring six climbs, the elevation gain of stage 3 exceeds 3,000 metres – yet, the final 18 kilometres are a flat run-in to the line.

Stage 4 features prolonged sections on the flat, but also four climbs, the last three of which are situated on the 50 kilometres long finishing circuit. The final uphill is a punchy ramp of 3 kilometres at 8.7% before the last 9.3 kilometres are as good as flat.

Following a 5.5 kilometres climb at 9.5% around the midway marker, the 5th stage comes down to 1.5 runs on a 27 kilometres long finishing circuit. The lap features two short climbs and these are both featured twice. The Muniketa Gaina is 3.5 kilometres long and averages 7.3% and the other one – unclassified – slopes for 1.7 kilometres at 4.4%. The last 4.6 kilometres go downhill in the first half and then flatten out.

The decisive final stage of the Itzulia Basque Country boasts an elevation gain of 3,400 metres on a 137.8 kilometres route with seven classified ascents. The last climb is crested with 22 kilometes to go before the downhill leads onto a false flat run-in to the finish line in Eibar.

Tour of the Basque Country 2024: route, profiles, more

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