Itzulia Basque Country 2024, April 1-6

[Bertram Wooster]

I thought A Yates was going to this?

He withdrew a couple of days ago. Probably still injured.

 

[chickenlips]

9 pages worth and not a stage started yet. Wow.

 

[Lequack]

Landa and his helper

Also, Remco has a new buzzcut. How could he do this to us!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1774490788321186150

View: https://twitter.com/soudalquickstep/status/1774490788321186150?s=20

 

[Froome]

Landa and his helper

Also, Remco has a new buzzcut. How could he do this to us!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1774490788321186150

View: https://twitter.com/soudalquickstep/status/1774490788321186150?s=20

Marginal gains, with less hair, Remco lost some grams.

 

[Netserk]

Marginal gains, with less hair, Remco lost some grams.

When Landa shows him his numbers, he will *** himself and lose a bit more.

 

[Unchained]

So the best GC riders should give up there chance of winning the stage because there are TT riders that can start earlier?

Last sentence was to clarify that if you can’t make tactical decisions the playing field should be leveled. How? I don’t know, that’s not my point.

Your points are valid but to make money it's way better to not stack all the best riders way late in the day for start times. You have people in the street and in lots of small towns races get great word of mouth from local retailers and fellow tiny town governments, that hosting a race is good for the economy if only for a day or 2.
If you put all the best at the end you see a bunch of pack fill that are not posting fast times and many cycling fans know that Conti riders or regular domestique grunts are not fast, not going to win and are not worth watching.
All the best races have some local announcements and if you get multiple lead changes in the last @20 riders people enjoy it.
AndEuskitel, Kern,BH, Caja Rural may get a good ride out of someone, usually stacked with Spanish riders, but depending on starting order, I wouldn't miss breakfast or my next beer to stand on the streets to watch most members of their squads, no disrespect, just want to see UAE and Bora, Soudal,and Visma..

 

[Red Rick]

When Landa shows him his numbers, he will *** himself and lose a bit more.

I heard Landa showed Remco his CdA on TT bike and Remco is traumatized.

 

[search]

I didn't notice that it's an anniversary edition. Any idea if parts of the route may be related to that?

 

[DNP-Old]

14.22 Bilbao
14.23 Ayuso
14.30 Roglic
14.32 Vingegaard
14.47 McNulty
14.57 Evenepoel

Broadcast goes live at ....... 15.30. Great.

 

[Rob5091]

Looking at a few websites it'll be windy until about 16.00 then it'll rain, so it's not surprising the favourites are going out early. So it'll be follow on text only. First rider off at 14.10 CET.

 

[tobydawq]

14.22 Bilbao
14.23 Ayuso
14.30 Roglic
14.32 Vingegaard
14.47 McNulty
14.57 Evenepoel

Broadcast goes live at ....... 15.30. Great.

Lol

 

[tobydawq]

Ayuso to win his 4th WT ITT within a year?

 

[DNP-Old]

I can't wait to see this battle between Pieter Serry, Johannes Staunte-Mittet, Roger Adria and Rudy Porter.

 

[search]

Ayuso can win this, I think, but going by the current forecast, conditions should more or less be the same for all of those starting early.

Does anyone have the full starting order?

 

[Netserk]

I didn't notice that it's an anniversary edition. Any idea if parts of the route may be related to that?

Stages​

Date	Day		Stage	KM
07/08	Thursday		Stage 1 | Bilbao - Pamplona	182
08/08	Friday		Stage 2 | Pamplona - San Sebastián	268
09/08			Restday
10/08	Sunday		Stage 3 | San Sebastián - Bilbao	173

Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco 1924

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[DNP-Old]

Ayuso can win this, I think, but going by the current forecast, conditions should more or less be the same for all of those starting early.

Does anyone have the full starting order?

 

[Didinho]

Ayuso to win his 4th WT ITT within a year?

Was my favorite tomorrow.

 

[Netserk]

Ayuso can win this, I think, but going by the current forecast, conditions should more or less be the same for all of those starting early.

Does anyone have the full starting order?

livetracker

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[QueenStagiaire]

Luckily we get those two-minute intervals so we can process Anton Kuzmin‘s blistering time by the time Lorenzo Rota comes in.

 

[Red Rick]

Team leaders go early, and SQS know who the real team leader is

 

[tobydawq]

livetracker

racecenter.itzulia.eus

14:10 237 Damien Howson Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 14:11 226 Eric Fagundez Burgos-BH 14:12 217 Gorka Sorarrain Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14:13 201 Nicola Conci Alpecin-Deceuninck 14:14 192 Pablo Castrillo Equipo Kern Pharma 14:15 181 Felix Gall Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 14:16 171 Gotzon Martín Euskaltel-Euskadi 14:17 166 Tom Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers 14:18 157 Emils Liepins Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 14:19 141 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 14:20 131 Samuele Battistella Astana Qazaqstan Team 14:21 124 Tom Paquot Intermarché-Wanty 14:22 111 Pello Bilbao Bahrain Victorious 14:23 101 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 14:24 97 Harrison Wood Cofidis 14:25 81 David Gaudu Groupama-FDJ 14:26 75 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek 14:27 61 Lucas Hamilton Team Jayco-AlUla 14:28 56 Lukasz Owsian ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 14:29 42 Alexander Cepeda EF Education-EasyPost 14:30 31 Primoz Roglic BORA-hansgrohe 14:31 23 Davide Formolo Movistar Team 14:32 1 Jonas Vingegaard Team Visma | Lease a Bike 14:33 14 Mikel Landa Soudal Quick-Step 14:34 234 David De La Cruz Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 14:35 225 Aaron Gate Burgos-BH 14:36 216 Thomas Silva Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14:37 202 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 14:38 197 Ibon Ruiz Equipo Kern Pharma 14:39 183 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 14:40 177 Enekoitz Azparren Euskaltel-Euskadi 14:41 161 Carlos Rodriguez INEOS Grenadiers 14:42 154 Enzo Leijnse Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 14:43 142 Steff Cras TotalEnergies 14:44 135 Martin López Astana Qazaqstan Team 14:45 121 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Wanty 14:46 114 Santiago Buitrago Bahrain Victorious 14:47 105 Brandon Mcnulty UAE Team Emirates 14:48 92 Thomas Champion Cofidis 14:49 83 Romain Grégoire Groupama-FDJ 14:50 71 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek 14:51 63 Edward Dunbar Team Jayco-AlUla 14:52 54 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 14:53 43 Esteban Chaves EF Education-EasyPost 14:54 34 Jai Hindley BORA-hansgrohe 14:55 26 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team 14:56 3 Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike 14:57 11 Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step 14:58 231 Xabier Azparren Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 14:59 227 Jetse Bol Burgos-BH 15:00 215 Eduard Prades Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 15:01 203 Jimmy Janssens Alpecin-Deceuninck 15:02 196 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 15:03 182 Bruno Armirail Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 15:04 172 Iker Mintegi Euskaltel-Euskadi 15:05 162 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers 15:06 156 Martijn Tusveld Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 15:07 144 Jordan Jegat TotalEnergies 15:08 134 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan Team 15:09 127 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Wanty 15:10 115 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious 15:11 104 Isaac Del Toro UAE Team Emirates 15:12 93 Simon Geschke Cofidis 15:13 85 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ 15:14 72 Andrea Bagioli Lidl-Trek 15:15 62 Davide De Pretto Team Jayco-AlUla 15:16 57 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 15:17 44 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost 15:18 37 Matteo Sobrero BORA-hansgrohe 15:19 21 Alex Aranburu Movistar Team 15:20 6 Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike 15:21 15 William Junior Lecerf Soudal Quick-Step 15:22 235 Mark Donovan Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 15:23 221 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos-BH 15:24 214 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 15:25 204 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck 15:26 191 Unai Iribar Equipo Kern Pharma 15:27 187 Nans Peters Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 15:28 174 Xabier Berasategi Euskaltel-Euskadi 15:29 165 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 15:30 155 Oscar Onley Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 15:31 146 Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies 15:32 133 Igor Chzhan Astana Qazaqstan Team 15:33 122 Vito Braet Intermarché-Wanty 15:34 113 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 15:35 107 Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates 15:36 96 Stefano Oldani Cofidis 15:37 84 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ 15:38 73 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek 15:39 64 Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco-AlUla 15:40 51 Clément Champoussin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 15:41 45 Archie Ryan EF Education-EasyPost 15:42 36 Max Schachmann BORA-hansgrohe 15:43 22 Jon Barrenetxea Movistar Team 15:44 2 Steven Kruijswijk Team Visma | Lease a Bike 15:45 17 Louis Vervaeke Soudal Quick-Step 15:46 232 Matteo Badilatti Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 15:47 224 Jesus Ezquerra Burgos-BH 15:48 213 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 15:49 205 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck 15:50 193 Ivan Cobo Equipo Kern Pharma 15:51 186 Paul Lapeira Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 15:52 176 James Fouche Euskaltel-Euskadi 15:53 163 Omar Fraile INEOS Grenadiers 15:54 151 Warren Barguil Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 15:55 143 Fabien Doubey TotalEnergies 15:56 136 Ide Schelling Astana Qazaqstan Team 15:57 125 Kevin Colleoni Intermarché-Wanty 15:58 116 Jasha Sütterlin Bahrain Victorious 15:59 106 Marc Soler UAE Team Emirates 16:00 94 Gorka Izagirre Cofidis 16:01 86 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ 16:02 74 Fabio Felline Lidl-Trek 16:03 66 Christopher Juul-Jensen Team Jayco-AlUla 16:04 52 Elie Gesbert ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 16:05 47 Markel Beloki EF Education-EasyPost 16:06 33 Emanuel Buchmann BORA-hansgrohe 16:07 24 Pelayo Sanchez Movistar Team 16:08 7 Milan Vader Team Visma | Lease a Bike 16:09 13 James Knox Soudal Quick-Step 16:10 233 Filippo Conca Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 16:11 223 Karel Vacek Burgos-BH 16:12 212 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16:13 206 Stan Van Tricht Alpecin-Deceuninck 16:14 195 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma 16:15 185 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 16:16 175 Txomin Juaristi Euskaltel-Euskadi 16:17 167 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 16:18 153 Gijs Leemreize Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 16:19 145 Alan Jousseaume TotalEnergies 16:20 132 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan Team 16:21 123 Alexy Faure-Prost Intermarché-Wanty 16:22 117 Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain Victorious 16:23 103 Sjoerd Bax UAE Team Emirates 16:24 91 Ion Izagirre Cofidis 16:25 82 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ 16:26 77 Natnael Tesfazion Lidl-Trek 16:27 67 Mauro Schmid Team Jayco-AlUla 16:28 53 Alessandro Verre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 16:29 41 Rigoberto Uran EF Education-EasyPost 16:30 35 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 16:31 25 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team 16:32 4 Loe Van Belle Team Visma | Lease a Bike 16:33 12 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step 16:34 236 Carl Fredrik Hagen Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 16:35 222 Victor Langellotti Burgos-BH 16:36 211 Orluis Aular Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16:37 207 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Deceuninck 16:39 194 Jon Agirre Equipo Kern Pharma 16:41 184 Jaakko Hänninen Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 16:43 173 Victor De La Parte Euskaltel-Euskadi 16:45 164 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 16:47 152 Romain Combaud Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 16:49 147 Alexis Vuillermoz TotalEnergies 16:51 137 Anton Kuzmin Astana Qazaqstan Team 16:53 126 Lorenzo Rota Intermarché-Wanty 16:55 112 Yukiya Arashiro Bahrain Victorious 16:57 102 Igor Arrieta UAE Team Emirates 16:59 95 Jonathan Lastra Cofidis 17:01 87 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 17:03 76 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek 17:05 65 Rudy Porter Team Jayco-AlUla 17:07 55 Laurens Huys ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 17:09 46 James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost 17:11 32 Roger Adrià BORA-hansgrohe 17:13 27 Gonzalo Serrano Movistar Team 17:15 5 Johannes Staune-Mittet Team Visma | Lease a Bike 17:17 16 Pieter Serry Soudal Quick-Step

Great post

 

[Peyroteo94]

Poor Kuss. He will be caught by Remco

 

[Berniece]

Team leaders go early, and SQS know who the real team leader is

I think they do it for more insights

 

[CyclistAbi]

The conditions could be better or worse, nobody can really predict that and indeed there could be more insight involved, still i find it a bit strange Remco doesn't want to ride in the same conditions as Rogla and Jonas. But OK this are less important things now. Aiming for the overall you will need to produce great ITT tomorrow.

Vamos Rogla! Time to beat Jonas.

 

[Froome]

The conditions could be better or worse, nobody can really predict that and indeed there could be more insight involved, still i find it a bit strange Remco doesn't want to ride in the same conditions as Rogla and Jonas. But OK this are less important things now. Aiming for the overall you will need to produce great ITT tomorrow.

Vamos Rogla! Time to beat Jonas.

Why Remco doesn't want to ride in the same conditions as rogla and jonas? What happened?