Itzulia Basque Country 2025, April 7th-12th

[Unchained]

Guy making bold moves, riding great, positive attacking racing..Alex Aranburu..guy is doing a solid race so far.

 

[Red Rick]

By the way, was this the same side as the 2016 ITT?

 

[zlev11]

will be fun to see how Almeida chokes this one away

 

[Mayomaniac]

will be fun to see how Almeida chokes this one away

I was thinking the same, I have to admit that one.

 

[Netserk]

By the way, was this the same side as the 2016 ITT?

No, that was Krabellin. This was like the third last climb in the stage before in 2016.

 

[Escarabajo]

Meme performance from Bahrain

Does anyone know what happened? It looked like Santiago's legs froze up halfway through the climb. That was the strangest thing.

 

[Netserk]

!!! @Aranburu:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1910384812633846003

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1910384812633846003

 

[search]

Does anyone know what happened? It looked like Santiago's legs froze up halfway through the climb. That was the strangest thing.

as the same happened yesterday, I'd think he just isn't in shape yet again after his crash in Paris-Nice.

 

[Lequack]

This 2025 Almeida is really on another level, quite exciting. Would be a shame if they just used him for domestique duties in the GTs.

 

[scribers]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1910349735921147947

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1910349735921147947?s=46&t=X4NqNG7J5ZQ-MxPOi53ECQ

 

[Peyroteo94]

Jao Almida really strong here, real ciclisimo

Jao? This is not the brazilian "singer" (if we can call him singer...)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1910349735921147947

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1910349735921147947?s=46&t=X4NqNG7J5ZQ-MxPOi53ECQ

He was getting dropped quite easily in a descent so it was probably me.

 

[KZD]

Very impressive win from Almeida, not just his climbing but also his descending. Lipowitz was a bit below what I expected.

Surprising to see Aranburu climbing so well.

 

[scribers]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1910349735921147947

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1910349735921147947?s=46&t=X4NqNG7J5ZQ-MxPOi53ECQ

I damn near podiumed!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Jao? This is not the brazilian "singer" (if we can call him singer...)

 

[search]

Today's final (uncategorized) climb, topping at 14k to go:

the grey part is on concrete (unless they resurfaced it for the race):

The descent (on good roads) ends with 7k to go. There's another little bump on the run-in to the finish

 

[jonan92]

Rain is expected for tomorrow's stage

 

[Peyroteo94]

Rain is expected for tomorrow's stage

Bad news!

 

[altigraphs]

Hey guys, get to know today's stage a little bit better

Stage 5: Orduña > Gernika-Lumo​

🏷️ Mountain stage
📏 Distance: 174 km
📈 Distance: 3,022 m
⛰️ Climbs: 4

🔗 Map and profile: https://www.altigraphs.com/en/itzulia-basque-country-2025/stage-5-stage-5

Climbs​

Las Campas (km 19)

🏷️ Category 4
📏 Distance: 1.46 km
📈 Ascent: 117 m
📐 Average gradient: 8.04 %

🔗 Map and profile: https://www.altigraphs.com/en/climb-profile/33gras/las-campas

Sarasola (km 61)

🏷️ Category 4
📏 Distance: 3.01 km
📈 Ascent: 108 m
📐 Average gradient: 3.59 %

🔗 Map and profile: https://www.altigraphs.com/en/climb-profile/v7gqbg/sarasola-from-ermitabarri-ibarra


Aretxabalgane / Alto de Morga (km 93)

🏷️ Category 3
📏 Distance: 4.58 km
📈 Ascent: 245 m
📐 Average gradient: 5.36 %

🔗 Map and profile: https://www.altigraphs.com/en/climb-profile/by0ewb/aretxabalgane-alto-de-morga-from-goikolea

Errigoiti (km 106)

🏷️ Category 3
📏 Distance: 4.84 km
📈 Ascent: 193 m
📐 Average gradient: 4.01 %

🔗 Map and profile: https://www.altigraphs.com/en/climb-profile/41tht5/errigoiti-from-olabarri

 

[jonan92]

Uncategorized climbs

Akorda

Nabarniz

And Zallobante's profile has been posted above

Today there are some south wind gusts. Tomorrow could be troublesome, there is a yellow level warning due to storms bringing heavy rain and possibility of small hail

 

[search]

Instead of Bahrain chasing all day, they sent Buitrago on the attack from the start today. The group only has a couple of seconds, though.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Alaphiliple and Bilbao in the breakway. Cycling fans around the world suddenly tuning into this transitional stage

 

[search]

Visma already lost one rider crashing out early. Surprisingly it's Zingle, not Kelderman.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Alaphiliple and Bilbao in the breakway. Cycling fans around the world suddenly tuning into this transitional stage

Why I do not know, but I have this tiny little feeling that this will cause Almeida to loose the race lead to Schachmann for yet unforeseeable reasons.

 

[ice&fire]

Why I do not know, butI have this tiny little feeling that this will cause Almeida to loose the race lead to Schachmann for yet unforeseeable reasons.

Almeida following Roglic's footsteps?