Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Dazed and Confused]

Great race action today. Chapeau to the riders.

 

[pelotonIQ]

He tried, unfortunately weak domestiques and questionable decision from the DS to let big break go which cost him todays stage.

 

[saunaking]

That was so great!
But what happened with Seixas?
Did he finish behind the 3 guys he was with?
Was hard to keep track of what happened there as he hit the climb in a small group but didn't seem to drop them

 

[Valv.Piti]

Great stage!

"But its too hard"

 

[RedheadDane]

The group configurations changed like a million times in the last 500 metres.

 

[burning]

I guess Cofidis needed to fire Vasseur like 5 years ago

 

[Valv.Piti]

That was so great!
But what happened with Seixas?
Did he finish behind the 3 guys he was with?
Was hard to keep track of what happened there as he hit the climb in a small group but didn't seem to drop them

Seixas was hardpulling in the valley with a bit of help by Arrieta, and Bilbao and especially Izagirre profited from that on the climb

 

[Brullnux]

Deserved win for Aranburu, he was definitely the strongest breakaway rider.

Great to see G2 not doing G2 things.

 

[pastronef]

Direction absolutely matches the state of cycling in 2026.

?

 

[Heston]

That was so great!
But what happened with Seixas?
Did he finish behind the 3 guys he was with?
Was hard to keep track of what happened there as he hit the climb in a small group but didn't seem to drop them

Yes Seixas got dropped by Izagirre

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Seixas dropped by grandpa Ion. Shortest alien period since Padun in the Dauphine?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Izagirre records the shortest non-zero time ever at the front of a race other than by the winner of a sprint.

 

[burning]

Seixas dropped by grandpa Ion. Shortest alien period since Padun in the Dauphine?

Eh, Seixas was pulling like a mad man for no reason instead of waiting for the group

 

[BubbaChuck]

ok jonas looks safe this year,lol.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage result:

1	Aranburu Alex	Cofidis	50	50	10″	3:55:15
2	Johannessen Tobias Halland	Uno-X Mobility	30	30	6″	0:04
3	Scaroni Christian	XDS Astana Team	25	18	4″	0:06
4	Izagirre Ion	Cofidis	20	13		0:07
5	Martin Guillaume	Groupama - FDJ United	15	10	2″	0:13
6	Bilbao Pello	Bahrain - Victorious	10	7		0:14
7	López Juan Pedro	Movistar Team	8	4		,,
8	Seixas Paul	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	6	3		,,
9	Fortunato Lorenzo	XDS Astana Team	3	2		0:17
10	Arrieta Igor	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	1	1		0:24

 

[ingsve]

THJ keeps gathering top 10 finishes this season without a win. Sad he didn't win but there is no shame in losing to a home rider on their own turf.

 

[KZD]

Great stage, excitement until the end.

Happy to see Aranburu, a local rider, winning. His teammate Izaguirre also did a great stage and even managed to take a couple of seconds on Seixas that didn't look as strong on the climbs but was phenomenal on the descents managing to drop his main threats, Roglič and Lipowitz.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dropped by the ageing legs of Ion Izagirre, not a good sign, reminds me of Simon Yates just before he lost half an hour in the giro.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice win for Aranburu, and, I just noticed he has Henry Fonda eyes.

 

[Rou]

ok jonas looks safe this year,lol.

Jonas got dropped on the last ramp on the col de la Loze stage in 2023.
It's called cherry picking.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice win for Aranburu, and, I just noticed he has Henry Fonda eyes.

Good thing Henry Fonda is no longer living. Otherwise, he might be a little unhappy about that...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nice win for Aranburu, and, I just noticed he has Henry Fonda eyes.

Are they better than Bette Davis'?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Eh, Seixas was pulling like a mad man for no reason instead of waiting for the group

it’s okay, competing with the mighty Ion isn’t for everyone.

 

[Peyresourde]

Exciting final. Seixas with a great descent, but his legs were a bit weaker today.

The Redbull duo tried at least, but they have zero explosivity and I don't get how you can loose 20 seconds in a 3 minute descent.

 

[memyselfandI]

Jonas got dropped on the last ramp on the col de la Loze stage in 2023.
It's called cherry picking.

Twas stage 17, to be fair, this is stage 4.......