Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Tim Cahill]

Iker Mintegi seems to have tried to do a Rick Zabel 2020 Giro Stage 1 with his first time split.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Roglic about to catch 2 people, ST as THJ at the first timepoint so it could make the difference.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

For reference: the winning time in 2021 was 17:17

So roglic is 20s slower today?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Iker Mintegi seems to have tried to do a Rick Zabel 2020 Giro Stage 1 with his first time split.

Uriarte also did that last year. The funniest attempt at something similar is of course Carapaz on LPDBF in 2020 where he was nowhere near getting the points he needed despite taking it very easy until the climb.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

THJ really losing a lot in the last part, almost half a minute

 

[Tim Cahill]

Good time from the Sevenoaks Saber Ben Tulett, Healy surely just going for stages here.

 

[Red Rick]

So roglic is 20s slower today?

Tortoise like

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ben Healy at 45 seconds, not winning this race

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Did Fortunato really gain 28s on Roglic from time point 2 to the finish?
Just looking at the PCS timing. Must be off, no? Or did Roglic have some kind of issue on the way?

 

[Rackham]

Did Fortunato really gain 28s on Roglic from time point 2 to the finish?
Just looking at the PCS timing. Must be off, no? Or did Roglic have some kind of issue on the way?

They've edited it now. Fortunato is gone.

 

[Gratemans]

They've edited it now. Fortunato is gone.

Like, he's sleeping with the fishes?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bauke 1st by 5 seconds at T1, something surely must be incorrect!!!

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Tiberi will start in a few minutes now. Curious to see how his form is in contrast to Tirreno.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Bauke 1st by 5 seconds at T1, something surely must be incorrect!!!

Used the road bike to his advantage

 

[VanBsr]

Bauke 1st by 5 seconds at T1, something surely must be incorrect!!!

Normal bike vs TT bike it seems.

 

[Rackham]

Like, he's sleeping with the fishes?

Like he's been taken out. His mom was so excited when she saw the live timings now she's very sad.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bauke about to OTL because the fool went crazy on the first climb!!!

3+ minutes down, a blow to Lidl's main GC hope.

 

[Rackham]

Riccitello lost quite a bit in that final stretch. Rog is always better in the second half of an ITT anyway but that was a quite a time loss there (about 30 seconds).

 

[Heston]

Mollema completely bonked. Rarely see that on a 20 minute TT

 

[Potomac]

Riccitello lost quite a bit in that final stretch. Rog is always better in the second half of an ITT anyway but that was a quite a time loss there (about 30 seconds).

Riccitello can climb, but can't do a flat TT

 

[RedheadDane]

Decomble... ouww...

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Decomble... ouww...

Looks like he had a pretty weird crash. Have never seen a double butt cheeck rub off on a cyclist like this before.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Seixas very fast at T2

 

[Rou]

Muad dib is here to give the desperate ones hope.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Seixas descends like a boy who has never crashed at that speed in his life