Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Hugo Koblet]

Solid leadout by Arrieta. But hey, what's he supposed to do?

 

[Berniece]

Nice win for Laurance

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It's funny how every signing by that lame german supermarket has been a massive flop

They have had 6 riders join them from other senior teams this year: 5 of them have more points than they had this time last year.


If you are going to try to spout your dislike, you'll have to research it better.

 

[Brullnux]

Arrieta did all that wheel-sucking only to then lead Laurance out with an attempted 300m uphill sprint

 

[Rou]

The Peloton is only a minute behind with some meme team performances (Lidl and Redbull).

 

[Libertine Seguros]

W

Arrieta did all that wheel-sucking only to then lead Laurance out with an attempted 300m uphill sprint

Like father like son when it comes to tactics, evidently.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Igor Gaviria with the long ranger, did everything right then panicked a bit, maybe trying to catch him napping.

 

[KZD]

The Itzulia of the French.

Deserved win for Laurence.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sadly the wrong place in the region to call him Laurance of Araba.

 

[postmanhat]

Great win by Laurance. Disappointing lack of handlebar-banging from G2.

 

[Rob5091]

That was a long uphill sprint - chapeau Laurance.

 

[noob]

What's with Del Toro btw? I only watched the last 10 km

 

[Red Rick]

What's with Del Toro btw? I only watched the last 10 km

Crashed out.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Result of the stage:

1	Laurance Axel	INEOS Grenadiers	50	50	6″	3:38:33
2	Arrieta Igor	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	30	30	4″	0:02
3	Tesfatsion Natnael	Movistar Team	25	18		0:14
4	Van Wilder Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step	20	13		,,
5	Johannessen Tobias Halland	Uno-X Mobility	15	10		0:18
6	Shaw James	EF Education - EasyPost	10	7		0:21
7	Braz Afonso Clément	Groupama - FDJ United	8	4		0:24
8	Fortunato Lorenzo	XDS Astana Team	6	3		,,
9	Martin Guillaume	Groupama - FDJ United	3	2		,,
10	Thompson Reuben	Lotto Intermarché	1	1		0:34

 

[noob]

Crashed out.

I just saw it now that I looked at twitter. He maybe should try skateboard or freestyle. It looked awful :O

 

[search]

Hayter seems to be in decent shape. Rather unusual for him to finish a road stage with the favorites. More or less no matter what it looks like.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Nice finish by some French guy in yellow but they didnt tell him there was a breakaway ahead.

 

[red_flanders]

Nice finish by some French guy in yellow but they didnt tell him there was a breakaway ahead.

Love that he competes like that.

 

[red_flanders]

I just saw it now that I looked at twitter. He maybe should try skateboard or freestyle. It looked awful :O

Can you share a link? Thx!

 

[proffate]

I've raced for over 20 years but ok 🤷

ah, ok. And how many teammates had the pleasure of being chased down by you in that span?

 

[ashhutch1997]

ah, ok. And how many teammates had the pleasure of being chased down by you in that span?

I had no issue with Roglic not riding, that made perfect sense! My issue was Lipowitz wasn't initially working, the part I didn't get.

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

They have had 6 riders join them from other senior teams this year: 5 of them have more points than they had this time last year.


If you are going to try to spout your dislike, you'll have to research it better.

All the big-money signings have been flops, except for Milan. Tao, Bagioli, SKA, Kamma, Ayuso, Gee so far.. AWP isn't exactly shining either, considering how much of a prodigy he was touted to be, and he probably makes a pretty decent salary for his age.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ok, we got the break win out of the way. Tomorrow is another fine stage:

Come on Red Balls, show us what you got.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

All the big-money signings have been flops, except for Milan. Tao, Bagioli, SKA, Kamma, Ayuso, Gee so far.. AWP isn't exactly shining either, considering how much of a prodigy he was touted to be, and he probably makes a pretty decent salary for his age.

5 of those you name are not even in this race. Please try to keep your posts relevant.

 

[red_flanders]

Seixas looks to be a boring racer, similar to Jonas, attacks and wins 1 non-TT stage and then plays it defensive all the way. Good for him but for the cycling fans it's terrible.

I want to preface this by saying I don't yet have an opinion about his racing style. I've not seen him enough.

However, so far he's won the TT and put in a huge attack from long range on stage 1. Seems pretty aggressive to me. He also sprinted to win his group today, for really no reason other than he wanted to. For which he has been criticized on these pages (*sigh*).

There are several hard stages coming. Seems to be reasonable not to attack with the time gap he already has on this stage? I would personally reserve opinion on his style until after this and a few other big races are all said and done.

I would consider giving the kid (19!) a break? I mean I'm with you, I don't like overly defensive racing. Thank goodness for all the attacking riders in this era. But I'm not ready to put him in the boring bucket, not at all.