Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11

[Rob5091]

Ineos and August get the win in the rain - chapeau!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage result:

1	August Andrew	INEOS Grenadiers	50	50		3:29:35
2	García Pierna Raúl	Movistar Team	30	30		0:16
3	van den Broek Frank	Team Picnic PostNL	25	18		0:34
4	Glivar Gal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	20	13		,,
5	Fiorelli Filippo	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	15	10		1:07
6	Verstrynge Emiel	Alpecin-Premier Tech	10	7		,,
7	Velasco Simone	XDS Astana Team	8	4		,,
8	Johannessen Tobias Halland	Uno-X Mobility	6	3		1:09
9	Debruyne Ramses	Alpecin-Premier Tech	3	2		1:26
10	Martin Guillaume	Groupama - FDJ United	1	1		1:33

 

[dgodave]

Excellent, Mr August!

And well done Ineos for having a rain jacket where you can actually read the sponsor.

 

[Netserk]

Thanks for clearing that up. Very easy to have a conversation in code.

what was the first result when you googled it ? you should have been able to get it that way

 

[Samamba]

Did Johannessen get 2nd?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

2nd just barely for Lipowitz

 

[search]

Lipo just defended 2nd - although it looked like he didn't even know it would be close

 

[Boehmand]

Looks like Lipowitz saved 2nd by 2-3 seconds

 

[Heston]

Alpecin somehow managing to have 3 in the top 10 today

 

[Samamba]

Lipo just defended 2nd - although it looked like he didn't even know it would be close

He rode the wole last 50k like he either didn't know or just didn't care (would surprise me)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Also huge congratulations to Guillaume Martin for his millionth WT breakaway without a win.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

August, very happy lad of course.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Lipowitz has bungled his way to 2nd, a memorable performance.

 

[Red Rick]

what was the first result when you googled it ? you should have been able to get it that way

Some books I can't be *** to read.

 

[tobydawq]

what was the first result when you googled it ? you should have been able to get it that way

Post in thread 'Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11' https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/itzulia-basque-country-2026-april-6-11.41388/post-3334489

 

[tobydawq]

Alpecin somehow managing to have 3 in the top 10 today

A good omen for tomorrow.

 

[Netserk]

booh , just 3 seconds too little

 

[Rou]

Cracking stage! Overall really good race!

 

[dgodave]

Ive never paid attention to this race before. Its pretty great. Hard course, and beautiful. And very competitive from a strong set of teams.

 

[Netserk]

Post in thread 'Itzulia Basque Country 2026, April 6-11' https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/itzulia-basque-country-2026-april-6-11.41388/post-3334489

 

[ingsve]

Tobias Halland Johannesen did a good TT for being him. He is far closer on overall GC other than to Seixas than in Tirreno for example. If he still has the same good shape then he could be a challenger for the podium depending on how others perform ofc.

So despite a disasterous 2nd stage where he loses over 4 minutes, THJ manages to come back through 3 days in the breakaway along with strong work from the team, to actually manage to finish on the podium.

 

[dgodave]

Insinuations re The Spice belong in the clinic.

 

[canina82]

Bora imploded today

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Does anyone know if McNulty has finished the race? He's been missing since his breakaway two days ago.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Seixas usefully learnt his limit today