2024 Tour of the Basque Country
2024 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 1–6 April 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 832.1 km (517.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 15h 56' 50" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2024) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 1 and 6 April in the Basque region in northern Spain and southern France. It was the 63rd edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2024 UCI World Tour.
Teams
[edit]All 18 UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ProTeams made up the 24 teams that participated in the race.[1] All teams entered a full squad of seven riders, making a total of 168 competitors.
UCI WorldTeams
- Alpecin–Deceuninck
- Arkéa–B&B Hotels
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Bora–Hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché–Wanty
- Lidl–Trek
- Movistar Team
- Soudal–Quick-Step
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
- Team Jayco–AlUla
- UAE Team Emirates
- Visma–Lease a Bike
UCI ProTeams
Route
[edit]Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1 | 1 April | Irun to Irun | 10 km (6.2 mi) | Individual time trial | Primož Roglič (SLO) | ||
2 | 2 April | Irun to Kanbo (France) | 160 km (99 mi) | Hilly stage | Paul Lapeira (FRA) | ||
3 | 3 April | Ezpeleta (France) to Altsasu | 190.9 km (118.6 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | ||
4 | 4 April | Etxarri-Aranatz to Legutio | 157.5 km (97.9 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Louis Meintjes (RSA) | ||
5 | 5 April | Vitoria-Gasteiz to Amorebieta-Etxano | 175.9 km (109.3 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Romain Grégoire (FRA) | ||
6 | 6 April | Eibar to Eibar | 137.8 km (85.6 mi) | Mountain stage | Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) | ||
Total | 832.1 km (517.0 mi) |
Stages
[edit]Stage 1
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Primož Roglič.
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Jay Vine.
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Mattias Skjelmose.
Stage 2
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Breakaway before Cambo-les-Bains.
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Breakaway after Ustaritz.
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Peloton.
Stage 3
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Stage 4
[edit]- 4 April 2024 — Etxarri-Aranatz to Legutio, 157.5 km (97.9 mi)[8]
Stage 4 was marred by a large crash on a descent 35 kilometers from the finish, which took out race favorites Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel among others. Due to this, the peloton was neutralized for the remainder of the stage, and GC times were not taken at the finish. However, the breakaway of six riders were permitted to continue on and contest the stage win.[9]
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Stage 5
[edit]- 5 April 2024 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Amorebieta-Etxano, 175.9 km (109.3 mi)[10]
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Stage 6
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Classification leadership table
[edit]Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Basque rider classification | Team classification |
Combativity award |
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1 | Primož Roglič | Primož Roglič | Primož Roglič | Primož Roglič | Juan Ayuso | Ion Izagirre | UAE Team Emirates | Primož Roglič |
2 | Paul Lapeira | Pello Bilbao | Bora–Hansgrohe | Alexis Vuillermoz | ||||
3 | Quinten Hermans | Quinten Hermans | Louis Meintjes | Primož Roglič | ||||
4 | Louis Meintjes | Mattias Skjelmose | Louis Meintjes | |||||
5 | Romain Grégoire | Alex Aranburu | UAE Team Emirates | Isaac del Toro | ||||
6 | Carlos Rodríguez | Juan Ayuso | Sepp Kuss | Marc Soler | ||||
Final | Juan Ayuso | Alex Aranburu | Sepp Kuss | Juan Ayuso | Pello Bilbao | UAE Team Emirates | Not awarded |
Classification standings
[edit]Legend | |||
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Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification | ||
Denotes the winner of the points classification | Denotes the winner of the team classification | ||
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the combativity award |
General classification
[edit]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Juan Ayuso (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | 15h 56' 50" |
2 | Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 42" |
3 | Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | Lidl–Trek | + 43" |
4 | Marc Soler (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | + 1' 23" |
5 | Brandon McNulty (USA) | UAE Team Emirates | + 1' 46" |
6 | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 1' 48" |
7 | Isaac del Toro (MEX) | UAE Team Emirates | + 2' 15" |
8 | Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) | Arkéa–B&B Hotels | + 2' 38" |
9 | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Cofidis | + 3' 06" |
10 | Alex Baudin (FRA) | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | + 3' 07" |
Points classification
[edit]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alex Aranburu (ESP) | Movistar Team | 40 |
2 | Juan Ayuso (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | 35 |
3 | Romain Grégoire (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 34 |
4 | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | Alpecin–Deceuninck | 31 |
5 | Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | 31 |
6 | Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | Lidl–Trek | 30 |
7 | Isaac del Toro (MEX) | UAE Team Emirates | 28 |
8 | Samuele Battistella (ITA) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 27 |
9 | Marc Soler (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | 26 |
10 | Paul Lapeira (FRA) | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | 25 |
Mountains classification
[edit]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Sepp Kuss (USA) | Visma–Lease a Bike | 35 |
2 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) | Intermarché–Wanty | 20 |
3 | Isaac del Toro (MEX) | UAE Team Emirates | 15 |
4 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Intermarché–Wanty | 15 |
5 | Igor Arrieta (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | 15 |
6 | Oscar Onley (GBR) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | 14 |
7 | Marc Soler (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | 14 |
8 | Esteban Chaves (COL) | EF Education–EasyPost | 12 |
9 | Alan Jousseaume (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 11 |
10 | Eric Antonio Fagúndez (URU) | Burgos BH | 11 |
Young rider classification
[edit]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Juan Ayuso (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | 15h 56' 50" |
2 | Isaac del Toro (MEX) | UAE Team Emirates | + 2' 15" |
3 | Oscar Onley (GBR) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 4' 48" |
4 | William Junior Lecerf (BEL) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 6' 31" |
5 | Romain Grégoire (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 9' 39" |
6 | Gianmarco Garofoli (ITA) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 12' 42" |
7 | Johannes Staune-Mittet (DEN) | Visma–Lease a Bike | + 13' 52" |
8 | Igor Arrieta (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | + 17' 14" |
9 | Alexy Faure Prost (FRA) | Intermarché–Wanty | + 25' 07" |
10 | Iker Mintegi (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 28' 11" |
Basque rider classification
[edit]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 15h 58' 38" |
2 | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Cofidis | + 1' 18" |
3 | Alex Aranburu (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 2' 13" |
4 | Víctor de la Parte (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 4' 30" |
5 | Ibon Ruiz (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 5' 22" |
6 | Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 13' 49" |
7 | Igor Arrieta (ESP) | UAE Team Emirates | + 15' 26" |
8 | Txomin Juaristi (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 15' 50" |
9 | Jon Barrenetxea (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 17' 37" |
10 | Unai Iribar (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 20' 58" |
Team classification
[edit]Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | UAE Team Emirates | 47h 53' 27" |
2 | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 8' 30" |
3 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 8' 36" |
4 | EF Education–EasyPost | + 9' 47" |
5 | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 9' 53" |
6 | Lidl–Trek | + 10' 00" |
7 | Movistar Team | + 13' 49" |
8 | Visma–Lease a Bike | + 17' 02" |
9 | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | + 17' 59" |
10 | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 18' 48" |
References
[edit]- ^ "Teams". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Irun – Irun". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b Tyson, Jackie (1 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country stage 1: Primoz Roglic takes stage win despite late detour". CyclingNews. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Irun – Kanbo". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b Fotheringham, Alasdair (2 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country: Paul Lapeira wins slippery sprint in rain on stage 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Ezpeleta – Altsasu". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b Ostanek, Dani (3 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country: Quinten Hermans wins uphill sprint on stage 3 while Roglic survives crash". CyclingNews. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Etxarri Aranatz – Legutio". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Frattini, Kirsten (4 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country: Meintjes wins subdued stage 4 after major crash neutralises peloton". CyclingNews. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Vitoria-Gasteiz – Amorebieta-Etxano". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b Moultrie, James (5 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country: Romain Gregoire wins stage 5". CyclingNews. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Eibar – Eibar". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fotheringham, Alasdair (6 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country: Juan Ayuso secures overall, Carlos Rodríguez wins stage 6 finale". CyclingNews. Retrieved 6 April 2024.