Itzulia Basque Country 2015 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 The final podium at the 2015 Tour of the Basque Country. Close in the past, Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA) finally celebrates an overall win at this race. The Basque race Euskal Herriko Itzulia, Vuelta al País Vasco, or also known as Tour of the Basque Country, is one of the best one week races on the World Calendar. Follow the 2015 race updates below. Big Photos from 2015 (all stages) — flockton Big Photos from 2014 — flockton Big Photos from 2013 (all stages except stage 1) — flockton Big Photos from 2012 — flockton/reuters Big Photos from 2011 — flockton/reuters |
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| 1 | Monday, April 6 | 163 km | ||||||||||
| Bilbao → Bilbao | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Tuesday, April 7 | 175 km | ||||||||||
| Bilbao → Vitoria-Gasteiz | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Wednesday, April 8 | 171 km | ||||||||||
 Vitoria-Gasteiz → Zumarraga | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Thursday, April 9 | 162 km | ||||||||||
| Zumarraga → Arrate (Eibar) | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Friday, April 10 | 156 km | ||||||||||
| Eibar → Aia | ||||||||||||
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| 6 | Saturday, April 11 | 18.3 km | ||||||||||
 Aia → Aia | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 845 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Itzulia Basque Country 2015
Live Sunday, 2015 Paris-Roubaix Live (1.UWT FRA): race info, startlist, previews, broadcastersStage 6 Post-Race Coverage 
27 Big Photos from the Stage 6 ITT — flockton
Stage 6 Results 1 DUMOULIN, Tom (TGA) 28:46 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) + 4 3 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) + 5 4 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 17 5 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOV) + 21 6 FELLINE, Fabio (TFR) + 23 7 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) + 30 8 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) + 34 9 TAARAMAE, Rein (AST) + 36 10 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 37 11 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) + 42 12 YATES, Simon (OGE) + 43 13 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) + 48 14 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) 15 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Gorka (MOV) + 51 16 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 52 17 JUNGELS, Bob (TFR) + 54 18 DENNIS, Rohan (BMC) + 59 19 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 20 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 1:01 21 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 22 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:03 23 MONFORT, Maxime (LTS) + 1:08 24 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) + 1:11 25 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) + 1:16 26 TALANSKY, Andrew (TCG) + 1:18 27 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) + 1:19 28 FORMOLO, Davide (TCG) + 1:24 29 IMPEY, Daryl (OGE) + 1:26 30 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) + 1:42 31 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (AST) + 1:44 32 POLANC, Jan (LAM) + 1:46 33 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (OGE) 34 ULISSI, Diego (LAM) + 1:48 35 HARDY, Romain (COF) + 1:52 36 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 1:54 37 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 1:56 38 TXURRUKA, Amets (CJR) + 1:58 39 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte (TCG) + 2:00 40 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (EQS) + 2:01 Final General Classification 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 21:49:38 2 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 13 3 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) + 29 4 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) + 38 5 YATES, Simon (OGE) + 46 6 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) + 1:06 7 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) + 1:14 8 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 1:15 9 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:25 10 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 1:33 11 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:35 12 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) + 1:37 13 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) + 1:55 14 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) + 2:40 15 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) + 3:11 16 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) + 3:16 17 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 4:07 18 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) + 4:29 19 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) 20 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) + 4:48Full Official Stage 6 Results and General Classification — vueltapaisvasco
Rodriguez secures overall title — cyclingnews
Joaquim Rodriguez takes title at 2015 Vuelta al Pais Vasco — velonews
Izagirre better than captain Quintana in Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Henao: I feel like a winner — cyclingquotes
Final Stage 6 ITT Riders (23:55 English) — eurosport
Overall Winner's Interview (00:50 Spanish) — esport3
Stage 6 Highlights (02:24 English) — universalsports
Stage 6 Review (01:54 English, restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
Stage 6 interviews w/ Rodriguez, Henao, Izaguirre (03:01 Spanish/Basque) — eitb
27 Big Photos from the Stage 6 ITT — flockton
Stage 6 preview: Aia → Aia, 18.3 km (TT)
April 10 update: Stage 6 Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
Stage 6 ITT Start Order and Times (CET) — biciciclismo
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 6 start time: Saturday 14:55 CET (12:55:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Aia, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:44 CET (2:44:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Aia, Spain
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage
38 Big Photos from Stage 5 — flockton
Stage 5 Results 1 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (AST) 4:06:01 2 WELLENS, Tim (LTS) + 3 3 DANIELSON, Thomas (TCG) + 16 4 TAARAMAE, Rein (AST) + 28 5 GALLOPIN, Tony (LTS) + 38 6 YATES, Simon (OGE) + 53 7 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 56 8 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 9 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte (TCG) + 1:05 10 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) + 1:06 11 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 1:08 12 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) 13 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 14 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) + 1:11 15 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:14 16 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 17 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) 18 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) 19 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:22 20 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 21 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) + 1:26 22 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) + 1:37 23 HARDY, Romain (COF) + 1:44 24 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 1:51 25 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) + 1:58 26 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) + 2:07 27 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) + 2:11 28 POLANC, Jan (LAM) + 2:18 29 TXURRUKA, Amets (CJR) + 2:24 30 BILBAO, Pello (CJR) + 2:29 31 CHEREL, Mikael (ALM) + 2:34 32 BAGOT, Yohan (COF) 33 MONFORT, Maxime (LTS) + 2:38 34 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (MOV) + 2:43 35 SERPA PEREZ, Jose Rodolfo (LAM) + 2:50 36 FORMOLO, Davide (TCG) + 2:56 37 WEENING, Pieter (OGE) + 2:59 38 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) 39 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (OGE) 40 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) + 3:05 General Classification after Stage 5 1 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 21:20:48 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 3 YATES, Simon (OGE) + 7 4 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) + 12 5 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) + 22 6 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) 7 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 28 8 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 9 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 36 10 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) 11 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 42 12 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) + 44 13 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) + 56 14 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) + 1:00 15 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) + 1:25 16 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) + 1:28 17 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) + 1:59 18 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) + 2:26 19 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) + 2:32 20 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 3:19Full Official Stage 5 Results and General Classification — vueltapaisvasco
Landa wins penultimate stage — cyclingnews
Quintana: The climbs are too explosive for me — cyclingquotes
Rodriguez not surprised to distance Quintana — cyclingquotes
Mollema out of Tour of the Basque Country — cyclingnews
Last 10 Km of Stage 5 (22:26 English) — eurosport
Last 3 Km of Stage 5 (10:17 English) — eurosport
Last 4 Km of Stage 5 (09:51 Basque) — eitb
Attacks on the first pass of the 28% finishing climb (04:01 English) — eurosport
Stage 5 Highlights (02:24 English) — universalsports
Stage 5 GC Battle Highlights (02:17 English) — universalsports
Highlights of the Stage 5 Winning Rider (00:58 Music) — AstanaProTeam
Stage 5 Review (01:36 English, restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 5 (03:45 Basque) — eitb
38 Big Photos from Stage 5 — flockton
Stage 5 preview: Eibar → Aia, 156 km (30% uphill finish)
April 9 update: Stage 5 Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
Finishing Climb - MURO de AIA - 3D Interactive Profile — veloviewer
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 start time: Friday 13:15 CET (11:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Eibar, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:30 CET (3:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Aia, Spain
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
37 Big Photos from Stage 4 — flockton
Stage 4 Results 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 4:05:10 2 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) 3 YATES, Simon (OGE) 4 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 5 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 6 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) 7 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 8 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 9 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) 10 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) 11 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 12 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) 13 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 23 14 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 15 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) 16 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 17 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) + 47 18 POLANC, Jan (LAM) 19 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) 20 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) 21 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) + 1:08 22 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte (TCG) + 1:22 23 VANENDERT, Jelle (LTS) 24 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 1:56 25 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (OGE) 26 FORMOLO, Davide (TCG) + 2:27 27 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOV) 28 MOLARD, Rudy (COF) + 2:34 29 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) + 3:42 30 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) 31 VAKOC, Petr (EQS) 32 FELLINE, Fabio (TFR) 33 HARDY, Romain (COF) 34 DUPONT, Hubert (ALM) 35 TALANSKY, Andrew (TCG) + 4:19 36 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (AST) + 4:58 37 WEENING, Pieter (OGE) + 6:17 38 BAGOT, Yohan (COF) + 6:19 39 POLJANSKI, Pawel (TCS) + 6:28 40 DENNIS, Rohan (BMC) + 6:54 General Classification after Stage 4 1 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 17:13:51 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 3 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 4 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) + 7 5 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) + 10 6 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 7 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 8 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 9 YATES, Simon (OGE) 10 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) 11 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 18 12 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) + 26 13 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 30 14 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 15 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 16 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) + 57 17 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) + 1:18 18 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) + 1:19 19 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) + 1:21 20 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) + 1:45Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — vueltapaisvasco
Rodriguez wins stage 4 in Arrate — cyclingnews
Two in a row for Rodriguez at Pais Vasco — velonews
Rodriguez: This was my revenge for 2012 — cyclingquotes
Michael Matthews feasts on pizza during Pais Vasco stage four — cyclingweekly
Last 10 Km of Stage 4 (21:38 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 4 (01:32 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 4 (01:04 Dutch) — eurosport
Stage 4 Highlights (02:29 English) — universalsports
Last 4 Km of Stage 4 (08:56 Basque) — eitb
Stage 4 Podium Ceremony (00:28 Ambient Noise) — eitb
Stage 4 Winner's Interview (05:46 Spanish) — eitb
Stage 4 One-Minute Highlights (01:23 Catalan) — esport3
37 Big Photos from Stage 4 — flockton
Stage 4 preview: Zumarraga → Arrate, 162 km (hilly)
April 8 update: Stage 4 Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Thursday 13:05 CET (11:05:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Zumarraga, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:13 CET (3:13:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Arrate, Eibar
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
52 Big Photos from Stage 3 — flockton
Stage 3 Results 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 4:39:02 2 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 3 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 4 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 7 5 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 6 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) 7 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 8 YATES, Simon (OGE) + 10 9 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) 10 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 11 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 12 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 13 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) 14 TAARAMAE, Rein (AST) 15 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) 16 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (OGE) 17 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (AST) 18 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) 19 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) + 18 20 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) 21 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) + 26 22 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 28 23 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) + 32 24 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 40 25 KIRYIENKA, Vasil (SKY) 26 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOV) 27 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 28 DUMOULIN, Tom (TGA) 29 VAKOC, Petr (EQS) 30 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) + 58 31 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) 32 POLANC, Jan (LAM) 33 MOLARD, Rudy (COF) 34 SIUTSOU, Kanstantsin (SKY) 35 JUNGELS, Bob (TFR) + 1:18 36 POLJANSKI, Pawel (TCS) 37 GALLOPIN, Tony (LTS) + 1:32 38 FORMOLO, Davide (TCG) + 1:56 39 DENNIS, Rohan (BMC) + 3:35 40 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) + 3:47 General Classification after Stage 3 1 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 13:08:41 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 3 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 4 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) + 7 5 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 6 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 7 SCARPONI, Michele (AST) 8 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) + 10 9 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) 10 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 11 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 12 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) 13 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 14 TAARAMAE, Rein (AST) 15 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (OGE) 16 YATES, Simon (OGE) 17 SPILAK, Simon (KAT) 18 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (AST) 19 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) + 18 20 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ)Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — vueltapaisvasco
Rodriguez wins stage 3 in Zumarraga — cyclingnews
Rodriguez opens his account at stage 3 of Pais Vasco — velonews
Crash takes Talansky out of contention in Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Last 8 Km of Stage 3 (16:00 English) — eurosport
Crash with 80 Km to go on Stage 3 (02:59 English) — eurosport
Stage 3 Climbs (01:58 English) — universalsports
Stage 3 Crashes (01:51 English) — universalsports
Stage 3 Highlights (02:20 English) — universalsports
52 Big Photos from Stage 3 — flockton
Stage 3 Review (01:32 English, restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
Last 30 Km of Stage 3 (25:11 German) — eurosport
Stage 3 preview: Vitoria-Gasteiz → Zumarraga, 171 km (Mountain)
April 7 update: Stage 3 Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Wednesday 12:55 CET (10:55:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:45 CET (3:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Zumarraga, Spain
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
33 Big Photos from Stage 2 — flockton
Stage 2 Results 1 FELLINE, Fabio (TFR) 4:32:32 2 MATTHEWS, Michael (OGE) 3 GALLOPIN, Tony (LTS) 4 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) 5 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) 6 REZA, Kévin (FDJ) 7 SIMON, Julien (COF) 8 BILBAO, Pello (CJR) 9 AGNOLI, Valerio (AST) 10 MEERSMAN, Gianni (EQS) 11 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) 12 TANNER, David (IAM) 13 VAKOC, Petr (EQS) 14 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 15 IMPEY, Daryl (OGE) 16 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) 17 HARDY, Romain (COF) 18 ACEVEDO COLLE, Janier Alexis (TCG) 19 MOLARD, Rudy (COF) 20 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 21 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) 22 DUMOULIN, Tom (TGA) 23 MOHORIC, Matej (TCG) 24 CRADDOCK, Lawson (TGA) 25 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) 26 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) 27 POLANC, Jan (LAM) 28 TAARAMAE, Rein (AST) 29 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 30 KIRYIENKA, Vasil (SKY) 31 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) 32 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Darwin (BMC) 33 DENNIS, Rohan (BMC) 34 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 35 MONFORT, Maxime (LTS) 36 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Gorka (MOV) 37 VAN DER LIJKE, Nick (TLJ) 38 PIRES, Bruno (TCS) 39 LAGUTIN, Sergey (KAT) 40 FORMOLO, Davide (TCG) General Classification after Stage 2 1 MATTHEWS, Michael (OGE) 8:29:39 2 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) 3 FELLINE, Fabio (TFR) 4 GALLOPIN, Tony (LTS) 5 REZA, Kévin (FDJ) 6 SIMON, Julien (COF) 7 AGNOLI, Valerio (AST) 8 BILBAO, Pello (CJR) 9 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) 10 VAKOC, Petr (EQS) 11 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) 12 ACEVEDO COLLE, Janier Alexis (TCG) 13 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 14 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) 15 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) 16 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 17 DUMOULIN, Tom (TGA) 18 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) 19 HARDY, Romain (COF) 20 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR)Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — vueltapaisvasco
Felline wins stage 2 in Vitoria-Gasteiz — cyclingnews
Felline is fabulous in Pais Vasco stage 2 sprint — velonews
Felline: The team believed in me when I didn't — cyclingquotes
Last 10 Km of Stage 2 (10:18 English) — eurosport
Last 10 Km of Stage 2 (10:08 Basque) — eitb
Last Km of Stage 2 (02:06 Ambient Noise) — eitb
Stage 2 Highlights (02:19 English) — universalsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 2 (03:15 Italian) — eitb
Resum de la 2a etapa/ Stage 2 One-Minute Highlights (01:23 Catalan) — esport3
Stage 2 Review (01:40 English, restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
33 Big Photos from Stage 2 — flockton
Stage 2 preview: Bilbao → Vitoria-Gasteiz, 175 km (hilly)
April 6 update: Stage 2 Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
Riders angry after high-speed Basque Country crash — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Tuesday 12:45 CET (10:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Bilbao, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:13 CET (3:13:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
28 Big Photos from Stage 1 — flockton
Stage 1 Results 1 MATTHEWS, Michael (OGE) 3:57:07 2 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) 3 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 4 REZA, Kévin (FDJ) 5 GALLOPIN, Tony (LTS) 6 SIMON, Julien (COF) 7 FELLINE, Fabio (TFR) 8 AGNOLI, Valerio (AST) 9 VAKOC, Petr (EQS) 10 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT) 11 ACEVEDO COLLE, Janier Alexis (TCG) 12 BILBAO, Pello (CJR) 13 VUILLERMOZ, Alexis (ALM) 14 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOV) 15 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (AST) 16 DUMOULIN, Tom (TGA) 17 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 18 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 19 BAGOT, Yohan (COF) 20 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAM) 21 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (OGE) 22 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 23 CARDOSO, Andre (TCG) 24 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFR) 25 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 26 MAJKA, Rafal (TCS) 27 YATES, Simon (OGE) 28 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) 29 WELLENS, Tim (LTS) 30 HARDY, Romain (COF) 31 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KAT) 32 ZAUGG, Oliver (TCS) 33 TAARAMAE, Rein (AST) 34 SIUTSOU, Kanstantsin (SKY) 35 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) 36 SÖRENSEN, Chris Anker (TCS) 37 TALANSKY, Andrew (TCG) 38 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (ALM) 39 POLJANSKI, Pawel (TCS) 40 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) General Classification after Stage 1 1 MATTHEWS, Michael (OGE) 3:57:07 2 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (EQS) 3 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 4 REZA, Kévin (FDJ) 5 GALLOPIN, Tony (LTS) 6 SIMON, Julien (COF) 7 FELLINE, Fabio (TFR) 8 AGNOLI, Valerio (AST) 9 VAKOC, Petr (EQS) 10 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KAT)Full Official Stage 1 Results — vueltapaisvasco
Matthews wins Pais Vasco opener — cyclingnews
Matthews sprints to stage 1 win in Pais Vasco — velonews
Stetina out of Pais Vasco with broken kneecap and ribs — cyclingnews
Tough start for Pinot in Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Orica-GreenEdge continuing winning streak at Tour of the Basque Country — cyclingnews
Last 10 Km of Stage 1 (09:45 English) — eurosport
Stage 1 Highlights (02:19 English) — universalsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 1 (01:42 English, restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
Stage 1 Review (01:29 English, restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
28 Big Photos from Stage 1 — flockton
Stage 1 preview: Bilbao → Bilbao, 163 km (hilly)
April 5 update:Stage 1 preview and favorites — c-cycling
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Monday 13:15 CET (11:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Bilbao, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:24 CET (3:24:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Bilbao, Spain
2015 Itzulia Basque Country Preview
April 5 update:
Race Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
April 4 update:
Nairo Quintana tops list of favorites for Vuelta a Pais Vasco — velonews
April 3 update:
Race Preview and Favorites — cyclingquotes
Quintana targets the Tour of the Basque Country — cyclingnews
Star-studded line-up for Orica-GreenEDGE in Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Quintana ready for Pais Vasco, no Valverde in Flanders — cyclingquotes
Rodriguez and Spilak return to action in Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Lotto-Soudal with several GC riders in Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Costa and Ulissi ready for Pais Vasco — cyclingquotes
Tinkoff-Saxo downplay GC hopes at Tour of the Basque Country — cyclingnews
March 31 update:
Race Promo: en directo, en ETB1 y eitb.eus (00:17 Basque) — eitb
March 27 update:
Itzulia 2015: Aurkezpena - Presentación - Presentation (54:38 Basque) — EuskalHerrikoItzulia
 
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Provisional Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
Gerrans slated to return to racing at Pais Vasco — velonews
2015 Race Promo (01:20 Basque) — eitb
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage
April 3 update: A work in progress for 2015 Itzulia Basque Country live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve| media source | tv or internet | comments/restrictions | |
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Basque, restricted to Europe; the earliest live daily broadcast at 15:00 CET. | |
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live coverage starting at 15:30 CET each day | |
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Catalan; live daily coverage | |
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live video ($ english) tv schedule |
United States; Universal Sports online streaming of tv content to your computer, mobile device or TV without a cable, satellite or telco contract. click the live video link to the left for more info. Live at 9:30 AM ET. | |
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2015 Itzulia Basque Country Route Map
Stage maps are posted in the race summary table.