Itzulia Basque Country (2018) Photos Apr 2 - 7

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Richie Porte is back in action after off for seven weeks		the shoes of british champion steve cummings
	katusha wait by the seaside to sign on	Mikel Landa
vincenzo nibali raced Tour of Flanders yesterday!
	nairo quintana
Beautiful rollout from Zarautz	roll out next to the beach
breakaway nears top of Jaizkibel		peloton gave the break 4 mins
	Jhonatan Narváez crash	Jhonatan Narváez crash
		breakaway still ahead on 3rd climb
peloton closes gap	vincenzo nibai
jesus herrada spanish champion for cofidis	steve cummings gb british champon off the back
		break with Thomas de Gendt extends lead again 30k to go
after movistar controlled peloton all day, lotto jumbo took over for roglic		alaphilippe attacks and roglic on the final climb
roglic		quintana next
	bardet	landa
gorka izagirre		kwiatkowski
richie porte (aus/bmc) lost a lot of time	Two men sprint finish in Zarautz between Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins Stage 1
Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins Stage 1. Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images	3rd Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA (ESP/ASTANA) + 23s, 4th Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and 5th Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA)	19th Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 51s
Your Stage 1 winner, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)	And first race leader, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)
Photo credit: Julian Alaphilippe		jonathan lastra caja rural mountains leader
	enric mas (quick step spain) best young rider

Stage 2:  Zarautz → Bermeo, 153 km  Full Results and Report

		Pictureque rollout from Zarautz
alessandro de marchi (bmc) trying to start the break		Peloton at Deba Kwiato and Geoghegan Hart of sky being chased after tricky descent.
	peloton spread out down dangerous early descent in rain	kwiatkowski and Geoghegan Hart, both sky make a small gap to peloton
	michael matthews	local boys pello bilbao and omar fraile both astana
	quick step astana and lotto jumbo lead peloton
mikel landa and his basque supporters
vincenzo nibali	richie porte	only a 4k climb but cat 2 shows how hard i is
roglic lotto jumbo in green near front of peloton in race to final climb		julien alaphilippe in the leaders jersey
david lopez	break lead reducing	enric mas (quick step/spain(, in young riders jersey, attacks on final climb
race fractures chasing mas, but landa quintana and alaphillipe all visible	landa and quintana lead the chase
spanish champ jesus herrada cofidis	alexis vuillermoz france ag2r	hugh carthy gb ef drapac
omsr fraile basque astana	vincenzo nibali italy bahrain
	vasil kirienkas
Bunch sprint in Bermeo
Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins Stage 2 ahead of 2nd Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)... same result as Stage 1.	3rd Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) and 4th Mikel LANDA MEANA (ESP/MOVISTAR)	5th Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 15s, 6th Eduard PRADES REVERTER (ESP/EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS), 7th Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA (ESP/ASTANA), 8th Rudy MOLARD (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ), 9th Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 10th Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA)
12th Romain BARDET (FRA/AG2R LA MONDIALE) for 10th overall	Vincenzo Nibali	20th Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ (ESP/DIMENSION DATA)
ben gastauer	Winner of the first two stages, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) now leads the race by 8s, first Frenchman to lead this year in the last 20 years
enric mas quick step spain in young riders jersey.		mark padun bahrain merida takes mountains jersey

Stage 3:  Bermeo → Valdegovía, 185 km  Full Results and Report

Thomas de Gendt in another break, almost at the top of the final cat 2 climb of teh day but still with 100k to go.	Pavel Sivakov sky russia in the break chasing de gendt for mountains points.	ben king didata USA leads rest of the break group
	astana sky and movistar control gap to break	break with de gendt sivakov etc still ahead with 40k to go
		Michael Matthews near the front of peloton hoping to do well in sprint
Enric Mas in young riders jersey		Sprint finish in Valdegovía
Jay MCCARTHY (AUS/BORA - HANSGROHE) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2nd Aleksandr RIABUSHENKO (BLR/UAE TEAM EMIRATES), 3rd Michal KWIATKOWSKI (POL/SKY), 4th Michael ALBASINI (SUI/MITCHELTON - SCOTT)
Pavel Sivakov sky russia finished behind bunch showing the effects of weather and a long day in the break	post race interview for igor anton
ben king usa didata also shows effects of weather and a long day in the break	Your Stage 3 winner, Jay MCCARTHY (AUS/BORA - HANSGROHE)	julian alaphilippe france quick step still in yellow and green points
Thomas de gendt takes mountains jersey

Stage 4:  Lodosa → Lodosa, 19.4 km  Full Results and Report

		Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) won the 19.4 km Stage 4 ITT in 22:26
Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)
Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	2nd Patrick BEVIN (NZL/BMC RACING) + 9s
4th Jonathan CASTROVIEJO (ESP/SKY) + 14s after teammate Vasil KIRYIENKA (BLR/SKY) who was 3rd + 11s	5th Michal KWIATKOWSKI (POL/SKY) + 20s	Michal KWIATKOWSKI (POL/SKY)
6th Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) + 36s	Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB)	7th David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO (ESP/SKY) + 37s
Race leader, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)	8th Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) + 42 dropping him to second	9th Bauke MOLLEMA (NED/TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 43s
13th Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) + 50s	14th Pierre Roger LATOUR (FRA/AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 51s	15th Stephen CUMMINGS (GBR/DIMENSION DATA) + 52s
16th Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 53s	28th Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 1:11	33rd Mikel LANDA (MOVISTAR) + 1:16
Richie Porte had another bad day	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) won the 19.4 km Stage 4 ITT in 22:26
New race leader, Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)

Stage 5:  Vitoria → Eibar, 165 km  Full Results and Report

Primoz Roglic (Slovakia/Lotto Jumbo) in yellow at the morning sign on	Omar Fraile (Basque/Astana) team happy and confident at morning sign on	Fellow Basques Igor Anton and Omar Fraile
		Cofidis ready to get in today's break
Jesus Herrada watches as Green Jersey Julian Alaphillipe (Quick Step) join the start late	Roman Bardet (France/AG2R)	Ben King (USA/Dimesion Data)
breakaway starts the cat 2 climb	the peloton three minutes later	Mark Padun (Bahrain Merida) leads break over the very hard first cat 2 climb, Elosua
Omar Fraile (Basque/Astana) here in centre of shot in the day's main break going over the steep cat 2 climb, Elosua	Alex Howes (USA/EF Drapac Cannondale) dropped by the break near the top of the climb	Mikel Landa (Basque/Movistar) 2nd in chase group, which is what remain of the peloton after only 1 climb
Primoz Roglic Slovenia Lotto-Jumbo, Bauke Mollema , David de la cruz, Nairo Quintana Izagirre, Mas, Uran and Buchmann are all that left of peloton behind Movistar's de la parte and Landa	Ilnur Zakarin (Russia/Katusha) leads the next select group in the chase	Dani Navarro (spain/cofidis)
Ian Boswell USA Katusha		thomas de gendt would lose his mountains jersey today
Jesus Herrada Spanish Champion Cofidis shows effects of a crash today	steve cummings
Half th lotto jumbo team dropped on first climb, but roglic held on without them to stay in the overall lead	The bunch sprint in Arrate with just 5 riders remaining after a tough mountain stage: Omar Fraile, Mikel Landa, Primoz Roglic, Jon Izagirre, and Carlos Verona
	Omar Fraile wins Stage 5
		Julian Alaphillie (Quick Step) slipped out of the top 3 today and is almost 3 mins behind Roglic in GC
	Omar Fraile celebrates his win with his partner.
Your Stage 5 winner Omar Fraile (Basque/Astana)
Primoz Roglic (Slovenia/Lotto-Jumbo) looks to be in command but there are still 8 hard climbs in Saturday's final climb		mark padun ukraine bahrain merida takes the polka dot jersey
Jack Haig Australia Team Mitchelton Scott takes over the young riders jersey	Carlos Verona Spain Mitchelton Scott took most aggressive rider's prize

Stage 6:  Eibar → Arrate, 122 km  Full Results and Report

More rain. Race leader Primoz Roglic after he was held up in a crash early on	Carlos Verona Spain Mitchelton Scott takes the first climb. After just 8 km the peloton is already breaking up.
Riders trying to escape from the small peloton too on the first of eight climb
Thomas de Gendt Bel Lotto Soudal dropped along with many others on first climb
Prinoz Roglic Slovenia Lotto Jumbo in yellow jersey was caught behind a crash at the start and was still behind at the top of the 1st climb	Also caught behind crash, Michael Matthews AUs Sunweb and an Astana rider go back the first 8k to the bus at the start	Carlos Verona Spain Mitchelton Scott and Enric Mas Spain Quick step first up the cat 1 Ixua climb
		david lopez spain sky
Carlos Betancur Colombia Movistar	Nairo Quintana Colombia Movistar	Prinoz Roglic Slovenia Lotto Jumbo team leads group of favourtes over Ixua
		Jon & Gorka Izagirre Bahrain Merida team
Pello Bilbao Astana Roman Bardet AG2R and Ilnur Zakarin russia Katusha		Dani Navarro and Luis Angel Spain Cofidis
Julian Alaphillipe France Quick Step	ben king usa dimension data	Mas Verona and Muhlberger approach the top of Ixua
Mikel Landa Basque Movistar made a late attack but not enough to take the race from Roglic	Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins Stage 6 in 3:17:34	First pro win for Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)
2nd Mikel LANDA MEANA (ESP/MOVISTAR) + 12 for 2nd overall	3rd Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 27 for third overall	5th Nairo QUINTANA (COL/MOVISTAR) + 30
9th Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 54s easily good enough to hold on for the overall win		Your Stage 6 winner, Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)
Get use to this toothy smile	carlos verona spain mitchelton scott team takes KoM prize	Primz Roglic Slovenia lotto jumbo wins Itzulia Basque Country, and celebrates with his now standard ski jumper celebration.
	A good shot of the winner's hat
Your 2018 GC podium: 2nd Mikel LANDA MEANA (ESP/MOVISTAR) + 1:09, 1st Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) 20:53:47, 3rd Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI (ESP/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 1:42