Itzulia Basque Country 2021 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
![]() The Basque race Euskal Herriko Itzulia, Vuelta al País Vasco, or also known as Tour of the Basque Country, but now known as Itzulia Basque Country, is one of the best one week races on the World Calendar. Follow the 2021 race updates below. Big Photos from 2019 — flockton Big Photos from 2018 — flockton Big Photos from 2017 — flockton Big Photos from 2016 — flockton 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 5 | 13.9 km | ||||||||||
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2 | Tuesday, April 6 | 155 km | ||||||||||
Zalla → Sestao | ||||||||||||
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3 | Wednesday, April 7 | 168 km | ||||||||||
Amurrio → Ermualde (Laudio) | ||||||||||||
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4 | Thursday, April 8 | 189 km | ||||||||||
Vitoria-Gasteiz → Hondarribia | ||||||||||||
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5 | Friday, April 9 | 160 km | ||||||||||
Hondarribia → Ondarroa | ||||||||||||
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6 | Saturday, April 10 | 112 km | ||||||||||
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Total Distance | 798 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Itzulia Basque Country 2021
April 13 update:How & Why UAE Team Emirates Lost Basque Country On the LAST DAY | Beyond the Coverage (32:01 English) — ChrisHorner
Stage 6 non-spoiler mode: click for Stage 6 results, photos, reports
Last Km of Stage 6 (00:452 Spanish) — senalcolombiadeportesLast Km of Stage 6 (02:29 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last 6 Km of Stage 6 (13:40 Basque) — eitb
47 km to go: Roglic in the break, Stage 6 (09:30 Basque) — eitb
69 km to go: Astana splits the race on the descent, Stage 6 (05:04 Basque) — eitb
Post Stage 6 Celebrations (00:32 Spanish) — senalcolombiadeportes
Winner's Interview from Stage 6 (02:57 French) — CyclingProNet
Overall Winner's Interview after Stage 6 (03:02 English) — CyclingProNet
Resumen Etapa 6 (11:28 Spanish) — DanyProCycling
Stage 6 Highlights (06:12 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
24 Big Photos from Stage 6 — corvos/flockton
The Butterfly Effect Stage 6 - TOTAL CHAOS (15:30 English) — ChrisHorner
Stage 6 preview: Ondarroa → Arrate, 112 km (Mountain)
April 9 update:
Stage 6 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Tactics for Stage 6; Problems for Jumbo-Visma (11:37 English) — ChrisHorner
Race leader McNulty upbeat ahead of Arrate showdown — cyclingnews
Photos from Arrate (Vuelta) finish in 2020 - Primož ROGLIČ wins — aso/corvos
Photos from Arrate finish in 2019 - Emanuel BUCHMANN wins — flockton/corvos/bettini
Photos from Arrate finish in 2018 - Enric MAS wins — flockton
Photos from Arrate finish in 2017 - Alejandro VALVERDE wins — flockton
Photos from Arrate finish in 2016 - Diego ROSA wins — flockton
Photos from Arrate finish in 2015 - Joaquin RODRIGUEZ wins — flockton
Photos from Arrate finish in 2014 - Wouter POELS wins — flockton
Photos from Arrate finish in 2012 - Sammy SANCHEZ wins — flockton
Photos from Arrate finish in 2011 - Sammy SANCHEZ wins — flockton/reuters
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 6 start time: Saturday 14:45 CET (12:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ondarroa, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (1:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:29 CET (3:29:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Arrate, Spain
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage 

20 Big Photos from Stage 5 — flockton/corvos/bettini/getty
Stage 5 Results 1 HONORE, Mikkel (DQT) 3:39:54 2 CERNÝ, Josef (DQT) 3 BERNARD, Julien (TFS) + 17 4 IMPEY, Daryl (ISN) + 28 5 CLARKE, Simon (TQA) 6 OLDANI, Stefano (LTS) 7 ROGLIC, Primoz (TJV) 8 SIMON, Julien (TDE) 9 CORT, Magnus (EFN) 10 POGACAR, Tadej (UAD) 11 EZQUERRA, Jesus (BBH) 12 ROTA, Lorenzo (IWG) 13 TUSVELD, Martijn (DSM) 14 LUTSENKO, Alexey (APT) 15 KONRAD, Patrick (BOH) 16 VAN WILDER, Ilan (DSM) 17 HERMANS, Quinten (IWG) 18 MARTIN, Guillaume (COF) 19 SCOTSON, Miles (GFC) 20 COMBAUD, Romain (DSM) 21 SMITH, Dion (BEX) 22 ABERASTURI, Jon (CJR) 23 BURGAUDEAU, Mathieu (TDE) 24 MCNULTY, Brandon (UAD) 25 VALVERDE, Alejandro (MOV) 26 GAUDU, David (GFC) 27 CHAVES, Esteban (BEX) 28 KNOX, James (DQT) 29 WARBASSE, Lawrence (ACT) 30 OOMEN, Sam (TJV) 31 LAMMERTINK, Maurits (IWG) 32 BENNETT, Sean (TQA) 33 VINGEGAARD, Jonas (TJV) 34 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (BOH) 35 IZAGIRRE, Ion (APT) 36 SCHMID, Mauro (TQA) 37 ARCAS, Jorge (MOV) 38 EDET, Nicolas (COF) 39 KAMP, Alexander (TFS) 40 VANSEVENANT, Mauri (DQT) General Classification after Stage 5 1 MCNULTY, Brandon (UAD) 16:05:43 2 ROGLIC, Primoz (TJV) + 23 3 VINGEGAARD, Jonas (TJV) + 28 4 BILBAO, Pello (TBV) + 36 5 POGACAR, Tadej (UAD) + 43 6 YATES, Adam (IGD) + 1:02 7 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 1:07 8 VALVERDE, Alejandro (MOV) + 1:13 9 IZAGIRRE, Ion (APT) + 1:15 10 LANDA, Mikel (TBV) + 1:23 11 VANSEVENANT, Mauri (DQT) + 1:32 12 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (BOH) 13 HIGUITA, Sergio (EFN) + 1:42 14 FUGLSANG, Jakob (APT) + 1:44 15 CHAVES, Esteban (BEX) 16 GAUDU, David (GFC) + 1:52 17 VAN WILDER, Ilan (DSM) + 1:58 18 KNOX, James (DQT) + 2:01 19 LATOUR, Pierre (TDE) + 2:02 20 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 2:33Full Stage 5 Results and General Classification — firstcycling
Cerny, Honoré give Deceuninck-Quickstep a 1-2 on stage 5 — cyclingnews
Race leader McNulty upbeat ahead of Arrate showdown — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 5 (01:05 Spanish) — senalcolombiadeportes
Last Km of Stage 5 (01:39 Basque) — eitb
Last Km of Stage 5 (02:48 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
26 km to go: Astana attacks, Stage 5 (01:36 Basque) — eitb
Winner's Interview from Stage 5 (02:21 English) — CyclingProNet
Overall Leader's Interview after Stage 5 (01:21 English) — CyclingProNet
Resumen Etapa 5 (08:11 Spanish) — DanyProCycling
Recap and Analysis Stage 5 (40:11 English) — LanterneRouge
20 Big Photos from Stage 5 — flockton/corvos/bettini/getty
The Butterfly Effect Stage 5 - Jumbo Visma Walk of Shame (11:37 English) — ChrisHorner
Stage 5 preview: Hondarribia → Ondarroa, 160 km (lumpy)
April 8 update: Stage 5 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 start time: Friday 13:45 CET (11:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Hondarribia, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (1:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:29 CET (3:29:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ondarroa, Spain
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage 

20 Big Photos from Stage 4 — corvos/flockton/bettini

Stage 4 Results 1 IZAGIRRE, Ion (APT) 4:17:07 2 BILBAO, Pello (TBV) 3 MCNULTY, Brandon (UAD) 4 VINGEGAARD, Jonas (TJV) 5 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) 6 CHAVES, Esteban (BEX) + 2 7 BEVIN, Patrick (ISN) + 49 8 KNOX, James (DQT) 9 HERMANS, Quinten (IWG) 10 VALVERDE, Alejandro (MOV) 11 ARANBURU, Alex (APT) 12 POGACAR, Tadej (UAD) 13 GESCHKE, Simon (COF) 14 ROGLIC, Primoz (TJV) 15 VAN WILDER, Ilan (DSM) 16 HIGUITA, Sergio (EFN) 17 OSORIO, Alejandro (CJR) 18 LATOUR, Pierre (TDE) 19 LASTRA, Jonathan (CJR) 20 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (BOH) 21 GAUDU, David (GFC) 22 VANSEVENANT, Mauri (DQT) 23 ARU, Fabio (TQA) 24 LANDA, Mikel (TBV) 25 YATES, Adam (IGD) 26 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TJV) 27 MÄDER, Gino (TBV) 28 FERNANDEZ, Ruben (COF) 29 OOMEN, Sam (TJV) 30 FUGLSANG, Jakob (APT) 31 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) 32 MAS, Enric (MOV) 33 CARAPAZ, Richard (IGD) 34 ULISSI, Diego (UAD) + 5:42 35 EIKING, Odd Christian (IWG) 36 PARRA, José Félix (EKP) 37 FOSS, Tobias (TJV) 38 RODRIGUEZ, Cristian (TDE) 39 VERONA, Carlos (MOV) 40 EZQUERRA, Jesus (BBH) General Classification after Stage 4 1 MCNULTY, Brandon (UAD) 12:25:21 2 ROGLIC, Primoz (TJV) + 23 3 VINGEGAARD, Jonas (TJV) + 28 4 BILBAO, Pello (TBV) + 36 5 POGACAR, Tadej (UAD) + 43 6 YATES, Adam (IGD) + 1:02 7 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 1:07 8 VALVERDE, Alejandro (MOV) + 1:13 9 IZAGIRRE, Ion (APT) + 1:15 10 LANDA, Mikel (TBV) + 1:23 11 VANSEVENANT, Mauri (DQT) + 1:32 12 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (BOH) 13 HIGUITA, Sergio (EFN) + 1:42 14 FUGLSANG, Jakob (APT) + 1:44 15 CHAVES, Esteban (BEX) 16 GAUDU, David (GFC) + 1:52 17 VAN WILDER, Ilan (DSM) + 1:58 18 KNOX, James (DQT) + 2:01 19 LATOUR, Pierre (TDE) + 2:02 20 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 2:33Full Stage 4 Results and General Classification — firstcycling
McNulty takes lead on stage 4 won by Izagirre — cyclingnews
Pello Bilbao - Entrevista en la llegeda - Etapa 4 (01:33 English) — CyclingProNet
Tadej Pogacar - Interview at the finish - Stage 4 (01:18 English) — CyclingProNet
McNulty storms into lead with surprise attack — cyclingnews
Chaves comes desperately close to victory — cyclingnews
Primoz Roglic: Itzulia Basque Country is far from over — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 4 (02:19 Spanish) — senalcolombiadeportes
Last Km of Stage 4 (01:58 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last 10 Km of Stage 4 (16:22 Basque) — eitb
Winner's Interview from Stage 4 (01:33 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Overall Leader's Interview after Stage 4 (01:33 English) — CyclingProNet
Stage 4 Highlights (07:09 Music) — TXIRRINDULARIAK
Stage 4 Highlights (04:58 English, restricted to Europe) — Eurosport
Recap and Analysis from Stage 4 (29:25 English) — LanterneRouge
The Butterfly Effect Stage 4 - Fire EVERYONE! (13:34 English) — ChrisHorner
20 Big Photos from Stage 4 — corvos/flockton/bettini
Stage 4 preview: Vitoria-Gasteiz → Hondarribia, 189 km (hilly)
April 7 update: Stage 4 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Thursday 12:46 CET (10:46:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (1:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:30 CET (3:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Hondarribia, Spain
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage 

21 Big Photos from Stage 3 — corvos/flockton/bettini
Stage 3 Results 1 POGACAR, Tadej (UAD) 4:04:50 2 ROGLIC, Primoz (TJV) 3 VALVERDE, Alejandro (MOV) + 5 4 YATES, Adam (IGD) 5 LANDA, Mikel (TBV) 6 GAUDU, David (GFC) + 8 7 KNOX, James (DQT) + 16 8 VINGEGAARD, Jonas (TJV) 9 VANSEVENANT, Mauri (DQT) 10 MCNULTY, Brandon (UAD) + 18 11 HIGUITA, Sergio (EFN) + 20 12 BILBAO, Pello (TBV) 13 CHAVES, Esteban (BEX) 14 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (BOH) + 32 15 FUGLSANG, Jakob (APT) 16 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) 17 VAN WILDER, Ilan (DSM) + 34 18 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 36 19 IZAGIRRE, Ion (APT) 20 MÄDER, Gino (TBV) + 50 21 LATOUR, Pierre (TDE) 22 ARU, Fabio (TQA) + 1:03 23 O'CONNOR, Ben (ACT) 24 MAS, Enric (MOV) 25 FERNANDEZ, Ruben (COF) 26 LOPEZ, Juan Pedro (TFS) + 1:10 27 MARTIN, Guillaume (COF) + 1:20 28 CARAPAZ, Richard (IGD) + 1:22 29 CEPEDA, Jefferson (CJR) 30 ROTA, Lorenzo (IWG) + 1:40 31 DONOVAN, Mark (DSM) 32 KONRAD, Patrick (BOH) + 1:57 33 RODRIGUEZ, Cristian (TDE) 34 LASTRA, Jonathan (CJR) 35 MAJKA, Rafal (UAD) + 1:59 36 OOMEN, Sam (TJV) 37 ULISSI, Diego (UAD) + 2:32 38 POLANC, Jan (UAD) 39 NIEVE, Mikel (BEX) + 2:38 40 DUNBAR, Edward (IGD) General Classification after Stage 3 1 ROGLIC, Primoz (TJV) 8:07:48 2 POGACAR, Tadej (UAD) + 20 3 MCNULTY, Brandon (UAD) + 30 4 YATES, Adam (IGD) + 39 5 VALVERDE, Alejandro (MOV) + 50 6 VINGEGAARD, Jonas (TJV) + 54 7 LANDA, Mikel (TBV) + 1:00 8 BILBAO, Pello (TBV) + 1:08 9 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (BOH) + 1:09 10 VANSEVENANT, Mauri (DQT) 11 HIGUITA, Sergio (EFN) + 1:19 12 FUGLSANG, Jakob (APT) + 1:21 13 GAUDU, David (GFC) + 1:29 14 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 1:33 15 VAN WILDER, Ilan (DSM) + 1:35 16 KNOX, James (DQT) + 1:38 17 LATOUR, Pierre (TDE) + 1:39 18 IZAGIRRE, Ion (APT) + 1:51 19 CHAVES, Esteban (BEX) + 2:08 20 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 2:10Full Stage 3 Results and General Classification — firstcycling
Tadej Pogacar climbs to stage 3 win — cyclingnews
Pogacar gaining on Roglic at Itzulia Basque Country — cyclingnews
Roglic admits Pogacar's recon made a difference on stage 3 — cyclingnews