The 2023 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2023[1]) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 8 April 2023 in the titular region in northern Spain. It was the 62nd edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2023 UCI World Tour.[2]
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Dates | 3–8 April 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 992.5 km (616.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 24h 45' 24" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams
editAll 18 UCI WorldTeams and five UCI ProTeams made up the 23 teams that participated in the race.[3] All teams entered a full squad of seven riders.
UCI WorldTeams
- AG2R Citroën Team
- Alpecin–Deceuninck
- Arkéa–Samsic
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Bora–Hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
- Movistar Team
- Soudal–Quick-Step
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Team DSM
- Team Jayco–AlUla
- Team Jumbo–Visma
- Trek–Segafredo
- UAE Team Emirates
UCI ProTeams
Route
editStage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1 | 3 April | Vitoria-Gasteiz to Labastida | 165.4 km (102.8 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Ethan Hayter (GBR) | ||
2 | 4 April | Viana to Leitza | 193.8 km (120.4 mi) | Mountain stage | Ide Schelling (NED) | ||
3 | 5 April | Errenteria to Amasa-Villabona | 153.9 km (95.6 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | ||
4 | 6 April | Santurtzi to Santurtzi | 175.7 km (109.2 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | ||
5 | 7 April | Amorebieta-Etxano to Amorebieta-Etxano | 165.9 km (103.1 mi) | Mountain stage | Sergio Higuita (COL) | ||
6 | 8 April | Eibar to Eibar | 137.8 km (85.6 mi) | Mountain stage | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | ||
Total | 992.5 km (616.7 mi) |
Stages
editStage 1
edit- 3 April 2023 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Labastida, 165.4 km (102.8 mi)[4]
Stage 2
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Stage 3
edit- 5 April 2023 — Errenteria to Amasa-Villabona, 162.2 km (100.8 mi)[10]
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Stage 4
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Stage 5
edit- 7 April 2023 — Amorebieta-Etxano to Amorebieta-Etxano, 165.9 km (103.1 mi)[16]
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Stage 6
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Classification leadership table
editStage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Basque rider classification | Team classification |
Combativity award |
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1 | Ethan Hayter | Ethan Hayter | Ethan Hayter | Jon Barrenetxea | Ethan Hayter | Jon Aberasturi | Ineos Grenadiers | Txomin Juaristi |
2 | Ide Schelling | Ide Schelling | Alex Aranburu | Ide Schelling | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | Javier Romo | |
3 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jonas Vingegaard | Mattias Skjelmose | Rémi Cavagna | ||||
4 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jonas Vingegaard | Soudal–Quick-Step | Jon Barrenetxea | ||||
5 | Sergio Higuita | Mattia Cattaneo | ||||||
6 | Jonas Vingegaard | Brandon McNulty | Esteban Chaves | |||||
Final | Jonas Vingegaard | Jonas Vingegaard | Jon Barrenetxea | Brandon McNulty | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | Not awarded |
Classification standings
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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
editRank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 24h 45' 24" |
2 | Mikel Landa (ESP) | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 1' 12" |
3 | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Cofidis | + 1' 29" |
4 | David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 1' 31" |
5 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1' 36" |
6 | Sergio Higuita (COL) | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 1' 37" |
7 | Brandon McNulty (USA) | UAE Team Emirates | + 1' 38" |
8 | James Knox (GBR) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 1' 38" |
9 | Simon Yates (GBR) | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 1' 39" |
10 | Felix Gall (AUT) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 1' 50" |
Points classification
editRank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 102 |
2 | Mauro Schmid (SUI) | Soudal–Quick-Step | 67 |
3 | Mikel Landa (ESP) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 55 |
4 | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Cofidis | 51 |
5 | Matteo Sobrero (ITA) | Team Jayco–AlUla | 51 |
6 | Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | 50 |
7 | Brandon McNulty (USA) | UAE Team Emirates | 48 |
8 | David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 47 |
9 | Sergio Higuita (COL) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 44 |
10 | Alex Aranburu (ESP) | Movistar Team | 34 |
Mountains classification
editRank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jon Barrenetxea (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 35 |
2 | Esteban Chaves (COL) | EF Education–EasyPost | 27 |
3 | Ruben Guerreiro (POR) | Movistar Team | 25 |
4 | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 19 |
5 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 18 |
6 | Rémi Cavagna (FRA) | Soudal–Quick-Step | 18 |
7 | Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) | Soudal–Quick-Step | 14 |
8 | Alan Jousseaume (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 11 |
9 | Georg Zimmermann (GER) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | 10 |
10 | Mikel Landa (ESP) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 8 |
Young rider classification
editRank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Brandon McNulty (USA) | UAE Team Emirates | 24h 47' 02" |
2 | Felix Gall (AUT) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 12" |
3 | Mauro Schmid (SUI) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 58" |
4 | Attila Valter (HUN) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 1' 35" |
5 | Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | + 3' 05" |
6 | Andreas Leknessund (NOR) | Team DSM | + 6' 06" |
7 | Igor Arrieta (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 6' 20" |
8 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | UAE Team Emirates | + 14' 42" |
9 | Laurens Huys (BEL) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | + 18' 04" |
10 | Romain Grégoire (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 32' 33" |
Basque rider classification
editRank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Mikel Landa (ESP) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 24h 46' 36" |
2 | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Cofidis | + 17" |
3 | Víctor de la Parte (ESP) | Team TotalEnergies | + 4' 46" |
4 | Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 4' 59" |
5 | Igor Arrieta (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 6' 46" |
6 | Jonathan Lastra (ESP) | Cofidis | + 14' 24" |
7 | Alex Aranburu (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 14' 28" |
8 | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 17' 13" |
9 | Gorzon Martín (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 24' 03" |
10 | Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 26' 18" |
Team classification
editRank | Team | Time |
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1 | Soudal–Quick-Step | 74h 24' 59" |
2 | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 3' 29" |
3 | Movistar Team | + 5' 58" |
4 | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 14' 43" |
5 | EF Education–EasyPost | + 15' 19" |
6 | Arkéa–Samsic | + 17' 21" |
7 | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 20' 16" |
8 | Trek–Segafredo | + 20' 37" |
9 | Groupama–FDJ | + 21' 52" |
10 | Cofidis | + 32' 46" |
References
edit- ^ "Itzulia Basque Country". UCI. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (31 March 2023). "Itzulia Basque Country 2023 favourites - who can take on Jonas Vingegaard?". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Teams". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Vitoria-Gasteiz – Labastida". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ a b Fotheringham, Alasdair (3 April 2023). "Ethan Hayter wins opening stage of Itzulia Basque Country 2023". CyclingNews. Future plc.
- ^ a b "Rankings after Stage 1". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Viana – Leitza". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ a b Fotheringham, Alasdair (4 April 2023). "Ide Schelling wins Itzulia Basque Country stage 2". CyclingNews. Future plc.
- ^ a b "Rankings after Stage 2". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Errenteria – Amasa-Villabona". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ a b Fotheringham, Alasdair (4 April 2023). "Itzulia Basque Country: Jonas Vingegaard captures stage 3 uphill victory". CyclingNews. Future plc.
- ^ a b "Rankings after Stage 3". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Santurtzi – Santurtzi". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b Farrand, Stephen (6 April 2023). "Itzulia Basque Country: Vingegaard makes it two in a row on stage 4". CyclingNews. Future plc.
- ^ a b "Rankings after Stage 4". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Amorebieta-Etxano – Amorebieta-Etxano". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b Tyson, Jackie (7 April 2023). "Itzulia Basque Country: Sergio Higuita wins stage 5 from day-long breakaway". CyclingNews. Future plc.
- ^ a b "Rankings after Stage 5". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 7 April 2023.
- ^ "Eibar – Eibar". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fletcher, Patrick (8 April 2023). "Jonas Vingegaard seals Itzulia Basque Country title with rampaging third stage win". CyclingNews. Future plc.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Rankings after Stage 6". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 8 April 2023.