2018 GP Miguel Indurain
Male Team 31 Mar

GP Miguel Indurain

186 Kilometers
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Andrey Amador
  3. Winner Anacona
  4. Carlos Betancur
  5. Jaime Castrillo
  6. Antonio Pedrero
  7. Marc Soler
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TV

The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport 2, at 3.30pm CEST.
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Timetable

The neutral start from Estella will be given at 12.20pm; the finish at the Paseo de la Inmaculada is expected from 5.09 to 5.23pm.
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Social Media

The organisers' official Twitter account is @CCEstella; the race's hashtag, if we follow the one used last year, should be #GPMI18. Over at @Movistar_Team, we'll offer live, on-site coverage of our guys' performances in the only race of the season held in the Movistar Team's home region, Navarra.
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Score

The Abarca Sports organisation has got nine victories in the GP Miguel Indurain, though only two with its current name: those by Alejandro Valverde (2014) and Ion Izagirre (2016). The other seven were notched up when the race was called Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra, GP Navarra or even Campeonato de España de Fondo, Spanish National Road Race Championship (!!). The full victory list is available on our website's History section.

Route

Estella (186km)
31 March

Analysis

The Club Ciclista Estella has made a very distinct change to the route of the 20th edition -under its current name-  of the GP Miguel Indurain. The hilltop finish at the Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Puy, which somewhat conditioned how the race unfolded despite the tough Alto de Eraul being tackled before, is now gone and replaced for the traditional, flat finish at the Inmaculada boulevard, in the heart of the city. The 186km race, the only UCI event entirely hold on roads of Navarra, are divided into a softer first 90km and a very demanding second half, with up to ten climbs.

There will be three ascents of the Alto de Ibarra -the last one completed just 2km from the end-, a longer side of the Puy climb already used in previous years. Two times will the Alto de Muru be tackled, just before the final climbs of Ibarra. Also on the route are the gentle uphill to Irache, right after the last passage through the finish, and the more demanding Alto de Arradia. And to make things even harder, three longer ascents: Guirguillano (Cat-1; 120km); Lezaun (Cat-2; 139km) and, above them, Eraul (Cat-2; 3.7km at 6%), crested just 11km from the finish with Muru and Ibarra still left before the line.