2019 Itzulia Basque Country
Male Team 08 - 13 Apr

Itzulia Basque Country

781 Kilometers 6 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Winner Anacona
  2. Carlos Betancur
  3. Rubén Fernández
  4. Mikel Landa
  5. Antonio Pedrero
  6. José Joaquín Rojas
  7. Carlos Verona
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TV

The race will be broadcast live every day on Eurosport 1, at 3.30pm CEST.
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Timetable

Each and every of the six stages will finish around 5.30pm CEST.
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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4" at the finish of all five point-to-point stages, plus two intermediate sprints per stage awarding 3-2-1" each.
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Social Media

The race's official Twitter account is @ehitzulia; the hashtag, #itzulia.
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Score

The Abarca Sports organisation has seven overall victories to its name in the Vuelta al País Vasco, the latter of which was notched up by Alejandro Valverde in 2017. 17 stage victories further embellish the team's palmarès, available on our website's History section.

Stages

Analysis

01
Zumarraga (CRI / ITT) (11.2km)
08 April
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  1. 01 Max Schachmann Bora-Hansgrohe 17'10"
  2. 02 Daniel Martínez EF Education First +9"
  3. 03 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Sky +10"
  4. 25 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +50"
  5. 29 Mikel Landa Movistar Team +54"
  6. 47 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +1'08"
  7. 67 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +1'20"
  8. 71 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +1'25"
  9. 97 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team +1'39"
  10. 98 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +1'40"
02
Zumarraga - Gorraiz (149.5km)
09 April
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  1. 01 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick Step 3h29'37"
  2. 02 Bjorg Lambrecht Lotto Soudal +1"
  3. 03 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Sky "
  4. 22 Mikel Landa Movistar Team +9"
  5. 27 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team "
  6. 29 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  7. 36 Winner Anacona Movistar Team "
  8. 45 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +24"
  9. 47 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +26"
  10. 69 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +1'57"
03
Sarriguren - Estibaliz (191.4km)
10 April
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  1. 01 Max Schachmann Bora-Hansgrohe 4h47'57"
  2. 02 Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates "
  3. 03 Enrico Battaglin Katusha-Alpecin "
  4. 12 Mikel Landa Movistar Team "
  5. 20 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  6. 27 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  7. 54 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +20"
  8. 55 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team "
  9. 62 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team +25"
  10. 83 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +1'02"
04
Vitoria - Arrigorriaga (163.5km)
11 April
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  1. 01 Max Schachmann Bora-Hansgrohe 4h03'55"
  2. 02 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates "
  3. 03 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team +1"
  4. 11 Mikel Landa Movistar Team +9"
  5. 22 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team "
  6. 29 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +25"
  7. 43 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +1'00"
  8. 53 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +1'54"
  9. 60 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +3'10"
  10. 65 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +3'54"
05
Arrigorriaga - Arrate (149.8km)
12 April
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  1. 01 Emanuel Buchmann Bora-Hansgrohe 3h44'14"
  2. 02 Ion Izagirre Astana Pro Team +1'08"
  3. 03 Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott "
  4. 07 Mikel Landa Movistar Team +1'50"
  5. 27 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +8'53"
  6. 32 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +15'20"
  7. 59 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +20'58"
  8. 60 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  9. 65 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  10. 96 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team "
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Eibar (118.2km)
13 April
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  1. 01 Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott 2h59'46"
  2. 02 Dan Martin UAE Team Emirates +1"
  3. 03 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team "
  4. 07 Mikel Landa Movistar Team +1'24"
  5. 33 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +8'47"
  6. 41 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +8'55"
  7. —  Winner Anacona Movistar Team DNF
  8. —  Rubén Fernández Movistar Team DNF
  9. —  Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team DNF
  10. —  Carlos Betancur Movistar Team DNF

Analysis

The 2019 Vuelta al País Vasco will offer a richer parcours than ever. Combined with plenty of hills always making it one of the toughest races in the world and an individual time trial (11.2km) opening the event in Zumarraga on Monday 8th April, there will be a challenging, new-for-2019 route over gravel roads on Tuesday 9th. The peloton will ride on paths very close to the Movistar Team headquarters in en Egüés, the 149km stage two to Gorráiz -where the Blues stay every October to kick off their season- featuring six ‘sterrato’ sections inside the last sixty kilometers, the final one 16km from the end.

Starting on Wednesday 10th, the ‘Itzulia’ will be back to its essences. A small hill-top finish in Estibaliz will preceed the Zaratamo (Cat-3) climb, full of ups and downs, near the end of stage four (Thursday 11th) in Arrigorriaga. After that (Friday 12th), the famous Queen stage towards Arrate will include seven rated ascents, with 2x Ixua / Usartza (Cat-1) on an opposite order to last year’s stage: first up Matsaria and its tough slopes, then a more traditional side towards the Santuario.

To finish things off, a brutal, Basque-like 118km on Saturday 13th, over the ascents of San Miguel (Cat-3), Kalbario (Cat-3), Elkorrieta (Cat-3), Azurki (Cat-1), Karakate (Cat-1) and Asensio (Cat-2) before some further little slopes and short downhills before Eibar’s finishing straight. No easy days allowed in this region!