2021 Itzulia Basque Country
Male Team 05 - 10 Apr

Itzulia Basque Country

794 Kilometers 6 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Jorge Arcas
  3. Héctor Carretero
  4. Enric Mas
  5. Einer Rubio
  6. Sergio Samitier
  7. Carlos Verona
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TV

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

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Timetable

All stages will end around 5.30pm CEST.

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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4″ up for grabs at each of the five road stages, with 3-2-1″ at the intermediate sprints.

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Social Media

The race’s official Twitter account is @ehitzulia; the hashtag is #Itzulia.

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Score

Eusebio Unzué’s organisation has six victories to its different names in the Itzulia, the last of which was obtained by Alejandro Valverde in 2017.

Stages

Analysis

01
Bilbao (CRI / ITT) (13.9km)
05 April
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  1. 01 Primoz Roglic Jumbo – Visma 17'17"
  2. 02 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates +2"
  3. 03 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo – Visma +18"
  4. 19 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +43"
  5. 56 Enric Mas Movistar Team +1'17"
  6. 126 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +2'03"
  7. 139 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +2'10"
  8. 141 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +2'15"
  9. 149 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +2'20"
  10. 158 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +2'40"
02
Zalla - Sestao (154.8km)
06 April
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  1. 01 Alex Aranburu Astana – Premier Tech 3h45'32"
  2. 02 Omar Fraile Astana – Premier Tech +15"
  3. 03 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates "
  4. 10 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  5. 33 Enric Mas Movistar Team +1'01"
  6. 49 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +1'42"
  7. 62 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +2'04"
  8. 109 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +8'19"
  9. 151 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +13'19"
  10. 152 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
03
Amurrio - Ermualde / Llodio (167.7km)
07 April
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  1. 01 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates 4h04'50"
  2. 02 Primoz Roglic Jumbo – Visma "
  3. 03 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +5"
  4. 24 Enric Mas Movistar Team +1'03"
  5. 62 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +4'27"
  6. 68 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +5'23"
  7. 112 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +8'55"
  8. 114 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +9'39"
  9. 144 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +12'42"
04
Vitoria - Hondarribia (189.1km)
08 April
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  1. 01 Ion Izagirre Astana – Premier Tech 4h17'07"
  2. 02 Pello Bilbao Bahrain Victorious "
  3. 03 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates "
  4. 10 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +49"
  5. 32 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 39 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +5'42"
  7. 90 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +13'54"
  8. 116 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +18'46"
  9. 117 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
  10. 120 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
05
Hondarribia - Ondarroa (160.2km)
09 April
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  1. 01 Mikkel Honoré Deceuninck – Quick Step 3h39'54"
  2. 02 Josef Cerny Deceuninck – Quick Step "
  3. 03 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo +17"
  4. 25 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +28"
  5. 37 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  6. 56 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  7. 86 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
  8. 101 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +1'06"
  9. 106 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +1'30"
  10. 112 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
06
Ondarroa - Arrate (111.9km)
10 April
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  1. 01 David Gaudu Groupama-FDJ 3h05'42"
  2. 02 Primoz Roglic Jumbo – Visma "
  3. 03 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +35"
  4. 19 Enric Mas Movistar Team +4'40"
  5. 54 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +12'58"
  6. 70 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +15'43"
  7. 78 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +18'18"
  8. 98 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +19'08"
  9. —  Héctor Carretero Movistar Team DNF

Analysis

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic in 2020, unable to get some dates in the revamped summer calendar, the Itzulia / Vuelta al País Vasco is back in 2021 with a route just as demanding as usual, with mountains over each and every of its six stages – including the opening TT, no less than in Bilbao (Monday 5th), initially climbing to Santo Domingo before a brutal kick up to the line near the city council (13.9km in total).

The ascents of San Cosme (Cat-3), Beci (Cat-2) and especially La Asturiana (Cat-2), before a final slope in Sestao (Tuesday 6th), will continue to liven up the race in Biscay, before travelling to Álava on Wednesday 7th for a difficult stage three finale, up Malkuartu (Cat-2) and the mountain-top finish of Ermualde (Cat-1), in Llodio.

Stage four on Thursday 8th will take the race to the Gipuzkoa coast, over Jaizkibel (Cat-2) and Erlaitz (Cat-2) en route to a flat finish in Hondarribia, suited for breakaways or a fast finish. On Friday 9th, the hills of Gontzagarai (Cat-3) and San Miguel (Cat-3) will lead to a series of little lumps near Ondarroa, another finish for adventurers. And last but not least, on Saturday 10th, a brutal test: seven climbs in just 112km, including Usatza (Cat-1) en route to the Arrate sanctuary, the most traditional Basque finish.