Itzulia Basque Country 2017 - Stage 5
03.04-08.04
Itzulia Basque Country is a UCI WorldTour stage race held each April in northern Spain, taking place across the Basque Country. Known for its short, steep climbs and technical routes, the race is a key test for explosive climbers and GC riders. First held in 1924, it has built a reputation as one of the most demanding and tactically complex stage races on the calendar.
Results
Stage
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 3:26:32 |
| 2 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 00.00 |
| 3 | Rigoberto Uran | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 00.00 |
| 4 | Michael Woods | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 00.00 |
| 5 | Louis Meintjes | UAE Team Emirates | + 00.00 |
| 6 | Alberto Contador | Trek-Segafredo | + 00.03 |
| 7 | Ion Izagirre | Bahrain-Merida | + 00.15 |
| 8 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky | + 00.15 |
| 9 | Simon Yates | Orica-Scott | + 00.15 |
| 10 | David de la Cruz | Quick-Step Floors | + 00.22 |
| 11 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 00.22 |
| 12 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | + 00.22 |
| 13 | Samuel Sánchez | BMC Racing Team | + 00.34 |
| 14 | Simon Spilak | Katusha-Alpecin | + 00.47 |
| 15 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 00.47 |
| 16 | George Bennett | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 00.58 |
| 17 | Enric Mas | Quick-Step Floors | + 00.58 |
| 18 | Warren Barguil | Team Sunweb | + 00.58 |
| 19 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 00.58 |
| 20 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 00.58 |
| 21 | Primoz Roglic | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 01.11 |
| 22 | Damiano Caruso | BMC Racing Team | + 01.11 |
| 23 | Nicolas Roche | BMC Racing Team | + 01.11 |
| 24 | Jaime Roson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 01.11 |
| 25 | Giovanni Visconti | Bahrain-Merida | + 01.27 |
| 26 | Serge Pauwels | Team Dimension Data | + 01.27 |
| 27 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | + 01.27 |
| 28 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 01.27 |
| 29 | Rudy Molard | FDJ | + 01.42 |
| 30 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 01.55 |
| 31 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Soudal | + 01.57 |
| 32 | Mikel Nieve | Team Sky | + 02.00 |
| 33 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | + 02.00 |
| 34 | Ondrej Cink | Bahrain-Merida | + 02.16 |
| 35 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek-Segafredo | + 02.30 |
| 36 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | + 02.43 |
| 37 | Igor Anton | Team Dimension Data | + 02.43 |
| 38 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | + 02.43 |
| 39 | Simon Geschke | Team Sunweb | + 02.43 |
| 40 | André Cardoso | Trek-Segafredo | + 02.43 |
| 41 | Ruben Fernandez | Movistar Team | + 02.43 |
| 42 | Michael Valgren | Astana Pro Team | + 02.43 |
| 43 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | + 02.43 |
| 44 | Roman Kreuziger | Orica-Scott | + 03.10 |
| 45 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 03.10 |
| 46 | Maurits Lammertink | Katusha-Alpecin | + 03.10 |
| 47 | Janez Brajkovic | Bahrain-Merida | + 03.33 |
| 48 | Tsgabu Grmay | Bahrain-Merida | + 03.33 |
| 49 | Jack Haig | Orica-Scott | + 03.33 |
| 50 | Victor De La Parte | Movistar Team | + 03.40 |
| 51 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | + 04.29 |
| 52 | Jesús Hernández | Trek-Segafredo | + 04.29 |
| 53 | Georg Preidler | Team Sunweb | + 04.29 |
| 54 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | + 04.29 |
| 55 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto-Soudal | + 04.46 |
| 56 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | + 04.46 |
| 57 | Alex Aranburu | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 04.46 |
| 58 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 04.46 |
| 59 | Gianluca Brambilla | Quick-Step Floors | + 05.10 |
| 60 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 05.10 |
| 61 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 05.20 |
| 62 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 06.01 |
| 63 | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 06.44 |
| 64 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 07.10 |
| 65 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 07.10 |
| 66 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 07.10 |
| 67 | Matvei Mamykin | Katusha-Alpecin | + 08.59 |
| 68 | Odd Christian Eiking | FDJ | + 08.59 |
| 69 | Floris De Tier | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 08.59 |
| 70 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | + 09.22 |
| 71 | Carlos Verona | Orica-Scott | + 09.22 |
| 72 | David López | Team Sky | + 09.22 |
| 73 | Simon Clarke | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 09.24 |
| 74 | Jay McCarthy | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 09.24 |
| 75 | Sergio Pardilla | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 09.24 |
| 76 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 09.24 |
| 77 | Toms Skujins | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 09.24 |
| 78 | Luis Angel Mate | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 09.24 |
| 79 | Robert Kiserlovski | Katusha-Alpecin | + 09.27 |
| 80 | Rory Sutherland | Movistar Team | + 09.27 |
| 81 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | + 09.27 |
| 82 | Kristijan Durasek | UAE Team Emirates | + 09.27 |
| 83 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 09.27 |
| 84 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 09.27 |
| 85 | Paul Martens | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 09.27 |
| 86 | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 09.27 |
| 87 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | + 09.27 |
| 88 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-Merida | + 09.27 |
| 89 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Sky | + 09.44 |
| 90 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ | + 09.44 |
| 91 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 10.04 |
| 92 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | + 10.39 |
| 93 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 10.39 |
| 94 | Clément Chevrier | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10.39 |
| 95 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10.39 |
| 96 | Nathan Brown | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 10.39 |
| 97 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | + 11.05 |
| 98 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | + 11.15 |
| 99 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | + 11.39 |
| 100 | Rubén Plaza | Orica-Scott | + 12.05 |
| 101 | Tiago Machado | Katusha-Alpecin | + 13.09 |
| 102 | Stéphane Rossetto | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 13.09 |
| 103 | Enrico Battaglin | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 13.23 |
| 104 | Antonio Nibali | Bahrain-Merida | + 13.23 |
| 105 | Manuele Mori | UAE Team Emirates | + 14.07 |
| 106 | Markel Irizar | Trek-Segafredo | + 14.07 |
| 107 | Chris Hamilton | Team Sunweb | + 14.07 |
| 108 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Sunweb | + 14.07 |
| 109 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Sunweb | + 14.12 |
| 110 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14.12 |
| 111 | Alex Howes | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 14.42 |
| 112 | Mathias Le Turnier | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14.42 |
| 113 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 14.42 |
| 114 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha-Alpecin | + 14.42 |
| 115 | Angel Vicioso | Katusha-Alpecin | + 14.44 |
| 116 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 14.48 |
| 117 | Eros Capecchi | Quick-Step Floors | + 15.03 |
| 118 | Michal Golas | Team Sky | + 15.03 |
| 119 | Ben Swift | UAE Team Emirates | + 15.03 |
| 120 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | + 15.03 |
| 121 | Matej Mohoric | UAE Team Emirates | + 15.03 |
| 122 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Floors | + 15.03 |
| 123 | Léo Vincent | FDJ | + 15.03 |
| 124 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-Merida | + 15.07 |
| 125 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15.11 |
| 126 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15.11 |
| 127 | Silvio Herklotz | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 15.25 |
| 128 | Omar Fraile | Team Dimension Data | + 15.27 |
| 129 | Lluis Mas | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 15.27 |
| 130 | Juan Jose Lobato | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 15.27 |
| 131 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 15.27 |
| 132 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 15.27 |
| 133 | Laurent Didier | Trek-Segafredo | + 16.20 |
| 134 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 16.36 |
| 135 | Robert Power | Orica-Scott | + 16.36 |
| 136 | Michael Albasini | Orica-Scott | + 16.36 |
| 137 | Nikita Stalnov | Astana Pro Team | + 16.36 |
| 138 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 17.02 |
| - | Jhonatan Restrepo | Katusha-Alpecin | DNF |
| - | Sean De Bie | Lotto-Soudal | DNF |
| - | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | DNF |
| - | Tim Wellens | Lotto-Soudal | DNF |
| - | Martin Velits | Quick-Step Floors | DNF |
| - | Maximiliano Richeze | Quick-Step Floors | DNF |
| - | Lachlan Morton | Team Dimension Data | DNF |
| - | Rafael Reis | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | DNF |
| - | Adrien Niyonshuti | Team Dimension Data | DNF |
| - | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick-Step Floors | DNF |
| - | Simon Gerrans | Orica-Scott | DNF |
GC
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 20:05:18 |
| 2 | Rigoberto Uran | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 00.00 |
| 3 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 00.00 |
| 4 | Louis Meintjes | UAE Team Emirates | + 00.00 |
| 5 | Michael Woods | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 00.00 |
| 6 | Alberto Contador | Trek-Segafredo | + 00.03 |
| 7 | Ion Izagirre | Bahrain-Merida | + 00.15 |
| 8 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky | + 00.15 |
| 9 | David de la Cruz | Quick-Step Floors | + 00.19 |
| 10 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 00.22 |
| 11 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | + 00.22 |
| 12 | Samuel Sánchez | BMC Racing Team | + 00.34 |
| 13 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 00.47 |
| 14 | Simon Spilak | Katusha-Alpecin | + 00.47 |
| 15 | George Bennett | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 00.58 |
| 16 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 00.58 |
| 17 | Warren Barguil | Team Sunweb | + 00.58 |
| 18 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 00.58 |
| 19 | Enric Mas | Quick-Step Floors | + 00.58 |
| 20 | Primoz Roglic | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 01.08 |
| 21 | Jaime Roson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 01.11 |
| 22 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | + 01.27 |
| 23 | Serge Pauwels | Team Dimension Data | + 01.27 |
| 24 | Giovanni Visconti | Bahrain-Merida | + 01.27 |
| 25 | Rudy Molard | FDJ | + 01.42 |
| 26 | Simon Yates | Orica-Scott | + 01.45 |
| 27 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | + 02.00 |
| 28 | Ruben Fernandez | Movistar Team | + 02.43 |
| 29 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | + 02.43 |
| 30 | Mikel Nieve | Team Sky | + 03.25 |
| 31 | Tsgabu Grmay | Bahrain-Merida | + 03.33 |
| 32 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | + 04.08 |
| 33 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 04.30 |
| 34 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 04.46 |
| 35 | Roman Kreuziger | Orica-Scott | + 04.48 |
| 36 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Soudal | + 05.19 |
| 37 | Nicolas Roche | BMC Racing Team | + 05.55 |
| 38 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | + 06.11 |
| 39 | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 06.44 |
| 40 | Simon Geschke | Team Sunweb | + 07.07 |
| 41 | Alex Aranburu | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 07.10 |
| 42 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 08.05 |
| 43 | Victor De La Parte | Movistar Team | + 09.23 |
| 44 | Ondrej Cink | Bahrain-Merida | + 09.24 |
| 45 | Georg Preidler | Team Sunweb | + 09.33 |
| 46 | Floris De Tier | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 09.58 |
| 47 | Gianluca Brambilla | Quick-Step Floors | + 10.02 |
| 48 | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 10.26 |
| 49 | Jack Haig | Orica-Scott | + 10.41 |
| 50 | Jay McCarthy | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 10.49 |
| 51 | Robert Kiserlovski | Katusha-Alpecin | + 10.52 |
| 52 | André Cardoso | Trek-Segafredo | + 12.00 |
| 53 | Carlos Verona | Orica-Scott | + 12.25 |
| 54 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek-Segafredo | + 12.38 |
| 55 | Tiago Machado | Katusha-Alpecin | + 14.34 |
| 56 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto-Soudal | + 14.34 |
| 57 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | + 15.17 |
| 58 | Janez Brajkovic | Bahrain-Merida | + 16.01 |
| 59 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 16.02 |
| 60 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | + 16.30 |
| 61 | Paul Martens | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 16.35 |
| 62 | Angel Vicioso | Katusha-Alpecin | + 17.08 |
| 63 | Luis Angel Mate | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 18.01 |
| 64 | Maurits Lammertink | Katusha-Alpecin | + 18.02 |
| 65 | Odd Christian Eiking | FDJ | + 18.16 |
| 66 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 18.36 |
| 67 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 19.24 |
| 68 | Igor Anton | Team Dimension Data | + 19.40 |
| 69 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Sunweb | + 19.55 |
| 70 | Nathan Brown | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 19.56 |
| 71 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20.37 |
| 72 | Omar Fraile | Team Dimension Data | + 21.45 |
| 73 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | + 21.55 |
| 74 | Michael Valgren | Astana Pro Team | + 22.21 |
| 75 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 23.01 |
| 76 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 23.42 |
| 77 | Damiano Caruso | BMC Racing Team | + 24.20 |
| 78 | David López | Team Sky | + 24.54 |
| 79 | Sergio Pardilla | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 24.56 |
| 80 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 25.14 |
| 81 | Jesús Hernández | Trek-Segafredo | + 25.50 |
| 82 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 26.11 |
| 83 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | + 26.59 |
| 84 | Matvei Mamykin | Katusha-Alpecin | + 27.23 |
| 85 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | + 27.55 |
| 86 | Rory Sutherland | Movistar Team | + 29.27 |
| 87 | Clément Chevrier | AG2R La Mondiale | + 30.05 |
| 88 | Rubén Plaza | Orica-Scott | + 31.31 |
| 89 | Stéphane Rossetto | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 31.33 |
| 90 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 31.51 |
| 91 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | + 32.05 |
| 92 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ | + 33.28 |
| 93 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | + 33.58 |
| 94 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-Merida | + 34.08 |
| 95 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 34.43 |
| 96 | Matej Mohoric | UAE Team Emirates | + 34.52 |
| 97 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | + 35.10 |
| 98 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 35.44 |
| 99 | Toms Skujins | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 35.57 |
| 100 | Robert Power | Orica-Scott | + 36.02 |
| 101 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Sky | + 36.17 |
| 102 | Mathias Le Turnier | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 36.44 |
| 103 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 37.00 |
| 104 | Silvio Herklotz | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 37.02 |
| 105 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Floors | + 37.12 |
| 106 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 37.25 |
| 107 | Kristijan Durasek | UAE Team Emirates | + 37.25 |
| 108 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 37.28 |
| 109 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 37.57 |
| 110 | Antonio Nibali | Bahrain-Merida | + 38.04 |
| 111 | Simon Clarke | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 38.16 |
| 112 | Eros Capecchi | Quick-Step Floors | + 38.19 |
| 113 | Michael Albasini | Orica-Scott | + 38.38 |
| 114 | Juan Jose Lobato | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 38.43 |
| 115 | Ben Swift | UAE Team Emirates | + 38.56 |
| 116 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 39.18 |
| 117 | Michal Golas | Team Sky | + 39.44 |
| 118 | Manuele Mori | UAE Team Emirates | + 39.59 |
| 119 | Markel Irizar | Trek-Segafredo | + 39.59 |
| 120 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 40.02 |
| 121 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | + 40.29 |
| 122 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 41.15 |
| 123 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 41.19 |
| 124 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 41.19 |
| 125 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | + 41.28 |
| 126 | Alex Howes | Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | + 42.09 |
| 127 | Enrico Battaglin | Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 42.32 |
| 128 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-Merida | + 43.05 |
| 129 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Sunweb | + 43.46 |
| 130 | Léo Vincent | FDJ | + 44.04 |
| 131 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | + 45.03 |
| 132 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha-Alpecin | + 45.20 |
| 133 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 46.11 |
| 134 | Lluis Mas | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 47.41 |
| 135 | Nikita Stalnov | Astana Pro Team | + 48.44 |
| 136 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 49.16 |
| 137 | Chris Hamilton | Team Sunweb | + 49.27 |
| 138 | Laurent Didier | Trek-Segafredo | + 49.58 |
| - | Jhonatan Restrepo | Katusha-Alpecin | DNF |
| - | Sean De Bie | Lotto-Soudal | DNF |
| - | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | DNF |
| - | Tim Wellens | Lotto-Soudal | DNF |
| - | Martin Velits | Quick-Step Floors | DNF |
| - | Maximiliano Richeze | Quick-Step Floors | DNF |
| - | Lachlan Morton | Team Dimension Data | DNF |
| - | Rafael Reis | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | DNF |
| - | Adrien Niyonshuti | Team Dimension Data | DNF |
| - | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick-Step Floors | DNF |
| - | Simon Gerrans | Orica-Scott | DNF |








