Itzulia Basque Country 2017 - Startlist

6 stages, Iruña > Eibar, 828.8km

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.

Startlist

Trek-Segafredo

#RiderCountry
1 Alberto Contador Spain
2 Julien Bernard France
3 André Cardoso Portugal
4 Laurent Didier Luxembourg
5 Ruben Guerreiro Portugal
6 Jesús Hernández Spain
7 Markel Irizar Spain
8 Haimar Zubeldia Spain

AG2R La Mondiale

#RiderCountry
11 Romain Bardet France
12 Julien Bérard France
13 Mikaël Chérel France
14 Clément Chevrier France
15 Hubert Dupont France
16 Quentin Jauregui France
17 Matteo Montaguti Italy
18 Alexis Vuillermoz France

Astana Pro Team

#RiderCountry
21 Luis León Sánchez Spain
22 Pello Bilbao Spain
23 Sergey Chernetskiy Russian Federation
24 Jakob Fuglsang Denmark
25 Nikita Stalnov Kazakhstan
26 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Kazakhstan
27 Alexey Lutsenko Kazakhstan
28 Michael Valgren Denmark

Bahrain-Merida

#RiderCountry
31 Ion Izagirre Spain
32 Yukiya Arashiro Japan
33 Grega Bole Slovenia
34 Ondrej Cink Czech Republic
35 Tsgabu Grmay Ethiopia
36 Antonio Nibali Italy
37 Janez Brajkovic Slovenia
38 Giovanni Visconti Italy

BMC Racing Team

#RiderCountry
41 Samuel Sánchez Spain
42 Damiano Caruso Italy
43 Alessandro De Marchi Italy
44 Amaël Moinard France
45 Nicolas Roche Ireland
46 Dylan Teuns Belgium
47 Loic Vliegen Belgium
48 Danilo Wyss Switzerland

Bora-Hansgrohe

#RiderCountry
51 Sam Bennett Ireland
52 Cesare Benedetti Poland
53 Emanuel Buchmann Germany
54 Silvio Herklotz Germany
55 Patrick Konrad Austria
56 Jay McCarthy Australia
57 Gregor Mühlberger Austria
58 Michael Schwarzmann Germany

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

#RiderCountry
61 Sergio Pardilla Spain
62 Alex Aranburu Spain
63 Fabricio Ferrari Uruguay
64 Jonathan Lastra Spain
65 Lluis Mas Spain
66 Rafael Reis Portugal
67 Jaime Roson Spain
68 Jon Irisarri Spain

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling

#RiderCountry
71 Rigoberto Uran Colombia
72 Nathan Brown United States
73 Simon Clarke Australia
74 Michael Woods Canada
75 Alex Howes United States
76 Toms Skujins Latvia
77 Tom-Jelte Slagter Netherlands
78 Andrew Talansky United States

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

#RiderCountry
81 Daniel Navarro Spain
82 Yoann Bagot France
83 Guillaume Bonnafond France
84 Mathias Le Turnier France
85 Nicolas Edet France
86 Luis Angel Mate Spain
87 Anthony Perez France
88 Stéphane Rossetto France

FDJ

#RiderCountry
91 Rudy Molard France
92 Arnaud Courteille France
93 Odd Christian Eiking Norway
94 Cédric Pineau France
95 Anthony Roux France
96 Jérémy Roy France
97 Benoît Vaugrenard France
98 Léo Vincent France

Lotto-Soudal

#RiderCountry
101 Tim Wellens Belgium
102 Sean De Bie Belgium
103 Sander Armee Belgium
104 Maxime Monfort Belgium
105 Rafael Valls Spain
106 Tosh Van der Sande Belgium
107 Jelle Vanendert Belgium
108 Louis Vervaeke Belgium

Movistar Team

#RiderCountry
111 Alejandro Valverde Spain
112 Victor De La Parte Spain
113 Ruben Fernandez Spain
114 Gorka Izagirre Spain
115 Antonio Pedrero Spain
116 Jose Herrada Spain
117 Daniel Moreno Spain
118 Rory Sutherland Australia

Orica-Scott

#RiderCountry
121 Simon Yates United Kingdom
122 Michael Albasini Switzerland
123 Robert Power Australia
124 Simon Gerrans Australia
125 Jack Haig Australia
126 Roman Kreuziger Czech Republic
127 Rubén Plaza Spain
128 Carlos Verona Spain

Quick-Step Floors

#RiderCountry
131 Julian Alaphilippe France
132 Gianluca Brambilla Italy
133 Eros Capecchi Italy
134 David de la Cruz Spain
135 Dries Devenyns Belgium
136 Enric Mas Spain
137 Martin Velits Slovakia
138 Maximiliano Richeze Argentina

Team Dimension Data

#RiderCountry
141 Steve Cummings United Kingdom
142 Igor Anton Spain
143 Omar Fraile Spain
144 Benjamin King United States
145 Merhawi Kudus Eritrea
146 Lachlan Morton Australia
147 Adrien Niyonshuti Rwanda
148 Serge Pauwels Belgium

Katusha-Alpecin

#RiderCountry
151 Simon Spilak Slovenia
152 Maxim Belkov Russian Federation
153 Robert Kiserlovski Croatia
154 Maurits Lammertink Netherlands
155 Tiago Machado Portugal
156 Matvei Mamykin Russian Federation
157 Jhonatan Restrepo Colombia
158 Angel Vicioso Spain

Team Lotto NL-Jumbo

#RiderCountry
161 Primoz Roglic Slovenia
162 Enrico Battaglin Italy
163 George Bennett New Zealand
164 Floris De Tier Belgium
165 Bert-Jan Lindeman Netherlands
166 Juan Jose Lobato Spain
167 Paul Martens Germany
168 Antwan Tolhoek Netherlands

Team Sky

#RiderCountry
171 Sergio Henao Colombia
172 David López Spain
173 Tao Geoghegan Hart United Kingdom
174 Michal Golas Poland
175 Sebastian Henao Colombia
176 Vasil Kiryienka Belarus
177 Michal Kwiatkowski Poland
178 Mikel Nieve Spain

Team Sunweb

#RiderCountry
181 Warren Barguil France
182 Johannes Fröhlinger Germany
183 Simon Geschke Germany
184 Chris Hamilton Australia
185 Georg Preidler Austria
186 Michael Matthews Australia
187 Sam Oomen Netherlands
188 Laurens Ten Dam Netherlands

UAE Team Emirates

#RiderCountry
191 Diego Ulissi Italy
192 Darwin Atapuma Colombia
193 Louis Meintjes South Africa
194 Matej Mohoric Slovenia
195 Manuele Mori Italy
196 Valerio Conti Italy
197 Kristijan Durasek Croatia
198 Ben Swift United Kingdom

Race profile

Race
Itzulia Basque Country
Start date
03.04.2017
End date
08.04.2017
Total distance
828.8 km
Number of stages
6
Gen
Men
Cat
2.UWT
Country
Spain
Discipline
Road
First edition
1924

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