Itzulia Basque Country 2018 - Startlist

6 stages, Zarautz > Santuario Arrate, 819.9km

02.04-07.04

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

Movistar Team

#RiderCountry
1 Mikel Landa Spain
2 Winner Anacona Colombia
3 Carlos Betancur Colombia
4 Victor De La Parte Spain
5 Nairo Quintana Colombia
6 José Joaquin Rojas Spain
7 Rafael Valls Spain

AG2R La Mondiale

#RiderCountry
11 Romain Bardet France
12 Hubert Dupont France
13 Ben Gastauer Luxembourg
14 Cyril Gautier France
15 Pierre Latour France
16 Jan Bakelants Belgium
17 Alexis Vuillermoz France

Astana Pro Team

#RiderCountry
21 Pello Bilbao Spain
22 Zhandos Bizhigitov Kazakhstan
23 Dario Cataldo Italy
24 Sergey Chernetskiy Russian Federation
25 Omar Fraile Spain
26 Jesper Hansen Denmark
27 Moreno Moser Italy

Bahrain - Merida

#RiderCountry
31 Vincenzo Nibali Italy
32 Yukiya Arashiro Japan
33 Gorka Izagirre Spain
34 Ion Izagirre Spain
35 Mark Padun Ukraine
36 Franco Pellizotti Italy
37 Hermann Pernsteiner Austria

BMC Racing Team

#RiderCountry
41 Richie Porte Australia
42 Patrick Bevin New Zealand
43 Damiano Caruso Italy
44 Alessandro De Marchi Italy
45 Simon Gerrans Australia
46 Dylan Teuns Belgium
47 Danilo Wyss Switzerland

Bora - Hansgrohe

#RiderCountry
51 Lukas Pöstlberger Austria
52 Cesare Benedetti Poland
53 Emanuel Buchmann Germany
54 Felix Großschartner Austria
55 Patrick Konrad Austria
56 Jay McCarthy Australia
57 Gregor Mühlberger Austria

Burgos - BH

#RiderCountry
61 Jordi Simon Spain
62 Oscar Cabedo Spain
63 Jesus Ezquerra Spain
64 Matvei Mamykin Russian Federation
65 Igor Merino Spain
66 Ibai Salas Spain
67 Pablo Torres Spain

Caja Rural - Seguros RGA

#RiderCountry
71 Sergio Pardilla Spain
72 Julen Amezqueta Spain
73 Alex Aranburu Spain
74 Jon Irisarri Spain
75 Jonathan Lastra Spain
76 Lluis Mas Spain
77 Nelson Soto Colombia

Cofidis, Solutions Credits

#RiderCountry
81 Jesus Herrada Spain
82 Nicolas Edet France
83 Jose Herrada Spain
84 Luis Angel Mate Spain
85 Daniel Navarro Spain
86 Anthony Perez France
87 Daniel Teklehaimanot Eritrea

Euskadi Basque Country - Murias

#RiderCountry
91 Eduard Prades Spain
92 Aritz Bagües Spain
93 Fernando Barceló Spain
94 Mikel Bizkarra Spain
95 Garikoitz Bravo Spain
96 Aitor Gonzalez Spain
97 Enrique Sanz Spain

Groupama - FDJ

#RiderCountry
101 Rudy Molard France
102 Bruno Armirail France
103 Valentin Madouas France
104 Steve Morabito Switzerland
105 Benoît Vaugrenard France
106 Romain Seigle France
107 Léo Vincent France

Lotto - Soudal

#RiderCountry
111 Sander Armee Belgium
112 Thomas De Gendt Belgium
113 Bjorg Lambrecht Belgium
114 Remy Mertz Belgium
115 Maxime Monfort Belgium
116 Tosh Van der Sande Belgium
117 Jelle Vanendert Belgium

Mitchelton - Scott

#RiderCountry
121 Michael Albasini Switzerland
122 Jack Haig Australia
123 Lucas Hamilton Australia
124 Damien Howson Australia
125 Christopher Juul-Jensen Denmark
126 Robert Power Australia
127 Carlos Verona Spain

Quick-Step Floors

#RiderCountry
131 Julian Alaphilippe France
132 Eros Capecchi Italy
133 Remi Cavagna France
134 James Knox United Kingdom
135 Enric Mas Spain
136 Jhonnatan Narvaez Ecuador
137 Pieter Serry Belgium

Team Dimension Data

#RiderCountry
141 Igor Anton Spain
142 Steve Cummings United Kingdom
143 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Eritrea
144 Benjamin King United States
145 Lachlan Morton Australia
146 Serge Pauwels Belgium
147 Tom-Jelte Slagter Netherlands

Team EF Education First - Drapac

#RiderCountry
151 Rigoberto Uran Colombia
152 Nathan Brown United States
153 Brendan Canty Australia
154 Hugh Carthy United Kingdom
155 Lawson Craddock United States
156 Alex Howes United States
157 Michael Woods Canada

Team Katusha - Alpecin

#RiderCountry
161 Ilnur Zakarin Russian Federation
162 Steff Cras Belgium
163 Ian Boswell United States
164 Robert Kiserlovski Croatia
165 Maurits Lammertink Netherlands
166 Willie Smit South Africa
167 Simon Spilak Slovenia

Team LottoNL-Jumbo

#RiderCountry
171 Primoz Roglic Slovenia
172 Enrico Battaglin Italy
173 Sepp Kuss United States
174 Bert-Jan Lindeman Netherlands
175 Paul Martens Germany
176 Neilson Powless United States
177 Floris De Tier Belgium

Team Sky

#RiderCountry
181 Michal Kwiatkowski Poland
182 Jonathan Castroviejo Spain
183 David de la Cruz Spain
184 Tao Geoghegan Hart United Kingdom
185 Vasil Kiryienka Belarus
186 David López Spain
187 Pavel Sivakov France

Team Sunweb

#RiderCountry
191 Michael Matthews Australia
192 Johannes Fröhlinger Germany
193 Chad Haga United States
194 Jai Hindley Australia
195 Michael Storer Australia
196 Laurens Ten Dam Netherlands
197 Martijn Tusveld Netherlands

Trek-Segafredo

#RiderCountry
201 Bauke Mollema Netherlands
202 Fabio Felline Italy
203 Michael Gogl Austria
204 Tsgabu Grmay Ethiopia
205 Ruben Guerreiro Portugal
206 Toms Skujins Latvia
207 Peter Stetina United States

UAE Team Emirates

#RiderCountry
211 Rui Costa Portugal
212 Anass Ait El Abdia Morocco
213 Matteo Bono Italy
214 Manuele Mori Italy
215 Jan Polanc Slovenia
216 Alexandr Riabushenko Belarus
217 Diego Ulissi Italy

Race profile

Race
Itzulia Basque Country
Start date
02.04.2018
End date
07.04.2018
Total distance
819.9 km
Number of stages
6
Gen
Men
Cat
2.UWT
Country
Spain
Discipline
Road
First edition
1924

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