Itzulia Basque Country 2023 - Startlist

6 stages, Vitoria-Gasteiz > Eibar, 999.4km

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

INEOS Grenadiers

#RiderCountry
1 Daniel Martinez Colombia
2 Egan Bernal Colombia
3 Jonathan Castroviejo Spain
4 Omar Fraile Spain
5 Ethan Hayter United Kingdom
6 Brandon Rivera Colombia
7 Lucas Plapp Australia

AG2R Citroën Team

#RiderCountry
11 Andrea Vendrame Italy
12 Alex Baudin France
13 Felix Gall Austria
14 Jaakko Hänninen Finland
15 Lawrence Warbasse United States
16 Valentin Paret-Peintre France
17 Nicolas Prodhomme France

Alpecin-Deceuninck

#RiderCountry
21 Stefano Oldani Italy
22 Tobias Bayer Austria
23 Nicola Conci Italy
24 Quinten Hermans Belgium
25 Jimmy Janssens Belgium
26 Oscar Riesebeek Netherlands
27 Robert Stannard Australia

Team Arkéa-Samsic

#RiderCountry
31 Cristian Rodriguez Spain
32 Clément Champoussin France
33 Thibault Guernalec France
34 Simon Guglielmi France
35 Michel Ries Luxembourg
36 Alan Riou France
37 Alessandro Verre Italy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

#RiderCountry
41 Luis León Sánchez Spain
42 Gianni Moscon Italy
43 David de la Cruz Spain
44 Fabio Felline Italy
45 Andrey Zeits Kazakhstan
46 Javier Romo Spain
47 Cristian Scaroni Italy

BORA-hansgrohe

#RiderCountry
51 Emanuel Buchmann Germany
52 Giovanni Aleotti Italy
53 Sergio Higuita Colombia
54 Luis-Joe Lührs Germany
55 Anton Palzer Germany
56 Ide Schelling Netherlands
57 Florian Lipowitz Germany

Cofidis

#RiderCountry
61 Ion Izagirre Spain
62 Thomas Champion France
63 Simon Geschke Germany
64 Jose Herrada Spain
65 Jonathan Lastra Spain
66 Rémy Rochas France
67 Harrison Wood United Kingdom

Team dsm-firmenich

#RiderCountry
71 Florian Stork Germany
72 Romain Combaud France
73 Matthew Dinham Australia
74 Andreas Leknessund Norway
75 Martijn Tusveld Netherlands
76 Harm Vanhoucke Belgium
77 Henri Vandenabeele Belgium

EF Education-EasyPost

#RiderCountry
81 Richard Carapaz Ecuador
82 Andrey Amador Costa Rica
83 Jonathan Caicedo Ecuador
84 Esteban Chaves Colombia
85 Odd Christian Eiking Norway
86 Merhawi Kudus Eritrea
87 Rigoberto Uran Colombia

Groupama-FDJ

#RiderCountry
91 David Gaudu France
92 Bruno Armirail France
93 Romain Grégoire France
94 Matthieu Ladagnous France
95 Quentin Pacher France
96 Michael Storer Australia
97 Lars van den Berg Netherlands

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

#RiderCountry
101 Rui Costa Portugal
102 Lilian Calmejane France
103 Tom Paquot Belgium
104 Laurens Huys Belgium
105 Dion Smith New Zealand
106 Rein Taaramäe Estonia
107 Georg Zimmermann Germany

Team Jayco-AlUla

#RiderCountry
111 Simon Yates United Kingdom
112 Lawson Craddock United States
113 Edward Dunbar Ireland
114 Chris Harper Australia
115 Christopher Juul-Jensen Denmark
116 Jan Maas Netherlands
117 Matteo Sobrero Italy

Movistar Team

#RiderCountry
121 Enric Mas Spain
122 Ruben Guerreiro Portugal
123 Alex Aranburu Spain
124 Jorge Arcas Spain
125 Nelson Oliveira Portugal
126 Gonzalo Serrano Spain
127 Gorka Izagirre Spain

Soudal Quick-Step

#RiderCountry
131 Remi Cavagna France
132 Andrea Bagioli Italy
133 Dries Devenyns Belgium
134 James Knox United Kingdom
135 Mauro Schmid Switzerland
136 Martin Svrcek Slovakia
137 Mattia Cattaneo Italy

Bahrain Victorious

#RiderCountry
141 Mikel Landa Spain
142 Pello Bilbao Spain
143 Yukiya Arashiro Japan
144 Rainer Kepplinger Austria
145 Hermann Pernsteiner Austria
146 Jasha Sütterlin Germany
147 Edoardo Zambanini Italy

Lidl-Trek

#RiderCountry
151 Tony Gallopin France
152 Jon Aberasturi Spain
153 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Eritrea
154 Mattias Skjelmose Denmark
155 Bauke Mollema Netherlands
156 Juan Pedro Lopez Spain
157 Natnael Tesfazion Eritrea

Jumbo-Visma

#RiderCountry
161 Jonas Vingegaard Denmark
162 Rohan Dennis Australia
163 Lennard Hofstede Netherlands
164 Steven Kruijswijk Netherlands
165 Gijs Leemreize Netherlands
166 Sam Oomen Netherlands
167 Attila Valter Hungary

UAE Team Emirates

#RiderCountry
171 Brandon McNulty United States
172 Marc Hirschi Switzerland
173 Davide Formolo Italy
174 Felix Großschartner Austria
175 Michael Vink New Zealand
176 Marc Soler Spain
177 Domen Novak Slovenia

Burgos-BH

#RiderCountry
181 Ander Okamika Spain
182 Camilo Ardila Colombia
183 Antonio Angulo Spain
184 Jose Manuel Diaz Spain
185 Jesus Ezquerra Spain
186 Victor Langellotti Monaco
187 Daniel Navarro Spain

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

#RiderCountry
191 Jokin Murguialday Spain
192 Orluis Aular Venezuela
193 Abel Balderstone Spain
194 Jon Barrenetxea Spain
195 Jefferson Cepeda Ecuador
196 Joel Nicolau Spain
197 Eduard Prades Spain

Equipo Kern Pharma

#RiderCountry
201 Jordi Lopez Spain
202 Jon Agirre Spain
203 Igor Arrieta Spain
204 Giovanni Carboni Italy
205 Iñigo Elosegui Spain
206 Carlos Garcia Spain
207 Ibon Ruiz Spain

Euskaltel-Euskadi

#RiderCountry
211 Mikel Bizkarra Spain
212 Joan Bou Spain
213 Carlos Canal Spain
214 Asier Etxeberria Spain
215 Unai Iribar Spain
216 Txomin Juaristi Spain
217 Gotzon Martín Spain

TotalEnergies

#RiderCountry
221 Victor De La Parte Spain
222 Mathieu Burgaudeau France
223 Jérémy Cabot France
224 Steff Cras Belgium
225 Alan Jousseaume France
226 Pierre Latour France
227 Alexis Vuillermoz France

Race profile

Race
Itzulia Basque Country
Start date
03.04.2023
End date
08.04.2023
Total distance
999.4 km
Number of stages
6
Gen
Men
Cat
2.UWT
Country
Spain
Discipline
Road
First edition
1924

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