2023 Tour of the Basque Country

2023 Tour of the Basque Country

2023 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 35
Race details
Dates	3–8 April 2023
Stages	6
Distance	992.5 km (616.7 mi)
Winning time	24h 45' 24"
Results
Winner   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) (Team Jumbo–Visma)   Second   Mikel Landa  (ESP) (Team Bahrain Victorious)   Third   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) (Cofidis) Points   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Mountains   Jon Barrenetxea  (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) Youth   Brandon McNulty  (USA) (UAE Team Emirates) Team Soudal–Quick-Step
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The 2023 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2023 ^[1] ) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 8 April 2023 in the titular region in northern Spain. It was the 62nd edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2023 UCI World Tour. ^[2]

Teams

All 18 UCI WorldTeams and five UCI ProTeams made up the 23 teams that participated in the race. ^[3] All teams entered a full squad of seven riders.

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
• Movistar Team
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team DSM
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Team TotalEnergies

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	3 April	Vitoria-Gasteiz to Labastida	165.4 km (102.8 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Ethan Hayter  (GBR)
2	4 April	Viana to Leitza	193.8 km (120.4 mi)		Mountain stage	Ide Schelling  (NED)
3	5 April	Errenteria to Amasa-Villabona	153.9 km (95.6 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN)
4	6 April	Santurtzi to Santurtzi	175.7 km (109.2 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN)
5	7 April	Amorebieta-Etxano to Amorebieta-Etxano	165.9 km (103.1 mi)		Mountain stage	Sergio Higuita  (COL)
6	8 April	Eibar to Eibar	137.8 km (85.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN)
Total			992.5 km (616.7 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

3 April 2023 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Labastida, 165.4 km (102.8 mi) ^[4]

Stage 1 Result (1–10) [5] [6] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 4h 01' 24" 2   Mauro Schmid  (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 3   Jon Aberasturi  (ESP) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 4   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 5   Orluis Aular  (VEN) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 6   Richard Carapaz  (ECU) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 7   Quinten Hermans  (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 8   Gonzalo Serrano  (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 9   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 10   Christian Scaroni  (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10) [5] [6] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 4h 01' 14" 2   Mauro Schmid  (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 4" 3   Jon Aberasturi  (ESP) Trek–Segafredo + 6" 4   Daniel Martínez  (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 5   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 8" 6   Marc Soler  (ESP) UAE Team Emirates + 9" 7   Cristián Rodríguez  (ESP) Arkéa–Samsic + 9" 8   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 9   Orluis Aular  (VEN) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 10" 10   Richard Carapaz  (ECU) EF Education–EasyPost + 10"

Stage 2

4 April 2023 — Viana to Leitza, 193.8 km (120.4 mi) ^[7]

Stage 2 Result (1–10) [8] [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Ide Schelling  (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 53' 53" 2   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 3   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 4   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 5   Brandon McNulty  (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6   Andrea Bagioli  (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 7   Rigoberto Urán  (COL) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 8   Christian Scaroni  (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 9   Simon Guglielmi  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 10   Ruben Guerreiro  (POR) Movistar Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10) [8] [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Ide Schelling  (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe 8h 54' 47" 2   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 4" 3   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 4   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 7" 5   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 8" 6   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 7   Andrea Bagioli  (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 10" 8   Christian Scaroni  (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 10" 9   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 10" 10   Richard Carapaz  (ECU) EF Education–EasyPost + 10"

Stage 3

5 April 2023 — Errenteria to Amasa-Villabona, 162.2 km (100.8 mi) ^[10]

Stage 3 Result (1–10) [11] [12] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 51' 58" 2   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 2" 3   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 2" 4   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 8" 5   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 8" 6   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 10" 7   Felix Gall  (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 12" 8   Andrea Bagioli  (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 13" 9   Simon Yates  (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 13" 10   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Movistar Team + 13"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10) [11] [12] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 12h 46' 53" 2   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 5" 3   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 16" 4   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 18" 5   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 20" 6   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 21" 7   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 22" 8   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Movistar Team + 25" 9   Andrea Bagioli  (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 25" 10   Rémy Rochas  (FRA) Cofidis + 25"

Stage 4

6 April 2023 — Santurtzi to Santurtzi, 175.7 km (109.2 mi) ^[13]

Stage 4 Result (1–10) [14] [15] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 22' 26" 2   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3   Mauro Schmid  (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2" 4   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 2" 5   Brandon McNulty  (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 2" 6   Rigoberto Urán  (COL) EF Education–EasyPost + 2" 7   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2" 8   Felix Gall  (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 2" 9   Clément Champoussin  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 2" 10   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 2"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10) [14] [15] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 17h 08' 56" 2   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 12" 3   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 31" 4   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 33" 5   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 33" 6   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 36" 7   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 37" 8   Brandon McNulty  (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 38" 9   Simon Yates  (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 39" 10   James Knox  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 46"

Stage 5

7 April 2023 — Amorebieta-Etxano to Amorebieta-Etxano, 165.9 km (103.1 mi) ^[16]

Stage 5 Result (1–10) [17] [18] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Sergio Higuita  (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 59' 57" 2   Andrea Bagioli  (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 3   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 4   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 5   Mauro Schmid  (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 6   Clément Champoussin  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 7   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 0" 8   Felix Gall  (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 9   Ruben Guerreiro  (POR) Movistar Team + 0" 10   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10) [17] [18] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 21h 08' 52" 2   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 13" 3   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 32" 4   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 32" 5   Matteo Sobrero  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 34" 6   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 34" 7   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 37" 8   Sergio Higuita  (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 38" 9   Brandon McNulty  (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 39" 10   Simon Yates  (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 40"

Stage 6

8 April 2023 — Eibar to Eibar, 137.8 km (85.6 mi) ^[19]

Stage 6 Result (1–10) [20] [21] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 36' 42" 2   James Knox  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 49" 3   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 49" 4   Brandon McNulty  (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 49" 5   Sergio Higuita  (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 49" 6   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 49" 7   Mauro Schmid  (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 49" 8   Simon Yates  (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 49" 9   Felix Gall  (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 49" 10   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 49"

General classification after Stage 6 (1–10) [20] [21] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN) Team Jumbo–Visma 24h 45' 24" 2   Mikel Landa  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 12" 3   Ion Izagirre  (ESP) Cofidis + 1' 29" 4   David Gaudu  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 31" 5   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 36" 6   Sergio Higuita  (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 37" 7   Brandon McNulty  (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 38" 8   James Knox  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 38" 9   Simon Yates  (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 39" 10   Felix Gall  (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 50"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Basque rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Ethan Hayter	Ethan Hayter	Ethan Hayter	Jon Barrenetxea	Ethan Hayter	Jon Aberasturi	Ineos Grenadiers	Txomin Juaristi
2	Ide Schelling	Ide Schelling	Alex Aranburu		Ide Schelling	Mikel Landa	Movistar Team	Javier Romo
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Jonas Vingegaard			Mattias Skjelmose			Rémi Cavagna
4	Jonas Vingegaard		Jonas Vingegaard				Soudal–Quick-Step	Jon Barrenetxea
5	Sergio Higuita							Mattia Cattaneo
6	Jonas Vingegaard				Brandon McNulty			Esteban Chaves
Final		Jonas Vingegaard	Jonas Vingegaard	Jon Barrenetxea	Brandon McNulty	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	Not awarded

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the team classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10) ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	24h 45' 24"
2	Mikel Landa  (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 12"
3	Ion Izagirre  (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 1' 29"
4	David Gaudu  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 31"
5	Enric Mas  (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 36"
6	Sergio Higuita  (COL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 37"
7	Brandon McNulty  (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1' 38"
8	James Knox  (GBR)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 1' 38"
9	Simon Yates  (GBR)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 1' 39"
10	Felix Gall  (AUT)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1' 50"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	102
2	Mauro Schmid  (SUI)	Soudal–Quick-Step	67
3	Mikel Landa  (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	55
4	Ion Izagirre  (ESP)	Cofidis	51
5	Matteo Sobrero  (ITA)	Team Jayco–AlUla	51
6	Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	50
7	Brandon McNulty  (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	48
8	David Gaudu  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	47
9	Sergio Higuita  (COL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	44
10	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)	Movistar Team	34

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jon Barrenetxea  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	35
2	Esteban Chaves  (COL)	EF Education–EasyPost	27
3	Ruben Guerreiro  (POR)	Movistar Team	25
4	Jonas Vingegaard  (DEN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	19
5	Steven Kruijswijk  (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	18
6	Rémi Cavagna  (FRA)	Soudal–Quick-Step	18
7	Mattia Cattaneo  (ITA)	Soudal–Quick-Step	14
8	Alan Jousseaume  (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	11
9	Georg Zimmermann  (GER)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	10
10	Mikel Landa  (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	8

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10) ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Brandon McNulty  (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	24h 47' 02"
2	Felix Gall  (AUT)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 12"
3	Mauro Schmid  (SUI)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 58"
4	Attila Valter  (HUN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 35"
5	Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 3' 05"
6	Andreas Leknessund  (NOR)	Team DSM	+ 6' 06"
7	Igor Arrieta  (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 6' 20"
8	Marc Hirschi  (SUI)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 14' 42"
9	Laurens Huys  (BEL)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 18' 04"
10	Romain Grégoire  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 32' 33"

Basque rider classification

Final Basque rider classification (1–10) ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mikel Landa  (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	24h 46' 36"
2	Ion Izagirre  (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 17"
3	Víctor de la Parte  (ESP)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 4' 46"
4	Mikel Bizkarra  (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 4' 59"
5	Igor Arrieta  (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 6' 46"
6	Jonathan Lastra  (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 14' 24"
7	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 14' 28"
8	Gorka Izagirre  (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 17' 13"
9	Gorzon Martín  (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 24' 03"
10	Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 26' 18"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10) ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Team	Time
1	Soudal–Quick-Step	74h 24' 59"
2	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 3' 29"
3	Movistar Team	+ 5' 58"
4	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 14' 43"
5	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 15' 19"
6	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 17' 21"
7	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 20' 16"
8	Trek–Segafredo	+ 20' 37"
9	Groupama–FDJ	+ 21' 52"
10	Cofidis	+ 32' 46"

References

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13. "Santurtzi – Santurtzi". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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External links

• Official website