2025 Tour of the Basque Country

2025 Tour of the Basque Country

2025 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 36
Race details
Dates	7–12 April 2025
Stages	6
Distance	855 km (531.3 mi)
Winning time	20h 04' 49"
Results
Winner   João Almeida  (POR) (UAE Team Emirates XRG)   Second   Enric Mas  (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) (Soudal–Quick-Step) Points   João Almeida  (POR) (UAE Team Emirates XRG) Mountains   Bruno Armirail  (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Youth   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) (UAE Team Emirates XRG) Team Soudal–Quick-Step
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The 2025 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2025) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 7 and 12 April in the Basque region in northern Spain. It was the 64th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2025 UCI World Tour.

Teams

All 18 UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ProTeams made up the 24 teams that participated in the race. ^[1] All teams entered a full squad of seven riders, making a total of 168 competitors.

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–B&B Hotels
• Cofidis
• Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty
• Lidl–Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Picnic PostNL
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Visma–Lease a Bike
• XDS Astana Team

UCI ProTeams

• Burgos Burpellet BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Team TotalEnergies
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	7 April	Vitoria-Gasteiz to Vitoria-Gasteiz	16.5 km (10.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)
2	8 April	Pamplona to Lodosa	186.6 km (115.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Caleb Ewan  (AUS)
3	9 April	Zarautz to Beasain	155.6 km (96.7 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)
4	10 April	Beasain to Markina-Xemein	169.6 km (105.4 mi)		Medium mountain stage	João Almeida  (POR)
5	11 April	Urduña to Gernika-Lumo	172.3 km (107.1 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Ben Healy  (IRL)
6	12 April	Eibar to Eibar	153.4 km (95.3 mi)		Mountain stage	João Almeida  (POR)
Total			855 km (531 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

7 April 2025 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 16.5 km (10.3 mi) (ITT) ^[2]

Stage 1 Result [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step 18' 37" 2   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 3   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 1" 4   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 6" 5 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 11" 7   Victor Campenaerts  (BEL) Visma–Lease a Bike + 12" 8   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 12" 9   Bruno Armirail  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 13" 10   Michael Leonard  (CAN) Ineos Grenadiers + 16"

General classification after Stage 1 [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step 18' 37" 2   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 3   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 1" 4   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 6" 5 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 11" 7   Victor Campenaerts  (BEL) Visma–Lease a Bike + 12" 8   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 12" 9   Bruno Armirail  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 13" 10   Michael Leonard  (CAN) Ineos Grenadiers + 16"

Stage 2

8 April 2025 — Pamplona to Lodosa, 186.6 km (115.9 mi) ^[4]

Stage 2 Result [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Caleb Ewan  (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers 4h 13' 50" 2   Luca Van Boven  (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty + 0" 3   Bastien Tronchon  (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 4   Thibaud Gruel  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 5   Iúri Leitão  (POR) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 6   Axel Zingle  (FRA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 0" 7   Fabio Van den Bossche  (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 8   Luc Wirtgen  (LUX) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9   Jon Aberasturi  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 0" 10   Anders Foldager  (DEN) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0"

General classification after Stage 2 [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step 4h 32' 27" 2   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 3   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 1" 4   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 6" 5 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 11" 7   Victor Campenaerts  (BEL) Visma–Lease a Bike + 12" 8   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 12" 9   Bruno Armirail  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 13" 10   Michael Leonard  (CAN) Ineos Grenadiers + 16"

Stage 3

9 April 2025 — Zarautz to Beasain, 155.6 km (96.7 mi) ^[6]

Stage 3 Result [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis 3h 45' 21" 2   Romain Grégoire  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 3" 3   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 3" 4   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 3" 5   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 3" 6   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 3" 7   Wilco Kelderman  (NED) Visma–Lease a Bike + 3" 8   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" 9   Steff Cras  (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 3" 10   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 3"

General classification after Stage 3 [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step 8h 17' 47" 2   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 3   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 4" 4   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 15" 5   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 16" 6   Wilco Kelderman  (NED) Visma–Lease a Bike + 37" 7   Romain Grégoire  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 40" 8   Steff Cras  (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 46" 9   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 1' 03" 10   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 14"

Stage 4

10 April 2025 — Beasain to Markina-Xemein, 169.6 km (105.4 mi) ^[8]

Stage 4 Result [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG 3h 52' 39" 2   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 28" 3   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 28" 4   Clément Champoussin  (FRA) XDS Astana Team + 28" 5   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 28" 6   Clément Berthet  (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 28" 7   Simone Velasco  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 28" 8   Oscar Onley  (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL + 28" 9   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 28" 10   Guillaume Martin  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 28"

General classification after Stage 4 [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG 12h 10' 20" 2   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 30" 3   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 38" 4   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 49" 5   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 50" 6   Wilco Kelderman  (NED) Visma–Lease a Bike + 1' 11" 7   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 1' 37" 8   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 48" 9   Steff Cras  (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 2' 15" 10   Simone Velasco  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 2' 18"

Stage 5

11 April 2025 — Urduña to Gemika-Lumo, 172.3 km (107.1 mi) ^[10]

Stage 5 Result [11] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Ben Healy  (IRL) EF Education–EasyPost 3h 55' 57" 2   Axel Laurance  (FRA) Ineos Grenadiers + 1' 47" 3   Simone Velasco  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 1' 48" 4   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 1' 48" 5   Romain Grégoire  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 48" 6   Maxim Van Gils  (BEL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 48" 7   Pau Miquel  (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 1' 48" 8   Jordan Jegat  (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 1' 48" 9   Clément Champoussin  (FRA) XDS Astana Team + 1' 48" 10   Guillermo Thomas Silva  (URU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 48"

General classification after Stage 5 [11] Rank Rider Team Time 1   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG 16h 08' 05" 2   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 30" 3   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 38" 4   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 49" 5   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 50" 6   Wilco Kelderman  (NED) Visma–Lease a Bike + 1' 11" 7   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 1' 37" 8   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 48" 9   Simone Velasco  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 2' 14" 10   Steff Cras  (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 2' 15"

Stage 6

12 April 2025 — Eibar to Eibar, 153.4 km (95.3 mi) ^[12]

Stage 6 Result [13] Rank Rider Team Time 1   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG 3h 56' 54" 2   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 3   Ben Healy  (IRL) EF Education–EasyPost + 13" 4   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 28" 5   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 58" 6   Jordan Jegat  (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 58" 7   Simone Velasco  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 1' 19" 8   Oscar Onley  (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL + 1' 19" 9   Felix Großschartner  (AUT) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 1' 19" 10   Clément Champoussin  (FRA) XDS Astana Team + 1' 19"

General classification after Stage 6 [13] Rank Rider Team Time 1   João Almeida  (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG 20h 04' 49" 2   Enric Mas  (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 52" 3   Maximilian Schachmann  (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 59" 4   Florian Lipowitz  (GER) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 07" 5   Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 2' 17" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2' 18" 7   Alex Aranburu  (ESP) Cofidis + 2' 45" 8   Guillaume Martin  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 3' 42" 9   Simone Velasco  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 3' 43" 10   Oscar Onley  (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL + 3' 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	Maximilian Schachmann	Maximilian Schachmann	Maximilian Schachmann	Maximilian Schachmann	Michael Leonard	Pello Bilbao	Soudal–Quick-Step	Florian Lipowitz
2	Caleb Ewan			Diego Uriarte				Tobias Bayer
3	Alex Aranburu			Bruno Armirail	Romain Grégoire	Alex Aranburu		Clément Berthet
4	João Almeida	João Almeida	João Almeida	Marc Soler	Brieuc Rolland		XDS Astana Team	Marc Soler
5	Ben Healy			Bruno Armirail				Ben Healy
6	João Almeida				Isaac del Toro		Soudal–Quick-Step	Bruno Armirail
Final		João Almeida	João Almeida	Bruno Armirail	Isaac del Toro	Alex Aranburu	Soudal Quick-Step	Bruno Armirail

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) ^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	João Almeida  (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	20h 04' 49"
2	Enric Mas  (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 52"
3	Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 1' 59"
4	Florian Lipowitz  (GER)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 2' 07"
5	Mattias Skjelmose  (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	+ 2' 17"
6	Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 2' 18"
7	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 2' 45"
8	Simone Velasco  (ITA)	XDS Astana Team	+ 3' 43"
9	Oscar Onley  (GBR)	Team Picnic PostNL	+ 3' 50"
10	Clément Champoussin  (FRA)	XDS Astana Team	+ 3' 55"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) ^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	João Almeida  (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	84
2	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)	Cofidis	67
3	Ben Healy  (IRL)	EF Education–EasyPost	66
4	Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)	Soudal–Quick-Step	61
5	Isaac del Toro  (MEX)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	45
6	Simone Velasco  (ITA)	XDS Astana Team	39
7	Enric Mas  (ESP)	Movistar Team	35
8	Florian Lipowitz  (GER)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	32
9	Romain Grégoire  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	32
10	Jordan Jegat  (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	31

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) ^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bruno Armirail  (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	57
2	Ben Healy  (IRL)	EF Education–EasyPost	25
3	Marc Soler  (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	23
4	Enric Mas  (ESP)	Movistar Team	20
5	João Almeida  (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	18
6	Sergio Samitier  (ESP)	Cofidis	11
7	Jordan Jegat  (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	10
8	Daniel Martínez  (COL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	9
9	Juan Guillermo Martínez  (COL)	Team Picnic PostNL	8
10	Brandon McNulty  (USA)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	6

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10) ^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Isaac del Toro  (MEX)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	20h 09' 44"
2	Brieuc Rolland  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 3' 48"
3	Romain Grégoire  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 4' 37"
4	Léo Bisiaux  (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4' 38"
5	Hugo de la Calle  (ESP)	Burgos Burpellet BH	+ 19' 25"
6	Max van der Meulen  (NED)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 27' 22"
7	Alexander Hajek  (AUT)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 35' 58"
8	Juan Guillermo Martínez  (COL)	Team Picnic PostNL	+ 36' 00"
9	Thibaud Gruel  (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 37' 01"
10	Bjoern Koerdt  (GBR)	Team Picnic PostNL	+ 44' 48"

Basque rider classification

Final Basque rider classification (1–10) ^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)	Cofidis	20h 07' 34"
2	Unai Iribar  (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 6' 31"
3	Gotzon Martín  (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 21' 27"
4	Ander Okamika  (ESP)	Burgos Burpellet BH	+ 25' 51"
5	Mikel Bizkarra  (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 27' 33"
6	Julen Arriola-Bengoa  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 33' 25"
7	Ion Izagirre  (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 35' 17"
8	Txomin Juaristi  (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 39' 26"
9	Omar Fraile  (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 41' 07"
10	Pello Bilbao  (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 43' 06"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10) ^[13]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Soudal–Quick-Step	60h 27' 39"
2	XDS Astana Team	+ 3' 04"
3	Groupama–FDJ	+ 7' 21"
4	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 8' 26"
5	Lidl–Trek	+ 19' 31"
6	Team TotalEnergies	+ 26' 05"
7	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 27' 06"
8	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 27' 20"
9	Burgos Burpellet BH	+ 30' 45"
10	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 33' 29"

References

1. "Teams". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
2. "Vitoria-Gasteiz – Baskonia-Alavés". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
3. Tyson, Jackie (7 April 2025). "Itzulia Basque Country: Max Schachmann pulls out ITT win over João Almeida". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
4. "Pamplona-Iruña – Lodosa". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
5. Fotheringham, Alasdair (8 April 2025). "Itzulia Basque Country: Caleb Ewan wins stage 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
6. "Zarautz – Beasain". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
7. Fotheringham, Alasdair (9 April 2025). "Itzulia Basque Country: Jury restores Alex Aranburu as stage 3 winner after post-race relegation". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
8. "Beasain – Markina-Xemein". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
9. Fotheringham, Alasdair (10 April 2025). "Itzulia Basque Country: João Almeida rides away from rivals on final climb to deliver solo stage 4 victory, takes overall race lead". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
10. "Urduña – Gmeika-Lumo". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
11. Frattini, Kirsten (11 April 2025). "Itzulia Basque Country: Ben Healy solos to victory on stage 5". CyclingNews. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
12. "Eibar – Eibar". Tour of the Basque Country. Organizaciones Ciclistas Euskadi. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
13. Fotheringham, Alasdair (12 April 2025). "Itzulia Basque Country: João Almeida crushes opposition to clinch second stage win and overall title". CyclingNews. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

External links

• Official website