Tour of the Basque Country 2026

Paul Seixas leads the Tour of the Basque Country ahead of Kévin Vauquelin and Felix Großschartner. A tough mountain stage with a punchy finale is on today's menu, followed by two hilly races in succession. Friday brings the queen stage, and the six-day race concludes on Saturday with a compact climbing stage.

Discover the route, the start list and the favourites to win the Tour of the Basque Country.

Another interesting read: records & winners Itzulia Basque Country.

Click the links in the table below for race results/reports, and detailed stage descriptions.

Tour of the Basque Country 2026 stages:

Tour of the Basque Country 2026: route & profiles

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video highlights

Pamplona - Cuevas de Mendukilo

Tuesday 7 April – The 2nd stage of the Tour of the Basque Country covers 164.1 kilometres from Pamplona to the Caves of Mendukilo. With 19.5 kilometres to go, they crest a 9.5-kilometre climb at 7.7%, before descending towards a rolling finishing climb of 3.5 kilometres. The route totals an elevation gain of 3,268 metres.

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GC Favourites

The start list of the Tour of the Basque Country is packed with super talents. Seixas, Ayuso, Del Toro… With a challenging route featuring numerous punchy finishes, and in the absence of absolute superstars such as Pogacar and Vingegaard, we can look forward to an exciting six-day race. Who are the contenders for the overall victory?

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Route

The Tour of the Basque Country starts this coming Monday and finishes on Saturday 11 April. The riders face plenty of climbing, often at brutal gradients, but there are no long finishing climbs. Instead, the finish line is placed several times on punchy uphill ramps. Over six days, the riders tackle 16,291 metres of climbing on an 809.6-kilometre route.

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Riders

The firepower in the Basque Country is impressive. Isaac del Toro, Juan Ayuso, Paul Seixas, Primoz Roglic, Ben Healy, Mattias Skjelmose and Tobias Halland Johannessen are among the riders fighting for the GC. Who else is riding the race locally known as the Itzulia Basque Country?

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Seixas dominates opening time trial

Paul Seixas lands an early blow on the opening day of the Tour of the Basque Country. He wins the time trial in Bilbao with a 24-second lead over Kévin Vauquelin and three seconds more over Felix Großschartner. Isaac del Toro and Juan Ayuso both lose significant time.

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