Tour of the Basque Country 2023: Stages, elevation profiles, start list & TV coverage
Thomas Goldmann
· 03.04.2023
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The 2023 Tour of the Basque Country from 3 to 8 April is the next highlight in the professional cycling calendar. Six stages with a varied route promise cycling at its best.
The 2023 Tour of the Basque Country (official name Itzulia Basque Country) is part of the UCI World Tour and, alongside the Tour of Catalonia, is the most important one-week stage race in Spain. The Itzulia is characterised by short, steep climbs and the cycling-crazy Basque fans who turn the tour into a unique spectacle every year.
The Tour of the Basque Country was first held in 1924, but there was a long break between the 1935 edition and the restart in 1969, during which the race did not take place. Since then, it has been held every year with the exception of 2020, when the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organiser is the OCETA sports association, which also organises the Clasica San Sebastian and the Women's Tour of the Basque Country.
Tour of the Basque Country: Klöden the only German winner
In 2022, the Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez triumphed for the Ineos Grenadiers team. The record winners are the Spaniards Jose Antonio Gonzalez and Alberto Contador with four victories each. Andreas Klöden is the only German to have won the tough stage race twice, in 2000 and 2011.
Tour of the Basque Country 2023 route - the stages
Stage 1 | Monday, 3 April | Vitoria Gasteiz - Labastida | 165.4 kilometres
Climbs, finale and map of stage 1
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At the start of the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country, British rider Ethan Hayter secured victory on stage 1.
Tour of the Basque Country 2023: Stage 1 results
- Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) 4:01:24
- Mauro Schmid (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:00
- Jon Aberasturi (Trek-Segafredo) +0:00
- Alex Aranburu (Movistar) +0:00
- Orluis Aular (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +0:00
- Richard Carapaz (EF Education EasyPost) +0:00
- Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +0:00
- Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar) +0:00
- Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) +0:00
- Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +0:00
Stage 2 | Tuesday, 4 April | Viana - Leitza | 193.8 kilometres
Climbs and map of the 2nd stage
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The German team Bora-Hansgrohe cheered on the 2nd stage of the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country. Ide Schelling celebrated his victory in Leitza.
Basque Country Tour 2023: Stage 2 results
- Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) 4:53:33
- Matteo Sobrero (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:00
- David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +0:00
- Alex Aranburu (Movistar) +0:00
- Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +0:00
- Andrea Bagioli (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:00
- Rigoberto Uran (EF Education EasyPost) +0:00
- Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +0:00
- Simon Guglielmi (Arkea-Samsic) +0:00
- Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) +0:00
Stage 3 | Wednesday, 5th April | Errenteria - Amasa-Villabona | 162.8 kilometres
Climbs and map of the 3rd stage
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Jonas Vingegaard came out on top on stage 3 of the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country. The Tour de France winner also took the lead in the overall standings.
Tour of the Basque Country 2023: Stage 3 results
- Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 3:51:58
- Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:02
- Enric Mas (Movistar) +0:02
- Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) +0:08
- David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +0:08
- Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) +0:10
- Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) +0:12
- Andrea Bagioli (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:12
- Simon Yates (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:12
- Alex Aranburu (Movistar) +0:12
Stage 4 | Thursday, 6 April | Santurtzi - Santurtzi | 175.7 kilometres
Climbs and map of the 4th stage
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Jonas Vingegaard celebrated his second stage win in a row on stage 4 of the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country. The Dane came out on top ahead of Mikel Landa.
Tour of the Basque Country 2023: Results of the 4th stage
- Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 4:22:26
- Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:00
- Mauro Schmid (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:02
- Matteo Sobrero (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:02
- Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +0:02
- Rigoberto Uran (EF Education EasyPost) +0:02
- David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +0:02
- Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) +0:02
- Clement Champoussin (Arkea-Samsic) +0:02
- Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) +0:02
Stage 5 | Friday, 7th April | Ekin-Amorebieta-Etxano - Amorebieta-Etxano | 164.5 kilometres
Climbs and map of the 5th stage
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Colombian Sergio Higuita secured the second stage win for the German team Bora-Hansgrohe in the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country on stage 5.
Result of the 5th stage
- 1. Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) 3:59:57
- 2nd Andrea Bagioli (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:00
- 3rd Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) +0:00
- 4th Matteo Sobrero (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:00
- 5th Mauro Schmid (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:00
- 6th Clement Champoussin (Arkea-Samsic) +0:00
- 7th Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) +0:00
- 8th Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) +0:00
- 9th Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) +0:00
- 10th Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) +0:00
Stage 6 | Saturday, 8 April | Eibar - Eibar | 137.8 kilometres
Climbs and map of the 6th stage
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On the final stage, Jonas Vingegaard once again impressively demonstrated his superiority and secured his third win of the day.
Tour of the Basque Country 2023: Result of the 6th stage
- 1st Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 3:36:42
- 2. James Knox (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:47
- 3rd Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) +0:49
- 4th Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +0:49
- 5th Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hangsrohe) +0:49
- 6th David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +0:49
- 7th Mauro Schmid (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:49
- 8th Simon Yates (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:49
- 9th Enric Mas (Movistar) +0:49
- 10th Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) +0:49
Tour of the Basque Country 2023 results: The final standings in the overall standings
- 1st Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 24:25:24
- 2nd Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:12
- 3rd Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) +1:29
- 4th David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +1:31
- 5th Enric Mas (Movistar) +1:36
- 6th Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:37
- 7th Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +1:38
- 8th James Knox (Soudal - Quick Step) +1:38
- 9th Simon Yates (Team Jayco-AlUla) +1:39
- 10th Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) +1:5
Tour of the Basque Country 2023: TV broadcast & live stream
The 2023 Tour of the Basque Country can be seen on television on Eurosport. Live coverage of all stages is planned on free-to-air TV on Eurosport 1, while Discovery+ and GCN+ (both with paid subscriptions) will also offer a live stream of the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country.
The transmission times of the stages
- Stage 1 | Monday, 3 April | 15:30 - 17:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 2 | Tuesday, 4 April | 15:30 - 17:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 3 | Wednesday, 5 April | 15:30 - 17:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 4 | Thursday, 6 April | 15:30 - 17:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 5 | Friday, 7 April | 15:30 - 17:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 6 | Saturday, 8 April | 15:15 - 17:45 Eurosport 1
Tour of the Basque Country 2023: The start list
- 1 Daniel Felipe Martinez
- 2 Egan Bernal
- 3 Jonathan Castroviejo
- 4 Omar Fraile
- 5 Ethan Hayter
- 6 Brandon Rivera
- 7 Lucas Plapp
- 11 Andrea Vendrame
- 12 Alex Baudin
- 13 Felix Gall
- 14 Jaakko Hänninen
- 15 Larry Warbasse
- 16 Valentin Paret-Peintre
- 17 Nicolas Prdohomme
- 21 Stefano Oldani
- 22 Tobias Bayer
- 23 Nicola Conci
- 24 Quinten Hermans
- 25 Jimmy Janssens
- 26 Oscar Riesebeek
- 27 Robert Stannard
- 31 Cristian Rodriguez
- 32 Clement Champoussin
- 33 Thibault Guernalec
- 34 Simon Guglielmi
- 35 Michel Ries
- 36 Alan Riou
- 37 Alessandro Verre
- 41 Luis Leon Sanchez
- 42 Gianni Moscon
- 43 David de la Cruz
- 44 Fabio Felline
- 45 Andrey Zeits
- 46 Javier Romo
- 47 Cristian Scaroni
- 51 Emanuel Buchmann
- 52 Giovanni Aleotti
- 53 Sergio Higuita
- 54 Luis-Joe Lührs
- 55 Anton Palzer
- 56 Ide Schelling
- 57 Florian Lipowitz
- 61 Ion Izagirre
- 62 Thomas Champion
- 63 Simon Geschke
- 64 Jose Herrada
- 65 Jonathan Lastra
- 66 Remy Rochas
- 67 Harrison Wood
- 71 Florian Stork
- 72 Romain Combaud
- 73 Matthew Dinham
- 74 Andreas Leknessund
- 75 Martijn Tusveld
- 76 Harm Vanhoucke
- 77 Henri Vandenabeele
- 81 Richard Carapaz
- 82 Andrey Amador
- 83 Jonathan Caicedo
- 84 Esteban Chaves
- 85 Odd Christian Eiking
- 86 Merhawi Kudus
- 87 Rigoberto Uran
- 91 David Gaudu
- 92 Bruno Armirail
- 93 Romain Gregoire
- 94 Matthieu Ladagnous
- 95 Quentin Pacher
- 96 Michael Storer
- 97 Lars van den Berg
- 101 Rui Costa
- 102 Lilian Calmejane
- 103 Tom Paquot
- 104 Laurens Huys
- 105 Dion Smith
- 106 Pure Taaramäe
- 107 Georg Zimmermann
- 111 Simon Yates
- 112 Lawson Craddock
- 113 Edward Dunbar
- 114 Chris Harper
- 115 Christopher Juul-Jensen
- 116 Jan Maas
- 117 Matteo Sobrero
- 121 Enric Mas
- 122 Ruben Guerreiro
- 123 Alex Aranburu
- 124 Jorge Arcas
- 125 Gorka Izagirre
- 126 Nelson Oliveira
- 127 Gonzalo Serrano
- 131 Remi Cavagna
- 132 Andrea Bagioli
- 133 Dries Devenyns
- 134 Jams Knox
- 135 Mauro Schmid
- 136 Martin Svrcek
- 137 Mattia Cattaneo
- 141 Mikel Landa
- 142 Pello Bilbao
- 143 Yukiya Arashiro
- 144 Rainer Kepplinger
- 145 Hermann Pernsteiner
- 146 Jasha Sütterlin
- 147 Edoardo Zambini
- 151 Tony Gallopin
- 152 Jon Aberasturi
- 153 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
- 154 Matias Skjelmose
- 155 Bauke Mollema
- 156 Juan Pedro Lopez
- 157 Natnael Tesfatsion
- 161 Jonas Vingegaard
- 162 Rohan Dennis
- 163 Lennard Hofstede
- 164 Steven Kruijswijk
- 165 Gijs Leemreize
- 166 Sam Oomen
- 167 Attila Valter
- 171 Brandon McNulty
- 172 Marc Hirschi
- 173 Davide Formolo
- 174 Felix Großschartner
- 175 Michael Vink
- 176 Marc Soler
- 177 Domen Novak
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- 181 Ander Okamika
- 182 Andres Camilo Ardila
- 183 Antonio Angulo
- 184 Jose Manuel Diaz
- 185 Jesus Ezquerra
- 186 Victor Langellotti
- 187 Daniel Navarro
Cajar Rural-Seguros RGA
- 191 Jokin Murguialday
- 192 Orluis Aular
- 193 Abel Balderstone
- 194 Jon Barrenetxea
- 195 Jefferson Cepeda
- 196 Joel Nicolau
- 197 Eduard Prades
Equipo Kern Pharma
- 201 Jordi Lopez
- 202 Jon Agirre
- 203 Igor Arrieta
- 204 Giovanni Carboni
- 205 Inigo Elosegui
- 206 Carlos Garcia
- 207 Ibon Ruiz
Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 211 Mikel Bizkarra
- 212 Joan Bou
- 213 Carlos Canal
- 214 Asier Exteberria
- 215 Uni Iribar
- 216 Txomin Juaristi
- 217 Gotzon Martin
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- 221 Victor de la Parte
- 222 Mathieu Burgaudeau
- 223 Jeremy Cabot
- 224 Steff Cras
- 225 Alan Jousseaume
- 226 Pierre Latour
- 227 Alexis Vuillermoz
Women's Tour of the Basque Country
In 2022, the women's Tour of the Basque Country was organised for the first time as a stage race of the UCI Women's World Tour under the name Itzulia Women. The winner was Demi Vollering from the Netherlands, who won all three stages. In 2023, the race will take place from 12 to 14 May.
All winners of the Tour of the Basque Country
- 1924 Francis Pelisier (France)
- 1925 August Verdyck (Belgium)
- 1926 Nicolas Frantz (Luxembourg)
- 1927 Victor Fontan (France)
- 1928 Maurice Dewaele (Belgium)
- 1929 Maurice Dewaele (Belgium)
- 1930 Mariano Canardo (Spain)
- 1935 Gino Bartali (Italy)
- 1969 Jacques Anquetil (France)
- 1970 Luis Pedro Santamaria (Spain)
- 1971 Luis Ocana (Spain)
- 1972 Jose Antonio Gonzalez (Spain)
- 1973 Luis Ocana (Spain)
- 1974 Miguel Mari Lasa (Spain)
- 1975 Jose Antonio Gonzalez (Spain)
- 1976 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Italy)
- 1977 Jose Antonio Gonzalez (Spain)
- 1978 Jose Antonio Gonzalez (Spain)
- 1979 Giovanni Battaglin (Italy)
- 1980 Alberto Fernandez (Spain)
- 1981 Silviano Contini (Italy)
- 1982 Jose Luis Laguia (Spain)
- 1983 Julian Gorospe (Spain)
- 1984 Sean Kelly (Ireland)
- 1985 Peio Ruiz Cabestany (Spain)
- 1986 Sean Kelly (Ireland)
- 1987 Sean Kelly (Ireland)
- 1988 Eric Breukink (Netherlands)
- 1989 Stephen Roche (Ireland)
- 1990 Julian Gorospe (Spain)
- 1991 Claudio Chiappucci (Italy)
- 1992 Tony Rominger (Switzerland)
- 1993 Tony Rominger (Switzerland)
- 1994 Tony Rominger (Switzerland)
- 1995 Alex Zülle (Switzerland)
- 1996 Francesco Casagrande (Italy)
- 1997 Alex Zülle (Switzerland)
- 1998 Inigo Cuesta (Spain)
- 1999 Laurent Jalabert (France)
- 2000 Andreas Klöden (Germany)
- 2001 Raimondas Rumsas (Lithuania)
- 2002 Aitor Osa (Spain)
- 2003 Iban Mayo (Spain)
- 2004 Denis Menchov (Russia)
- 2005 Danilo Di Luca (Italy)
- 2006 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spain)
- 2007 Juan Jose Cobo (Spain)
- 2008 Alberto Contador (Spain)
- 2009 Alberto Contador (Spain)
- 2010 Christopher Horner (USA)
- 2011 Andreas Klöden (Germany)
- 2012 Samuel Sanchez (Spain)
- 2013 Nairo Quintana (Colombia)
- 2014 Alberto Contador (Spain)
- 2015 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain)
- 2016 Alberto Contador (Spain)
- 2017 Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
- 2018 Primoz Roglic (Slovenia)
- 2019 Ion Izagirre (Spain)
- 2021 Primoz Roglic (Slovenia)
- 2022 Daniel Felipe Martinez (Colombia)
