Summary and winner of Itzulia 2024, stage 1 of the Tour of the Basque Country

Roglic starts overwhelming

With the chronicle, we say goodbye. Tomorrow, second stage. Until then!

The best Roglic

Roglic was once again the one for Visma and also shows a great level with Bora after his discreet debut in Paris-Nice.

IT’S OVER!

Primoz Roglic wins the inaugural Itzulia time trial! First victory for the Slovenian with Bora. Hit on the table.

Pieter Serry (from Soudal) still has to reach the finish line, with times very far from the first.

Gonzalo Serrano, from Movistar, arrives at the finish line to fulfill the record in this inaugural time trial.

Runners continue to arrive at the wet finish line but with no chance of getting into the top positions of the classification.

All the runners have started! There is little left for Roglic to certify his victory.

Fall of Arrieta

Igor Arrieta crashed on the same curve as Evenepoel. The UAE player leaves more than a minute with Roglic at the finish line.

We remember that at 5:30 p.m. the last runner leaves.

La caída de Evenepoel…

As soon as he left, the Belgian fell to the ground. He lost about 20 seconds. At the finish line he dropped 11 with Roglic…

Hayter was going well…

If the rain had stopped in the final stretch… Hayter was going strong.

It’s raining!!

Now it’s starting to rain hard. And the sun is still present. Hayter was in good time… but now he won’t be able to push much further.

Roglic watching his entry to the goal

The Slovenian smiles seeing his entry into the Irun goal repeated. He will be the winner of the stage when all participants finish.

Everything under control

It seems that Roglic simply has to wait to certify his victory.

Ion Izagirre, underway. He already knows what it’s like to win the Itzulia overall.

Roglic has it in his face

It seems difficult for the Slovenian to miss this time trial. It would be his first victory with Bora… and he had a mistake.

According to Vine

Very good time from the Australian.

It does not rain

Despite the rain forecast (that’s why the big favorites came out early), for now the sun is shining.

Markel Beloki arrives at the finish line. He leaves 48 seconds with Roglic.

Roglic’s mistake when reaching the finish line cost him 8 seconds.

Schachmann, octavo

Max Schachmann, from BORA-hansgore, achieves a good time, taking eighth position in the time classification at 16 seconds from Roglic’s mark.

Press on UAE Team Emirates!

Jay Vine crosses the finish line quickly, placing second at the halfway point and at the end of the race. The Australian, just 7 seconds behind Roglic, and passes in front of Skjelmose, Evenepoel and Vingegaard.

Ninth Del Toro!

Isaac del Toro is fourth at the halfway point, but finishes in ninth position upon reaching the finish line, 24 seconds from Roglic.

Fifth the French!

Vauquelin deflates after setting a great mark at the halfway point and arrives in fifth provisional position, 16 seconds from Roglic y by the Skjelmose, Evenepoel and Vingegaard.

What an image of Evenepoel!

Vauquelin comes into play!

The Frenchman pushes and sets the second best provisional time at the halfway point, 8 seconds from Roglic’s 6:55 mark.

Evenepoel fell in the first corner!

Roglic made a mistake when he reached the finish line and took the car detour, but that did not prevent him from achieving the best provisional time.

For one second!

Evenepoel takes third position by reaching the finish line a second after Skjelmose. From Roglic, 14 seconds.

The greeting from Roglic and Ayuso

Like a shot!

Evenepoel sets the second fastest time at the halfway point, 9 seconds from Roglic.

Skjelmose squeeze!

The Dane reaches the finish line and takes second place. arrives at 13 seconds of the time set by Roglic.

More Spanish!

They come out Pau Miquel, Iker Mintegui y Jonathan Castroviejo.

McNulty and Buitrago approach Roglic!

The one from the UAE Team Emirates and the one from Bahrain Victorious arrive at 26 and 27 seconds respectively at the goal of Roglic’s mark of 12:31. They surpass Pello Bilbao.

Skjelmose shifts into gear

The Dane presses and crosses the room at the halfway point, 16 seconds from Roglic’s 6:55 markwith better weather than Vingegaard and Bilbao.

Evenepoel is also coming out!

Another of the big favorites is already in the race.

They are followed by the Spaniards Prades and Miquel Delgado.

¡Sale kiss!

He Visma corridor He is already running through the streets of Irun.

Ahead of him, some runners like Leijnse, Cras, López, Meintjes, Buitriago, McNulty or Dunbar.

Vingegaard’s arrival at the finish line

¡Vingegaard, cerca de Roglic!

The Dane crosses the finish line with just 18 seconds difference from Roglic, who clocked 12:31. Vingegaard leads Ayuso by just one second.

Ayuso reached the finish line with 12 seconds difference from Slovenian.

Set the best Roglic time!

Ayuso had set the best time upon reaching the finish line, followed by his compatriot Bilbao, but Roglic clocked in at 12 minutes and 31 seconds.

Roglic sets the best time in the intermission

The Slovenian marks 6 minutes and 55 seconds at the halfway point. With 6 seconds more, there is Ayuso, with 17, Vingegaard and with 19 Bilbao.

More Spaniards

Ibon Ruiz, in Enekoitz Azpar y Carlos Rodriguez They also cross the starting line.

Departures from Landa and De la Cruz!

The Spanish They leave after Vingegaard, followed by Gate, Silva and Hermans.

Vingegaard is next!

Another of the big names of the race begins his journey.

¡Sale Roglic!

One of the favorites To win the first stage, he is already rolling through the Basque streets.

Before him, Wood, Gaudu, Geoghegan, Hamilton, Owsian and Cepeda have come out.

This is Olaberria, the only port of the day

It’s Ayuso’s turn!

After his compatriot Pello, Juan Ayuso He’s the next one out.

Thomas Pidcock suffered a drop in the reconnaissance of the stage and has not been at the start.

¡Sale Pello!

Pello Bilbao rolls through the streets of Irún in this time trial.

Gall, Martín, Liepins, Burgaudeau, Battistella and Paquot have done it before him.

Fagunez Lima, Sorarrain Agirrezabala, Conci y Castrillo They are the next to leave.

¡Salida!

The Itzulia time trial begins. The first to leave is Damien Howson, from the Pro Cycling Team. The Tour of the Basque Country begins!

All the information of this year’s Tour of the Basque Country.

The Itzulia 2024 is made up of six stages, for a total of 833.6 km, which comply with the traditional hallmark of the race. So that the mid-mountain will once again be the protagonistwith up to five stages of this profile.

And here are the departure times of the favorite runners

The big absentee from this race is Tadej Pogacarwho has just won the Tour of Catalonia.

The first stage of Itzulia is a 10 kilometer time trial that will tour the streets of Irun.

The previaby Alfonso Herrán.

The Basque round will serve as rehearsal for the Tour over six stages, with the meeting of three great stars of world cycling: Vingegaard, Roglic y Evenepoel.

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