Itzulia Basque Country: Daniel Martínez wins overall as Ion Izagirre snatches scintillating final stage
This article originally appeared on Velo_News
Daniel Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) won the overall after a thrilling final stage of Itzulia Basque Country on Sunday
The Colombian placed fourth out of a five-rider group to secure the second GC victory of his career after winning the Criterium du Dauphine in 2020 and cap an all-attacking week by his Ineos Grenadiers team.
Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) won the five rider sprint for the stage after crashing on the final ascent and hauling himself back to the lead group with a speedy kilometer-long uphill chase.
"I am overjoyed. Because of the fall I thought everything was lost,” said Basque local Izagirre. "Winning here, in Arrate, is a great way to end Itzulia. It happened in the presence of my family and friends and as always I had a lot of support from the fans. I am very happy that I finished the race."
Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second on the stage, Marc Soler (UAE Emirates) third.
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) lost his delicate grip on the overall just 5km from the line when a flurry of attacks on the final Arrate climb put him out the back of the GC group and off the final podium.
Evenepoel limited his losses to finish 24 seconds back, but it wasn’t enough to salvage his race. The young Belgian finished fourth overall as Izagirre and Vlasov shuffled up to second and third respectively.
🏆 Magnificent Martinez! 🏆0
It's an immense ride from @danifmartinez96 who wraps up a superb team performance by sealing our first-ever GC victory at #Itzulia 🙌🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/nnEmvJSAJE
-- INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) April 9, 2022
Krabellin up-and-over splits the classification groups
Saturday’s stage stacked seven categorized climbs and more than 3,500m ascent into an explosive 135km day that more-than lived up to its fearsome profile.
The final hour of action saw a series of attacks, cracks, splits and reformations on a parcours that made for a playground for attacks.
It wouldn't be #Itzulia without the Arrate stage! pic.twitter.com/E4wCtjPNxJ
-- Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) April 9, 2022
Roglic let up the race on the extra-steep Krabellin climb at 40km to go as final breakaway riders Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Davide Formolo (UAE Emirates) remained two minutes ahead.
Evenepoel was dropped for the first time on the gnarled Krabellin ascent as a 12-rider GC group fractured under accelerations from Enric Mas (Movistar) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). Martinez made the split, leaving Evenepoel isolated and in trouble.
The GC groups realigned after Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) animated a high-speed descent off the Krabellin summit.
Mas and his breakaway teammate Olivera both crashed, while Vingegaard, Izagirre, Vlasov and Bilbao bridged to Formolo to form a leading five.
Mas was able to get back on the bike but was left way out of the frame, while Olivera was reported to have abandoned.
😔 Caida de @EnricMasNicolau en el descenso de Ixua, cuando marchaba con el grupo de favoritos por delante del lider Evenepoel (QST). #itzulia pic.twitter.com/7Ic4NJsmp1
-- Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) April 9, 2022
Evenepoel managed to catch back to the second GC group on the Krabellin downhill, leaving the Belgian in the wheel of Martinez and five others.
Martinez and Evenepoel were both motivated to catch back to closest rivals Izagirre and Bilbao as their 20 second overnight GC lead dangled in the balance.
The twosome made a two-up TT out of their group and bridged to the leaders to put Formolo and the top-6 on GC all together ahead of the infamous Arrate climb.
Classification comes down to the Arrate ascent
Formolo took advantage of being out of GC reckoning and attacked early on the Arrate as the classification contenders eyed each other.
Izagirre and Vlasov both pressured their GC rivals on the lower slopes of the climb and Evenepoel cracked just 5km from the line. Bilbao was the next off the back, and Martinez, Soler, Izagirre and Vlasov rode away and bridged to Formolo.
Izagirre hit the deck when he touched wheels with Vingegaard after the Dane made a swerving uphill move.
The Basque veteran made a searing uphill pursuit and managed to catch back ahead of the Arrate summit, leaving the Cofidis captain with Vlasov, Vingegaard, Soler and Martinez heading toward the final downward-tilting sprint.
El enganchon de Vingegaard con Ion Izagirre 💥
🏆 @BancoSabadell #itzulia pic.twitter.com/4Xwz6iqxMO-- Itzulia Basque Country (@ehitzulia) April 9, 2022
Soler surged first as the line reared into view, but Izagirre came off his wheel at 200m to go to snatch his first win since joining Cofidis this winter.
Itzulia Basque Country Stage 6 Results
1 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | 3:47:07 |
2 | VLASOV Aleksandr | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:00 |
3 | SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | 0:00 |
4 | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:00 |
5 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Jumbo-Visma | 0:03 |
6 | BILBAO Pello | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:13 |
7 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:24 |
8 | LOPEZ Juan Pedro | Trek - Segafredo | 0:52 |
9 | FORMOLO Davide | UAE Team Emirates | 1:29 |
10 | GALL Felix | AG2R Citroen Team | 1:41 |
11 | ROGLIC Primoz | Jumbo-Visma | 2:13 |
12 | WOODS Michael | Israel - Premier Tech | 2:45 |
13 | URAN Rigoberto | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:11 |
14 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 3:18 |
15 | GUERREIRO Ruben | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:18 |
16 | BIZKARRA Mikel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3:18 |
17 | REICHENBACH Sebastien | Groupama - FDJ | 3:18 |
18 | MAJKA Rafal | UAE Team Emirates | 3:18 |
19 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain - Victorious | 3:18 |
20 | GESCHKE Simon | Cofidis | 3:41 |
21 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek - Segafredo | 3:45 |
22 | ULISSI Diego | UAE Team Emirates | 3:45 |
23 | NAVARRO Daniel | Burgos-BH | 3:45 |
24 | RUIZ Ibon | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:57 |
25 | BARCELO Fernando | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 4:18 |
26 | LASTRA Jonathan | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 4:18 |
27 | MADER Gino | Bahrain - Victorious | 6:20 |
28 | CRAS Steff | Lotto Soudal | 6:43 |
29 | VUILLERMOZ Alexis | TotalEnergies | 6:43 |
30 | HENAO Sebastian | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 6:43 |
31 | GAUDU David | Groupama - FDJ | 7:16 |
32 | CABOT Jeremy | TotalEnergies | 7:47 |
33 | RODRIGUEZ Oscar | Movistar Team | 7:51 |
34 | IZAGIRRE Gorka | Movistar Team | 7:51 |
35 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurelien | AG2R Citroen Team | 8:10 |
36 | TULETT Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:55 |
37 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:55 |
38 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain - Victorious | 9:48 |
39 | GALLOPIN Tony | Trek - Segafredo | 9:52 |
40 | MARTIN Gotzon | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10:13 |
41 | LEEMREIZE Gijs | Jumbo-Visma | 10:13 |
42 | LEKNESSUND Andreas | Team DSM | 10:13 |
43 | MUHLBERGER Gregor | Movistar Team | 10:13 |
44 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:16 |
45 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:16 |
46 | ARRIETA Igor | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:16 |
47 | VANSEVENANT Mauri | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 12:29 |
48 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 12:29 |
49 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama - FDJ | 16:33 |
50 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama - FDJ | 16:33 |
51 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar Team | 16:33 |
52 | HOULE Hugo | Israel - Premier Tech | 16:33 |
53 | DOUBEY Fabien | TotalEnergies | 17:57 |
54 | RODRIGUEZ Cristian | TotalEnergies | 17:57 |
1 | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe | INEOS Grenadiers | 21:59:36 |
2 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | 0:11 |
3 | VLASOV Aleksandr | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:16 |
4 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:21 |
5 | BILBAO Pello | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:32 |
6 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Jumbo-Visma | 0:32 |
7 | SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | 1:26 |
8 | ROGLIC Primoz | Jumbo-Visma | 3:18 |
9 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 3:55 |
10 | URAN Rigoberto | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:03 |
11 | LOPEZ Juan Pedro | Trek - Segafredo | 5:24 |
12 | GALL Felix | AG2R Citroen Team | 5:58 |
13 | WOODS Michael | Israel - Premier Tech | 7:16 |
14 | ULISSI Diego | UAE Team Emirates | 7:25 |
15 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek - Segafredo | 8:02 |
16 | CRAS Steff | Lotto Soudal | 8:32 |
17 | LASTRA Jonathan | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 8:43 |
18 | GAUDU David | Groupama - FDJ | 8:49 |
19 | REICHENBACH Sebastien | Groupama - FDJ | 8:51 |
20 | GUERREIRO Ruben | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:18 |
21 | BIZKARRA Mikel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 13:08 |
22 | TULETT Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:25 |
23 | NAVARRO Daniel | Burgos-BH | 14:07 |
24 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 14:08 |
25 | VUILLERMOZ Alexis | TotalEnergies | 14:21 |
26 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:02 |
27 | GESCHKE Simon | Cofidis | 16:36 |
28 | LEKNESSUND Andreas | Team DSM | 16:38 |
29 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:31 |
30 | IZAGIRRE Gorka | Movistar Team | 20:23 |
31 | BARCELO Fernando | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 22:44 |
32 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama - FDJ | 22:57 |
33 | HENAO Sebastian | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 23:33 |
34 | ARRIETA Igor | Equipo Kern Pharma | 23:59 |
35 | MAJKA Rafal | UAE Team Emirates | 25:29 |
36 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama - FDJ | 25:32 |
37 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurelien | AG2R Citroen Team | 26:18 |
38 | FORMOLO Davide | UAE Team Emirates | 26:58 |
39 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 27:13 |
40 | MADER Gino | Bahrain - Victorious | 29:42 |
41 | RODRIGUEZ Cristian | TotalEnergies | 29:57 |
42 | MARTIN Gotzon | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 30:21 |
43 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain - Victorious | 32:03 |
44 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain - Victorious | 33:10 |
45 | MUHLBERGER Gregor | Movistar Team | 35:22 |
46 | VANSEVENANT Mauri | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 36:54 |
47 | RODRIGUEZ Oscar | Movistar Team | 40:58 |
48 | GALLOPIN Tony | Trek - Segafredo | 44:03 |
49 | DOUBEY Fabien | TotalEnergies | 47:50 |
50 | HOULE Hugo | Israel - Premier Tech | 49:13 |
51 | RUIZ Ibon | Equipo Kern Pharma | 51:21 |
52 | CABOT Jeremy | TotalEnergies | 54:03 |
53 | LEEMREIZE Gijs | Jumbo-Visma | 55:23 |
54 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar Team | 1:10:34 |
1 | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe | INEOS Grenadiers | 74 |
2 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 65 |
3 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 65 |
4 | VLASOV Aleksandr | BORA - hansgrohe | 62 |
5 | BILBAO Pello | 61 | |
6 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | 57 |
7 | ROGLIC Primoz | Jumbo-Visma | 56 |
8 | SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | 45 |
9 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Jumbo-Visma | 38 |
10 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 37 |
11 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama - FDJ | 29 |
12 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 26 |
13 | GAUDU David | Groupama - FDJ | 24 |
14 | FORMOLO Davide | UAE Team Emirates | 21 |
15 | DOUBEY Fabien | TotalEnergies | 20 |
16 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 18 |
17 | HOULE Hugo | Israel - Premier Tech | 18 |
18 | RODRIGUEZ Cristian | TotalEnergies | 17 |
19 | ULISSI Diego | UAE Team Emirates | 16 |
20 | GUERREIRO Ruben | EF Education-EasyPost | 15 |
21 | URAN Rigoberto | EF Education-EasyPost | 14 |
22 | GALL Felix | AG2R Citroen Team | 10 |
23 | MARTIN Gotzon | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 |
24 | CRAS Steff | Lotto Soudal | 9 |
25 | LOPEZ Juan Pedro | Trek - Segafredo | 8 |
26 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama - FDJ | 8 |
27 | WOODS Michael | Israel - Premier Tech | 6 |
28 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek - Segafredo | 6 |
29 | TULETT Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | 6 |
30 | BARCELO Fernando | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 6 |
31 | GALLOPIN Tony | Trek - Segafredo | 6 |
32 | IZAGIRRE Gorka | Movistar Team | 4 |
33 | ARRIETA Igor | 4 | |
34 | RODRIGUEZ Oscar | 4 | |
35 | RUIZ Ibon | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4 |
36 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar Team | 4 |
1 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 21:59:57 |
2 | LOPEZ Juan Pedro | Trek - Segafredo | 5:03 |
3 | GALL Felix | AG2R Citroen Team | 5:37 |
4 | TULETT Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:04 |
5 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:41 |
6 | LEKNESSUND Andreas | Team DSM | 16:17 |
7 | ARRIETA Igor | Equipo Kern Pharma | 23:38 |
8 | MADER Gino | Bahrain - Victorious | 29:21 |
9 | VANSEVENANT Mauri | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 36:33 |
10 | RUIZ Ibon | Equipo Kern Pharma | 51:00 |
11 | LEEMREIZE Gijs | Jumbo-Visma | 55:02 |
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 66:20:44 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates | 1:16 |
3 | Jumbo-Visma | 11:25 |
4 | Bahrain - Victorious | 11:47 |
5 | Movistar Team | 13:35 |
6 | Groupama - FDJ | 18:16 |
7 | Trek - Segafredo | 22:09 |
8 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 29:24 |
9 | Cofidis | 31:30 |
10 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 32:47 |
11 | EF Education-EasyPost | 38:42 |
12 | AG2R Citroen Team | 43:57 |
13 | TotalEnergies | 52:03 |
14 | Lotto Soudal | 1:04:51 |
15 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 1:05:32 |
16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:09:41 |
17 | BORA - hansgrohe | 1:13:18 |
18 | Israel - Premier Tech | 1:20:11 |
19 | Team DSM | 1:42:21 |
20 | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:50:37 |
21 | Burgos-BH | 1:59:16 |
1 | RODRIGUEZ Cristian | TotalEnergies | 40 |
2 | FORMOLO Davide | UAE Team Emirates | 38 |
3 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Jumbo-Visma | 17 |
4 | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe | INEOS Grenadiers | 12 |
5 | RUIZ Ibon | Equipo Kern Pharma | 12 |
6 | SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | 12 |
7 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 10 |
8 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 10 |
9 | GALLOPIN Tony | Trek - Segafredo | 10 |
10 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | 9 |
11 | VLASOV Aleksandr | BORA - hansgrohe | 9 |
12 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 7 |
13 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 7 |
14 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama - FDJ | 6 |
15 | HOULE Hugo | Israel - Premier Tech | 5 |
16 | BILBAO Pello | 4 | |
17 | GUERREIRO Ruben | EF Education-EasyPost | 3 |
18 | RODRIGUEZ Oscar | 3 | |
19 | ROGLIC Primoz | Jumbo-Visma | 2 |
20 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | INEOS Grenadiers | 1 |
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