2025 Tour of the Basque Country

Dates7–12 April 2025

Stages6

Distance855 km (531.3 mi)

Winning time20h 04' 49"

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.

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

UCI ProTeams

Route

Stage characteristics and winners
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		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	Michael Leonard	Pello Bilbao		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	Brieuc Rolland		XDS Astana Team	Ben Healy
6	João Almeida			Bruno Armirail	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

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

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"

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"

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Teams	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 Picnic PostNL Team Jayco–AlUla UAE Team Emirates XRG Visma–Lease a Bike XDS Astana Team
List of 2025 UCI WorldTeams and riders

2025 Tour of the Basque Country

Route

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Classification leadership table

Classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Basque rider classification

Team classification

References

External links

Related Articles

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"