The 2021 Tour of the Basque Country was a

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that took place between 5 and 10 April 2021 in the

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region in northern Spain. It was the 60th edition of the

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community) ...

and the 13th race of the

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Teams

All nineteen

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s and five UCI ProTeams participated in the race. Of these twenty-four teams, only , with six riders, did not field the maximum allowed of seven riders. From the 165 riders who started the race, 103 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * *

Route

The full route of the 2021 Tour of the Basque Country was announced on 26 February 2021.

Stages

Stage 1

;5 April 2021 —

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Stage 2

;6 April 2021 —

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Stage 3

;7 April 2021 —

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to Ermualde (

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Stage 4

;8 April 2021 —

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Stage 5

;9 April 2021 —

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Stage 6

;10 April 2021 —

to Arrate (

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Classification leadership table

* On stage 2,

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, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed

Primož Roglič Primož Roglič (; born 29 October 1989) is a Slovenian racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He started as a ski jumper and switched to cycling several years after an accident suffered at Planica. At the 2017 Tour de France, Roglič bec ...

wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification, and second-placed

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wore the blue jersey as the leader of the young rider classification. * On stage 3,

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, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Primož Roglič wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. * On stage 4, Alex Aranburu, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Primož Roglič wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification, and second-placed

Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four deca ...

wore the polka-dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. * On stage 4, Brandon McNulty, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Tadej Pogačar wore the polka-dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. * On stages 5 and 6, Jonas Vingegaard, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Brandon McNulty wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Basque rider classification

Team classification

References

Sources

External links

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