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63rd Itzulia Basque Country

Itzulia Basque Country
MrToyce

MrToyce

31/03/2024 12:46

Hi Lads!

Another preview from TOL Club to CyclingFantasy coaches!

In this case, we focus on Itzulia Basque Country. This edition have no uphill finishes.

Weather Forecast

Stage1: Rainy and windy
Stage2: Rainy and windy
Stage3: Cloudy and windy
Stage4: Cloudy and windy
Satge5: Cloudy and windy
Stage6: Rainy

*windy: over 15km/h
*local DB: eltiempo.es

Stages Profile

Nice opening with a 10km ITT. Time to make some diferences between the GC contenders. Good chance for the TT specialists.

160km of hilly terrain. Some gradient not pure flat finish in frenchy territory.

Mid mountain stage with a flat ending after 190km. The longest stage of this edition

More flat than stage 3 but with same ending, flat. 12 kms to the end the bunch meets Leintz-Gatzaga, 3.1 km - 8.5%

In the middle of the stage 5 peloton meets first climb as 1th categorized in this edition.
12km to finish Muniketa climb will decide the journey.

The 'Queen Stage' of this edition. Only 140km but 3472 vert. meters. A flat ending again

Starlist

The starlist of Itzulia is plenty of high quality riders. Combining ITT cronners and grimpeurs
We find 5 powerfull teams than the rest. Obviusly they want to get Itzulia under control. For exemple:

Other teams that want a piece of Itzulia's cake brings with a strong contenders or stage winners like :