2019 Tour of the Basque Country

The 2019 Tour of the Basque Country was a road cycling stage race, that took place between 8 and 13 April 2019 in Spain. It was the 59th edition of Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2019 UCI World Tour.^[1] Ion Izagirre of Spain was the winner.

2019 Tour of the Basque Country

2019 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 38
Race details
Dates	8–13 April 2019
Stages	6
Distance	783.7 km (487.0 mi)
Winning time	19h 24’ 09”
Results
Winner  Ion Izagirre (ESP) (Astana)   Second  Daniel Martin (IRL) (UAE Team Emirates)   Third  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe) Mountains  Adam Yates (GBR) (Mitchelton–Scott) Youth  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates) Sprints  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe)
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Participating teams

As the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to enter a team in the race. Five UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places, bringing the number of teams to twenty-three. As each team included seven riders, a total of 161 riders were due to start the first stage.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Astana
• Bahrain–Merida
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• CCC Team
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Education First
• Groupama–FDJ
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Lotto–Soudal
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Sunweb
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates
• Team Sky

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Cofidis
• Euskadi–Murias
• Team Manzana Postobón

Route

The full route of the 2018 Tour of the Basque Country was announced on 27 February 2019.^[3]

Stage schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	8 April	Zumarraga to Zumarraga	11.2 km (7 mi)		Individual time trial	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)
2	9 April	Zumarraga to Gorraiz	149.5 km (93 mi)		Hilly stage	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
3	10 April	Sarriguren to Estibaliz	191.4 km (119 mi)		Hilly stage	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)
4	11 April	Vitoria-Gasteiz to Arrigorriaga	163.6 km (102 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)
5	12 April	Arrigorriaga to Arrate	149.8 km (93 mi)		Mountain stage	Emanuel Buchmann (GER)
6	13 April	Eibar to Eibar	118.2 km (73 mi)		Mountain stage	Adam Yates (GBR)

Stages

Stage 1

8 April 2019 — Zumarraga to Zumarraga, 11.2 km (7 mi), individual time trial (ITT)

Result of Stage 1[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 17' 10" 2  Daniel Martínez (COL) EF Education First + 9" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky + 10" 4  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 12" 5  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 16" 6  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 19" 7  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 22" 8  Enric Mas (ESP) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 24" 9  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky + 30" 10  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First + 31"

General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 17' 10" 2  Daniel Martínez (COL) EF Education First + 9" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky + 10" 4  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 12" 5  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 16" 6  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 19" 7  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 22" 8  Enric Mas (ESP) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 24" 9  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky + 30" 10  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First + 31"

Stage 2

9 April 2019 — Zumarraga to Gorraiz, 149.5 km (93 mi)

Result of Stage 2[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 29' 37" 2  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 1" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky + 1" 4  Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana + 1" 5  Valentin Madouas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1" 6  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1" 7  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1" 8  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 1" 9  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 1" 10  Pieter Serry (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1"

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 46' 44" 2  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 5" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky + 10" 4  Daniel Martínez (COL) EF Education First + 18" 5  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 23" 6  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 23" 7  Enric Mas (ESP) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 28" 8  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 36" 9  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 39" 10  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 41"

Stage 3

10 April 2019 — Sarriguren to Estibaliz, 191.4 km (119 mi)

Result of Stage 3[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 47' 57" 2  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Enrico Battaglin (ITA) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 0" 4  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 0" 5  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 0" 6  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 7  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 8  Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 9  Carlos Quintero (COL) Team Manzana Postobón + 0" 10  Grega Bole (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 0"

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 8h 34' 31" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 33" 3  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 33" 4  Daniel Martínez (COL) EF Education First + 48" 5  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 49" 6  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 51" 7  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 54" 8  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 11" 9  Mikel Landa (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 16" 10  Sam Oomen (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 16"

Stage 4

11 April 2019 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Arrigorriaga, 163.6 km (102 mi)

Result of Stage 4[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 03' 55" 2  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 1" 4  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 1" 5  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 9" 6  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 9" 7  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 9" 8  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 9" 9  Valentin Madouas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 9" 10  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 9"

General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 12h 38' 16" 2  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 51" 3  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 52" 4  Daniel Martínez (COL) EF Education First + 1' 07" 5  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 08" 6  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 10" 7  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 1' 24" 8  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 30" 9  Mikel Landa (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 35" 10  Mikel Nieve (ESP) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 38"

Stage 5

12 April 2019 — Arrigorriaga to Arrate, 149.8 km (93 mi)

Result of Stage 5[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 44' 14" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 1' 08" 3  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 08" 4  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 1' 08" 5  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 24" 6  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 24" 7  Mikel Landa (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 50" 8  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 2' 04" 9  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 04" 10  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 04"

General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 16h 23' 30" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 54" 3  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 04" 4  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 32" 5  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 1' 32" 6  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 55" 7  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 56" 8  Daniel Martínez (COL) EF Education First + 2' 11" 9  Mikel Landa (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 25" 10  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 2' 25"

Stage 6

13 April 2019 — Eibar to Eibar–Arrate, 118.2 km (73 mi)

Result of Stage 6[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott 2h 59' 46" 2  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1" 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 1" 4  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 1" 5  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 27" 6  Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek–Segafredo + 1' 24" 7  Mikel Landa (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 24" 8  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First + 1' 24” 9  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 24" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 24"

General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana 19h 24' 09" 2  Daniel Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 29" 3  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 31" 4  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 36" 5  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 51" 6  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 56" 7  Mikel Landa (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 56" 8  Mikel Nieve (ESP) Mitchelton–Scott + 3' 25" 9  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3' 29" 10  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3' 44"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification
1	Maximilian Schachmann	Maximilian Schachmann	Maximilian Schachmann	Daniel Martínez	Maximilian Schachmann
2	Julian Alaphilippe			Garikoitz Bravo
3	Maximilian Schachmann
4	Maximilian Schachmann
5	Emanuel Buchmann	Emanuel Buchmann		Alessandro De Marchi
6	Adam Yates	Ion Izagirre		Adam Yates	Tadej Pogačar
Final		Ion Izagirre	Maximilian Schachmann	Adam Yates	Tadej Pogačar

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Astana	19h 24' 09"
2	Daniel Martin (IRL)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 29"
3	Emanuel Buchmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 31"
4	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Astana	+ 36"
5	Adam Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 51"
6	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1' 36"
7	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 2' 56"
8	Mikel Nieve (ESP)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 3' 13"
9	Patrick Konrad (AUT)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 3' 29"
10	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 3' 44"

Points classification

Final points classification^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	96
2	Adam Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	78
3	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Astana	76
4	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	54
5	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Astana	50
6	Emanuel Buchmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	40
7	Daniel Martin (IRL)	UAE Team Emirates	39
8	Patrick Konrad (AUT)	Bora–Hansgrohe	35
9	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Movistar Team	27
10	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Trek–Segafredo	27

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Adam Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	34
2	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)	CCC Team	30
3	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Astana	29
4	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Astana	24
5	Emanuel Buchmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	15
6	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	15
7	Carlos Verona (ESP)	Movistar Team	13
8	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Astana	12
9	Julien Bernard (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	12
10	Garikoitz Bravo (ESP)	Euskadi–Murias	12

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	19h 25' 45"
2	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 2' 08"
3	Enric Mas (ESP)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 2' 39"
4	Hugh Carthy (GBR)	EF Education First	+ 3' 49"
5	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 5' 07"
6	Valentin Madouas (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 5' 30"
7	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 7' 27"
8	Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 10' 07"
9	Daniel Martínez (COL)	EF Education First	+ 14' 20"
10	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 28' 54"