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Itzulia Basque Country 2017 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights

The Basque race Euskal Herriko Itzulia, Vuelta al País Vasco, or also known as Tour of the Basque Country, is one of the best one week races on the World Calendar. Follow the 2017 race updates below.
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Big Photos from 2015 (all stages) — flockton
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Big Photos from 2013 (all stages except stage 1) — flockton
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2017 Itzulia Basque Country Teams
Team Rosters and Withdrawals
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News and Updates for Itzulia Basque Country 2017

Stage 6 Post-Race Coverage



Valverde wins the Vuelta al Pais Vascocyclingnews
Cycling: In-form Valverde wins Tour of Basque countryreuters
País Vasco: Roglic wins time trial finale, Valverde claims overall victoryvelonews
Fourth second place GC result of 2017 for Contadorcyclingnews
April 7 update:
Stage 6 ITT Start Order and Times (CET) — itzulia.eus
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage


Valverde wins queen stage of Vuelta al Pais Vascocyclingnews
No sophomore slump for Woods, on the attack in Pais Vascovelonews

April 6 update:
Valverde eyes Pais Vasco queen stage after sailing through stage 4cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage


Primoz Roglic wins stage 4cyclingnews
Contador presses on after a painful day in the Basque Countrycyclingnews
Cummings, Atapuma injured in Pais Vasco crashcyclingnews
April 5 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage


April 4 update:
Contador expects a calmer end to Vais Pasco stage 3cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage

Tour du Pays Basque : Michael Albasini à toute vitesse https://t.co/VFlL6hQxIr pic.twitter.com/ad5vVmJbTM

— CyclingPro.net (@cyclingpronet) April 4, 2017
Albasini wins stage 2cyclingnews
Pais Vasco: Albasini wins tricky stage 2 sprintvelonews
April 3 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage


Matthews claims first stage victorycyclingnews
April 1 update: preview coming... — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.

2017 Itzulia Basque Country Preview


April 2 update:
Official Startlist w/ bib numberssteephill.tv
Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco 2017 previewcyclingnews

March 31 update:
Valverde sets eyes on Basque Country titlevelonews



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March 30 update:
Kwiatkowski and Henao lead Team Sky at Pais Vascocyclingnews

March 23 update:
Route details (stage maps, profiles, timetables). See the race summary (right)

Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

April 1 update: A work in progress for 2017 Itzulia Basque Country live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve

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   live video (basque)
  tv schedule
Basque, restricted to Europe; the earliest live daily broadcast at 15:00 CET.
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   live videom (english)
  tv schedule (british)
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Europe; English. Stage 1 live at 15:30
   live video (catalan)
  tv schedule
Catalan; live daily coverage
 live text updates
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Official text updates in Spanish and ticker
 live text updates Cyclingnews English text updates
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2017 Itzulia Basque Country Route Map


Stage maps are posted in the
race summary table.


2016 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2015 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2014 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2013 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2012 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2011 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2010 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage

2009 Itzulia Basque Country Archived Coverage