Guipuzcoano Alex Aranburu makes a perfect stage finale and wins victory in Galdakao
From behind, Lipowitz and Roglic attacked Paul Seixas today, but the leader of the Return responded decisively to all offensive attempts.
The Guipuzcoan Alex Aranburu (Cofidis), on the finish line.
The Guipuzcoano Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) made a perfect finish and won the fourth stage of the Return to the Basque Country with departure and arrival in Galdakao (Bizkaia).
Aranburu, at the thrilling end of the wall leading to the finish line, raised his arms for the third time in the Lap with a time of 3h: 55:15 at an average speed of 42.6 km/h. Four seconds later the Norwegian Tobias Johannessen (Uno X) arrived and six seconds later the Italian Christian Scaroni (Astana) .
Leader Paul Seixas has gone 14 seconds from the winner of the stage, and in a few seconds he has increased his income in the overall ranking.
"The rivals were close, but I calculated the distance to the finish, I attacked and everything worked out great. It's a very important victory after I left yesterday in Basauri with the rage of not being able to contest victory. This time we were on the getaways. I was afraid of some rivals, but everything went great," Aranburu said.
The American Brandon McNulty (UAE) has been the protagonist of the day's getaway and has gone a lot of miles alone. From behind, a group of 34 runners have tried to catch him, and he has done so in about 35 kilometers to the finish. About 30 kilometers to the end, on the climb to Elorriitos, Visma has taken the lead of the platoon to try to break down the massive escape, while in the front group they have started to peck each other.
In an ever smaller platoon, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora) has tried to disturb the leader, Paul Seixas (Decathlon), in the ascent to Elorritxueta, but the Frenchman has responded smoothly to his attacks.
After several attacks, the Norwegian Anders Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) has been left alone at the head of the race, taking advantage of the lack of understanding between Catalan Marc Soler (UAE) and Australian Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora).
In front of him, Sevillano Juan Pedro López (Movistar) and Guipuzcoano Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) hit Johannessen, and then Ezkio-Itsaso's attacked. The platoon's head was less than a minute away.
Paul Seixas, Itzuliko liderra
I knew the descent and I attacked; welcome the time gained
Seixas celebrated the 20 seconds he was able to win over his General's rivals after attacking at the descent of Legina.
"The team took me to see the course of today's stage , beforethe start of the clock, and I saw that the final descent was in my best interest. The day has been very hard, but I have reserved my strength to try the descent.
On the other hand, Juan Ayuso, leader of the Lidl Trek and winner of the 2024 Tour, has had to leave the race due to stomach problems, physical problems from the first stage, so he quickly lost his options in the overall ranking. In addition, Ayuso has fallen 117 kilometers from the goal of the fourth stage with departure and arrival in Galdakao, and within a few kilometers has decided to get off the bike.
This Friday is the fifth stage , with departure and arrival in Eibar , with a journey of 176.2 kilometers.
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