A wide range of favorites to take the crown of Vollering and Reusser, the Return to Women
Berthet, Pasio, Consonni, Lippert, Bredewold and Blanco Calbet are some of the favorites to win in the fifth edition. The Basque cyclists will be three, Amondarain, Aranguren and Ostolaza, the three in the Basque team Laboral Kutxa – Euskadi Fundazioa.
Presentation of 19 groups in San Sebastian. Image: Itzulia Basque Country
The French cyclist Juliette Berthet (FDJ) , theSouth African cyclist Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance) , the Italian cyclist Chiara Consonni (Canyon) , the German cyclist Liane Lippert (Movistar) , theDutch cyclist Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx), the Dutch cyclist Chiara Consonni
The Basque roads will seek the replacement of Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser from 15 to 17 May, as the Dutch and Swiss cyclists will not be at the exit.
Vollering and Reusser will therefore not defend the title won at the UCI Women's World Tour, where the Dutch prevailed in the 2022, 2024 and 2025 editions and the Swiss in 2023.
The presentation of the 19 participating groups took place today at the Donostia City Council. Ion Insausti, mayor of Donostia, and representatives of the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, the Basque Government and the sponsors of the race.
Passion, the current South African time champion, was second in the 2021 Giro de Italia and won a stage in the Return to Romandia. Berthet, at the head of the FDJ United, is also among the favorites after winning the 2022 Return to Burgos and ranked second in the same year in the Giro de Italia.
The Basque delegation will be composed of cyclists Naia Amondarain, Irati Aranguren and Usoa Ostolaza\u00A0, all from the Basque group Laboral Kutxa – Euskadi Fundazioa .
This year the race will begin in Zarautz , will link the second stages with Abadiño and Etxano (Bizkaia), and will end with a decisive third stage that will begin and end in San Sebastián, with a total of 14 ports, which will face a very hard journey.
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