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The British cyclist suffered a fall in training last August, causing a pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a cervical vertebra.

The 2026 test, which will be the 45th edition, will consist of seven punctual ports and 221 kilometres long and will pass through the ports of Erlaitz (10%) and Murgil (10%), a few kilometres from the finish line.

The presentation of the 2026 Tour de France was held this afternoon in Barcelona, where the 23 teams participating in the race were presented, including the Caja Rural, and representatives of Basque cycling such as Ion Izagirre, Alex Aranburu and Xabier Mikel Azparren were also present.

The 113th edition of the race will take place from 4 to 26 July in Barcelona and end in Paris, with the participation of 23 teams and 184 runners, including Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and Ion Izagirre, Alex Aranburu and Xabier Mikel Azparren.

Xabier Mikel Azparren, who will be competing for the first time on the 2026 Tour, has made his way to Barcelona at San Sebastian airport, where, according to the Donostiarra, he reaches the most prestigious cycling race at the best point of his life.

The Swiss team has selected the Donostiarra cyclist for the 113th Tour de France, which starts on Saturday in Barcelona. Azparren, 27, will play the Tour for the first time, so this year's event will be attended by three Basque cyclists: Ion Izagirre, Alex Aranburu and Azparren himself.

The Cofidis Ormaiztegiarra cyclist left Loiu airport this afternoon. Izagirre already has two stage wins on the Tour de France, in 2016 and 2023.

Murgiarra will not participate in the Tour de France due to a back injury. Soudal Quick Step is betting on Belgian Tim Merlier.

The Navarro team has announced its team for this year's edition of the Tour de France, with its eight runners dressed in retro: Abel Balderstone, Fernando Gaviria, Sebastian Berwick, Alex, Molenaar, Jpel Nicolau, Stefano Oldani, Jakub Otruba and José Félix Parra.

The Slovenian star will be accompanied by the experience of Nils Politten and Adam Yates, who will have their tenth Tour, while Mexican climber Isaac del Toro will debut at 22.

In addition to the two Guipuzcoans, the Cofidis will be made up of Milan Fretin, Jenthe Biermans, Piet Allegaert, Benjamin Thomas, Hugo Page and Alex Kirsch.

The Navarro runner of the Kern Pharma team has been the protagonist in Sabiñánigo after entering the decisive getaway with Igor Arrieta (UAE) and fighting for gold until the last moment. In the end, Marcel Camprubi (Pinarello Q36.5) won the victory, Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural) was second and Berrad completed the podium with bronze.

Team Bahrain Victorious has announced that gernikarra will be low due to a viral infection during the Auvergne Rhone Alpes Tour.

The Donostiarra was second, four seconds from the winner, Pablo Castrillo, in the highest category, while in the elite category, the Zumaiarra Aitor Agirre won the gold.

It is a mountainous day of seven punctuable ports, very hard and capable of breaking legs.

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The Grand Depart of the race will be a 19.6-kilometer team time counter in the Catalan capital. The initial tour will benefit the team strength, but the final stage will be decided by two climbs to the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium.