Tour de France

The Basque cyclist from the Cofidis said the wind was strong in the last few metres of today's stage, but he felt a very nice atmosphere throughout the tour.

The Mexican has reached the finish line with team leader Tadej Pogacar, who has given him his first win on the Tour de France.

The Belgian cyclist from the Movistar suffered cramps and lost 1.53 minutes on the team clock.

Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the first stage, and Xabier Mikel Azparren shared the sensations they are experiencing today. 

The Dane of the Visma team is the first leader of France after the atypical clock in Catalan territory.

The Danish cyclist has won the best team time in the first stage of the Tour played in Barcelona, ahead of Filippo Ganna (Netcompany INEOS), second, and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), third.

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.

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

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

Frantziako Tourreko seigarren etapak 3.978 metroko desnibela eta bost mendate pilatzen ditu, horien artean Tourmalet klasikoa.

Etapa hau Katalunian jokatuko da oso-osorik. Tarragonan hasiko da, lehenengoz ikusiko du hiriak aurten Frantziako Tourra.