Ion Izagirre Insausti

Lasterketako hogeigarren etapa, uztailaren 25ean, larunbatean, jokatuko dena, Frantziako Tourraren 113. edizio honetako etaparik desiratuenetako bat da. Alpe d’Huez mitikoan amaitzen da, eta Frantziako Tourra irabazteko azken aukera da.

Frantziako lasterketaren hemeretzigarren etapak lau mendate puntuagarri ditu, baina aipamen berezia merezi duena Alpe d’Huez mitikoa da. Bertan amaitzen da etapa.

The Cofidis Ormaiztegiarra cyclist admitted that "on the one hand, I felt sorry that no escape had been completed, and I would have liked to take the escape and at least pass it over the front in the ports, but it went very fast from the beginning."

In the sixth stage, the Tour de France runs through the mythical Pyrenean port and, as usual, thousands of fans are waiting for the cyclists, many of whom have arrived from Euskal Herria.

Igoera, jaitsiera eta ordeka tarteak konbinatzen dituen banakako erlojupekoa da, eta, ziurrenik, Leman aintziraren eta inguruko mendien artean ikuskizun zirraragarria eskainiko du. Ibilbideak 500 metroko desnibel positiboa du. Txirrindulariek Cote de Larringes, bigarren mailako mendatea, gainditu beharko dute.

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

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.

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

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 young Frenchman of the Decathlon has made the attack a decisive climb in the race and has left all his rivals behind.

The tour has left an undisputed victory for Paul Seixas, and many other figures and protagonists worthyofnote, such as the performance of theBasque cyclists . Alex Aranburu, Igor Arrieta, Ion Izagirreand Pello Bilbaowill not forget this year's edition.

The Ormaiztegi cyclist will retire at the end of the season after 17 years of professional career.

Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) has competed for the stage, on the fifth day of the Tour, which began and ended in Eibar. He has declared that he has tried to follow Lipowitz and Seixas but has not been able to keep up with them.

The Guipuzcoan cyclist from Cofidis has been brilliant in the stage won by his teammate Alex Aranburu in the Vuelta; Izagirre has entered fourth place and has been very important for Aranburu to win and, also in the general, is fourth.

The ormaiztegiarra of the Cofidis also points out that the achievement of some stage victory is also one of the other goals, whether achieved by him or by Alex Aranburu. Izagirre, in the Vuelta, is in seventh place, with two stages played.

Isaac del Toro has lost 1:43 and Juan Ayuso has lost 2:29.