Basque Country, Formolo dreams of the company but Izagirre wins

Nothing to do for the Veronese, who was on the run for a long time. Final standings: Evenepoel knocked out, Daniel Martinez triumphs

Daniel Martinez, Colombian from Ineos-Grenadiers, won the Tour of the Basque Country which ended this afternoon with the sixth stage, 135 km from Eibar to Arrate. In the last stage it happened in a restricted sprint by Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), who also crashed in the last climb and then in the sprint in the home race preceded Vlasov. From an Italian point of view, the excellent performance of Davide Formolo (UAE-Emirates), the Veronese who was on the run for a long time and then 9th at 1’29 ”at the finish, should be noted. While Remco Evenepoel, who had started the day as a leader, did not keep the pace of the best climbers even if he did not drift and finished 7th at 24 ”. As for Izagirre, this is his 16th victory as a pro ‘, 1st in 2022. Far behind Primoz Roglic, who arrived at 2’12 ”.

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