Bagioli climbs to another top 10 in Itzulia Basque Country

Bagioli climbs to another top 10 in Itzulia Basque Country

For the second day running, Andrea Bagioli was involved in the fight for victory, this time on a brutal uphill finish, typical for the Basque Country, which featured some insane 26% ramps in the final 200 meters.

But before that happened, Soudal Quick-Step animated the tough stage 3 between Errenteria and Amasa-Villabona with the one and only “TGV of Clermont-Ferrand” – Rémi Cavagna. The Frenchman, victorious this season in two stages of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, took off from the peloton after an intense first hour of racing and joined a small breakaway group whose “engine” he was, helping the move remain clear until 25 kilometers to go.

Attacks began pouring after the catch was made, one of those who tried their luck being James Knox. The Cumbrian joined the lone leader of the race with ten kilometers to go, and pushed hard on the descent to take their advantage to more than half a minute. With the demanding finale coming up, James knew the margin wasn’t enough, but he believed in his chances and was pegged back with only 700 meters to go.

Wearing the best young rider’s jersey, Andrea Bagioli was among the few to tame those wild gradients, taking eighth place behind stage winner Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), a result that cemented his position in the general classification top 10. In addition to this, the Italian remains in contention also for the youth classification, where he sits just three seconds from the top.

 

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Race details

1 Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen
Jumbo-Visma
3:51:58
2 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:02
3 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:02
4 Ion Izagirre Insausti
Cofidis
0:08
5 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
0:08
6 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
0:10
7 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
0:12
8 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
0:12
9 Simon Yates
Team Jayco AlUla
0:12
10 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:12
21 James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step
0:22
29 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
0:40
39 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
1:11
63 Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step
5:48
70 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
8:11
145 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
19:04
1 Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen
Jumbo-Visma
12:46:43
2 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:05
3 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
0:16
4 Matteo Sobrero
Team Jayco AlUla
0:18
5 Ion Izagirre Insausti
Cofidis
0:20
6 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:21
7 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
0:22
8 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:24
9 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
0:24
10 Rémy Rochas
Cofidis
0:24
13 James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step
0:31
25 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
0:52
36 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
1:28
62 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
9:08
77 Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step
15:57
132 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
34:00
1 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
34 pt
2 Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen
Jumbo-Visma
32 pt
3 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
30 pt
4 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
28 pt
5 Ethan Hayter
INEOS Grenadiers
25 pt
6 Matteo Sobrero
Team Jayco AlUla
23 pt
7 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
23 pt
8 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
22 pt
9 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
20 pt
10 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
18 pt
18 James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step
10 pt
20 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
10 pt
1 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
20 pt
2 Georg Zimmermann
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
10 pt
3 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
9 pt
4 Pierre Latour
TotalEnergies
7 pt
5 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta
Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 pt
6 Alan Jousseaume
TotalEnergies
5 pt
7 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
Team Arkéa Samsic
4 pt
8 Christian Scaroni
Astana Qazaqstan Team
4 pt
9 Bauke Mollema
Trek - Segafredo
3 pt
10 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
3 pt
1 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
12:47:05
2 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
0:02
3 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:02
4 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
0:13
5 Attila Valter
Jumbo-Visma
0:21
6 Marc Hirschi
UAE Team Emirates
0:36
7 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
0:55
8 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
1:06
9 Clément Champoussin
Team Arkéa Samsic
1:41
10 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga
Equipo Kern Pharma
1:51
22 Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step
15:35
1 Movistar Team 38:21:19
2 Team Jayco AlUla 0:30
3 Soudal - Quick Step 0:40
4 EF Education-EasyPost 0:56
5 Cofidis 0:58
6 Jumbo-Visma 1:43
7 BORA - hansgrohe 2:46
8 Team Arkéa Samsic 2:50
9 UAE Team Emirates 3:45
10 Trek - Segafredo 3:57

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