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Alasdair Fotheringham

Itzulia Basque Country: João Almeida crushes opposition to clinch second stage win and overall title

João Almeida Enric Mas Ben Healy Itzulia Basque Country Bruno Armirail Itzulia Dani Martínez Mattias Skjelmose Bauke Mollema Ion Izagirre Cofidis
2025 Itzulia Basque Country: João Almeida claims a second stage and the overall win.

João Almeida claimed a stunning overall victory in the Itzulia Basque Country, shredding the GC field on a brutally tough day to both earn a second stage win and simultaneously become Portugal's first-ever overall winner of the 101-year-old race.

Enric Mas (Movistar) and Almeida attacked from a small lead group with 5.5km to go, with Almeida then comfortably outsprinting Mas at the finish to take his second stage in three days. Stage 5 winner Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), in the breaks all day and having made much of the running in the late climbs, finished third, 13 seconds back.

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