The 2026 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2026) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 6 and 11 April in the Basque region in northern Spain. It was the 65th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2026 UCI World Tour.
Teams Sixteen UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ProTeams made up the 22 teams that participated in the race.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Route + Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 6 April Bilbao to Bilbao Individual time trial 2 7 April Pamplona-Iruña to Cuevas de Mendukilo Mountain stage 3 8 April Basauri to Basauri Hilly stage 4 9 April Galdakao to Galdakao Hilly stage 5 10 April Eibar to Eibar Medium mountain stage 6 11 April Goizper-Antzuola to Bergara Medium mountain stage Total
Stages Stage 1 6 April 2026 — Bilbao to Bilbao, (ITT)
Stage 2 7 April 2026 — Pamplona-Iruña to Cuevas de Mendukilo,
Stage 3 8 April 2026 — Basauri to Basauri,
Stage 4 9 April 2026 — Galdakao to Galdakao,
Stage 5 10 April 2026 — Eibar to Eibar,
Stage 6 11 April 2026 — Goizper-Antzuola to Bergara,
Classification leadership table + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Basque rider classification Team classification Combativity award 1 Paul Seixas Paul Seixas Paul Seixas Paul Seixas Paul Seixas Pello Bilbao Paul Seixas 2 Paul Seixas Ion Izagirre Joan Bou 3 Axel Laurance Joan Bou Igor Arrieta 4 Alex Aranburu Anders Halland Johannessen 5 Paul Seixas Paul Seixas Ben Healy 6 Andrew August Mattias Skjelmose Final Paul Seixas Paul Seixas Ion Izagirre Not awarded
Classification standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award
General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 20h 07' 35" 2 + 2' 30" 3 + 2' 33" 4 + 3' 50" 5 + 4' 43" 6 + 5' 03" 7 + 5' 05" 8 + 5' 25" 9 + 5' 41" 10 + 7' 33"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 87 2 49 3 38 4 36 5 35 6 35 7 34 8 34 9 34 10 25
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 32 2 31 3 19 4 18 5 18 6 17 7 13 8 11 9 10 10 9
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 20h 07' 35" 2 + 18' 39" 3 + 46' 40" 4 + 50' 47" 5 + 54' 34" 6 + 55' 16" 7 + 1h 00' 43" 8 + 1h 06' 07" 9 + 1h 11' 56" 10 + 1h 17' 24"
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 60h 49' 51" 2 + 8' 21" 3 + 14' 08" 4 + 31' 41" 5 + 36' 56" 6 + 49' 13" 7 + 58' 03" 8 + 1h 00' 27" 9 + 1h 13' 30" 10 + 1h 14' 15"
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