It was a tough day out in Itzulia Basque Country as the GC played out again, Primoz Roglic failed to respond to the offensive in the penultimate climb today and has lost the race lead whilst Carlos Rodríguez took his first professional win after a successful breakaway.
It was a very complicated start to the day, as many riders tried to get themselves in front as the day was pointed towards a breakaway win. It took around 70 kilometers for a group to go up the road, containing Pello Bilbao who was a big threat for the GC, but the Basque let go the group and came back to the peloton, finally letting a breakaway get a leash to go in front. Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers), Sergio Samitier (Movistar Team), Lucas Hamilton (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma).
Soler and Rodríguez went clear from the group with 60 kilometers the group as the pace tightened in front, but with Soler hanging only a minute down on Roglic, the chase was fierce towards the bottom of the penultimate climb. Whilst Rodríguez went solo in front as he was not working with Soler, the attacks came behind.
Evenepoel launched another move, but this time without Primoz Roglic trying to follow. The race leader let a group go with Evenepoel, Vingegaard, Mas, Vlasov, Ion Izagirre, Bilbao and Martínez; seemingly not moving so as to not cover moves, but completely missing out on the attack that has ultimately dealt a blow to his GC ambitions.
Carlos Rodríguez had a tough time keeping his gap as he rode towards the finale alone, but he had the legs and managed to hold the gap to the chasing group in the brutally steep final ramp. Daniel Martínez came right after making it a one-two for the team, leading the GC group in in front of Remco Evenepoel.
Vlasov and Vingegaard crashed in the steep final meters loosing some seconds, whilst Roglic lost over a minute, arriving in the middle of the chasing group.
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- great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
- He should be in a different team. It was detrimental. For them it does not matter if he does not develop. He should have gone to a team where they need him to succeed.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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