Overview
- Axel Laurance of Ineos-Grenadiers won Wednesday’s hilly stage in Basauri, and Paul Seixas finished with the contenders to keep the leader’s jersey.
- Seixas leads the Tour of the Basque Country by 1:59 over Primoz Roglic with Florian Lipowitz third at 2:08 after an opening time-trial win and a long solo on Tuesday.
- Mikel Landa crashed hard about 10 kilometers from Tuesday’s finish and did not start Wednesday’s stage, putting his Giro d’Italia plans in doubt.
- A race motorcycle apparently struck a spectator near Tuesday’s final climb, forcing Seixas to steer past the fallen person as he pressed on to win the stage.
- Mexican prospect Isaac del Toro abandoned on Wednesday following a crash during the race.