The 2019 Tour of the Basque Country was a road cycling stage race, that took place between 8 and 13 April 2019 in Spain. It was the 59th edition of Tour of the Basque Country and the 15th race of the 2019 UCI World Tour. Ion Izagirre of Spain was the winner.

Participating teams As the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to enter a team in the race. Five UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places, bringing the number of teams to twenty-three. As each team included seven riders, a total of 161 riders were due to start the first stage.

Route The full route of the 2018 Tour of the Basque Country was announced on 27 February 2019.

+Stage schedule Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner 1 8 April Zumarraga to Zumarraga Individual time trial 2 9 April Zumarraga to Gorraiz Hilly stage 3 10 April Sarriguren to Estibaliz Hilly stage 4 11 April Vitoria-Gasteiz to Arrigorriaga Medium-mountain stage 5 12 April Arrigorriaga to Arrate Mountain stage 6 13 April Eibar to Eibar Mountain stage

Stages Stage 1 8 April 2019 — Zumarraga to Zumarraga, , individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 2 9 April 2019 — Zumarraga to Gorraiz,

Stage 3 10 April 2019 — Sarriguren to Estibaliz,

Stage 4 11 April 2019 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Arrigorriaga,

Stage 5 12 April 2019 — Arrigorriaga to Arrate,

Stage 6 13 April 2019 — Eibar to Eibar–Arrate,

Classification leadership table

Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification 1Maximilian SchachmannMaximilian SchachmannMaximilian Schachmann Daniel MartínezMaximilian Schachmann 2Julian Alaphilippe Garikoitz Bravo 3Maximilian Schachmann 4Maximilian Schachmann 5Emanuel Buchmann Emanuel Buchmann Alessandro De Marchi 6Adam Yates Ion Izagirre Adam YatesTadej Pogačar Final Ion Izagirre Maximilian Schachmann Adam Yates Tadej Pogačar

Final classification standings

Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

References