It was glory to the young guns at Itzulia Basque Country as AJ August (Ineos Grenadiers) took the biggest win of his career on the sixth and final stage. On a wet and hilly day, the 20-year-old from Rochester, NY, attacked the front group on the final climb and survived a tricky descent to take a solo win in Bergara.
It was August’s first ever WorldTour victory, having taken the first win of his pro career in the Volta a Catalunya in February.
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Results
Itzulia Basque Country stage 6, Goizper-Antzuola > Bergara, 135km
1. AJ August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers, 135.2km in 3:29:35
2. Raul García Pierna (Spa) Movistar, +16s
3. Frank van den Broek (Ned) PicnicPostNL, +34
4. Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech, at s.t.
5. Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike, +1:07
6. Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
7. Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana, all s.t.
8. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, +1:09
9. Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech, +1:26
10. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +1:33
Final General Classification
1. Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM, in 20:07:35
2. Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2:30
3. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, +2:33
4. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Cofidis, +3:50
5. Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS-Astana, +4:43
6. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain Victorious, +5:03
7. Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar, +5:05
8. Igor Arrieta (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, +5:25
9. Alex Beaudin (Fra) EF Education, +5:41
10. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, +7:33
