RESUMEN ETAPA 3 ITZULIA VUELTA PAIS VASCO 2026 CAIDA DE DEL TORO Y ABANDONA UAE PIERDE VICTORIA

I welcome you to the summary and analysis of stage number 3 of the Vuelta a Epsulia. The Vuelta al País Vasco 2026. And indeed, after the great performance shown yesterday by Paul Saizas, Isaac del Toro has tried to resist everything as long as he possibly could, The truth has been very difficult. Today we are going to have a very important journey, a struggle. Any fall, anything that might possibly happen in the peloton. The UE has Mireks watching The strategy they could implement. The truth is, today they will have 152.8 kilometers. but on this ride, everyone must be very careful about falls. Today maybe Don't be surprised by such a big difference in the general classification, but consider the wind and everything else that can affect it. Happening in the peloton may influence this race. Isaac del Toro very happy, asserting Some autographs. Maybe the race wasn't turning out the way he had been expecting it to. but we know that the Mexican cyclist will always go for more and will fight hard in this stage and in Everything that remains in this stage. Another one who hasn't been doing well is Juan Ayuso, The Littletrack cyclist comes from a fall, is recovering, perhaps not at his best. form condition. Here is the presentation of the equipment, and as I had already told you, In total, we will have 152.8 kilometers. We will have a secondary port. One of the third. Towards the end, we're going to have a very explosive arrival, where the favorites will want to create a gap. And without further ado, let's begin stage number 3 of Xulia 2026. And indeed, in A large part of the race, we could see that the Decathlon was pulling away. You know they have to pull because they have the leader of the general classification. A breakaway had formed approximately 16 cyclists, among whom were Lorenzo Fortunato, we had part of the UAE. Igor Arrieta were the ones who began tackling those kilometers, but lacking the The last one to crash was Isaac del Toro. The Mexican cyclist appeared to be in great pain. That's where you got out of the car, machine. I wanted to know what had happened to my cyclist. he managed to advance a few more meters, but Isaac del Toro, the fall was so strong that He has had to abandon this stage of the 2026 Basque Country Tour. The truth is, it's a major loss. for Latin American cycling, but also for the peloton in general, especially considering that we have in At this point in the race, a determined Paul Cézanne is going all out this season. This is how we saw it The squad kept pulling him, Decathlon, but we had to have some problem had happened to him. There, the cyclist from Decathlon, Paul Cézanne. He had to get down from the car, replacing something on his bicycle. and I reconnected to the group without any problem. The difference of the reference group regarding the The escape lasted approximately one minute and 35 seconds. Cofidis had just begun to work. They were also there to assist Decathlon, the ones who kept positioning the group within the peloton. Very Paul Cézanne was well positioned, and the Red Bull Bora team also looked very well positioned. They have two cards, Lepowicz also has Primoz Roglic, so they're the ones who could potentially challenge him now to Paul Cézanne. But if you asked the French cyclist, he'd say, "I'm going to attack straight on." Everyone, if she has legs, she'll go for victory. She has a very distinctive mentality. Of Tadej Pogačar, he doesn't want to miss the opportunity, and if today were to present it, I was going to do it without any problem. I kept sending the Decathlon to G2R, but it wasn't going through. a difference of one and a half minutes, and thus the group was already pulling away with only 50 kilometers remaining reach the finish line. Also, the one who had to abandon the race just at the beginning has been The Spanish cyclist, Mikel Landa, had a severe fall yesterday, so he did not It began at this stage. And indeed, in the group of top favorites, no attack was anticipated. Some cyclists from Decathlon were positioning themselves again at the front, in the leading group. Also, some changes began to take place, and this allowed the breakaway to have many more options for going to the stage. Here we could see some cyclists from Red Bull Bora, but the Decathlon was the one continuing to pull, it wasn't visible that they wanted to go after the breakaway and this Some attacks were carried out at the front of the escapees, among whom was Igor. Spanish cyclist Arrieta and French cyclist Axel Slaurenz were the ones who wanted to go for it. The victory was that they were pulling ahead by about 20 seconds to a second. a group of nine runners. At the back, we could see some cyclists who wanted to go out as Adriás Pericas, the UAE cyclist who had also wanted to join the breakaway, The same as Gaglibar were those who came out of the squad launching an attack there, but the truth is It was going to be very difficult for them, the gap in the escape compared to the group of top favorites. it was already over three minutes, they wouldn't have had a chance to take victory because Igor Arrieta was pulling hard, just like the cyclist from Ineos Granadiers, so we already were We were missing the last 13 kilometers, and that's because these two had been getting along very well. One gave the signal, the other responded; they had positioned themselves very well in comparison to the group. at the back of the group of the escape where they weren't getting along very well, and this was which allowed these two to exit, the difference was down to 45 seconds with the remaining the last 10 kilometers to reach the finish line were being negotiated more in agreement among the group than had been pursuing the same reference regarding the group that Igor Arrieta was coming from, just like Axel Lovrens, the the difference managed to decrease, others were coming out from the squad wanting to go out for these, but the The truth is that it was already very difficult to go and contest them for the stage; the banner was already foreseeable. In the last 5 kilometers, the favorites today weren't going to gain much of a gap. we were only missing the last 2.7 kilometers to reach the finish line, we had to The difference was already down to 40 seconds, and Igor Arrieta didn't want to help Axel Lovrens. This allowed that, in their misunderstanding, only 20 seconds were those that belonged to them They had separated from the group that had been chasing them, but now Axel Lovrens was the one taking the lead. he pulled out, showing his hand to Igor Arrieta, the cyclist from UAE Team Tierra Mírez, as if to He would assist him, but he didn't want to help anymore; they were already short of the final kilometer now. Ten seconds later, as the group being pursued drew closer, Igor Arrieta entered slightly Nervous, I wanted to go out for the win, but behind him we had Axel Lovrens, Axel Lovrens. I went out, and since we knew we could beat him by sheer speed, the victory was ours. cyclist from Ineos Grenadiers, second position for UAE Team Emirates with Igor Arrieta, already on the road The back part was just entering the group, but today has been a double loss. The UAE Team Tierra Mírez cyclists have lost Isaac del Toro and have lost the victory with Igor Arrieta, Igor Arrieta in second position, third we have Nathael, fourth position and the Manbuilder, fifth we have Tobias Johannesson, already at the back, the one who was closing in In first position, the group of top favorites, was the leader of the general classification, Paul Cézanne positioned himself at the front, as if saying, "I'm the one in charge here," in the General classification still led by Paul Cezas with 8 hours and 8 minutes, second position Primo Roglic at 1'59, third place is Florán Lipovic, fourth position is Matías Esquelmox, fifth is Venturf, sixth position Alex Baudín, seventh position Aigona Izaguirre, eighth position Harold Tejada has moved up one position due to Isaac del Toro's withdrawal; ninth place is Siano Durán. 10th position Clement Jean Poussin, that's how stage 3 of the Vuelta al ended Basque Country 2026.