
Itzulia Basque Country
Stage 4) Vitoria-Gasteiz - Hondarribia
Spain
Thursday 08 April 2021
189.1 km
Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Knox again in the top 10

The Vuelta al Pais Vasco peloton took on some familiar roads Thursday afternoon, with the 189.2km stage between Gasteiz and Hondarribia including some climbs of the Clasica San Sebastian, which our team won twice in recent years, with Julian Alaphilippe and Remco Evenepoel. Hondarribia, which hosted a stage finish for the first time at the race in 1975, welcomed the peloton after the tough climb of Erlaitz and a fast descent, where surprisingly the big moves of the day came.
Six riders slipped away from the yellow jersey group, which contained Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s James Knox and Mauri Vansevenant, who once again impressed on the punishing double-digit gradients of the first-category ascent, despite a series of vicious attacks that ended up making a significant selection. The Cumbrian leaped away from the strong 15-man chasing group just as the road flattened and went in pursuit of the sextet, who managed to stay clear and fight for victory, which was nabbed on the line by Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech).
James came over the line around 50 seconds behind the winner, taking eighth just ahead of the chasers for his second consecutive top 10 at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, which he added to the one he got atop Ermualde. This audacious ride helped the 25-year-old maintain his place in the top 20 overall, where he is joined by teammate Mauri Vansevenant ahead of what should be the easiest stage of this edition.
Photo credit: ©David Ramos / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti Astana - Premier Tech |
4:17:07 |
2 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
3 |
Brandon McNulty UAE-Team Emirates |
0:00 |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
5 |
Emanuel Buchmann BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
6 |
Esteban Chaves Rubio Team BikeExchange |
0:02 |
7 |
Patrick Bevin Israel Start-Up Nation |
0:49 |
8 |
James Knox
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:49 |
9 |
Quinten Hermans Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux |
0:49 |
10 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
0:49 |
22 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:49 |
45 |
Pieter Serry
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
5:42 |
78 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
13:54 |
112 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18:46 |
126 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18:46 |
140 |
Josef Černý
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18:46 |
1 |
Brandon McNulty UAE-Team Emirates |
12:25:21 |
2 |
Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma |
0:23 |
3 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
0:28 |
4 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:36 |
5 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
0:43 |
6 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
1:02 |
7 |
Emanuel Buchmann BORA - hansgrohe |
1:07 |
8 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
1:13 |
9 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti Astana - Premier Tech |
1:15 |
10 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
1:23 |
11 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
1:32 |
18 |
James Knox
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
2:01 |
64 |
Pieter Serry
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
21:51 |
87 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
28:34 |
105 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
31:46 |
109 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
32:28 |
136 |
Josef Černý
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
41:11 |
1 |
Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma |
57 pt |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
57 pt |
3 |
Brandon McNulty UAE-Team Emirates |
42 pt |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
38 pt |
5 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Astana - Premier Tech |
37 pt |
6 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti Astana - Premier Tech |
30 pt |
7 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
28 pt |
8 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
27 pt |
9 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
27 pt |
10 |
David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ |
24 pt |
15 |
James Knox
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
17 pt |
30 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
7 pt |
41 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
1 pt |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
17 pt |
2 |
Quinten Hermans Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux |
14 pt |
3 |
Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma |
14 pt |
4 |
Brandon McNulty UAE-Team Emirates |
12 pt |
5 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
10 pt |
6 |
Juan Pedro López Pérez Trek - Segafredo |
8 pt |
7 |
Ben O'Connor AG2R Citroën Team |
7 pt |
8 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
7 pt |
9 |
Maximilian Schachmann BORA - hansgrohe |
6 pt |
10 |
Oier Lazkano Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
6 pt |
21 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Brandon McNulty UAE-Team Emirates |
12:25:21 |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
0:28 |
3 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
0:43 |
4 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
1:32 |
5 |
Sergio Higuita García EF Education - Nippo |
1:42 |
6 |
David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ |
1:52 |
7 |
Ilan Van Wilder Team DSM |
1:58 |
8 |
Gino Mäder Bahrain - Victorious |
4:04 |
9 |
Mark Donovan Team DSM |
9:10 |
10 |
Eddie Dunbar INEOS Grenadiers |
10:45 |
30 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
31:46 |
32 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
32:28 |
1 | Team Jumbo-Visma | 37:20:47 |
2 | Bahrain - Victorious | 1:25 |
3 | Astana - Premier Tech | 2:16 |
4 | UAE-Team Emirates | 4:54 |
5 | BORA - hansgrohe | 8:13 |
6 | INEOS Grenadiers | 11:01 |
7 | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 11:24 |
8 | Movistar Team | 13:25 |
9 | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 18:08 |
10 | EF Education - Nippo | 18:41 |