As always, with the arrival of May the Bidasoa Itzulia appears on the scene, the amateur stages of Euskadi. In their 51st edition, the organizers have raised a tour that will run along their three stages, as is logical, through the Bidasoa river basin, stepping on French soil, Navarro and Guipuzcoan, offering more opportunities than ever to all kinds of cyclists.
This 2025 will be given the output gun with a Cronoescalada in Jaizkibelfollowing a goal with goal in It in which sprinters They can show off except surprise, something that has not happened for many years. It is true that the traditional closure in Irúnwith one Third Stage full of portsit must be the one that ends to issue a sentence as usual, increasing this time the hardness by adding more ups and miles to a well -known spare itinerary.
Edición 2024
As each campaign, the 2023 Bidasoa Itzulia did not escape its usual script that everything can change until the last line of arrival is crossed. The third day in Irún It was decisive again since in the journey through San Matzial and Erlaitz they stood out Jan Castellón (Caja Rural-Alea) and Louis Sutton (AVC-Aix in Provence), distributing to the arrival the booty. For the British, the general was leaving, while that of the Navarrese team was made with the partial victory. Before the outcome, the protagonists had been cyclists on Earth, since the novel double ascent to piety with which he started the race served to see his arms raise Haimar Etxeberria (Finisher)while a day later in Hondarribia era Aitor Agirre (Laboral Box) the one that reached the line of arrival solo after escaping on the ramps of Jaizkibel.
return of Palmarés de la Bidasoa
2024 – Louis Sutton (AVC-Aix in Provence), Jan Castellón (Caja Rural Issue), Haimar Etxeberria (Finisher)
2023 -Jaume Guardian (Caja Rural-Aalea), Daniel Martín (Gomur-Cantabria Infinita), Pablo Carrascosa (Finisher)
2022 – Davide Piganzoli, Synule Fernandez, Fernando, Fernando.
2019 -Carmelo Urban
2018 -Juan Pedro López (Polartec-Cometa), Alessandro Covi (Colpack), Barnabas Peak (UC Mondiale)
2017 – Sergio Samitier (Lizarte), Matteo overro (Colpack), Julian Mertens (Technics Sperza)
2016 – Umberto Orsini (Capuck), Edward Ravasi (Capuck), Mark Padun (Capuck)
2015 -Steven Calderón (Gomur-Liébana 2017), Enric Mas (Specialized-Accountant Foundation), Jaime Rosón (Caja Rural-Rga)
Tour of the 51st Bidasoa Itzulia 2025
Stage 1: Guadalupe (Hondarribia) – Jaizkibel; 4 Km Cri (Jueves, 8 de Mayo)
A timed up of 4 kilometers will lift the curtain of this Bidasoa return so different from what we were accustomed to in preceding editions. Cyclists will give the first pedaling next to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupefinding a very favorable first kilometer in which it will rolle very quickly before turning to the left and facing the last 3 kilometers already rising to the top of the mythical Jaizkibel. That is where the strongest in the race must already show their cards in continuous ramps that are close to 10% because this first part will already make differences that without being definitive, will be surely broader than one would expect in any other scenario. Without a doubt, emotion to Raudales from the initial moments.
Stage 2: Irurita/Baztán – Bera; 140.4 km (Friday, May 9)
The Ecuador of the test will continue to offer a different scenario of the suggested previous years, with a stage called that sprinters can fight after many years for leaving their essence in the Basque round. It will be the longest stage of the edition, with 140 kilometersin which the great difficulty of the day, the Alto de Saldias, will be very far from the goal located in It.
The platoon will shoot Navarro in this second stage, approaching the birth of the Bidasoa River, crossing in this edition twice the beautiful and hard wall of Amaus. Between those two steps, the High of Saldias (2nd category-km 54.9) with the last 3 kilometers at 7% on average. The last 40 kilometers will be very quickly until the arrival in Itwhere if there are no surprises the great squad should impose his law and resolve the winner in a tight volatous.
-Stage 3: Hendaia – Irún; 102.5 km (Saturday, May 10)
The return to Bidasoa will say goodbye with its typical day with arrival in Irúnalthough in this 2025 it will depart from Hendaia, making those usual kilometers by French soil. Of course, for many things that have happened the two previous days, we are sure that everything will still be to decide and that it can be turned around in that short trip of just 100 kilometers in which up to five increases from a lot of entity will be chained, with the decisive port of Erlaitz (1st catechism-km 83.5), less than 20 kilometers from finish.
The 4 kilometers from Erlaitz to more than 10% on average, with walls of 16%, will be preceded by another trap such as the Alto de San Martial (2nd Categoría-Km 75), that surely will be done at a very high pace arriving a very small group of cyclists at the skirts of the last climb. Before that linked determinant, cyclists will already warm up taking advantage of those almost 20 kilometers as a gift to face the ascending section of Jaizkibel until reaching Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Opening point output point two days before, and from there go down again to Hondarribia where shortly after the rise of the first punctual level of the day will begin, the Alto de Cruis (3ª Categoría-Km 21.9) with 3 kilometers at 5% on average.
Subsequently and in just 25 kilometers the tremendous increases will be chained to Aritx Lelegi (1a Category-km 32,1) and Agine (1a Category-km. 40.7). It would not be uncommon to see here attacks by cyclists who are fighting for the victory and have wasting time in the general, in search of the collapse of what at that time is the leader, and above all, leave him without colleagues. After the descent of Agiña, this year the runners will find a new ascent, the High of Piedad (3rd category-km 52.1)adding another 3 kilometers to more than 6% of average slope for cyclists to suffer a little more if possible. Once this raid is over, the race will already go to the Irún’s goal for the aforementioned increases of San Martial Y Ledge. The Erlaitz mountain banner will be 19 kilometers from the end, running that last part through an area where hunting behind becomes really difficult, as has already been evidenced in recent seasons.
Favorites for the lapa la Bidasoa 2025
Luxury participation that will meet another year in the Bidasoa Itzulia, with huge level corridors that will seek to add their name to a palm male with illustrious cycling such as Luis Ocaña, Abraham Olano, Carlos Sastre, Andrey Amador or more recently to those of “Juanpe” López or Davide Piganzoli.
The large legion of Earth teams will be extra-motivated before one of the great objectives of the year. There we will have the presence of excellent runners such as Aitor Agirre (Laboral Box)great main actor of the last edition, GORKA CORRESwhich will lead a great Rural-alea box in which extraordinary climbers will also be Lucas towers, Dario Giuliano O Juan Pedro Lozano, IKER Gómez Y Un Uni Ramos (Finisher/Kern Pharma), Pablo Ara (Telco’m-on Clima -Sès), Charlie Meredith (Grupt (Electroalavesa-Zuia).
In front they will have the defenders of the title, the French of the AVC-Aix en Provence With the Bazas of Pierre Saint-Martin o Gabriel Layrac. Do not ignore the options of Cortizo equipmentthat where they always or win or are close, and that in the Bidasoa it will disembark with Pablo Bonilla, Marc Torres, Iván Belmonte or Tomás Pombo. José María Martín (Extremadura-Pebetero)that will be a great favorite to the triumph in the second partial, Víctor Castellano (Gomur-Cantabria Infinita), Pablo García (Froiz Supermarkets) or Seppe Leman and Thibaut Ponsoerts (DL Chemicals-Experce They will be other runners who aim to do something important.
Coverage
The Bidasoa Iztulia 2025 the Thursday, May 8 with that individual counterreloj between the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, belonging to the municipality of Hondarria, and the top of Jaizkibel. The first cyclist will take the exit to the 15:45hwaiting to know the name of the winner about two hours later. The second stage, which will be played on Friday, with Output in Irureta/Baztán and Meta in Berá will understand Between 14h and around 5:45 p.m.. For the final stage of Saturday, May 10cyclists will have about 3 hours of agony, leaving in Hendaye and goal in Irúnstarting to 9: 45h and putting the brooch on Paseo Colón at 12: 45h.
To follow the race, the Twitter profile @Bidasoaitzulia and the hashtag #Bidasozulzi They will be the two references. In addition and as always, all the news can be followed through our Twitter account of @Elpeloton, Where we will inform everything that is happening, and with the chronicles on the web once each of the three stages concludes.
