Itzulia Basque Country 2026 Preview Itzulia Basque Country 2026 Route Stage 2 (Image credit: Itzulia Basque Country) Race Situation Five riders in the day's break: - Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) - Frank van den Broek (Picnic PostNL) - Iker Mintegi (Euskaltel - Euskadi) - Joan Bou (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) - Adrián Fajardo (Burgos Burpellet BH) Two riders chasing: - Raúl García Pierna (Movistar) - Bruno Armirail (Visma-Lease a Bike) Refresh 2026-04-07T12:04:03.696Z KOM - ALTO DE ETXAURI 2026-04-07T12:02:14.627Z (Image credit: Getty Images) 2026-04-07T11:59:14.065Z 150KM TO GO 2026-04-07T11:57:44.885Z The time gap between the peloton and the leaders is now being reported at a much bigger distant, to over two minutes. That suggests the peloton is happy to let both the leaders and the chasers get up the road. 2026-04-07T11:54:43.850Z As a result, the leading five's advantage has been reduced too, down from about 1:30 to 50 seconds. 2026-04-07T11:54:15.616Z The peloton appear less happy to let this pair go.…