After a breathless day of racing from start to finish on stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country, Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) emerged on top of the final uphill run to the line for victory ahead of Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility).
Raced at full gas for 167km in Galdakao, riders were left all over the road in the finale, but Aranburu was able to keep enough in the tank, having attacked from the large breakaway of the day over the last categorised climb, to sprint to the line faster than the Norwegian and Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana) in third.
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Thanks to his efforts, Seixas gained 20 seconds on his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rivals Primož Roglič and Florian Lipowitz, with only really Izagirre and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) gaining time on the Frenchman, moving the former up to fourth overall.
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