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Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) tamed a potentially treacherous final day of Itzulia Basque Country, sealing the overall title with a long-range solo stage victory.
Attack was deemed the best form of defence for the Tour de France champion and his team, with two riders sent into the day’s breakaway who later helped Vingegaard move clear on the sixth of the seven climbs that were packed into the 138km route around Eibar.
Vingegaard took short turns from Atilla Valter and Steven Kruijswijk but looked like he could have coped without them as he left his rivals behind in emphatic fashion with just under 30km to go.
From there, he eased to stage and overall glory, crossing the line nearly a minute clear of the rest – giving away 30 seconds or so as he blew kisses to the crowd and cameras in the final kilometre.
James Knox (Soudal-QuickStep) placed second at 47 seconds after attacking from a disorganised chase group on the run-in to Eibar, with Ion Izaguirre (Cofidis) leading that group home two seconds later.
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