The team as a whole had an outstanding performance. Isasi and Azanza formed part of the main break and animated the racing throughout, while Txurruka had a dig with five kilometres to go. Txurruka looked as swashbuckling as usual but couldn't put enough time into a hard-chasing lead group and was swallowed up with three to go. Isasi showcased his increasing strength on the climbs by staying with the likes of Moreno and Bruseghin far up the Farrapona, while Verdugo took huge pulls at the head of the pack to set up Nieve. Azanza had a crash coming off a descent leading into the final climb and was reeled in by the pack, but he still had enough left in the tank to set a high tempo in the peloton on the first half of the climbs. All in all an impressive performance from the team. Stage results:
- 9, Nieve, 0:55
- 24, Txurruka, 2:02
- 33, Isasi, 4:21
- 38, Verdugo, 6:45
- 47, Azanza, 11:42
- 101, Martínez, 23:45
- 104, Oroz, s.t.
- 166, Antón, 30:20
- 169, Cazaux, s.t.
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