Friday afternoon, around Eibar, Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) continued his march forward, both in his career and on this Tour of the Basque Country 2026. The 19-year-old Frenchman, Yellow Jersey since the first day, once again shone on the queen stage of this edition.
Paul Seixas crushes the competition
Escaping with Florian Lipowitz (RedBull – Bora-Hansgrohe) 23 kilometers from the finish, the Lyonnais consolidated his first place in the general classification thanks to his victory ahead of the German, in the sprint. This is his 3rd stage victory on this Itzulia.
On Saturday, he could become the first Frenchman to win the first WorldTour stage race in 19 years (Christophe Moreau). That’s just his age. He will have to tame the rain and the descents to achieve this victory.
The classification of the 5th stage of the Tour of the Basque Country
- Paul Seixas – Decathlon CMA CGM 4h30’02”
- Florian Lipowitz – RedBull – Bora-Hansgrohe 0”
- Javier Romo – Movistar at 1’03”
- Kévin Vauquelin – Ineos Grenadiers at 1’11”
- Ion Izagirre – Cofidis at 1’11”
- Harold Tejada – XDS Astana at 1’11”
- Tobias Halland Johannessen – Uno-X Mobility à 1’11”
- Clément Champoussin – XDS Astana at 1’11”
- Pello Bilbao – Bahrain Victorious at 1’11”
- Alex Baudin – EF Education – Easy Post à 1’11”
The complete classification of the Tour of the Basque Country
The general classification after the 5th stage of the Tour du Pays Basque
- Paul Seixas – Decathlon CMA CGM 16h33’45”
- Florian Lipowitz – RedBull – Bora-Hansgrohe at 2’30”
- Primoz Roglic – RedBull – Bora-Hansgrohe at 3’40”
- Ion Izagirre – Cofidis at 3’50”
- Alex Baudin – EF Education – Easy Post à 4’12”
- Harold Tejada – XDS Astana at 4’29”
- Cian Uijtdebroeks – Movistar at 4’42”
- Clément Champoussin – XDS Astana at 4’43”
- Pello Bilbao – Bahrain Victorious at 5’03”
- Javier Romo – Movistar at 5’05”
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