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Follow us on GoogleFor people who have been pacing around the house since Thursday, counting down the minutes until the Tour of Flanders on Sunday: Good news! On Saturday, we will be racing with, in addition to the Volta NXT Classic, there will also be action in Spain. The GP Miguel Indurain serves as a warm-up for the Tour of the Basque Country, and IDLProCycling.com gives you a detailed preview.
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Practical information GP Miguel Indurain 2025
- Saturday, April 5, 2025
- Participants
- Classification: 1.Pro
In this article:
- Latest winners
- Course, weather and times
- Favorites
- TV information
Latest winners GP Miguel Indurain
2024 Brandon McNulty
2023 Ion Izagirre
2022 Warren Barguil2020 Not ridden
2023 Ion Izagirre
2022 Warren Barguil
2021 Alejandro Valverde
2019 Jonathan Hivert
2018 Alejandro Valverde
2017 Simon Yates
2016 Ion Izagirre
2015 Ángel Vicioso
2014 Alejandro Valverde
Course, weather and times GP Miguel Indurain 2025
The GP Miguel Indurain is a tribute to the Spanish cycling legend, and of course, the course also meets his requirements. Indurain was the best climber, so a climbing course is also part of the program for the 34th edition. A total of 3,351 meters of altitude will be climbed over 203.9 kilometers, with the start and finish in Estella-Lizarra. However, the race will crisscross the region, with various loops and a real final circuit.
The first loop (or a return trip to Muruzabal) is 57 kilometers long and does not include categorized climbs. Nevertheless, it constantly goes up and down, and after we pass the finish line for the first time, we turn left towards Legaria. In that larger loop, the ascent of the Eraul is hidden for the first time: 3.9 kilometers at an average of 5.3 percent. It is the first encounter with the finale, which leads over the same roads to the finish over a two-stage, rocket-like climb-descent.
Before returning to the Eraul, we make a third, large loop in a northeasterly direction. Here, the riders tackle the Alto Guirguillano and Alto de Lezaun. Both climbs do not have a high average gradient, but they have incredibly steep sections and are irregular. After Lezaun, we descend to the third finish line before we make one more small loop over the Alto de Eraul and thus that difficult final.
Weather:
Although it will rain and there will be thunderstorms in the region in the days and nights before the race, the weather on Saturday will be nice. The riders will have to watch for wet roads, but the sun will shine during the day, and temperatures will reach 18 degrees. The west-northwest wind will hardly play a role.
Although it will rain and there will be thunderstorms in the region in the days and nights before the race, the weather on Saturday will be nice. The riders will have to watch for wet roads, but the sun will shine during the day, and temperatures will reach 18 degrees. The west-northwest wind will hardly play a role.
Times:
Start: 06:10 AM EDT
Finish: around 11:30 AM EDT
Start: 06:10 AM EDT
Finish: around 11:30 AM EDT
Favorites GP Miguel Indurain 2025
The GP Miguel Indurain has never had the best line-up of the year, but some interesting names do turn up every year. 2025 will be no different. UAE Team Emirates-XRG will be competing with defending champion Brandon McNulty and will hope that Isaac Del Toro will once again have excellent legs. The young Spaniard Pablo Torres will also be competing.
The challengers for UAE are primarily in the Lidl-Trek race. We always mention Bauke Mollema for Spanish one-day races, but we are especially curious about Thibau Nys's season debut. After the cyclo-cross winter, the Belgian has prepared extensively for the road season and seems ready. Andrea Bagioli is also an interesting card for Lidl-Trek.
Isaac Del Toro already won Milan-Turin this year
Continuing down the list, we come across Ben Healy at EF Education-EasyPost. The Irishman has already shown his strength this year, but a victory is still lacking. Can he strike on terrain that is perfect for him? At Cofidis, we wonder the same thing with home riders Jesús Herrada and Ion Izagirre, and what about the fast Alex Aranburu...
And that's not all, because Tudor is counting on Marc Hirschi, and Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe is counting on Finn Fisher-Black and Daniel Felipe Martínez. Martínez, as for Nys, it will be his debut this year. Are there others? At Jayco-AlUla, we mention Mauro Schmid, and at Picnic-PostNL, we are curious about Oscar Onley!
Who are the favorites for GP Miguel Indurain 2025, according to IDLProCycling.com?
Top favorites: Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek)
Outsiders: Marc Hirschi (Tudor), Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Long shots: Daniel Felipe Martínez (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Jesús Herrada and Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla), Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek) and Brandon McNulty (UAE)
Outsiders: Marc Hirschi (Tudor), Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Long shots: Daniel Felipe Martínez (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Jesús Herrada and Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla), Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek) and Brandon McNulty (UAE)
TV broadcast GP Miguel Indurain 2025
The race will be broadcast live on Saturday from 09:00 AM EDT on Eurosport and online via HBO Max.
Bram van der Ploeg (Twitter: @BvdPloegg | email: [email protected])
Bram van der PloegEditor-in-chief
Bram van der Ploeg (35) is the proud founder of In de Leiderstrui, IDL Pro Cycling's parent site, launched in 2018. Finally, he could create stories about the sport he had followed since childhood. He is the editor-in-chief on paper, but prefers to be with his recorder next to a rider, a team bus, or in the mud at a cyclocross race. Every year, from February to the end of May, Bram follows the entire Italian cycling season, from the Trofeo Laigueglia to the Giro d'Italia, with the grand finale in October in Lombardy. During that time, he lives in Tuscany, where he has since come to call Italy his 'home'.
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- - About time—Mason’s been knocking on the door for years. That Niel win could really open things up for him.cadencekingm14-11-2026
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