Two weeks after taking the stage victory at the Coppi&Bartali Week, Caleb Ewan doubles up on the roads of the Basque Country. The Tasmanian pocket rocket from INEOS Grenadiers crossed the finish line in Lodosa, where the second stage of the Itzulia Basque Country concluded today, with his arms raised, leaving behind Luca Van Boven, the 25-year-old Belgian from Intermarchè - Wanty, and Bastien Tronchon from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale.

THE STAGE - The first news of this second day was officially announced before the start and concerned a route change. "For safety reasons the climb of La Oliva is eliminated and replaced by San Martin de Unx. From there, the route goes towards Olite, passing through Pitillas and Santacara, to rejoin the original course" the organizers wrote in a statement.

Once in the saddle, the riders honored the race and, immediately after the start from Pamplona, five men broke away: the Iberians Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma), Sinuhé Fernández (Burgos Burpellet BH), Julen Arriola-Bengoa (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) and the Austrian Tobias Bayer (Alpecin - Deceuninck). Reaching the top of the San Martin de Unx climb, Diego Uriarte, second in the climbers' classification, won the KOM and then the breakaway group continued to pedal by common agreement.

At 40 kilometers from the finish, at the Intermediate Sprint in Allo won by Bayer, the attackers had a 2'00" advantage over the group led by INEOS Grenadiers, Visma Lease a Bike and Soudal Quick-Step. As the finish approached, the quintet broke apart and the group came back together two kilometers from the finish shortly after a crash involving Victor Campenaerts and Alexander Hajek.

The general classification remains unchanged, still led by Maximilian Schachmann from Soudal Quick-Step.

FINISH ORDER

1 EWAN Caleb INEOS Grenadiers 10" 04:13:50

2 VAN BOVEN Luca Intermarchè - Wanty 6" ,,

3 TRONCHON Bastien Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 4" ,,

4 GRUEL Thibaud Groupama - FDJ ,,

5 LEITÃO Iúri Caja Rural - Seguros RGA ,,

6 ZINGLE Axel Team Visma | Lease a Bike ,,

7 VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio Alpecin - Deceuninck ,,

8 WIRTGEN Luc Tudor Pro Cycling Team ,,

9 ABERASTURI Jon Euskaltel - Euskadi ,,

10 FOLDAGER Anders Team Jayco AlUla ,,

11 PAQUOT Tom Intermarchè - Wanty ,,

12 ARANBURU Alex Cofidis ,,

13 LE BERRE Mathis Arkéa - B&B Hotels ,,

14 LAURANCE Axel INEOS Grenadiers ,,

15 SILVA Guillermo Thomas Caja Rural - Seguros RGA ,,