Itzulia 2023 discovers the details of the 6th stage

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The organization of Itzulia Basque Country This Friday, through a press conference held by the Eibar City Council, the route of the 6th stage that will close the 2023 edition has been made public.

As was already known, the city of Armera will host the start and finish of the last day of the race. It will be a short stage, just 137.8 kilometers long, but full of hardship, since the cyclists will have to overcome seven scoring ports during their journey (three in the 1st category, one in the 2nd category and another three in the 3rd category) until they reach the finish line. from Eibar.

In this way, as soon as they start, for kilometer 10, cyclists will glimpse the first ramps of elkorrieta (3rd), and then they will come across almost immediately with the hard slopes of Azurki1st class port with average slopes of 7.4%.

Once they descend Azurki the runners will look up again, this time at what will be the longest climb for the day Gorla (2nd category port with 9.6 kilometers in length). From its top they will go down to Bergara, where they will have about 20 kilometers to try to catch some breath before facing the next appointment, that of krabelin of 1st category. It will be the greatest difficulty of the stage, despite the fact that its ascent is not long (5 kilometers), but the average slopes of 9.6% will make the work of the participants much harder.

after leaving behind krabelinthe cyclists will still have to cover the second half of the stage with three other ports: trabakua (3.3 kilometers and ramps at 7.1% on average) Izua (4.1 kilometers at 9.2%) and Urkaregi (5 kilometers at 4.8%). From this last stop there will only be 12 kilometers left to reach the finish line, most of them downhill.

It will be then when it is known who will be the winner of the 2023 edition and take over from Daniel Felipe Martinez.

STAGE PROFILE:

Profile of the 6th stage of Itzulia