Pais Vasco: Tour of the Basque Country in photos

While Classics contenders hit the pavé of Northern Europe last week, GC riders tackled the 58th edition of this six-stage Spanish race

Primoz Roglic took his first stage race win of the season for LottoNL-Jumbo at the 58th edition of Pais Vasco in the Basque Country.

Photographer Laura Fletcher found the rain in Spain, lumpy terrain and fiercely independent fans at the roadside.

Put it there: Jose Joaquin Rojas and friends

Gotta catch ’em all. Postcards from the edge

Alex Howes, thirsty work

The only way is up, baby…

Paris-Roubaix gallery by Chris Auld

Glimmer of hope

Three wise men

Basques fly the flag: “Prisoners and exiles home” is the translation

Elevate, recuperate, the Ilnur Zakarin way

Pull up to the bumper

Dimitri Konyshev at the wheel

Txomin Perurena, the Basque who almost won the Vuelta, by Carlos Arribas and Timm Kölln

Barely a flat mile in the Basque Country

Lachlan Morton, radio check

Blurred vision

Goat tracks in the clouds

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