# Stage 4: Galdakao → Galdakao · Itzulia Basque Country 2026

Thursday, April 9 (2026-04-09) · 167.2 km · Hilly Stage

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A hilly circuit in Bizkaia with multiple climbs and an uphill-kicker finish.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 53 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Aretxabalgane** — Cat 3, at km 12.4
- **San Pelaio** — Cat 3, at km 48.4
- **Jata** — Cat 3, at km 54.2
- **Unbe** — Cat 3, at km 75.7
- **Elorritxueta** — Cat 3, at km 107.2
- **Elorritxueta (2nd)** — Cat 3, at km 138.8
- **Legina** — Cat 2, at km 158.4, 3.2 km long, avg 7.8%

Total elevation gain: 2845 m · Max elevation: 550 m


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