Aranburu takes Basque Country stage 4

Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) won stage 4 of the Itzulia Basque Country from the break on Thursday as a handful of escapees narrowly held off the GC riders in Galdakao. Aranburu triumphed ahead of fellow breakaway riders Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) and Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana), while overall leader Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) finished in eighth, 14 seconds down, extending his lead over many of his GC rivals.