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  "description": "Already enjoying a huge lead in the general classification, Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) won stage 5 of the Itzulia Basque Country – the queen stage – on Friday.\n\nThe Frenchman joined forces with Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) to leave the field behind on the Alto de Izua, the day's penultimate categorized climb. Lipowitz refused to be dropped from there all the way to the finish, but Seixas proved fastest to the line, taking his third stage win of the race. More than a minute beh",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T16:55:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Already enjoying a huge lead in the general classification, Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) won stage 5 of the Itzulia Basque Country – the queen stage – on Friday.\n\nThe Frenchman joined forces with Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) to leave the field behind on the Alto de Izua, the day's penultimate categorized climb. Lipowitz refused to be dropped from there all the way to the finish, but Seixas proved fastest to the line, taking his third stage win of the race. More than a minute behind the two leaders, Javier Romo (Movistar) arrived to take third.\n\nThe decisive day saw Lipowitz move into second overall with his teammate Primož Roglič dropping to third. Seixas takes a lead of two and a half minutes over Lipowitz into Sunday's sixth and final stage.\n\n[race_result id=6 stage_id=90111 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n[race_result id=6 stage_id=90111 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]",
  "title": "Seixas stamps his authority on the Itzulia Basque Country with a queen stage victory",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T16:55:02.266Z"
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