Advertisement League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Healy was 11th on the first of six stages (file photo).Stephen Fleming/Alamy Stock Photo FreeCycling Ben Healy finishes 11th in opening time trial at Tour of Basque Country Max Schachmann of Soudal-Quick Step won the 16.5km effort around Vitoria-Gastiez. 5.39pm, 7 Apr 2025 Share options IRELAND’S BEN HEALY finished in 11th place as Max Schachmann of Soudal-Quick Step won the opening day individual time-trial of the Tour of the Basque Country. Healy finished the 16.5km effort around Vitoria-Gastiez in 18:55, 18 seconds behind Germany’s Schachman’s winning time of 18:37. Advertisement Joao Almeida was only fractionally slower in second place (18:37) while Red Bull’s Florian Lipowitz (18:38) was third on a tightly contested route. Of the rest of the Irish contenders, Eddie Dunbar finished 31st (19:21) and Archie Ryan, Healy’s EF Education-EasyPost team-mate, was 134th (20:33). Tuesday’s stage is a flat 200km run from Pamplona to Lodosa followed by four hilly or mountainous stages. A memorable downhill fall caused by tree roots on the road took out Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel in 2024, and there is a notable lack of top drawer riders at the race this year. Former Vuelta winner Sepp Kuss leads the Visma team line-up and along with Skjelmose, Santiago Buitrago and Enric Mas is one of the men to watch. – © AFP 2025 Viewcomments Send Tip or Correction Embed this post To embed this post, copy the code below on your site Email “Ben Healy finishes 11th in opening time trial at Tour of Basque Country”. 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