A way of life as old as the hills — Anne Rearick’s Basque Country

A way of life as old as the hills — Anne Rearick’s Basque Country

Photographs of rural life in southern France are illuminated by the deep bond she has formed in over three decades of visits

Ben Healy ends 36-year wait for Irish stage win in Itzulia Basque Country race

Healy the first Irish stage winner since Stephen Roche as he pulls off brilliant solo move

The Irishman Ben Healy (EF Education) was alone in the fifth stage of the Itzulia 2025, a 172.4 km tour of Bizkaia and Álava dotted with high points, with departure in Orduña and arrival in Gernika-Lumo, after which the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE) remains leader.Healy, 24 years old, succeeds in the record of the last Irish winner in the Vuelta al País Vasco to the legendary Stephen Roche achieving his ninth professional victory and winning out…

Ben Healy launches stunning solo attack to win Tour of the Basque country stage

Irishman rode alone for final 57 kilometres.

The great explanation for the final victory will wait on Saturday and the final stage of this Tour of the Basque Country, drawn around the Eibar. The 5th and penultimate stage, this Friday, was indeed that of Ben Healy, great hero of the day, with this superb number of more than 55 kilometers passed alone in the lead rewarded by the first victory this season for the Irish team EF Education-EasyPost, without however changing the general classific…

The Gernika cyclist was one of the protagonists in the fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, designed by Pello Bilbao, with a successful breakaway...