Stage 6: Eibar › Arrate, 135.7km

An immense performance from Daniel Martinez on a rollercoaster final stage sealed the INEOS Grenadiers' first-ever overall victory at Itzulia Tour of the Basque Country. 

Martinez battled his GC rivals across undulating terrain, finally dropping race leader Remco Evenepoel on the final climb to win the yellow jersey. 

It was a deserved victory for the Colombian, who had enlivened the race as part of a well-drilled Grenadiers team who worked tirelessly all week to create opportunities - finishing the race with the overall title, two stage wins and topping the best team classification. 
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Needing two seconds to overhaul Evenepoel, the Grenadiers began a sodden final stage in Eibar quickly, with Geraint Thomas and Omar Fraile ensuring a hard pace reduced the peloton before the major climbs of the day. 

With 3636m of climbing in just 136km of racing, there were always going to be plenty of opportunities to attack, but the GC battle began in earnest on the fearsome category one Krabelin climb.

With an average gradient of over 10% across just 4km, Primoz Roglic attacked the leaders in the early part of the climb to splinter the group. Martinez was able to make an elite GC cut, with Evenepoel distanced, although an eventful descent ensured further splits.

Movistar riders Enric Mas and Nelson Oliveira crashed while pushing the pace, with Martinez caught behind and losing contact with the other leaders. The Colombia then worked with Evenepoel to bring the leaders to heel before the final climb. 

This led to a shoot-out amongst the favourites, with Martinez able to maintain a high, yet steady pace to drop the race leader, before finishing fourth in a sprint to the line to seal his second WorldTour stage race victory of his career and wrap up a memorable week of racing for the Grenadiers.