Tougher Emakumeen Bira on tap for 2019

Organisers of Emakumeen Bira have announced the 2019 route for the four-day race held between May 22-25 in Spain's Basque Country. The mountainous course has once again established the stage race as one of the most challenging on the Women's WorldTour. The biggest change to this year's race is that they have removed the individual time trail in favour of adding more climbing.

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