Local hero Javier Salgado and Seibutis led the Basques with 18 points each, including Seibutis’s nine points in the last quarter to help Iurbentia break the game in the last quarter.
Competitors and officials will meet at 7.30 AM on Thursday to assess conditions and hopefully witness some good contestable waves eventhough some side-shore winds are expected as well.
Seven riders have already failed a dope test on the 2008 Tour, after Ricco, Spaniards Juan Manuel Beltran and Moises Dueñas Nevado, Kazakh Dmitri Fofonov and France's Jimmy Casper tested positive.
Aritz Aranburu, Daniel Ross and Jay Thompson will be among those battling for the prestigious crown and will start in Round 1 after losing their seeding due to late entries.
