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2009 Tour of the Basque Country
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2009 Tour of the Basque Country |
| series | 2009 UCI World Ranking |
| race_no | 6 |
| season_no | 24 |
| date | 6–11 April |
| stages | 6 |
| distance | 812 |
| unit | km |
| first | Alberto Contador |
| first_nat | ESP |
| first_team | |
| first_color | yellow |
| second | Samuel Sánchez |
| second_nat | ESP |
| second_team | |
| third | Cadel Evans |
| third_nat | AUS |
| third_team | |
| points | Samuel Sánchez |
| points_nat | ESP |
| points_team | |
| points_color | white |
| mountains | Rein Taaramäe |
| mountains_nat | EST |
| mountains_team | |
| mountains_color | white dots on red |
| sprints | Egoi Martínez |
| sprints_nat | ESP |
| sprints_team | |
| sprints_color | blue |
| team | |
| team_nat | ESP |
| previous | 2008 |
| next | 2010 |
The 2009 Tour of the Basque Country, the 66th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage cycling race, started on 6 April and ended on 11 April 2009. The race was won by Alberto Contador, making this his second Tour of the Basque Country victory in a row. The race was the sixth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series.
Stages
Stage 1
6 April 2009 – Ataun, 142 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez | |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | |
| 3 | Jérôme Pineau | |
| 4 | Christian Knees | |
| 5 | Alexandr Kolobnev | |
| 6 | Joaquim Rodríguez | |
| 7 | Michael Rogers | |
| 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | |
| 9 | Dries Devenyns | |
| 10 | Cadel Evans |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | |||
| 3 | Jérôme Pineau | |||
| 4 | Christian Knees | |||
| 5 | Alexandr Kolobnev | |||
| 6 | Joaquim Rodríguez | |||
| 7 | Michael Rogers | |||
| 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | |||
| 9 | Dries Devenyns | |||
| 10 | Cadel Evans |
|}
Stage 2
7 April 2009 – Ataun to Villatuerta, 169 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Trofimov | ||
| 2 | Rein Taaramäe | ||
| 3 | Ben Swift | ||
| 4 | Michael Albasini | ||
| 5 | Luis León Sánchez [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 6 | Francesco Gavazzi | ||
| 7 | Fabian Wegmann | ||
| 8 | Allan Davis | ||
| 9 | Alexandr Kolobnev | ||
| 10 | Manuele Mori |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Cyclist | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Alexandr Kolobnev | |||
| 3 | Jérôme Pineau | |||
| 4 | Christian Knees | |||
| 5 | Samuel Sánchez | |||
| 6 | Michael Rogers | |||
| 7 | Roman Kreuziger | |||
| 8 | Egoi Martínez | |||
| 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | |||
| 10 | Alberto Contador |
|}
Stage 3
8 April 2009 – Villatuerta to Éibar, 163 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | ||
| 2 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 3 | Samuel Sánchez | ||
| 4 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 5 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 6 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 7 | Luis León Sánchez [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 8 | Roman Kreuziger | ||
| 9 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | ||
| 10 | Vincenzo Nibali |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | ||
| 3 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 4 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 5 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 6 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 7 | Luis León Sánchez [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 8 | Roman Kreuziger | ||
| 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | ||
| 10 | Sandy Casar |
|}
Stage 4
9 April 2009 – Éibar to Güeñes, 152 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Albasini | |
| 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | |
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde | |
| 4 | Ben Swift | |
| 5 | Allan Davis | |
| 6 | Xavier Florencio | |
| 7 | Björn Schröder | |
| 8 | Christian Knees | |
| 9 | David de la Fuente | |
| 10 | Samuel Sánchez |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | ||
| 3 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 4 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 5 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 6 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 7 | Luis León Sánchez [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 8 | Roman Kreuziger | ||
| 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | ||
| 10 | Sandy Casar |
|}
Stage 5
10 April 2009 – Güeñes to Zalla, 162 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Pinotti | ||
| 2 | Ben Swift | ||
| 3 | Francesco Gavazzi | ||
| 4 | Christian Knees | ||
| 5 | Johannes Fröhlinger | ||
| 6 | Vladimir Efimkin | ||
| 7 | David López | ||
| 8 | Peter Velits | ||
| 9 | Dries Devenyns | ||
| 10 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | ||
| 3 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 4 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 5 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 6 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 7 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 8 | Roman Kreuziger | ||
| 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | ||
| 10 | Sandy Casar |
|}
Stage 6
11 April 2009 – Zalla, 24 km (ITT)
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 3 | Samuel Sánchez [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 4 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 5 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 6 | Marco Pinotti | ||
| 7 | Christian Vande Velde | ||
| 8 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 9 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 10 | Damiano Cunego |
|| |General Classification after Stage 6
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 3 | Samuel Sánchez [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 5 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 6 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 7 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 8 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | ||
| 10 | Roman Kreuziger |
|}
Final standings
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 3 | Samuel Sánchez [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 5 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 6 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 7 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 8 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | ||
| 10 | Roman Kreuziger |
| |Points Classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 3 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 4 | Ben Swift | ||
| 5 | Christian Knees | ||
| 6 | Antonio Colom | ||
| 7 | Marco Pinotti | ||
| 8 | Cadel Evans | ||
| 9 | Francesco Gavazzi | ||
| 10 | Yury Trofimov |
|}
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rein Taaramäe [[Image:Jersey white dots on red.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Aitor Hernández | ||
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde | ||
| 4 | David Moncoutié | ||
| 5 | Egoi Martínez [[Image:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 6 | Damiano Cunego | ||
| 7 | José Herrada | Contentpolis-Ampo | |
| 8 | Alberto Contador [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 9 | Andy Schleck | ||
| 10 | Cadel Evans |
| |Metas Volantes Classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egoi Martínez [[Image:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Yury Trofimov | ||
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde | ||
| 4 | Bingen Fernández | ||
| 5 | Marco Pinotti | ||
| 6 | Manuele Mori | ||
| 7 | Rein Taaramäe [[Image:Jersey white dots on red.svg | 20px]] | |
| 8 | Aitor Hernández | ||
| 9 | Vladimir Efimkin | ||
| 10 | David de la Fuente |
|}
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Jersey progress
| **Stage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Winner)** | General Classification | Points Classification | Mountains Classification | Metas Volantes Classification | Team Classification |
| Stage 1 | |||||
| (Luis León Sánchez) | Luis León Sánchez | Luis León Sánchez | Aitor Hernández | Gorka Izagirre | |
| Stage 2 | |||||
| (Yury Trofimov) | Manuel Vázquez | ||||
| Stage 3 | |||||
| (Alberto Contador) | Alberto Contador | ||||
| Stage 4 | |||||
| (Michael Albasini) | Michael Albasini | ||||
| Stage 5 | |||||
| (Marco Pinotti) | Ben Swift | Rein Taaramäe | Egoi Martínez | ||
| Stage 6 (ITT) | |||||
| (Alberto Contador) | Samuel Sánchez | ||||
| Final | |||||
| Alberto Contador | Samuel Sánchez | Rein Taaramäe | Egoi Martínez |
Withdrawals
| Type | Stage | Cyclist | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNS | 2 | Tom Danielson | ||
| DNS | 2 | Eros Capecchi | ||
| DNF | 2 | Jesús Del Nero | ||
| DNF | 2 | Evgeni Petrov | ||
| DNF | 2 | Jussi Veikkanen | ||
| DNF | 2 | Christophe Riblon | ||
| DNF | 4 | Chris Horner | Injury sustained in crash | |
| DNS | 5 | Fränk Schleck | ||
| DNF | 5 | 54 riders did not finish the rainy 5th stage |
References
References
- "49th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – ProT". Cycling News.
- "Stage 6 – April 11: Zalla – Zalla, 24km". Cycling News.
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