1996 Tour of the Basque Country explained

1996 Tour of the Basque Country
Date:	8–12 April 1996
Stages:	5
Distance:	817.5^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	20h 50' 21"
First:	Francesco Casagrande
First Nat:	ITA
Second:	Pascal Hervé
Second Nat:	FRA
Third:	Abraham Olano
Third Nat:	ESP
Previous:	1995
Next:	1997

The 1996 Tour of the Basque Country was the 36th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 8 April to 12 April 1996. The race started in Lasarte and finished at Orio.^[2] The race was won by Francesco Casagrande of the Saeco team.

General classification

Final general classification^[3]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 3"
3			+ 27"
4			+ 31"
5			+ 42"
6			+ 54"
7			+ 1' 00"
8			+ 1' 02"
9			+ 1' 17"
10			+ 1' 18"

Notes and References

Web site: Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour). BikeRaceInfo. 16 November 2017.
Web site: 36ème Vuelta al Pais Vasco 1996. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20040818043807/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_pays_basque/paisvasco1996.php. 18 August 2004.
Web site: 1996 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco. First Cycling. 16 November 2017.