2007 Tour of the Basque Country explained

2007 Tour of the Basque Country
Date:	9–14 April 2007
Stages:	6
Distance:	862.5^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	21h 56' 38"
First:	Juan José Cobo
First Nat:	ESP
Second:	Ángel Vicioso
Second Nat:	ESP
Third:	Samuel Sánchez
Third Nat:	ESP
Previous:	2006
Next:	2008

The 2007 Tour of the Basque Country was the 47th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country road cycling stage race, taking place from 9 April to 14 April 2007.^[2] The race was won by Juan José Cobo of the Saunier Duval–Prodir cycling team.

Stages

Stage 1

9 April 2007 – Urretxu to Urretxu, 139km (86miles)

Stage 1 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Juan José Cobo	SDV	3h 43' 05"	3 pts
2	Constantino Zaballa	CEI	+ 10"	2 pts
3	Óscar Sevilla	REG	+ 11"	N/A

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Juan José Cobo	SDV	3h 43' 05"
2	Constantino Zaballa	CEI	+ 10"
3	Óscar Sevilla	REG	+ 11"

Stage 2

10 April 2007 – Urretxu to Karrantza, 191.5km (119miles)

Stage 2 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Manuel Beltrán	LIQ	4h 51' 55"	3 pts
2	José Antonio Redondo	AST	+ 15"	2 pts
3	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	SDV	+ 19"	1 pt

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Juan José Cobo	SDV	8h 35' 26"
2	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	SDV	+ 6"
3	Manuel Beltrán	LIQ	+ 6"

Stage 3

11 April 2007 – Karrantza to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 173km (107miles)

Stage 3 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Ángel Vicioso	REG	4h 04' 06"	N/A
2	Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea	LAM	s.t.	2 pts
3	Iker Camaño	SDV	s.t.	1 pt

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Ángel Vicioso	REG	12h 39' 58"
2	Bram Tankink	QSI	+ 2' 00"
3	Juan José Cobo	SDV	+ 2' 14"

Stage 4

12 April 2007 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Lekunberri, 173km (107miles)

Stage 4 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Jens Voigt	CSC	4h 32' 15"	3 pts
2	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	SDV	+ 1' 39"	2 pts
3	Alejandro Valverde	CEI	+ 1' 59"	1 pt

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Ángel Vicioso	REG	17h 14' 26"
2	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	SDV	+ 1' 46"
3	Juan José Cobo	SDV	+ 1' 54"

Stage 5

13 April 2007 – Lekunberri to Oiartzun, 173km (107miles)

Stage 5 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Juan José Cobo	SDV	4h 18' 38"	3 pts
2	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	+ 1' 03"	2 pts
3	Koldo Gil	SDV	+ 1' 38"	1 pt

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Juan José Cobo	SDV	21h 34' 58"
2	Ángel Vicioso	REG	+ 1"
3	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	+ 1' 20"

Stage 6

14 April 2007 – Oiartzun to Oiartzun (ITT), 14km (09miles)

Stage 6 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	21' 36"	3 pts
2	Alberto Contador	DSC	+ 2"	2 pts
3	Juan José Cobo	SDV	+ 4"	1 pt

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Juan José Cobo	SDV	21h 56' 38"
2	Ángel Vicioso	REG	+ 37"
3	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	+ 1' 16"

Final standing

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Juan José Cobo	Saunier Duval–Prodir	21h 56' 38"	50
2	Ángel Vicioso	Relax–GAM	+ 37"	N/A
3	Samuel Sánchez		+ 1' 16"	35
4	Damiano Cunego	Lampre–Fondital	+ 2' 26"	30
5	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 2' 42"	25
6	Davide Rebellin	Gerolsteiner	+ 2' 50"	20
7	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre–Fondital	+ 2' 57"	15
8	Fränk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 3' 13"	10
9	Joaquim Rodríguez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 3' 21"	5
10	Koldo Gil	Saunier Duval–Prodir	+ 3' 41"	2

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Aitor Hernández		53
2	Manuel Beltrán	Liquigas	40
3	Mikel Astarloza		39

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Iker Flores	Fuerteventura–Canarias	9
2	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	9
3	Mikel Artetxe	Fuerteventura–Canarias	8

Regularidad classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Juan José Cobo	Saunier Duval–Prodir	78
2	Samuel Sánchez		71
3	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	Saunier Duval–Prodir	59

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Saunier Duval–Prodir	65h 55' 37"
2	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 10' 29"
3	Lampre–Fondital	+ 10' 53"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification	Team Classification
Stage 1 (Juan José Cobo)	Juan José Cobo	Aitor Hernández	Vicente Ballester	Saunier Duval–Prodir
Stage 2 (Manuel Beltrán)	Juan José Cobo	Manuel Beltrán	Vicente Ballester	Saunier Duval–Prodir
Stage 3 (Ángel Vicioso)	Ángel Vicioso	Aitor Hernández	Iker Flores	Lampre–Fondital
Stage 4 (Jens Voigt)	Ángel Vicioso			Lampre–Fondital
Stage 5 (Juan José Cobo)	Juan José Cobo			Saunier Duval–Prodir
Stage 6 (Samuel Sánchez)	Juan José Cobo			Saunier Duval–Prodir
Final	Juan José Cobo	Aitor Hernández	Iker Flores	Saunier Duval–Prodir

External links

2007 Tour of the Basque Country on cyclingnews.com

Notes and References

Web site: Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour). BikeRaceInfo. 17 February 2020.
News: 47th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – PT. Cycling News. 17 February 2020.