2009 Tour of the Basque Country explained

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 Color:	yellow
Second:	Samuel Sánchez
Second Nat:	ESP
Third:	Cadel Evans
Third Nat:	AUS
Points:	Samuel Sánchez
Points Nat:	ESP
Points Color:	white
Mountains:	Rein Taaramäe
Mountains Nat:	EST
Mountains Color:	white dots on red
Sprints:	Egoi Martínez
Sprints Nat:	ESP
Sprints Color:	blue
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.^[1] 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, 142km (88miles)

Stage 1 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 28' 43"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 28' 43"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 2

7 April 2009 – Ataun to Villatuerta, 169km (105miles)

Stage 2 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 12' 46"
2			+ 6"
3			+ 1' 10"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			7h 42' 39"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 3

8 April 2009 – Villatuerta to Éibar, 163km (101miles)

Stage 3 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 16' 29"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 28"
6			+ 33"
7			+ 36"
8			+ 55"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			11h 59' 08"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 28"
6			+ 33"
7			+ 36"
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 4

9 April 2009 – Éibar to Güeñes, 152km (94miles)

Stage 4 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 59' 42"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			+ 1' 25"
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			16h 00' 16"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 27"
6			+ 32"
7			+ 35"
8			+ 54"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 5

10 April 2009 – Güeñes to Zalla, 162km (101miles)

Stage 5 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 15' 56"
2			+ 19"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 16' 31"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 27"
6			+ 32"
7			+ 35"
8			+ 54"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 6

11 April 2009 – Zalla, 24km (15miles) (ITT)

Stage 6 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			31' 59"
2			+ 22"
3			+ 45"
4			+ 45"
5			+ 1' 13"
6			+ 1' 18"
7			+ 1' 22"
8			+ 1' 25"
9			s.t.
10			+ 1' 26"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 48' 30"
2			+ 32"
3			+ 53"
4			+ 1' 33"
5			+ 1' 48"
6			+ 1' 53"
7			+ 1' 57"
8			+ 2' 20"
9			+ 2' 30"
10			+ 2' 35"

Final standings

General Classification^[2]

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 48' 30"
2			+ 32"
3			+ 53"
4			+ 1' 33"
5			+ 1' 48"
6			+ 1' 53"
7			+ 1' 57"
8			+ 2' 20"
9			+ 2' 30"
10			+ 2' 35"

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			61
2			59
3			58
4			50
5			37
6			36
7			35
8			34
9			31
10			25

Mountains Classification

	Team	Points
1		37
2		35
3		21
4		19
5		14
6		12
7	Contentpolis-Ampo	12
8		11
9		9
10		8

Metas Volantes Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			6
2			6
3			5
4			4
5			3
6			3
7			3
8			3
9			2
10			2

Team Classification

	Team	Time
1		62h 35' 14"
2		+ 1"
3		+ 39"
4		+ 4' 10"
5		+ 4' 27"
6		+ 6' 18"
7		+ 6' 28"
8		+ 12' 00"
9		+ 15' 12"
10		+ 17' 03"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Metas Volantes Classification
Stage 1 (Luis León Sánchez)	Luis León Sánchez	Luis León Sánchez	Aitor Hernández	Gorka Izagirre
Stage 2 (Yury Trofimov)	Luis León Sánchez			Manuel Vázquez
Stage 3 (Alberto Contador)	Alberto Contador			Manuel Vázquez
Stage 4 (Michael Albasini)				Michael Albasini
Stage 5 (Marco Pinotti)		Ben Swift	Rein Taaramäe	Egoi Martínez
Stage 6 (ITT) (Alberto Contador)		Samuel Sánchez	Rein Taaramäe	Egoi Martínez
Final	Alberto Contador	Samuel Sánchez	Rein Taaramäe	Egoi Martínez

Withdrawals

Type	Stage	Cyclist	Reason
DNS	2
DNS	2
DNF	2
DNF	2
DNF	2
DNF	2
DNF	4		Injury sustained in crash
DNS	5
DNF	5	54 riders did not finish the rainy 5th stage

Notes and References

Web site: 49th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – ProT. Cycling News. 17 February 2020.
News: Stage 6 – April 11: Zalla – Zalla, 24km. Cycling News. 17 February 2020.