Tour of the Basque Country 2016
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| General | |||
| output | 56th Tour of the Basque Country | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2016 2nd UWT | ||
| Stages | 6th | ||
| date | April 4-9, 2016 | ||
| overall length | 852.3 km | ||
| Host country |
 Spain |
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| begin | Etxebarria | ||
| target | Eibar | ||
| Teams | 20th | ||
| Driver at the start | 158 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 97 | ||
| Average speed | 37.452 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
Alberto Contador ( Tinkoff ) |
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| Second |
 Sergio Henao ( Sky ) |
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| Third |
Nairo Quintana ( Movistar ) |
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| Scoring |
Sergio Henao ( Sky ) |
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| Mountain scoring |
 Diego Rosa ( Astana ) |
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| Sprint scoring |
 Nicolas Edet ( Cofidis, Solutions Crédits ) |
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| Young talent evaluation |
 Lawson Craddock ( Cannondale ) |
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| Team evaluation |
 Sky
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| ◀ 2015 | 2017 ▶ | ||
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The 56th Tour of the Basque Country 2016 was a Spanish stage race in the Basque Country and took place from April 4th to 9th, 2016. It was the ninth of a total of 28 races on the UCI World Tour .
The Spaniard Alberto Contador won the Vuelta ciclista al País Vasco for the fourth time in his career . After being relegated to second place at Paris – Nice and the Tour of Catalonia , this is Contador's first victory in a tour in 2016. He won the final time trial ahead of the Colombians Nairo Quintana and Sergio Luis Henao and was thus able to win the Take the lead in the overall standings from Henao. With his win, Contador also took the lead in the UCI WorldTour .
Teams
The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically entitled to start . In addition, two UCI Professional Continental teams were invited.
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Stages
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stage |
date | Stage locations | type | Length (km) | Stage winner | Overall leader |
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| 1st stage | Apr 4 | Etxebarria - Markina-Xemein |  |
144 |
Luis León Sánchez
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Luis León Sánchez
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| 2nd stage | Apr 5 | Markina-Xemein- Amurrio | |
174.3 |
Mikel Landa
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Mikel Landa
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| 3rd stage | Apr 6 | Vitoria-Gasteiz -Lesaka | |
193.5 |
Steve Cummings
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Mikel Landa
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| 4th stage | Apr 7 | Lesaka - Orio | |
165 |
Samuel Sánchez
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 Wilco Kelderman
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| 5th stage | Apr 8 | Orio - Arrate |  |
159 |
Diego Rosa
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Sergio Henao
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| 6th stage | Apr 9 | Eibar - Eibar |  |
16.5 |
Alberto Contador
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Alberto Contador
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Scoring jerseys
| stage | Stage winner | Overall rating
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Scoring
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Mountain scoring
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Sprint scoring
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Team evaluation |
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| 1 | Luis León Sánchez | Luis León Sánchez | Luis León Sánchez | Jonathan Lastra | Nicolas Edet | Ag2r La Mondiale |
| 2 | Mikel Landa | Mikel Landa | Mikel Landa | Nicolas Edet | Team Sky | |
| 3 | Steve Cummings | Simon Gerrans | Stefan Denifl | Stefan Denifl | ||
| 4th | Samuel Sánchez | Wilco Kelderman | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | ||
| 5 | Diego Rosa | Sergio Henao | Sergio Henao | Diego Rosa | Nicolas Edet | Team Sky |
| 6th | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador | ||||
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Valuation winner |
Alberto Contador | Sergio Henao | Diego Rosa | Nicolas Edet | Team Sky | |
Web links
- Official website (Basque, Spanish, English, French)
- Tour of the Basque Country 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spaniard wins Tour of the Basque Country for the fourth time - Contador snatches the yellow jersey from Henao. .radsport-news.com, April 9, 2016, accessed April 11, 2016 .
