Tour of the Basque Country 2017

Tour of the Basque Country 2017
General
output	57th Tour of the Basque Country
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2017 2nd UWT
Stages	6th
date	April 3 - 8, 2017
overall length	828.8 km
Host country	Spain
begin	Pamplona
target	Eibar
Teams	20th
Driver at the start	160
Driver at the finish	129
Average speed	40.057 km / h
Result
winner	Alejandro Valverde ( Movistar )
Second	Alberto Contador ( Trek-Segafredo )
Third	Ion Izagirre ( Bahrain-Merida )
Scoring	Alejandro Valverde ( Movistar )
Mountain scoring	Alex Howes ( Cannondale-Drapac )
Sprint scoring	Lluís Mas ( Caja Rural-Seguros RGA )
Team evaluation	Bahrain Merida
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The 57th Tour of the Basque Country 2017 was a stage race in Spain in the Autonomous Region of the Basque Country . The bike race took place from April 3rd to 8th, 2017 and was also part of the UCI WorldTour 2017 . It is the 14th of a total of 37 races.

Participating teams

WorldTeams (18) AG2R La Mondiale Astana Bahrain Merida Bora-Hansgrohe Cannondale-Drapac Dimension data FDJ Katusha-Alpecin Lotto Soudal Lotto NL-Jumbo Movistar Orica Scott Quick-Step Floors Sky Sunweb Trek-Segafredo UAE Emirates BMC Racing Professional Continental Teams (2) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA Cofidis

Stages

stage	date	Stage locations	type	Length (km)	Stage winner	Overall leader
1st stage	Apr 3	Pamplona - Egüés		153.3	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews
2nd stage	Apr 4	Pamplona - Elciego		173.4	Michael Albasini	Michael Matthews
3rd stage	Apr 5	Vitoria-Gasteiz - Donostia-San Sebastián		160.5	David de la Cruz	David de la Cruz
4th stage	Apr 6	Donostia-San Sebastián - Bilbao		174.1	Primož Roglič	David de la Cruz
5th stage	Apr 7	Bilbao - Eibar		139.8	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde
6th stage	Apr 8	Eibar - Eibar		27.7	Primož Roglič	Alejandro Valverde

1st stage

Stage result driver country team time 1. Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb 3 h 45 min 07 s 2. Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s 3. Simon Gerrans Australia Orica Scott + 0 s 4th Jhonatan Restrepo Colombia Katusha-Alpecin + 0 s 5. Sean De Bie Belgium Lotto Soudal + 0 s 6th Maximiliano Richeze Argentina Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 7th Rigoberto Urán Colombia Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 8th. Anthony Roux France FDJ + 0 s 9. Ben Swift United Kingdom UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 10. Gregor Mühlberger Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb 3 h 45 min 07 s 2. Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s 3. Simon Gerrans Australia Orica Scott + 0 s 4th Jhonatan Restrepo Colombia Katusha-Alpecin + 0 s 5. Sean De Bie Belgium Lotto Soudal + 0 s 6th Maximiliano Richeze Argentina Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 7th Rigoberto Urán Colombia Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 8th. Anthony Roux France FDJ + 0 s 9. Ben Swift United Kingdom UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 10. Gregor Mühlberger Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

2nd stage

Stage result driver country team time 1. Michael Albasini Switzerland Orica Scott 4 h 35 min 22 s 2. Maximiliano Richeze Argentina Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 3. Sean De Bie Belgium Lotto Soudal + 0 s 4th Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb + 0 s 5. Paul Martens Germany LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 6th Matej Mohorič Slovenia UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 7th Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 0 s 8th. Rudy Molard France FDJ + 0 s 9. Manuele Mori Italy UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 10. Michał Kwiatkowski Poland Sky + 0 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb 8 h 20 min 29 s 2. Maximiliano Richeze Argentina Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 3. Sean De Bie Belgium Lotto Soudal + 0 s 4th Michael Schwarzmann Germany Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s 5. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 0 s 6th Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s 7th Matej Mohorič Slovenia UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 8th. Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s 9. Michał Kwiatkowski Poland Sky + 0 s 10. Anthony Roux France FDJ + 0 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

3rd stage

Stage result driver country team time 1. David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors 3 h 54 min 25 s 2. Michał Kwiatkowski Poland Sky + 3 s 3. Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 4th Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 3 s 5. Giovanni Visconti Italy Bahrain Merida + 3 s 6th Rudy Molard France FDJ + 3 s 7th Diego Ulissi Italy UAE Team Emirates + 3 s 8th. Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 9. Tosh Van der Sande Belgium Lotto Soudal + 3 s 10. Warren Barguil France Sunweb + 3 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Overall rating driver country team time 1. David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors 12 h 14 min 54 s 2. Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 3. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 3 s 4th Michał Kwiatkowski Poland Sky + 3 s 5. Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 6th Rudy Molard France FDJ + 3 s 7th Tosh Van der Sande Belgium Lotto Soudal + 3 s 8th. Luis León Sánchez Spain Astana + 3 s 9. Romain Bardet France AG2R La Mondiale + 3 s 10. Rubén Fernández Spain Movistar + 3 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

4th stage

Stage result driver country team time 1. Primož Roglič Slovenia LottoNL Jumbo 4 h 23 min 46 s 2. Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb + 3 s 3. Giovanni Visconti Italy Bahrain Merida + 3 s 4th Michał Kwiatkowski Poland Sky + 3 s 5. Simon Yates United Kingdom Orica Scott + 3 s 6th Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 7th Rudy Molard France FDJ + 3 s 8th. Diego Ulissi Italy UAE Team Emirates + 3 s 9. Emanuel Buchmann Germany Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 10. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 3 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Overall rating driver country team time 1. David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors 16 h 38 min 43 s 2. Primož Roglič Slovenia LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 3. Michał Kwiatkowski Poland Sky + 3 s 4th Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 3 s 5. Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 3 s 6th Rudy Molard France FDJ + 3 s 7th George Bennett New Zealand LottoNL Jumbo + 3 s 8th. Rubén Fernández Spain Movistar + 3 s 9. Rigoberto Urán Colombia Cannondale-Drapac + 3 s 10. Romain Bardet France AG2R La Mondiale + 3 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

5th stage

Stage result driver country team time 1. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar 3 h 26 min 32 s 2. Romain Bardet France AG2R La Mondiale + 0 s 3. Rigoberto Urán Colombia Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 4th Michael Woods Canada Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 5. Louis Meintjes South Africa UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 6th Alberto Contador Spain Trek-Segafredo + 3 s 7th Ion Izagirre Spain Bahrain Merida + 15 s 8th. Sergio Henao Colombia Sky + 15 s 9. Simon Yates United Kingdom Orica Scott + 15 s 10. David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors + 22 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar 20 h 05 min 18 s 2. Rigoberto Urán Colombia Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 3. Romain Bardet France AG2R La Mondiale + 0 s 4th Louis Meintjes South Africa UAE Team Emirates + 0 s 5. Michael Woods Canada Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 6th Alberto Contador Spain Trek-Segafredo + 3 s 7th Ion Izagirre Spain Bahrain Merida + 15 s 8th. Sergio Henao Colombia Sky + 15 s 9. David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors + 19 s 10. Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 22 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

6th stage

Stage result driver country team time 1. Primož Roglič Slovenia LottoNL Jumbo 35 min 58 s 2. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar + 9 s 3. Ion Izagirre Spain Bahrain Merida + 15 s 4th Alberto Contador Spain Trek-Segafredo + 23 s 5. David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors + 34 s 6th Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb + 41 s 7th Vasil Kiryenka Belarus Sky + 52 s 8th. Diego Ulissi Italy UAE Team Emirates + 52 s 9. Víctor de la Parte Spain Movistar + 1 min 04 s 10. George Bennett New Zealand LottoNL Jumbo + 1 min 23 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Overall rating

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar 20 h 41 min 25 s 2. Alberto Contador Spain Trek-Segafredo + 17 s 3. Ion Izagirre Spain Bahrain Merida + 21 s 4th David de la Cruz Spain Quick-Step Floors + 44 s 5. Primož Roglič Slovenia LottoNL Jumbo + 59 s 6th Louis Meintjes South Africa UAE Team Emirates + 1 min 19 s 7th Patrick Konrad Austria Bora-Hansgrohe + 1 min 40 s 8th. Sergio Henao Colombia Sky + 1 min 51 s 9. Rigoberto Urán Colombia Cannondale-Drapac + 1 min 56 s 10. Simon Špilak Slovenia Katusha-Alpecin + 2 min 01 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Scoring jerseys

stage	Stage winner	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Sprint scoring	Team evaluation
1	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Yoann Bagot	Lluís Mas	Bora-hansgrohe
2	Michael Albasini
3	David de la Cruz	David de la Cruz		Alex Howes
4th	Primož Roglič				Jonathan Lastra	Bahrain Merida
5	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde			Lluís Mas
6th	Primož Roglič		Alejandro Valverde
Valuation winner		Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alex Howes	Lluís Mas	Bahrain Merida

Web links

• Official website
• Tour of the Basque Country 2017 in the ProCyclingStats.com database