2009 Vuelta al País Vasco (Pro Tour)
Tour of the Basque Country
Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia
April 6 - April 11
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Saturday, April 11: 6th and final stage, Zalla 24 km Individual Time Trial
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 31min 59sec
- 2. Antonio Colom (Katusha) @ 22sec
- 3. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 45sec
- 4. Michael Rogers (Columbia) @ 1min 9sec
- 5. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 1min 13sec
- 6. Marco Pinotti (Columbia) @ 1min 18sec
- 7. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) @ 1min 22sec
- 8. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) @ 1min 25sec
- 9. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) s.t.
- 10. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 26sec
Final GC after Stage 6:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 20hr 48min 30sec. 833 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 40.032 km/hr
- 2. Antonio Colom (Katusha) @ 30sec
- 3. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 53sec
- 4. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) @ 1min 33sec
- 5. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 1min 48sec
- 6. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 53sec
- 7. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 1min 57sec
- 8. Michael Rogers (Columbia) @ 2min 20sec
- 9. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 2min 30sec
- 10. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) @ 2min 35sec
- 11. Christian Knees (Milram) @ 3min
- 12. Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 3min 7sec
- 13. David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 3min 39sec
- 14. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 4min 1sec
- 15. Fredrik Kassiakoff (Fuji-Servetto) @ 4min 7sec
- 16. Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) @ 4min 18sec
- 17. Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo) @ 4min 22sec
- 18. Amael Moinard (Cofidis) @ 5min 7sec
- 19. Andrea Noe (Liquigas) @ 5min 18sec
- 20. Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) s.t.
Friday, April 10: Stage 5, Guenes - Zalla, 169 km.
- 1. Marco Pinotti (Columbia) 4hr 15min 56sec
- 2. Ben Swift (Katusha) @ 19sec
- 3. Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) s.t.
- 4. Christian Knees (Milram) s.t.
- 5. Johannes Frohlinger (Milram) s.t.
- 6. Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r) s.t.
- 7. David Lopez (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
- 8. Peter Velits (Milram) s.t.
- 9. Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) s.t.
- 10. Alberto Contador (Astana) s.t.
GC after Stage 5:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 20hr 16min 31sec
- 2. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 8sec
- 3. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 4. Antonio Colom (Katusha) s.t.
- 5. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 27sec
- 6. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 32sec
- 7. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epagne) @ 35sec
- 8. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) @ 54sec
- 9. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
- 10. Sandy Casar (FDJ) s.t.
Thursday, April 9: Stage 4, Eibar - Guenes, 161 km.
- 1. Michael Albasini (Columbia) 3hr 59min 42sec
- 2. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 3. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) s.t.
- 4. Ben Swift (Katusha) @ 1min 25sec
- 5. Allan Davis (Quick Step) s.t.
- 6. Xavier Florenzio Cabre (Cervelo) s.t.
- 7. Bjorn Schroder (Milram) s.t.
- 8. Christian Knees (Milram)
- 9. David de la Fuente (Fuji-Servetto) s.t.
- 10. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- 18. Alberto Contador (Astana) s.t.
GC after Stage 4:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 16hr 16sec
- 2. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 8sec
- 3. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 4. Antonio Colon (Katusha) s.t.
- 5. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 27sec
- 6. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 32sec
- 7. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 35sec
- 8. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) @ 54sec
- 9. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
- 10. Sandy Casar (FDJ) s.t.
Wednesday, April 8: Stage 3, Villatuerta - Eibar, 172.5 km.
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 4hr 16min 29sec
- 2. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) @ 9sec
- 3. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- 4. Antonio Colon (Katusha) s.t.
- 5. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 28sec
- 6. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 33sec
- 7. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 36sec
- 8. Romain Kreuziger (Liquigas) @ 55sec
- 9. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Fuji-Servetto) s.t.
- 10. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
GC after Stage 3:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 11hr 59min 8sec
- 2. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 9sec
- 3. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 4. Antonio Colon (Katusha) s.t.
- 5. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 28sec
- 6. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 33sec
- 7. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 36sec
- 8. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) @ 55sec
- 9. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
- 10. Sandy Casar (FDJ) s.t.
Tuesday, April 7: Stage 2, Ataun - Villatuerta, 164 km.
- 1. Yury Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) 4hr 12min 46sec
- 2. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 5sec
- 3. Ben Swift (Katusha) @ 1min 10sec
- 4. Michael Albasini (Columbia) s.t.
- 5. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
- 6. Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) s.t.
- 7. Fabian Wegmann (Milram) s.t.
- 8. Allan Davis (Quick Step) s.t.
- 9. Alexandr Kolobnev (Saxo) s.t.
- 10. Manuele Mori (Lampre) s.t.
GC after stage 2:
- 1. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) 7hr 42min 39sec
- 2. Alexandr Kolobnev (Saxo) s.t.
- 3. Jerome Pineau (Quick Step) s.t.
- 4. Christian Knees (Milram) s.t.
- 5. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- 6. Michael Rogers (Columbia) s.t.
- 7. Romain Kreuziger (Lqiuigas) s.t.
- 8. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- 9. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
- 10. Alberto Contador (Astana) s.t.
Monday, April 6: Stage 1, Ataun - Ataun, 142.5 km.
Stage and GC times and places are the same.
- 1. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) 3hr 28min 43sec
- 2. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- 3. Jerome Pineau (Quick Step) s.t.
- 4. Christian Knees (Milram) s.t.
- 5. Alexandr Kolobnev (Saxo) s.t.
- 6. Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) s.t.
- 7. Michael Rogers (Columbia) s.t.
- 8. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
- 9. Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) s.t.
- 10. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 11. Chris Horner (Astana) s.t.
- 12. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- 13. Alberto Contador (Astana) s.t.