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Saturday, April 12: 6th and Final Stage, Markina Xemein 25.91 km individual time trial

The Race: Alberto Contador has won his third Tour of The Basque Country (he won also in 2008 and 2009). The Spaniard was second in the day's time trial, beaten only by chrono specialist Tony Martin. Contador is showing terrific form this spring after winning Tirreno-Adriatico and coming second in the Tour of Catalonia. He will formidable in July.

Contador went into the final stage dogged by a determined Alejandro Valverde, who was only 12 seconds behind at the start f the stage. But Valverde's time trial was a catastrophe (if he wanted to win, that is). He was almost a minute slower than Contador, dropping him down to fifth overall and allowing Michal Kwiatkowski (winner of this year's Critérium International) to take over second place. Frenchman Jean-Christophe Péraud took the last place on the final podium, finishing 64 seconds behind Contador

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.327 km/hr

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	38min 33sec
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 7 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 15″
4	Simon Spilak	Katusha	+ 00′ 16″
5	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r	+ 00′ 35″
6	Tom Dumoulin	Giant-Shimano	+ 00′ 38″
7	Ion Izagirre	Movistar	+ 00′ 41″
8	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	+ 01′ 02″
9	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC	+ 01′ 05″
10	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	+ 01′ 25″
11	Cadel Evans	BMC	+ 01′ 27″
12	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar	+ 01′ 31″
13	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01′ 33″
14	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 01′ 38″
15	Yury Trofimov	Katusha	+ 01′ 44″
16	Jose Herrada	Movistar	+ 01′ 47″
17	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge
18	Jeremy Roy	FDJ	+ 01′ 51″
19	Stef Clement	Belkin	+ 01′ 56″
20	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	+ 01′ 57″
21	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 01′ 58″
22	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	+ 02′ 00″
23	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	+ 02′ 09″
24	Peter Velits	BMC	+ 02′ 14″
25	Philippe Gilbert	BMC	+ 02′ 15″
26	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto-Belisol	+ 02′ 16″
27	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural	+ 02′ 20″
28	Leon Sanchez Luis	Caja Rural	+ 02′ 21″
29	Jack Bobridge	Belkin	+ 02′ 24″
30	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
31	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
32	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	+ 02′ 26″
33	Romain Sicard	Europcar	+ 02′ 29″
34	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	+ 02′ 38″
35	Danny Pate	Sky	+ 02′ 39″
36	Michel Koch	Cannondale	+ 02′ 41″
37	Daan Olivier	Giant-Shimano	+ 02′ 43″
38	Jelte Slagter Tom	Garmin-Sharp
39	Sebastian Henao	Sky
40	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural	+ 02′ 48″
41	Mikel Landa	Astana	+ 02′ 49″
42	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	+ 02′ 52″
43	Sergei Chernetskiy	Katusha	+ 02′ 56″
44	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	+ 02′ 58″
45	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
46	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 02′ 59″
47	Janez Brajkovic	Astana
48	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ	+ 03′ 03″
49	Mikel Nieve	Sky	+ 03′ 06″
50	Cyril Gautier	Europcar	+ 03′ 08″
51	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+ 03′ 11″
52	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	+ 03′ 13″
53	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana	+ 03′ 30″
54	Maxime Mederel	Europcar	+ 03′ 31″
55	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 03′ 33″
56	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	+ 03′ 34″
57	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin	+ 03′ 34″
58	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	+ 03′ 35″
59	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 03′ 36″
60	John Gadret	Movistar	+ 03′ 38″
61	Rafael Valls	Lampre-Merida
62	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano	+ 03′ 49″
63	Amaël Moinard	BMC	+ 03′ 52″
64	Pavel Brutt	Katusha	+ 03′ 53″
65	Andy Schleck	Trek Factory Racing	+ 04′ 01″
66	Benoit Vaugrenard	FDJ	+ 04′ 02″
67	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 04′ 08″
68	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	+ 04′ 10″
69	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+ 04′ 12″
70	Sander Armée	Lotto-Belisol	+ 04′ 14″
71	Natnael Berhane	Europcar	+ 04′ 16″
72	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	+ 04′ 22″
73	Josh Edmondson	Sky	+ 04′ 23″
74	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 04′ 27″
75	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+ 04′ 32″
76	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r
77	Davide Villella	Cannondale	+ 04′ 41″
78	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	+ 04′ 44″
79	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	+ 04′ 48″
80	Jose Serpa	Lampre-Merida	+ 04′ 52″
81	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	+ 04′ 55″
82	Bauke Mollema	Belkin	+ 04′ 57″
83	Koldo Fdez. De Larrea	Garmin-Sharp	+ 05′ 01″
84	Ruben Fernandez	Caja Rural
85	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant-Shimano	+ 05′ 02″
86	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 05′ 10″
87	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre-Merida	+ 05′ 12″
88	Paul Martens	Belkin	+ 05′ 16″
89	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	+ 05′ 18″
90	Thomas Peterson	Giant-Shimano	+ 05′ 19″
91	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	+ 05′ 26″
92	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ	+ 05′ 29″
93	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	+ 05′ 31″
94	Thomas Damuseau	Giant-Shimano
95	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha	+ 05′ 32″
96	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ	+ 05′ 42″
97	André Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	+ 05′ 50″
98	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	+ 05′ 53″
99	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural	+ 05′ 54″
100	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 05′ 58″
101	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar	+ 06′ 03″
102	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	+ 06′ 14″
103	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	+ 06′ 16″
104	Ben Swift	Sky	+ 06′ 18″
105	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	+ 06′ 19″
106	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	+ 06′ 29″
107	Marc Marino Jean	Cannondale	+ 06′ 35″
108	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	+ 07′ 10″
109	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	+ 07′ 11″
110	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp	+ 07′ 15″
111	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha
112	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 07′ 25″
113	David Arroyo	Caja Rural	+ 07′ 36″
114	Ruben Plaza	Movistar	+ 08′ 04″
115	Esteban Chaves	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 08′ 05″
116	David Tanner	Belkin	+ 12′ 47″

Final Complete GC after Stage 6: 840.8 km raced at an average speed of 39.748 km/hr

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	21hr 9min 11sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 49 seconds
3	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	+ 01′ 04″
4	Simon Spilak	Katusha	+ 01′ 07″
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	+ 01′ 07″
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC	+ 01′ 56″
7	Cadel Evans	BMC	+ 01′ 56″
8	Yury Trofimov	Katusha	+ 02′ 13″
9	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	+ 02′ 14″
10	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 02′ 26″
11	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	+ 02′ 26″
12	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 03′ 17″
13	Jelte Slagter Tom	Garmin-Sharp	+ 03′ 32″
14	Mikel Landa	Astana	+ 03′ 36″
15	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	+ 03′ 47″
16	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	+ 04′ 05″
17	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 06′ 04″
18	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ	+ 08′ 55″
19	Cyril Gautier	Europcar	+ 09′ 43″
20	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano	+ 10′ 20″
21	Daan Olivier	Giant-Shimano	+ 10′ 57″
22	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	+ 11′ 24″
23	John Gadret	Movistar	+ 12′ 27″
24	Mikel Nieve	Sky	+ 12′ 48″
25	Philippe Gilbert	BMC	+ 12′ 53″
26	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	+ 16′ 30″
27	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto-Belisol	+ 16′ 34″
28	Bauke Mollema	Belkin	+ 17′ 01″
29	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	+ 17′ 51″
30	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 19′ 12″
31	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar	+ 20′ 44″
32	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 21′ 59″
33	Sergei Chernetskiy	Katusha	+ 22′ 01″
34	Maxime Mederel	Europcar	+ 23′ 16″
35	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	+ 23′ 31″
36	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	+ 24′ 18″
37	Leon Sanchez Luis	Caja Rural	+ 24′ 21″
38	André Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	+ 26′ 15″
39	Sebastian Henao	Sky	+ 26′ 19″
40	Tom Dumoulin	Giant-Shimano	+ 27′ 22″
41	Jeremy Roy	FDJ	+ 27′ 39″
42	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+ 29′ 46″
43	Romain Sicard	Europcar	+ 31′ 01″
44	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 31′ 44″
45	Janez Brajkovic	Astana	+ 33′ 28″
46	Peter Velits	BMC	+ 34′ 00″
47	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 34′ 56″
48	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar	+ 35′ 54″
49	Jose Herrada	Movistar	+ 35′ 56″
50	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	+ 35′ 56″
51	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	+ 37′ 03″
52	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ	+ 37′ 33″
53	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 37′ 52″
54	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural	+ 37′ 56″
55	Ion Izagirre	Movistar	+ 38′ 13″
56	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre-Merida	+ 39′ 07″
57	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 40′ 33″
58	Ben Swift	Sky	+ 41′ 01″
59	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	+ 41′ 07″
60	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	+ 41′ 14″
61	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	+ 41′ 31″
62	Stef Clement	Belkin	+ 41′ 53″
63	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	+ 42′ 04″
64	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	+ 42′ 44″
65	David Arroyo	Caja Rural	+ 42′ 54″
66	Andy Schleck	Trek Factory Racing	+ 44′ 05″
67	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 44′ 37″
68	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	+ 44′ 43″
69	Rafael Valls	Lampre-Merida	+ 45′ 22″
70	Koldo Fdez. De Larrea	Garmin-Sharp	+ 46′ 06″
71	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+ 47′ 11″
72	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha	+ 48′ 19″
73	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 48′ 47″
74	Amaël Moinard	BMC	+ 48′ 56″
75	Pavel Brutt	Katusha	+ 49′ 06″
76	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 49′ 30″
77	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ	+ 50′ 01″
78	Danny Pate	Sky	+ 52′ 25″
79	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural	+ 52′ 48″
80	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	+ 53′ 07″
81	Sander Armée	Lotto-Belisol	+ 53′ 16″
82	Jose Serpa	Lampre-Merida	+ 54′ 20″
83	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	+ 55′ 32″
84	Paul Martens	Belkin	+ 56′ 18″
85	Benoit Vaugrenard	FDJ	+ 57′ 09″
86	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin	+ 58′ 36″
87	Ruben Fernandez	Caja Rural	+ 59′ 32″
88	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural	+ 01h 00′ 35″
89	Ruben Plaza	Movistar	+ 01h 00′ 57″
90	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 01h 01′ 27″
91	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+ 01h 01′ 29″
92	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp	+ 01h 02′ 54″
93	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant-Shimano	+ 01h 03′ 28″
94	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	+ 01h 04′ 10″
95	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale	+ 01h 04′ 30″
96	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	+ 01h 05′ 06″
97	Marc Marino Jean	Cannondale	+ 01h 05′ 14″
98	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 01h 06′ 16″
99	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	+ 01h 07′ 11″
100	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	+ 01h 07′ 16″
101	Esteban Chaves	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 01h 08′ 26″
102	Thomas Damuseau	Giant-Shimano	+ 01h 08′ 28″
103	Davide Villella	Cannondale	+ 01h 10′ 04″
104	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	+ 01h 10′ 49″
105	Natnael Berhane	Europcar	+ 01h 11′ 11″
106	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	+ 01h 11′ 24″
107	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana	+ 01h 11′ 32″
108	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha	+ 01h 12′ 49″
109	Michel Koch	Cannondale	+ 01h 13′ 31″
110	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	+ 01h 14′ 18″
111	Josh Edmondson	Sky	+ 01h 17′ 23″
112	Thomas Peterson	Giant-Shimano	+ 01h 20′ 37″
113	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	+ 01h 20′ 39″
114	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01h 21′ 24″
115	Jack Bobridge	Belkin	+ 01h 23′ 29″

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Friday, April 11: Stage 5, Eibar - Markina Xemein, 160.2 km

Complete Stage 5 results and GC

Ascents:

• Km 25: Alto de Muniketagane, category 2
• Km 106.4: Alto de Gontzagaigana, category 3
• Km 118.9: Alto de Santa Eufemia, category 3
• Km 134.5: Alto de Izua, category 1
• Km 151.8: Alto de Aiastia (caserío y borda), category 2

The Race: Breaks went and breaks were caught today and for the final run-in to Markin Xemein the front group was together. Ben Swift surprised the others to win the stage and earn his third victory of the season.

Alberto Contador defended his overall lead by finishing with the front group along with Alejandro Valverde, who is still sitting in second place, 12 seconds behind.

This will be settled tomorrow with a meaty 25.9 km individual time trial.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.568 km/hr

1	Ben Swift	Sky	3hr 56min  56sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4	Jelte Slagter Tom	Garmin-Sharp
5	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
6	Cyril Gautier	Europcar
7	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin
8	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r
9	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo
10	Cadel Evans	BMC
Complete stage 5 results and GC

GC after Stage 5:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	20hr 30min  31sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 12 seconds
3	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	+ 00′ 36″
4	Cadel Evans	BMC
5	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r
6	Yury Trofimov	Katusha
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 41″
8	Mikel Landa	Astana	+ 00′ 54″
9	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 55″
10	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	+ 00′ 56″
Complete stage 5 results and GC

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Thursday, April 10: Stage 4, Vittoria Gasteiz - Arrate (Eibar), 151 km

Complete stage 4 results and GC

The Race: Stage winner Wouter Poels was part of a small break that went clear on the Arrate ascent, the day's final climb. Poels attacked his break and stayed clear to the finish while the other members of his escape were caught by the big GC boys.

Race leader Alberto Contador tried to gain time on Alejandro Valverde with repeated attacks, but could never put any permanent daylight between himself and Valverde. Turning the tables, Valverde and Samuel Sanchez took two seconds out of Contador in the final run-in to the finish.

Contador remains the leader, but now with a lead of 12 seconds over Valverde.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.288 km/hr

1	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3hr 39min 29sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 1 second
3	Samuel Sanchez	BMC
4	Jelte Slagter Tom	Garmin-Sharp	+ 00′ 03″
5	Bauke Mollema	Belkin
6	Yury Trofimov	Katusha
7	Cadel Evans	BMC
8	Mikel Landa	Astana
9	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
10	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo
Complete stage 4 results and GC

GC after Stage 4:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	16hr 33min  35sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 12 seconds
3	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	+ 00′ 36″
4	Cadel Evans	BMC
5	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r
6	Yury Trofimov	Katusha
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 41″
8	Mikel Landa	Astana	+ 00′ 54″
9	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 55″
10	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	+ 00′ 56″
Complete Stage 4 results and GC

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Wednesday, April 9: Stage 3, Urdazubi - Vitoria Gasteiz, 194.51 km

Complete stage 3 results and GC

The Race: Michael Matthews won the third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country largely through the powerful help of lead-out man, fellow Orica-GreenEdge rider Simon Gerrans.

Alberto Contador remains the overall leader, still with a 14-second lead of Alejandro Valverde. Though the pair were not protagonists in today's stage, things should be different tomorrow.

Stage 4 is hilly with three second-category and two first-category climbs, including the first-category ascent to Arrete.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 38.63 km/hr

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	5hr 2min  9sec
2	Kevin Reza	Europcar
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4	Ben Swift	Sky
5	Paul Martens	Belkin
6	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
7	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale
8	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana
9	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
10	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
Complete stage 3 results and GC

GC after stage 3: 503.7 km raced so far at an average speed of 39.044 km/hr

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	12hr 54min  3sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 14 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 34″
4	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	+ 00′ 36″
5	Cadel Evans	BMC
6	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r
7	Yury Trofimov	Katusha
8	Mikel Nieve	Sky
9	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 00′ 54″
10	Mikel Landa	Astana
Complete stage 3 results and GC

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Tuesday, April 8: Stage 2, Ordizia - Dantxarinea (Urdazubi), 155.8 km

Complete stage 2 results and GC

The Race: A break (Bob Jungels, Davide Malacarne, Gorka Izagirre, Hubert Dupont, Jan Bakelants, Maxime Monfort and Tony Martin) went clear during the first 20 kilometers.

Super time trailist Tony Martin had no intentions of waiting for a sprint. He attacked his fellow escapees, went solo and kept the peloton at bay for the remaining 20 kilometers.

Race leader Alberto Contador finished with the first chasers and remains 14 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.311 km/hr

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3hr 46min 17sec
2	Ben Swift	Sky	@ 30 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
5	Paul Martens	Belkin
6	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar
7	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana
8	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
9	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
10	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r
Complete stage 2 results and GC

GC after Stage 2:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	7hr 51min 54sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 14 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 34″
4	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	+ 00′ 36″
5	Cadel Evans	BMC
6	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r
7	Mikel Nieve	Sky
8	Yury Trofimovistar	Katusha
9	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 00′ 54″
10	Mikel Landa	Astana
Complete stage 2 results and GC

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Monday, April 7: Stage 1, Ordizia - Ordizia, 153.4 km

Complete Stage 1 results, GC, course profile and more photos

The Race: Alberto Contador confirmed his terrific condition with his fifth win this season. The peloton came apart on the final climb after suffering through seven previous ascents. Alejandro Valverde threw down the glove on the Alto Gaintza which is about 7 km from the finish, and only Contador could take up the challenge.

Contador distanced his Spanish rival and kept his gap on the descent and rolled into Ordizia alone, 14 seconds ahead of Valverde.

Since time bonuses are not in play, that is also the GC time gap.

Results: (GC is the same)

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	4hr 5min 7sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	@ 14 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 00′ 34″
4	Yury Trofimov	Katusha	+ 00′ 36″
5	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
6	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r
7	Mikel Nieve	Sky
8	Cadel Evans	BMC
9	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 00′ 54″
10	Mikel Landa	Astana
Complete stage 1 results, GC and more photos

GC after Stage 1: Same as stage results

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Startlist with back numbers: April 5, 2014

	Movistar
	Director: José Luis Arrieta
1	Alejandro Valverde
2	Jose Herrada
3	Beñat Intxausti
4	Gorka Izagirre
5	Ion Izagirre
6	Javier Moreno
7	Ruben Plaza
8	John Gadret
	Ag2r-La Mondiale
	Director: Didier Janner
11	Alberto Betancur Carlos
12	Jean-Christophe Peraud
13	Hubert Dupont
14	Ben Gastauer
15	Matteo Montaguti
16	Rinaldo Nocentini
17	Christophe Riblon
18	Alexis Vuillermoz
	Tinkoff-Saxo
	Director: Philippe Mauduit
21	Alberto Contador
22	Roman Kreuziger
23	Michael Morkov
24	Jesus Hernandez
25	Sergio Paulinho
26	Jesper Hansen
27	Bruno Pires
28	Rory Sutherland
	Lampre-Merida
	Director: Joxean Fernandez
31	Rui Costa
32	Damiano Cunego
33	Gang Xu
34	Kristijan Durasek
35	Jan Polanc
36	Nelson Oliveira
37	Jose Serpa
38	Rafael Valls
	Orica-GreenEdge
	Director: Neil Stephens
41	Michael Albasini
42	Simon Gerrans
43	Esteban Chaves
44	Michael Matthews
45	Christian Meier
46	Pieter Weening
47	Adam Yates
48	Simon Yates
	BMC
	Director: Valerio Piva
51	Cadel Evans
52	Philippe Gilbert
53	Samuel Sanchez
54	Darwin Atapuma
55	Amaël Moinard
56	Dominik Nerz
57	Tejay Van Garderen
58	Peter Velits
	Sky
	Director: Dan Frost
61	Mikel Nieve
62	Philip Deignan
63	Josh Edmondson
64	Peter Kennaugh
65	Vasil Kiryienka
66	Danny Pate
67	Ben Swift
68	Xabier Zandio
	FDJ
	Director: Yvon Madiot
71	Thibaut Pinot
72	Arthur Vichot
73	Pierrick Fedrigo
74	Arnold Jeannesson
75	Kenny Elissonde
76	Geoffrey Soupe
77	Benoit Vaugrenard
78	Jussi Veikkanen
	Trek Factory Racing
	Director: Kim Andersen
81	Andy Schleck
82	Haimar Zubeldia
83	Frank Schleck
84	Robert Kiserlovski
85	Matthew Busche
86	Laurent Didier
87	Jens Voigt
88	Bob Jungels
	Garmin-Sharp
	Director: Bingen Fernandez
91	Ryder Hesjedal
92	Janier Acevedo
93	André Cardoso
94	Tom Danielson
95	Caleb Fairly
96	Koldo Fernandez
97	Jelte Slagter Tom
98	Fabian Wegmann
	Astana
	Director: Giuseppe Martnelli
101	Mikel Landa
102	Alexsandr Dyachenko
103	Enrico Gasparotto
104	Janez Brajkovic
105	Alessandro Vanotti
106	Maxim Iglinskiy
107	Lieuwe Westra
108	Fredrik Kessiakoff
	Belkin
	Diector: Erik Dekker
111	Bauke Mollema
112	Stef Clement
113	Robert Gesink
114	Jonathan Hivert
115	Paul Martens
116	Petter Nordhaug Lars
117	David Tanner
118	Jack Bobridge
	Katusha
	Director: José Azevedo
121	Simon Spilak
122	Alexandr Kolobnev
123	Pavel Brutt
124	Sergei Chernetskiy
125	Petr Ignatenko
126	Dmitry Kozontchuk
127	Egor Silin
128	Yury Trofimov
	Europcar
	Director: Andy Flickinger
131	Yukiya Arashiro
132	Natnael Berhane
133	Cyril Gautier
134	Pierre Rolland
135	Davide Malacarne
136	Maxime Mederel
137	Romain Sicard
138	Kevin Reza
	Lotto-Belisol
	Director: Mario Aerts
141	Jurgen Van Den Broeck
142	Maxime Monfort
143	Sander Armée
144	Bart De Clercq
145	Tosh Van Der Sande
146	Dennis Vanendert
147	Jelle Vanendert
148	Tim Wellens
	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
	Director: Davide Bramati
151	Tony Martin
152	Jan Bakelants
153	Michal Golas
154	Michal Kwiatkowski
155	Wouter Poels
156	Pieter Serry
157	Julien Vermote
158	Carlos Verona
	Giant-Shimano
	Director: Addy Engels
161	Warren Barguil
162	Tom Dumoulin
163	Thomas Damuseau
164	Johannes Fröhlinger
165	Simon Geschke
166	Daan Olivier
167	Thomas Peterson
168	Georg Preidler
	Cannondale
	Director: Mariuzzo Dario
171	Davide Villella
172	Damiano Caruso
173	Alberto Bettiol
174	Michel Koch
175	Marc Marino Jean
176	Daniele Ratto
177	Cayetano Sarmiento
178	Cristiano Salerno
	Caja Rural-Seguroa RGA
	Director: Eugenio Goikoetxea
181	Luis-Leon Sanchez
182	Amets Txurruka
183	David Arroyo
184	Ruben Fernandez
185	Fabricio Ferrari
186	Omar Fraile
187	Angel Madrazo
188	Antonio Piedra