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Saturday, April 9: 6th and Final Stage, Eibar 16.5 km individual time trial

Stage 6 profile

Stage and overall winner Alberto Contador used a road bike for the race's final time trial

The Race: At the start of the final stage rain was falling in Eibar. Giant-Alpecin's Caleb Fairly was the first rider off.

But, with every passing day this season, Alberto Contador's form has been improving. He started today's time trial just six seconds behind overnight leader Sergio Henao. Given Contador's superb time trial skills, Henao's lead was very fragile.

And come the ride, Contador delivered the goods, beating second-place Nario Quintana and Henao by 18 seconds and making him the overall winner by twelve seconds.

This gives Contador his fourth overall win at the Tour of the Basque Country.

After the race, Contador delivered another surprise. Widely expected to retire at the end of this season, Contador said he is not going to hang up the chamois.

Here's the press release from the race organizer: After winning the Itzulia, Alberto Contador confirmed that he will not finish his career, and reiterates that the next season he will keep competing.

"I want to continue enjoying and doing what I like and when the day to leave the bike arrives, it will arrive. I will not give a date". The leader of the team Tinkoff reviewed how he won the race. "I don't like to win in this way, but here with this time trial I thought it was the best way". Happy and with a smile on his face, the rider of team Tinkoff closed his first part of the season with an important victory.

"With good feelings, physicals and mental", now he will be a part of the competitions to be ready for his main goals of the year: the Tour and Olympic Games.

Complete Results:

16.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 33.885 km/hr

1	CONTADOR, Alberto	Tinkoff	29min 13sec
2	QUINTANA, Nairo	Movistar	@ 5sec
3	HENAO, Sergio Luis	Sky	+18"
4	YATES, Adam	Orica-GreenEdge	+53"
5	SANCHEZ, Samuel	BMC	+01' 04"
6	PINOT, Thibaut	FDJ	+01' 09"
7	COSTA, Rui	Lampre-Merida	+01' 16"
8	RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim	Katusha	s.t.
9	LÓPEZ, Miguel Ángel	Astana	+01' 21"
10	BILBAO, Pello	Caja Rural	+01' 26"
11	VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen	Katusha	+01' 29"
12	SPILAK, Simon	Katusha	+01' 31"
13	VISCONTI, Giovanni	Movistar	s.t.
14	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	Etixx-Quick Step	+01' 33"
15	HENAO, Sebastian	Sky	+01' 37"
16	FELLINE, Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	+01' 43"
17	VERVAEKE, Louis	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
18	CATALDO, Dario	Astana	+01' 50"
19	ROSA, Diego	Astana	+01' 52"
20	MONFORT, Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis	Ag2r	+01' 53"
22	DE PLUS, Laurens	Etixx-Quick Step	+01' 55"
23	NAVARRO, Daniel	Cofidis	+01' 56"
24	KREUZIGER, Roman	Tinkoff	+01' 58"
25	CRADDOCK, Lawson	Cannondale	s.t.
26	EDET, Nicolas	Cofidis	+01' 59"
27	LATOUR, Pierre-Roger	Ag2r	+02' 03"
28	LANDA, Mikel	Sky	+02' 11"
29	PETILLI, Simone	Lampre-Merida	+02' 13"
30	KELDERMAN, Wilco	LottoNL-Jumbo	+02' 13"
31	CUMMINGS, Steven	Dimension Data	+02' 17"
32	REICHENBACH, Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
33	POLANC, Jan	Lampre-Merida	+02' 18"
34	LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
35	PAUWELS, Serge	Dimension Data	+02' 20"
36	GESINK, Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	+02' 30"
37	JEANNESSON, Arnold	Cofidis	+02' 32"
38	WOODS, Michael	Cannondale	+02' 33"
39	DENIFL, Stefan	IAM Cycling	+02' 40"
40	BOUWMAN, Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+02' 42"
41	MOLLEMA, Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	+02' 43"
42	MATE, Luis Angel	Cofidis	+02' 46"
43	ROY, Jeremy	FDJ	+02' 52"
44	RESTREPO, Jhonatan	Katusha	+02' 58"
45	WYSS, Marcel	IAM Cycling	+03' 06"
46	ROLLAND, Pierre	Cannondale	s.t.
47	LASTRA, Jonathan	Caja Rural	+03' 09"
48	MOLARD, Rudy	Cofidis	+03' 10"
49	LOPEZ, David	Sky	+03' 11"
50	KISERLOVSKI, Robert	Tinkoff	+03' 13"
51	SILIN, Egor	Katusha	+03' 14"
52	VALGREN, Michael	Tinkoff	+03' 16"
53	DEBESAY, Mekseb	Dimension Data	+03' 18"
54	SCHLECK, Frank	Trek-Segafredo	+03' 19"
55	DUPONT, Hubert	Ag2r	s.t.
56	SERRY, Pieter	Etixx-Quick Step	+03' 21"
57	CHERNETSKIY, Sergei	Katusha	+03' 23"
58	OOMEN, Sam	Giant-Alpecin	+03' 25"
59	MORENO, Daniel	Movistar	+03' 37"
60	ANACONA, Winner	Movistar	+03' 38"
61	ULISSI, Diego	Lampre-Merida	+03' 40"
62	ZEITS, Andrey	Astana	+03' 42"
63	CARUSO, Damiano	BMC	+03' 46"
64	BENITO, Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	+03' 47"
65	STETINA, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	MOINARD, Amaël	BMC	+03' 52"
67	SANCHEZ, Luis Leon	Astana	+03' 55"
68	ATAPUMA, Darwin	BMC	+03' 58"
69	ANTON, Igor	Dimension Data	+04' 01"
70	PETROV, Evgeny	Tinkoff	+04' 02"
71	ALBASINI, Michael	Orica-GreenEdge	+04' 06"
72	BAGOT, Yoann	Cofidis	+04' 07"
73	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
74	ZUBELDIA, Haimar	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	VERONA, Carlos	Etixx-Quick Step	+04' 12"
76	MEIER, Christian	Orica-GreenEdge	+04' 18"
77	BELKOV, Maxim	Katusha	+04' 22"
78	ROSSKOPF, Joey	BMC	+04' 27"
79	CARDOSO, André	Cannondale	s.t.
80	TEKLEHAYMANOT, Daniel	Dimension Data	+04' 32"
81	VELITS, Peter	BMC	+04' 35"
82	TIRALONGO, Paolo	Astana	+04' 36"
83	ROUX, Anthony	FDJ	+04' 40"
84	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	Ag2r	+04' 41"
85	HOWES, Alex	Cannondale	+04' 44"
86	MORABITO, Steve	FDJ	+04' 45"
87	PRADES, Eduard	Caja Rural	+04' 48"
88	GONÇALVES, Domingos	Caja Rural	+04' 49"
89	TXURRUKA, Amets	Orica-GreenEdge	+04' 56"
90	MADRAZO, Angel	Caja Rural	+04' 59"
91	ARMÉE, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	+05' 29"
92	FAIRLY, Caleb	Giant-Alpecin	+05' 31"
93	VICHOT, Arthur	FDJ	+05' 42"
94	FERRARI, Fabricio	Caja Rural	+05' 44"
95	VICIOSO, Angel	Katusha	+05' 47"
96	AREGGER, Marcel	IAM Cycling	+05' 48"
97	PLAZA, Ruben	Orica-GreenEdge	+06' 26"

Final GC after Stage 6:

• GC winner: Alberto Contador (Tinkoff)
• Sprint classification winner: Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
• Mountains classification winner: Diego Rosa (Astana)
• Points classification winner: Sergio Henao (Sky)
• Team classification winner: Sky

853.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.511 km/hr

1	CONTADOR, Alberto	Tinkoff	22hr 44min 43sec
2	HENAO, Sergio Luis	Sky	@ 12sec
3	QUINTANA, Nairo	Movistar	+37"
4	PINOT, Thibaut	FDJ	+01' 13"
5	RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim	Katusha	+01' 22"
6	SANCHEZ, Samuel	BMC	+01' 29"
7	COSTA, Rui	Lampre-Merida	+02' 19"
8	SPILAK, Simon	Katusha	+02' 47"
9	CRADDOCK, Lawson	Cannondale	+02' 52"
10	KELDERMAN, Wilco	LottoNL-Jumbo	+03' 14"
11	VERVAEKE, Louis	Lotto-Soudal	+03' 15"
12	LANDA, Mikel	Sky	+03' 19"
13	REICHENBACH, Sebastien	FDJ	+03' 22"
14	LATOUR, Pierre-Roger	Ag2r	+03' 30"
15	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis	Ag2r	+03' 43"
16	VISCONTI, Giovanni	Movistar	+04' 04"
17	BILBAO, Pello	Caja Rural	+04' 33"
18	MOLLEMA, Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	+04' 39"
19	PAUWELS, Serge	Dimension Data	+05' 57"
20	LÓPEZ, Miguel Ángel	Astana	+07' 03"
21	NAVARRO, Daniel	Cofidis	+08' 32"
22	MATE, Luis Angel	Cofidis	+09' 44"
23	HENAO, Sebastian	Sky	+10' 53"
24	ROSA, Diego	Astana	+12' 46"
25	DE PLUS, Laurens	Etixx-Quick Step	+13' 18"
26	ROLLAND, Pierre	Cannondale	+13' 35"
27	SCHLECK, Frank	Trek-Segafredo	+14' 07"
28	GESINK, Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	+14' 52"
29	VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen	Katusha	+15' 03"
30	KREUZIGER, Roman	Tinkoff	+16' 15"
31	JEANNESSON, Arnold	Cofidis	+16' 41"
32	YATES, Adam	Orica-GreenEdge	+17' 10"
33	VERONA, Carlos	Etixx-Quick Step	+18' 36"
34	ATAPUMA, Darwin	BMC	+18' 37"
35	MONFORT, Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	+18' 39"
36	OOMEN, Sam	Giant-Alpecin	+19' 26"
37	POLANC, Jan	Lampre-Merida	+20' 51"
38	CARDOSO, André	Cannondale	+21' 27"
39	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	Etixx-Quick Step	+21' 32"
40	KISERLOVSKI, Robert	Tinkoff	+21' 50"
41	DUPONT, Hubert	Ag2r	+22' 03"
42	ULISSI, Diego	Lampre-Merida	+22' 04"
43	FELLINE, Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	+22' 34"
44	MOLARD, Rudy	Cofidis	+23' 14"
45	PETILLI, Simone	Lampre-Merida	+24' 12"
46	SANCHEZ, Luis Leon	Astana	+24' 13"
47	MORENO, Daniel	Movistar	+25' 00"
48	ARMÉE, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	+26' 16"
49	ALBASINI, Michael	Orica-GreenEdge	+27' 19"
50	CUMMINGS, Steven	Dimension Data	+27' 40"
51	VALGREN, Michael	Tinkoff	+28' 22"
52	ZEITS, Andrey	Astana	+29' 01"
53	WOODS, Michael	Cannondale	+30' 27"
54	BAGOT, Yoann	Cofidis	+30' 47"
55	CHERNETSKIY, Sergei	Katusha	+31' 42"
56	CARUSO, Damiano	BMC	+35' 10"
57	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	Ag2r	+37' 19"
58	LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik	Giant-Alpecin	+37' 55"
59	SILIN, Egor	Katusha	+40' 42"
60	MORABITO, Steve	FDJ	+41' 07"
61	ZUBELDIA, Haimar	Trek-Segafredo	+41' 29"
62	VICHOT, Arthur	FDJ	+41' 36"
63	BOUWMAN, Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+41' 43"
64	CATALDO, Dario	Astana	+41' 48"
65	ANTON, Igor	Dimension Data	+42' 41"
66	SERRY, Pieter	Etixx-Quick Step	+42' 57"
67	VICIOSO, Angel	Katusha	+43' 15"
68	ROY, Jeremy	FDJ	+43' 38"
69	ROUX, Anthony	FDJ	+44' 47"
70	PRADES, Eduard	Caja Rural	+47' 03"
71	FERRARI, Fabricio	Caja Rural	+49' 45"
72	LOPEZ, David	Sky	+50' 06"
73	EDET, Nicolas	Cofidis	+51' 41"
74	VELITS, Peter	BMC	+52' 23"
75	MADRAZO, Angel	Caja Rural	+53' 41"
76	DENIFL, Stefan	IAM Cycling	+54' 26"
77	MOINARD, Amaël	BMC	+54' 31"
78	STETINA, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	+54' 46"
79	TIRALONGO, Paolo	Astana	+56' 07"
80	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher	Orica-GreenEdge	+01h 00' 02"
81	ROSSKOPF, Joey	BMC	+01h 04' 38"
82	PLAZA, Ruben	Orica-GreenEdge	+01h 05' 39"
83	TXURRUKA, Amets	Orica-GreenEdge	+01h 05' 59"
84	RESTREPO, Jhonatan	Katusha	+01h 09' 32"
85	WYSS, Marcel	IAM Cycling	+01h 10' 25"
86	MEIER, Christian	Orica-GreenEdge	+01h 10' 57"
87	ANACONA, Winner	Movistar	+01h 11' 49"
88	GONÇALVES, Domingos	Caja Rural	+01h 12' 56"
89	TEKLEHAYMANOT, Daniel	Dimension Data	+01h 13' 01"
90	LASTRA, Jonathan	Caja Rural	+01h 13' 31"
91	HOWES, Alex	Cannondale	+01h 14' 15"
92	BELKOV, Maxim	Katusha	+01h 16' 07"
93	PETROV, Evgeny	Tinkoff	+01h 17' 12"
94	DEBESAY, Mekseb	Dimension Data	+01h 19' 16"
95	BENITO, Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	+01h 21' 08"
96	AREGGER, Marcel	IAM Cycling	+01h 21' 52"
97	FAIRLY, Caleb	Giant-Alpecin	+01h 32' 53"

Stage 6 profile:

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Friday, April 8: Stage 5, Orio - Arrate, 159 km (Queen Stage)

Stage 5 profile

Not the usual way to cross the line when winning a stage, but it worked for Diego Rosa

The Race: Here's the story from new race leader Sergio Henao's Sky team.

Sergio Henao stormed into the race lead at the Tour of the Basque Country with a strong display of climbing on the penultimate stage. The Colombian jumped from the peloton on the final climb and only Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) could stay with him as he finished in second place, three minutes and 41 seconds behind solo stage winner Diego Rosa (Astana).

Overnight leader Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) relinquished the yellow jersey having been dropped on the last ascent, and he finished over a minute down on Henao after crossing the line alongside the industrious Mikel Landa.

Those results mean Henao holds a six-second lead over Contador heading into a hilly 16.5km concluding time trial.

Rosa had attacked from the breakaway 100km from the finish, and as he pressed home his advantage the race became increasingly fractured behind. Henao and Contador sprung clear on the lower slopes of the Alto de Arrate, and only Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) managed to get back in touch with that pair at the finish, setting up a mouthwatering finale on Saturday.

A delighted Henao spoke to us back at the bus and told us that he's over the moon to have secured the yellow jersey. He said: "I'm really happy. I've fought really hard every day to take the leader's jersey and I finally have it!

"When me and Alberto [Contador] went to the front we both wanted to gain time ahead of tomorrow's time trial and we worked well together. The team did a super job today and I'm really happy with all my team-mates. Tactically today we did a great job today too - Mikel's attack before the last climb forced the other teams to work. Everyone has been super focused across the week."

And looking ahead to tomorrow's time trial, Henao is confident that the course suits him. He added: "It's a hillier course than last year and the uphill sections will be really important. The time trial suits me better this year."

Sport Director Dario Cioni concurs with Henao and believes he stands a good chance tomorrow, while he also praised the work of the team. He said: "The course is very typical and it's good for Sergio. The strongest guy of the first four riders will win the overall and if Sergio pulls it off it will also be thanks to the work of all his team-mates. In this race we've shown we are the strongest team and to finish if off will be an amazing achievement."

Story of the day: A large 24-man break, including David Lopez, went clear early in the race before Rosa launched his own attack. Maxime Monfort (Lotto Soudal), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Carlos Verona (Etixx - Quick-Step) and Sander Armee (Lotto Soudal) set about chasing him down as four groups formed on the road.
After cresting the penultimate climb only Monfort and Armee remained in the second group chasing Rosa, while the reduced peloton caught what remained of Lopez's group.

It was a brutal day in Spain, with eight categorised climbs, and Vasil Kiryienka and Xabi Zandio abandoned the race midway through the stage, reducing the team to six riders.

But Lopez was doing a fine job and he attacked again 23km from the line before Landa bridged across to his fellow countryman in what looked to be a pre-planned move.

The pair were joined by Verona, Simon Clarke (Cannondale) and Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), and behind Contador and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) were forced to work to bring the group back, allowing Henao to sit comfortably in the bunch.

Landa was eventually caught a kilometre up the last ascent as Henao and Contador hit out, while up front Rosa showed no signs of fatigue as he powered to a fine win.

Having crested the climb it seemed unlikely that Henao or Contador would be able to outsprint one another and so it proved, as they crossed the line at the same time to hand the Colombian the lead.

Complete Results:

159 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.790 km/hr

1	Diego Rosa	Astana	4hr 19min 19sec
2	Sergio Henao	Sky	@ 3min 13sec
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	s.t.
4	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha	+3' 15''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	s.t.
6	Samuel Sánchez	BMC	+3' 40''
7	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	+3' 41''
8	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale	+3' 56''
9	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	+4' 12''
10	Serge Pauwels	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Simon Špilak	Katusha	s.t.
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	+4' 14''
13	Pierre Latour	Ag2r	+4' 17''
14	Wilco Kelderman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+4' 24''
15	Mikel Landa	Sky	s.t.
16	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+4' 41''
17	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	s.t.
18	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
20	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	+4' 47''
22	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	+5' 03''
23	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx-Quick Step	+5' 56''
24	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
26	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+6' 22''
27	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+6' 52''
28	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
29	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 50''
30	Robert Kišerlovski	Tinkoff	+8' 39''
31	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	+8' 44''
32	Andrey Zeits	Astana	s.t.
33	Fränk Schleck	Trek-Segafredo	+9' 06''
34	Michael Valgren	Tinkoff	s.t.
35	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	+9' 25''
36	Damiano Caruso	BMC	+9' 47''
37	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale	s.t.
38	Amets Txurruka	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
39	Carlos Verona	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
40	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	s.t.
41	Darwin Atapuma	BMC	s.t.
42	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural	+10' 06''
43	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+10' 23''
44	Sam Oomen	Giant - Alpecin	+10' 35''
45	André Cardoso	Cannondale	s.t.
46	Laurens De Plus	Etixx-Quick Step	+10' 42''
47	Michael Woods	Cannondale	+12' 02''
48	David López	Sky	+12' 04''
49	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	+12' 06''
50	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	+13' 52''
51	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff	+14' 14''
52	Davide Villella	Cannondale	s.t.
53	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
54	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+14' 17''
55	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	+15' 31''
56	Simone Petilli	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
57	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
58	Egor Silin	Katusha	s.t.
59	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Katusha	s.t.
60	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
61	Robert Gesink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
62	Koen Bouwman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
63	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	s.t.
64	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	s.t.
65	Simon Geschke	Giant - Alpecin	+15' 52''
66	Philip Deignan	Sky	+16' 40''
67	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	+17' 07''
68	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
71	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	+22' 22''
72	Sergey Chernetsky	Katusha	s.t.
73	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
74	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant - Alpecin	s.t.
75	Peter Velits	BMC	s.t.
76	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	+22' 25''
77	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
78	Dario Cataldo	Astana	s.t.
79	Daniel Moreno	Movistar	s.t.
80	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	s.t.
81	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha	s.t.
82	Domingos Gonçalves	Caja Rural	s.t.
83	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
84	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
86	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha	s.t.
87	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
88	Winner Anacona	Movistar	s.t.
89	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
90	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	Pieter Serry	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
92	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
93	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Rubén Plaza	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
95	Caleb Fairly	Giant - Alpecin	s.t.
96	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	s.t.
97	Alex Howes	Cannondale	s.t.
98	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	s.t.
100	Amaël Moinard	BMC	s.t.
101	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
102	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	+22' 50''
103	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Giant - Alpecin	+23' 14''
104	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	s.t.
105	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	+23' 19''

GC after Stage 5:

• GC leader: Sergio Henao (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Sergio Henao (Sky)
• Sprint classification leader: Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
• Mountains classification leader: Diego Rosa (Astana)
• Team classification leader: Sky

836.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.593 km/hr

1	Sergio Henao	Sky	22hr 15min 24sec
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	@ 6sec
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	+10''
4	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha	+12''
5	Samuel Sánchez	BMC	+31''
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	+38''
7	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale	+1' 00''
8	Wilco Kelderman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 07''
9	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	+1' 09''
10	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	+1' 11''
11	Mikel Landa	Sky	+1' 14''
12	Simon Špilak	Katusha	+1' 22''
13	Pierre Latour	Ag2r	+1' 33''
14	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto-Soudal	+1' 38''
15	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	+1' 56''
16	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	+2' 02''
17	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	+2' 39''
18	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	+3' 13''
19	Serge Pauwels	Dimension Data	+3' 43''
20	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+5' 48''
21	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	+6' 42''
22	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	+7' 04''
23	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+9' 22''
24	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale	+10' 35''
25	Fränk Schleck	Trek-Segafredo	+10' 54''
26	Diego Rosa	Astana	+11' 00''
27	Laurens De Plus	Etixx-Quick Step	+11' 29''
28	Robert Gesink	LottoNL-Jumbo	+12' 28''
29	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Katusha	+13' 40''
30	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	+14' 15''
31	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff	+14' 23''
32	Carlos Verona	Etixx-Quick Step	+14' 30''
33	Darwin Atapuma	BMC	+14' 45''
34	Sam Oomen	Giant - Alpecin	+16' 07''
35	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+16' 23''
36	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+16' 53''
37	André Cardoso	Cannondale	+17' 06''
38	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	+18' 30''
39	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	+18' 39''
40	Robert Kišerlovski	Tinkoff	+18' 43''
41	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+18' 50''
42	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx-Quick Step	+20' 05''
43	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	+20' 10''
44	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	+20' 24''
45	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	+20' 53''
46	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	+20' 57''
47	Daniel Moreno	Movistar	+21' 29''
48	Simone Petilli	Lampre-Merida	+22' 05''
49	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+23' 19''
50	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	+24' 23''
51	Michael Valgren	Tinkoff	+25' 12''
52	Andrey Zeits	Astana	+25' 25''
53	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	+25' 29''
54	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	+26' 46''
55	Michael Woods	Cannondale	+28' 00''
56	Sergey Chernetsky	Katusha	+28' 25''
57	Damiano Caruso	BMC	+31' 30''
58	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	+32' 44''
59	Davide Villella	Cannondale	+33' 17''
60	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Giant - Alpecin	+35' 43''
61	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	+36' 00''
62	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	+36' 20''
63	Steve Morabito	FDJ	+36' 28''
64	Philip Deignan	Sky	+37' 10''
65	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek-Segafredo	+37' 28''
66	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha	+37' 34''
67	Egor Silin	Katusha	+37' 34''
68	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	+38' 46''
69	Koen Bouwman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+39' 07''
70	Pieter Serry	Etixx-Quick Step	+39' 42''
71	Dario Cataldo	Astana	+40' 04''
72	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+40' 13''
73	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	+40' 52''
74	Simon Geschke	Giant - Alpecin	+40' 59''
75	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+42' 21''
76	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+44' 07''
77	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	+46' 24''
78	David López	Sky	+47' 01''
79	Peter Velits	BMC	+47' 54''
80	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	+48' 48''
81	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	+49' 48''
82	Amaël Moinard	BMC	+50' 45''
83	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	+51' 05''
84	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+51' 36''
85	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	+51' 37''
86	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+51' 52''
87	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Orica-GreenEdge	+56' 01''
88	Rubén Plaza	Orica-GreenEdge	+59' 19''
89	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+1h 00' 17''
90	Amets Txurruka	Orica-GreenEdge	+1h 01' 09''
91	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha	+1h 06' 40''
92	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	+1h 06' 45''
93	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	+1h 07' 25''
94	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant - Alpecin	+1h 07' 49''
95	Domingos Gonçalves	Caja Rural	+1h 08' 13''
96	Winner Anacona	Movistar	+1h 08' 17''
97	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	+1h 08' 35''
98	Alex Howes	Cannondale	+1h 09' 37''
99	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural	+1h 10' 28''
100	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	+1h 11' 51''
101	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+1h 13' 16''
102	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	+1h 16' 04''
103	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+1h 16' 10''
104	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	+1h 17' 27''
105	Caleb Fairly	Giant - Alpecin	+1h 27' 28''

Stage 5 profile:

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Thursday, April 7: Stage 4, Lesaka - Orio, 165 km

Stage 4 profile

Samuel Sanchez wins Basque Country stage 4. Photo ©Tim De Waele/ TDWSport.com

The Race: Here's the stage story from stage winner Samuel Sanchez's BMC team.

07 April, 2016, Orio (ESP): Samuel Sánchez crossed the line with a look of pure happiness as he took the win on Stage 4 of Vuelta al Pais Vasco and claimed his first victory for the season.

Stage 4 was nothing short of tough with 6 categorized climbs distributed over the 165km course, but it was a late attack from Sanchez with just under two kilometers to go that sealed the victory.

Sánchez' win is another addition to his already impressive results list at Vuelta al Pais Vasco, taking his number of stage wins to eight. He has retained his fourth place on the General Classification, 8 seconds behind new race leader Wilco Kelderman (Team LottoNL-Jumbo).

When we managed to tear Sánchez away from his fans after the stage, this is what he had to say.

The look on your face as you crossed the finish line was of pure happiness. Can you describe this moment?

"For me it was a really, really beautiful day. The victory is really amazing. It's a victory for my mind. It's more important for me, for my mind and for the team. For BMC Racing Team today was a hard day because at the beginning of the stage, six of my teammates and I split from the peloton so we worked a lot to catch the first group. Then we caught the group before the final and I won the stage for my teammates."

It was by no means an easy stage today, how did you feel in the legs?

"The stage was really hard. A lot of rain, a bit dangerous, a lot of big climbs and the pace of the race is so high. There were a lot of attacks at the final. When Contador attacked I stayed in his wheel and counter attacked in the last 200 meters of the climb. And then I went full gas to the finish and I could raise my hands as I crossed the line."

This is your first individual win since 2013 and it is in Spain. How much more special does that make it?

"It's my first individual win with BMC Racing Team. My last individual win was at the Dauphine in 2013 and this is too many years for me. Now it is a really, really beautiful day for me and for my mind it is a super important victory."

And now looking forward to the next stages?

"The GC is difficult and tomorrow is a really difficult day. It's particularly difficult because of my rivals and the weather. Tomorrow is up and down and with a climb for the finish, so we will take things day by day. For now we will enjoy today."

Yvon Ledanois, Sports Director: "At the beginning Samuel was dropped early in the stage but the team pulled for 25 kilometers. We took the responsibility of bringing him back to the bunch. In the final I told Samuel to stay in the front and with 1.5 kilometers to go Contador had attacked and I said to Samuel if you have the legs now is the time to go, go, go. The team did a very good job for him. It's an amazing result for him and an amazing result for the team."

"We knew that it was a perfect stage for him, particularly the final, but we didn't put a lot of pressure on him. I knew he had the legs to win."

Complete Results:

165 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.100 km/hr

1	Samuel Sánchez	BMC	4hr 13min 12sec
2	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
3	Warren Barguil	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
4	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	s.t.
5	Sergio Henao	Sky	s.t.
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
7	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	s.t.
8	Wilco Kelderman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
9	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale	s.t.
10	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha	s.t.
11	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	s.t.
12	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
13	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Robert Gesink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
15	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	s.t.
16	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
18	Laurens De Plus	Etixx - Quick-Step	@ 8sec
19	Pierre Latour	Ag2r	s.t.
20	Mikel Landa	Sky	s.t.
21	Simon Špilak	Katusha	s.t.
22	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	+11''
23	Serge Pauwels	Dimension Data	+13''
24	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Katusha	s.t.
25	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Darwin Atapuma	BMC	+18''
28	Fabio Aru	Astana	+19''
29	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
30	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+27''
31	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	+39''
32	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	+1' 07''
34	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	+1' 17''
35	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff	s.t.
36	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
37	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	+1' 24''
38	Daniel Moreno	Movistar	s.t.
39	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale	s.t.
40	Fränk Schleck	Trek-Segafredo	+1' 48''
41	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
42	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
43	Simone Petilli	Lampre-Merida	+2' 14''
44	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+2' 26''
45	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+2' 35''
46	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	+2' 46''
47	Carlos Verona	Etixx - Quick-Step	s.t.
48	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale	+2' 49''
49	Anthony Turgis	Cofidis	+2' 52''
50	Michael Valgren	Tinkoff	+4' 52''
51	Robert Kišerlovski	Tinkoff	s.t.
52	André Cardoso	Cannondale	s.t.
53	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
54	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Andrey Zeits	Astana	s.t.
56	Sam Oomen	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
57	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
58	Davide Villella	Cannondale	s.t.
59	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	s.t.
60	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek-Segafredo	+7' 26''
61	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	s.t.
63	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	s.t.
64	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	s.t.
65	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
66	Koen Bouwman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
67	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
68	David López	Sky	s.t.
69	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
71	Paul Martens	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	Simon Geschke	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
74	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	s.t.
75	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	s.t.
76	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
77	Amaël Moinard	BMC	s.t.
78	Sergey Chernetsky	Katusha	s.t.
79	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha	s.t.
80	Peter Velits	BMC	+11' 10''
81	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
82	Laurent Didier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Danilo Wyss	BMC	s.t.
84	Pieter Serry	Etixx - Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Mário Costa	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
86	Diego Rosa	Astana	s.t.
87	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	s.t.
88	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
89	Egor Silin	Katusha	s.t.
90	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
91	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	s.t.
92	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky	s.t.
93	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
95	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
96	Michael Woods	Cannondale	s.t.
97	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
98	Damiano Caruso	BMC	s.t.
99	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
100	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
101	Julien Simon	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	s.t.
103	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
104	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	s.t.
105	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Rubén Plaza	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
107	Jan Bakelants	Ag2r	s.t.
108	Dario Cataldo	Astana	s.t.
109	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
110	Tony Gallopin	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
111	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	Daniel Martin	Etixx - Quick-Step	+13' 20''
113	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+13' 40''
114	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx - Quick-Step	s.t.
115	Ryder Hesjedal	Trek-Segafredo	+15' 33''
116	Larry Warbasse	IAM Cycling	+16' 41''
117	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	s.t.
118	Julien Vermote	Etixx - Quick-Step	+18' 16''
119	Amets Txurruka	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
120	Omar Fraile	Dimension Data	s.t.
121	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
122	Caleb Fairly	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
123	Clément Chevrier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
124	William Bonnet	FDJ	s.t.
125	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	s.t.
126	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	s.t.
127	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
128	Domingos Gonçalves	Caja Rural	s.t.
129	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	s.t.
130	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
131	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
132	Sindre Lunke	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
133	Winner Anacona	Movistar	s.t.
134	Alex Howes	Cannondale	s.t.
135	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha	s.t.
136	Natnael Berhane	Dimension Data	s.t.
137	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	s.t.
138	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural	s.t.
139	Xabier Zandio	Sky	s.t.
140	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	+20' 58''
141	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
142	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	s.t.
143	Rodrigo Contreras	Etixx - Quick-Step	s.t.
144	Cédric Pineau	FDJ	s.t.
145	Carter Jones	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
146	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

• GC leader: Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Sprint classification leader: Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling)
• Mountains classification leader: Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling)
• Points classification leader: Samuel Sanchez (BMC)
• Team classification leader: Katusha

677.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.903 km/hr

1	Wilco Kelderman	LottoNL-Jumbo	17hr 52min 48sec
2	Sergio Henao	Sky	@ 4sec
3	Mikel Landa	Sky	+7''
4	Samuel Sánchez	BMC	+8''
5	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+10''
6	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	+12''
7	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	+14''
8	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
9	Robert Gesink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
10	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	s.t.
11	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha	s.t.
12	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale	+21''
14	Warren Barguil	Giant-Alpecin	+25''
15	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Simon Špilak	Katusha	+27''
17	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	+32''
18	Pierre Latour	Ag2r	+33''
19	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	+38''
20	Fabio Aru	Astana	+40''
21	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+51''
22	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	+53''
23	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	+1' 02''
24	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	+1' 15''
25	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Katusha	+1' 26''
26	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	+1' 43''
27	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	+1' 49''
28	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+2' 13''
29	Daniel Moreno	Movistar	+2' 21''
30	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+2' 33''
31	Serge Pauwels	Dimension Data	+2' 48''
32	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff	+3' 26''
33	Laurens De Plus	Etixx - Quick-Step	+4' 04''
34	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale	+4' 05''
35	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	+4' 25''
36	Fränk Schleck	Trek-Segafredo	+5' 05''
37	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale	+5' 18''
38	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+5' 47''
39	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	+6' 16''
40	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+6' 36''
41	Carlos Verona	Etixx - Quick-Step	+8' 00''
42	Darwin Atapuma	BMC	+8' 15''
43	Sam Oomen	Giant-Alpecin	+8' 49''
44	Sergey Chernetsky	Katusha	+9' 20''
45	André Cardoso	Cannondale	+9' 48''
46	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	+9' 49''
47	Simone Petilli	Lampre-Merida	+9' 51''
48	Robert Kišerlovski	Tinkoff	+13' 21''
49	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+13' 48''
50	Diego Rosa	Astana	+14' 17''
51	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	+14' 32''
52	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Giant-Alpecin	+15' 46''
53	Tony Gallopin	Lotto-Soudal	+15' 52''
54	Jan Bakelants	Ag2r	+15' 55''
55	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEdge	+16' 12''
56	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	+16' 20''
57	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	+17' 12''
58	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	+17' 15''
59	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx - Quick-Step	+17' 26''
60	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	+17' 57''
62	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	+18' 15''
63	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha	+18' 26''
64	Michael Woods	Cannondale	+19' 15''
65	Michael Valgren	Tinkoff	+19' 23''
66	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	+19' 38''
67	Andrey Zeits	Astana	+19' 58''
68	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	+20' 20''
69	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	+20' 30''
70	Daniel Martin	Etixx - Quick-Step	+20' 31''
71	Pieter Serry	Etixx - Quick-Step	+20' 34''
72	Dario Cataldo	Astana	+20' 56''
73	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	+21' 44''
74	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+21' 55''
75	Davide Villella	Cannondale	+22' 20''
76	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+23' 13''
77	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek-Segafredo	+23' 38''
78	Philip Deignan	Sky	+23' 47''
79	Steve Morabito	FDJ	+24' 14''
80	Damiano Caruso	BMC	+25' 00''
81	Julien Simon	Cofidis	+25' 19''
82	Egor Silin	Katusha	+25' 20''
83	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	+25' 36''
84	Paul Martens	LottoNL-Jumbo	+26' 15''
85	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	+26' 22''
86	Koen Bouwman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+26' 53''
87	Anthony Turgis	Cofidis	+28' 00''
88	Ryder Hesjedal	Trek-Segafredo	+28' 23''
89	Simon Geschke	Giant-Alpecin	+28' 24''
90	Peter Velits	BMC	+28' 49''
91	Danilo Wyss	BMC	+29' 12''
92	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	+29' 30''
93	Natnael Berhane	Dimension Data	+31' 29''
94	Amaël Moinard	BMC	+31' 37''
95	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+31' 53''
96	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	+31' 57''
97	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+32' 05''
98	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+32' 28''
99	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	+32' 29''
100	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+33' 07''
101	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	+35' 58''
102	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Orica-GreenEdge	+36' 53''
103	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	+37' 36''
104	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	+37' 52''
105	David López	Sky	+38' 14''
106	Laurent Didier	Trek-Segafredo	+38' 22''
107	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	+39' 16''
108	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	+39' 57''
109	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	+39' 58''
110	Rubén Plaza	Orica-GreenEdge	+40' 11''
111	Larry Warbasse	IAM Cycling	+40' 20''
112	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+40' 52''
113	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+41' 09''
114	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky	+41' 27''
115	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+42' 27''
116	Rodrigo Contreras	Etixx - Quick-Step	+44' 56''
117	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	+46' 09''
118	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha	+47' 32''
119	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	+47' 37''
120	Omar Fraile	Dimension Data	+47' 55''
121	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	+48' 20''
122	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant-Alpecin	+48' 44''
123	Domingos Gonçalves	Caja Rural	+49' 05''
124	Winner Anacona	Movistar	+49' 09''
125	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	+49' 27''
126	Mário Costa	Lampre-Merida	+49' 34''
127	William Bonnet	FDJ	+50' 15''
128	Alex Howes	Cannondale	+50' 29''
129	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+50' 53''
130	Cédric Pineau	FDJ	+51' 03''
131	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	+51' 12''
132	Clément Chevrier	IAM Cycling	+52' 06''
133	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	+52' 18''
134	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+54' 11''
135	Sindre Lunke	Giant-Alpecin	+54' 14''
136	Amets Txurruka	Orica-GreenEdge	+54' 39''
137	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+54' 43''
138	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+56' 13''
139	Carter Jones	Giant-Alpecin	+56' 28''
140	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	+56' 56''
141	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	+58' 19''
142	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural	+1h 03' 39''
143	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	+1h 04' 55''
144	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+1h 04' 55''
145	Caleb Fairly	Giant-Alpecin	+1h 08' 20''
146	Julien Vermote	Etixx - Quick-Step	+1h 08' 37''

Stage 4 profile:

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Wednesday, April 6: Stage 3, Vitoria Gasteiz - Lesaka, 193.5 km

Stage 3 profile

Stephen Cummings wins stage 3

The Race: Here's what stage winner Steve Cummings' Dimension Data team said about the day's competition.

The 3rd stage of the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco was a perfect day for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as Steve Cummings attacked with 1km to go and soloed to a magnificent stage victory. Cummings just held off the chasing pack which was led home by Simon Gerrans (Orica-Greenedge) with Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) in 3rd.

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka could not have scripted the stage any better as Daniel Teklehaimanot got into the early break of the day with 4 other riders. The stage was 193km in length with 3 categorised climbs coming in the final 35km of the stage. Teklehaimanot rode well in the break but the peloton kept the escapees on a short leash and so just before the climbs started, Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling) and Sam Oomen (Giant-Alpecin) jumped away from the break while the other 3 riders returned to the peloton.

Our African Team were able to conserve energy in the peloton while Teklehaimanot spent the day in the break, and this set the team up nicely to take on the final climbs with the main group. A number of attacks flew from the peloton but Team Sky set a relentless pace on the front which meant nobody would get more than a minute’s lead in the final 30km.

Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) would eventually bridge and then pass the two lone leaders just before the top of the final climb, but the gap to the now 40 rider peloton was only 25″. Cummings and Serge Pauwels were both part of this select group and with Orica-Greenedge now setting the pace, our two African Team riders just bided their time. Navarro was caught in the final 4km and this played perfectly into the hands of Cummings.

In typical fashion, our British star went from the rear of the main group and just powered off the front with an incredible seated attack as the race went under the 1km to go banner. The main group hesitated for a second and this gave Cummings the upper hand. Cannondale and Orica-Greenedge put everything into the final 700m but Cummings had done it again. With his arms in the air, the peloton sprinted home a few meters behind Cummings with teammate Pauwles also punching the air in jubilation as he watched Steve take a fine win.

Steve Cummings – Rider: What a brilliant feeling this is. These early season races are so hard and to get two wins now, one in Tirreno-Adriatico and another here at Pais Vasco, it feels quite good. Before we came to Pais Vasco though I said I wanted to win a stage, some people may have thought something different about that but I am happy to have done it. I’m really pleased that I get to stand on the podium once again for Qhubeka, it just makes it such a good day for us.

Alex Sans Vega – Sport Director: Today was one of those day’s where everything works out. We wanted to be in the break because there was a 50% chance that the break would make it to the finish. Daniel Teklehaimanot was in, and that was perfect. The only problem was the Giant-Alpecin rider was 4 minutes behind on GC so the gap never got more than 5 minutes. So coming to the final, we wanted to try something. Steve got a great victory in typical and perfect Steve Cummings style. We are very happy with this result, the guys did a great job today.

Complete Results:

193.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.450 km/hr

1	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	5hr 1min 57sec
2	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
3	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
5	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	s.t.
6	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	s.t.
7	Tony Gallopin	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
8	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	s.t.
9	Sergey Chernetsky	Katusha	s.t.
10	Sergio Henao	Sky	s.t.
11	Warren Barguil	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Damiano Caruso	BMC	s.t.
13	Daniel Moreno	Movistar	s.t.
14	Serge Pauwels	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	Rui Costa	Lampre Merida	s.t.
16	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	s.t.
17	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
19	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
20	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	s.t.
21	Diego Rosa	Astana	s.t.
22	Samuel Sánchez	BMC	s.t.
23	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale	s.t.
25	Fabio Aru	Astana	s.t.
26	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
27	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
28	Pierre Latour	Ag2r	s.t.
29	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	s.t.
30	Laurens De Plus	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
31	Diego Ulissi	Lampre Merida	s.t.
32	Wilco Kelderman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	s.t.
34	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff	s.t.
35	Andrey Zeits	Astana	s.t.
36	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale	s.t.
37	Mikel Landa	Sky	s.t.
38	Fränk Schleck	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha	s.t.
41	Robert Gesink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Katusha	s.t.
43	Sam Oomen	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
44	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Simon Špilak	Katusha	s.t.
46	Sebastián Henao	Sky	s.t.
47	Robert Kišerlovski	Tinkoff	s.t.
48	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Dario Cataldo	Astana	s.t.
50	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
51	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
53	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 19sec
54	Julien Simon	Cofidis	@ 3min 33sec
55	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	s.t.
56	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale	s.t.
57	Danilo Wyss	BMC	s.t.
58	Pieter Serry	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
59	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	s.t.
60	André Cardoso	Cannondale	s.t.
61	José Gonçalves	Caja Rural	s.t.
62	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha	s.t.
63	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
65	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	s.t.
66	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
67	Carlos Verona	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
68	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	s.t.
69	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	s.t.
70	Natnael Berhane	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
72	Simone Petilli	Lampre Merida	s.t.
73	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	s.t.
74	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	s.t.
75	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	Jan Bakelants	Ag2r	s.t.
77	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Giant-Alpecin	+3' 57''
78	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	s.t.
79	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
80	Michael Valgren	Tinkoff	s.t.
81	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	+6' 29''
82	Daniel Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
83	Ryder Hesjedal	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Egor Silin	Katusha	s.t.
85	Simon Geschke	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
86	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
87	Koen Bouwman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
88	Paul Martens	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
89	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	s.t.
91	Peter Velits	BMC	s.t.
92	Michael Woods	Cannondale	s.t.
93	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	s.t.
94	Amaël Moinard	BMC	s.t.
95	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	s.t.
96	Darwin Atapuma	BMC	s.t.
97	Davide Villella	Cannondale	s.t.
98	AustriaStefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	s.t.
99	Rubén Plaza	Orica-GreenEdge	+8' 28''
100	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha	s.t.
101	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	+11' 30''
102	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
103	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
104	Omar Fraile	Dimension Data	s.t.
105	Anthony Turgis	Cofidis	+11' 42''
106	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	+13' 53''
107	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	s.t.
110	Domingos Gonçalves	Caja Rural	s.t.
111	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	Alex Howes	Cannondale	s.t.
113	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
114	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
115	Laurent Didier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	s.t.
117	Jan Polanc	Lampre Merida	s.t.
118	Clément Chevrier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
119	Larry Warbasse	IAM Cycling	s.t.
120	Manuele Mori	Lampre Merida	s.t.
121	Rodrigo Contreras	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
122	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
123	Sindre Lunke	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
124	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky	s.t.
125	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
126	George Bennett	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
127	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+13' 58''
128	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
129	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	+15' 54''
130	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
131	Kiel Reijnen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Martin Velits	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
133	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
134	Amets Txurruka	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
135	Mário Costa	Lampre Merida	s.t.
136	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff	s.t.
137	Cédric Pineau	FDJ	s.t.
138	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	s.t.
139	Julien Vermote	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
140	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	s.t.
141	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
142	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	s.t.
143	Xabier Zandio	Sky	s.t.
144	David López	Sky	s.t.
145	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
146	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	s.t.
147	Carter Jones	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
148	Caleb Fairly	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
149	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	s.t.
150	William Bonnet	FDJ	s.t.
151	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural	s.t.
152	Winner Anacona	Movistar	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

• GC leader: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Sprint classification leader: Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling)
• Mountains classification leader: Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling)
• Points classification leader: Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)
• Team classification leader: Sky

512.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.534 km/hr

1	Mikel Landa	Sky	13hr 39min 35sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	LottoNL-Jumbo	@1sec
3	Sergio Henao	Sky	+5''
4	Samuel Sánchez	BMC	+9''
5	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+11''
6	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	+13''
7	Rui Costa	Lampre Merida	+15''
8	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
9	Robert Gesink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
10	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	s.t.
11	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha	s.t.
12	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	Simon Špilak	Katusha	+20''
14	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale	+22''
15	Fabio Aru	Astana	s.t.
16	Fabio Felline	Trek-Segafredo	+26''
17	Warren Barguil	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
18	Pierre Latour	Ag2r	s.t.
19	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	+33''
22	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	+37''
23	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	+43''
24	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	+52''
25	Daniel Moreno	Movistar	+58''
26	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	+1' 03''
27	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Katusha	+1' 14''
29	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale	+1' 17''
30	Adam Yates	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
31	Diego Ulissi	Lampre Merida	+1' 25''
32	Sergey Chernetsky	Katusha	+1' 55''
33	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
34	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff	+2' 10''
35	Serge Pauwels	Dimension Data	+2' 36''
36	Diego Rosa	Astana	+3' 08''
37	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+3' 13''
38	Fränk Schleck	Trek-Segafredo	+3' 18''
39	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	+3' 23''
40	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx-Quick Step	+3' 47''
41	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale	+3' 55''
43	Laurens De Plus	Etixx-Quick Step	+3' 57''
44	Sam Oomen	Giant-Alpecin	+3' 58''
45	Tony Gallopin	Lotto-Soudal	+4' 43''
46	Jan Bakelants	Ag2r	+4' 46''
47	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+4' 49''
48	André Cardoso	Cannondale	+4' 57''
49	Luis León Sánchez	Astana	+4' 58''
50	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEdge	+5' 03''
51	Carlos Verona	Etixx-Quick Step	+5' 15''
52	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	+6' 17''
53	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	+6' 48''
54	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	+7' 06''
55	Daniel Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	+7' 12''
56	Simone Petilli	Lampre Merida	+7' 38''
57	Darwin Atapuma	BMC	+7' 58''
58	Michael Woods	Cannondale	+8' 06''
59	José Gonçalves	Caja Rural	+8' 20''
60	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Giant-Alpecin	+8' 21''
61	Robert Kišerlovski	Tinkoff	+8' 30''
62	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky	+9' 11''
63	Pieter Serry	Etixx-Quick Step	+9' 25''
64	Dario Cataldo	Astana	+9' 47''
65	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	+10' 35''
66	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha	+11' 01''
67	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+11' 08''
68	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	+12' 13''
69	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	+12' 21''
70	Ryder Hesjedal	Trek-Segafredo	+12' 51''
71	Steve Morabito	FDJ	+13' 05''
72	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	s.t.
73	Natnael Berhane	Dimension Data	+13' 14''
74	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+13' 22''
75	Damiano Caruso	BMC	+13' 51''
76	Julien Simon	Cofidis	+14' 10''
77	Egor Silin	Katusha	+14' 11''
78	Michael Valgren	Tinkoff	+14' 32''
79	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	+14' 33''
80	Andrey Zeits	Astana	+15' 07''
81	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	+15' 13''
82	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+15' 48''
83	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek-Segafredo	+16' 13''
84	Philip Deignan	Sky	+16' 22''
85	Jan Polanc	Lampre Merida	+16' 37''
86	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	+17' 04''
87	Davide Villella	Cannondale	+17' 29''
88	Peter Velits	BMC	+17' 40''
89	Danilo Wyss	BMC	+18' 03''
90	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+18' 11''
91	Paul Martens	LottoNL-Jumbo	+18' 50''
92	Koen Bouwman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+19' 28''
93	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	+19' 30''
94	Simon Geschke	Giant-Alpecin	+20' 59''
95	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	+21' 20''
96	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	+21' 43''
97	Arthur Vichot	FDJ	+22' 05''
98	Larry Warbasse	IAM Cycling	+23' 40''
99	Rodrigo Contreras	Etixx-Quick Step	+23' 59''
100	Amaël Moinard	BMC	+24' 12''
101	AustriaStefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+24' 12''
102	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+24' 28''
103	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	+24' 32''
104	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	+25' 03''
105	Anthony Turgis	Cofidis	+25' 09''
106	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+25' 42''
107	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Orica-GreenEdge	+25' 44''
108	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	+26' 27''
109	Laurent Didier	Trek-Segafredo	+27' 13''
110	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	+27' 54''
111	Silvan Dillier	BMC	+28' 48''
112	Manuele Mori	Lampre Merida	s.t.
113	Rubén Plaza	Orica-GreenEdge	+29' 02''
114	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha	+29' 17''
115	Omar Fraile	Dimension Data	+29' 40''
116	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+30' 00''
117	Cédric Pineau	FDJ	+30' 06''
118	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky	+30' 18''
119	Johannes Fröhlinger	Giant-Alpecin	+30' 29''
120	David López	Sky	+30' 49''
121	Domingos Gonçalves	Caja Rural	+30' 50''
122	Winner Anacona	Movistar	+30' 54''
123	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	+31' 07''
124	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	+31' 12''
125	George Bennett	LottoNL-Jumbo	+31' 31''
126	William Bonnet	FDJ	+32' 00''
127	Alex Howes	Cannondale	+32' 14''
128	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+32' 38''
129	Clément Chevrier	IAM Cycling	+33' 51''
130	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	+34' 03''
131	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff	+34' 37''
132	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	+35' 07''
133	Carter Jones	Giant-Alpecin	+35' 31''
134	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	+35' 59''
135	Sindre Lunke	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
136	Amets Txurruka	Orica-GreenEdge	+36' 24''
137	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	+36' 28''
138	Xabier Zandio	Sky	s.t.
139	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+37' 58''
140	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	+38' 00''
141	Mário Costa	Lampre Merida	+38' 25''
142	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	+40' 03''
143	Martin Velits	Etixx-Quick Step	+40' 04''
144	Kiel Reijnen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
145	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	s.t.
146	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	+40' 55''
147	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+43' 02''
148	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	+43' 58''
149	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	s.t.
150	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural	+45' 24''
151	Caleb Fairly	Giant-Alpecin	+50' 05''
152	Julien Vermote	Etixx-Quick Step	+50' 22''

Stage 3 profile:

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Tuesday, April 5: Stage 2, Markina Xemein - Baranbio Garrastatxu (Amurrio), 174.3 km

Stage 2 profile

Mikel Landa wins stage 2

The Race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Garrastatxu chapel was the final line of the second stage. Mikel Landa (SKY) has been capable to win the stage near his town, Murgia. Now he is the new leader in Itzulia. Wilco Kelderman (TLJ) and both make some distance climbing Garrastatxu and the gap of 10seconds that they were able to have was enough to decide the winner of the stage. Landa was the fastest in the sprint on top of Garrastatxu.

The riders started fast this stage too. They were aware to have rain, but at the end we could enjoy the last kilometres without rain. The peloton was divided in two before the breakaway was created, and the leaders had some troubles. For instance, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) had a puncture and he had to take his teammate’s bike.

Apart of the troubles, Stefan Denifl (IAM), Louis Meintjes (LAM) and Angel Madrazo (CJR) made some distance with the peloton, and in the pass from the top of Untzilla they had 3 minutes gap. Meintjes was not able to keep the position in the small group. In top of Kruzeta the group was formed by Denifl and Meintjes.

Meintjes tried to reduce the gap and to move back to the breakaway but the south African rider did not have enough strength and the main bunch caught him before arrive to Murgia. Later on, due to a crash, he abandoned the race.

To the previous climb to Garrastatxu, Denifl and Madrazo where together. Before the organization had to make a decision: not to pass from the two intermediate sprints located in Amurrio, due to the oil found on the road. To guarantee the security of the riders, the organization changed the route to avoid that zone and because of that the distance had been reduced 2-3 kilometres.

11 kilometres to Garrastatxu Denifl and Madrazo were caught by the peloton. Katusha made a big effort for that: all eight riders were in front of the main peloton to catch Denifl and Madrazo.

3 kilometres to the finish line they took to the right to start climbing Garrastatxu. They had a 19% slope and the bravest riders tried to move forward, Landa and Kelderman. Both made a gap of 10 seconds with the main group.

The stage and the leadership of Itzulia was to be decided between the Basque and Netherlands rider. Landa made the first movement and he was able to leave Kelderman behind. Kelderman was second in the finish line to one second. Aitor Osa was the previous leader in Itzulia before Mikel Landa in the history of the tour.

The rest of the leaders arrived behind. Samuel Sanchez (BMC) moved first, but Sergio Henao (SKY) was able to pass him and he was third in the stage, 5 second later than his teammate Landa. Alberto Contador (TNK) lost 11 seconds, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) 13 and Nairo Quintana (MOV) 15 seconds.

Tomorrow the stage will start from Vitoria-Gasteiz direction to Lesaka. It seems a more relaxed stage for the favourites. It could be a good stage for stage hunters and the fast riders of the peloton to win the stage. In total the riders has to pass 5 climbs, the last top of Errukiñe, 9 kilometres to the finish line.

Complete Results:

174.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.952 km/hr

1	LANDA, Mikel	Sky	4hr 43min 1sec
2	KELDERMAN, Wilco	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ sec
3	HENAO, Sergio Luis	Sky	+05"
4	SANCHEZ, Samuel	BMC	+09"
5	CONTADOR, Alberto	Tinkoff	+11"
6	PINOT, Thibaut	FDJ	+13"
7	COSTA, Rui	Lampre-Merida	+15"
8	QUINTANA, Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
9	GESINK, Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
10	REICHENBACH, Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
11	RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim	Katusha	s.t.
12	VERVAEKE, Louis	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	BILBAO, Pello	Caja Rural	+19"
14	SPILAK, Simon	Katusha	+20"
15	CRADDOCK, Lawson	Cannondale	+22"
16	ARU, Fabio	Astana	s.t.
17	SLAGTER, Tom Jelte	Cannondale	s.t.
18	LATOUR, Pierre-Roger	Ag2r	+26"
19	MOLLEMA, Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	FELLINE, Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	JEANNESSON, Arnold	Cofidis	s.t.
22	BARGUIL, Warren	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
23	PAUWELS, Serge	Dimension Data	+31"
24	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis	Ag2r	+33"
25	MARTIN, Daniel	Etixx-Quick Step	+43"
26	VISCONTI, Giovanni	Movistar	s.t.
27	ANTON, Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	YATES, Simon	Orica-GreenEdge	+52"
29	MORENO, Daniel	Movistar	+58"
30	YATES, Adam	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
31	MOLARD, Rudy	Cofidis	+01' 03"
32	ROSA, Diego	Astana	s.t.
33	NAVARRO, Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
34	CARDOSO, André	Cannondale	+01' 06"
35	HENAO, Sebastian	Sky	+01' 08"
36	SCHLECK, Frank	Trek-Segafredo	+01' 13"
37	BAKELANTS, Jan	Ag2r	s.t.
38	VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen	Katusha	+01' 14"
39	ROLLAND, Pierre	Cannondale	+01' 17"
40	ULISSI, Diego	Lampre-Merida	+01' 25"
41	MONFORT, Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
42	SANCHEZ, Luis Leon	Astana	s.t.
43	ATAPUMA, Darwin	BMC	+01' 29"
44	POLANC, Jan	Lampre-Merida	+01' 31"
45	WOODS, Michael	Cannondale	+01' 37"
46	STETINA, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	GONÇALVES, Jose	Caja Rural	+01' 42"
48	VERONA, Carlos	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
49	MATE, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
50	KISERLOVSKI, Robert	Tinkoff	s.t.
51	OOMEN, Sam	Giant-Alpecin	+01' 53"
52	PRADES, Eduard	Caja Rural	+01' 55"
53	CHERNETSKIY, Sergei	Katusha	s.t.
54	LÓPEZ, Miguel Ángel	Astana	s.t.
55	NORDHAUG, Lars Petter	Sky	+02' 03"
56	KREUZIGER, Roman	Tinkoff	+02' 10"
57	LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik	Giant-Alpecin	+02' 19"
58	ROUX, Anthony	FDJ	+02' 42"
59	MORABITO, Steve	FDJ	+02' 44"
60	VICHOT, Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
61	DUPONT, Hubert	Ag2r	s.t.
62	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	Ag2r	s.t.
63	VELITS, Peter	BMC	+02' 47"
64	BERHANE, Natnael	Dimension Data	+02' 53"
65	HESJEDAL, Ryder	Trek-Segafredo	+03' 17"
66	CUMMINGS, Steven	Dimension Data	+03' 23"
67	SERRY, Pieter	Etixx-Quick Step	+03' 47"
68	BATTAGLIN, Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
69	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
70	PETILLI, Simone	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
71	VALGREN, Michael	Tinkoff	s.t.
72	ARMÉE, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	LINDEMAN, Bertjan	LottoNL-Jumbo	+03' 57"
74	MARTENS, Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
75	BOUWMAN, Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
76	DE PLUS, Laurens	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
77	ROY, Jeremy	FDJ	s.t.
78	VANENDERT, Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	+04' 12"
79	VILLELLA, Davide	Cannondale	s.t.
80	ZUBELDIA, Haimar	Trek-Segafredo	+04' 16"
81	TEKLEHAYMANOT, Daniel	Dimension Data	+04' 27"
82	FUMEAUX, Jonathan	IAM Cycling	+04' 30"
83	VAN DER SANDE, Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	+04' 43"
84	GALLOPIN, Tony	Lotto-Soudal	+04' 43"
85	BAGOT, Yoann	Cofidis	s.t.
86	DIDIER, Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	+04' 56"
87	GERRANS, Simon	Orica-GreenEdge	+05' 03"
88	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
89	KIRYIENKA, Vasil	Sky	+05' 20"
90	VICIOSO, Angel	Katusha	+05' 23"
91	FRÖHLINGER, Johannes	Giant-Alpecin	+05' 33"
92	MORI, Manuele	Lampre-Merida	+06' 31"
93	ANACONA, Winner	Movistar	+06' 36"
94	PINEAU, Cedric	FDJ	+06' 59"
95	CONTRERAS, Rodrigo	Etixx-Quick Step	+07' 01"
96	SUTHERLAND, Rory	Movistar	+07' 06"
97	CLARKE, Simon	Cannondale	s.t.
98	MEIER, Christian	Orica-GreenEdge	+07' 42"
99	VAN ZYL, Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	CATALDO, Dario	Astana	s.t.
101	WYSS, Marcel	IAM Cycling	s.t.
102	ALBASINI, Michael	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
103	DILLIER, Silvan	BMC	s.t.
104	AREGGER, Marcel	IAM Cycling	s.t.
105	WARBASSE, Lawerence	IAM Cycling	s.t.
106	WYSS, Danilo	BMC	s.t.
107	LOPEZ, David	Sky	s.t.
108	ZANDIO, Xabier	Sky	s.t.
109	GESCHKE, Simon	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
110	PLAZA, Ruben	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
111	SILIN, Egor	Katusha	s.t.
112	BONNET, William	FDJ	s.t.
113	DEIGNAN, Philip	Sky	s.t.
114	TURGIS, Anthony	Cofidis	+08' 20"
115	HERRADA, Jesus	Movistar	+08' 44"
116	HOWES, Alex	Cannondale	+09' 19"
117	ROSSKOPF, Joey	BMC	s.t.
118	DENIFL, Stefan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
119	MOINARD, Amaël	BMC	s.t.
120	COSTA, Mario	Lampre-Merida	+09' 39"
121	GONÇALVES, Domingos	Caja Rural	+09' 44"
122	FRAILE, Omar	Dimension Data	+09' 46"
123	MADRAZO, Angel	Caja Rural	+09' 55"
124	SIMON, Julien	Cofidis	+10' 19"
125	TANNER, David	IAM Cycling	+10' 33"
126	TIRALONGO, Paolo	Astana	+11' 46"
127	CARUSO, Damiano	BMC	s.t.
128	EDET, Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
129	BELKOV, Maxim	Katusha	s.t.
130	TOSATTO, Matteo	Tinkoff	+11' 55"
131	PETROV, Evgeny	Tinkoff	+12' 12"
132	RESTREPO, Jhonatan	Katusha	+12' 25"
133	WELLENS, Tim	Lotto-Soudal	+12' 45"
134	CHEVRIER, Clement	IAM Cycling	s.t.
135	JONES, Carter	Giant-Alpecin	+12' 49"
136	RIBLON, Christophe	Ag2r	+13' 42"
137	KADRI, Biel	Ag2r	s.t.
138	DEBESAY, Mekseb	Dimension Data	s.t.
139	LUNKE, Sindre Skjøstad	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
140	TXURRUKA, Amets	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
141	FERRARI, Fabricio	Caja Rural	s.t.
142	LANG, Pirmin	IAM Cycling	s.t.
143	CONTI, Valerio	Lampre-Merida	+14' 38"
144	ZEITS, Andrey	Astana	+14' 49"
145	FAIRLY, Caleb	Giant-Alpecin	+14' 51"
146	REIJNEN, Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	+15' 08"
147	VERMOTE, Julien	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
148	VELITS, Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
149	LASTRA, Jonathan	Caja Rural	s.t.
150	BENITO, Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	s.t.
151	BENNETT, George	LottoNL-Jumbo	+15' 33"
152	CAMPENAERTS, Victor	LottoNL-Jumbo	+16' 56"
153	HANSEN, Jesper	Tinkoff	+20' 37"

GC after Stage 2:

318.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 36.895 km/hr

1	LANDA, Mikel	Sky	8hr 37min 38sec
2	KELDERMAN, Wilco	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 1sec
3	HENAO, Sergio Luis	Sky	+05"
4	SANCHEZ, Samuel	BMC	+09"
5	CONTADOR, Alberto	Tinkoff	+11"
6	PINOT, Thibaut	FDJ	+13"
7	COSTA, Rui	Lampre-Merida	+15"
8	QUINTANA, Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
9	GESINK, Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
10	REICHENBACH, Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
11	RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim	Katusha	s.t.
12	VERVAEKE, Louis	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	SPILAK, Simon	Katusha	+20"
14	SLAGTER, Tom Jelte	Cannondale	+22"
15	CRADDOCK, Lawson	Cannondale	s.t.
16	ARU, Fabio	Astana	s.t.
17	FELLINE, Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	+26"
18	BARGUIL, Warren	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
19	LATOUR, Pierre-Roger	Ag2r	s.t.
20	JEANNESSON, Arnold	Cofidis	s.t.
21	MOLLEMA, Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis	Ag2r	+33"
23	BILBAO, Pello	Caja Rural	+37"
24	MARTIN, Daniel	Etixx-Quick Step	+43"
25	ANTON, Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
26	VISCONTI, Giovanni	Movistar	s.t.
27	YATES, Simon	Orica-GreenEdge	+52"
28	MORENO, Daniel	Movistar	+58"
29	YATES, Adam	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
30	NAVARRO, Daniel	Cofidis	+01' 03"
31	MOLARD, Rudy	Cofidis	s.t.
32	BAKELANTS, Jan	Ag2r	+01' 13"
33	VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen	Katusha	+01' 14"
34	ROLLAND, Pierre	Cannondale	+01' 17"
35	CARDOSO, André	Cannondale	+01' 24"
36	SANCHEZ, Luis Leon	Astana	+01' 25"
37	ULISSI, Diego	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
38	ATAPUMA, Darwin	BMC	+01' 29"
39	WOODS, Michael	Cannondale	+01' 37"
40	VERONA, Carlos	Etixx-Quick Step	+01' 42"
41	CHERNETSKIY, Sergei	Katusha	+01' 55"
42	PRADES, Eduard	Caja Rural	s.t.
43	LÓPEZ, Miguel Ángel	Astana	+01' 55"
44	KREUZIGER, Roman	Tinkoff	+02' 10"
45	PAUWELS, Serge	Dimension Data	+02' 36"
46	POLANC, Jan	Lampre-Merida	+02' 44"
47	ROSA, Diego	Astana	+03' 08"
48	HENAO, Sebastian	Sky	+03' 13"
49	SCHLECK, Frank	Trek-Segafredo	+03' 18"
50	CUMMINGS, Steven	Dimension Data	+03' 23"
51	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	Etixx-Quick Step	+03' 47"
52	MATE, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
53	DE PLUS, Laurens	Etixx-Quick Step	+03' 57"
54	OOMEN, Sam	Giant-Alpecin	+03' 58"
55	PETILLI, Simone	Lampre-Merida	+04' 05"
56	LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik	Giant-Alpecin	+04' 24"
57	GALLOPIN, Tony	Lotto-Soudal	+04' 43"
58	GONÇALVES, Jose	Caja Rural	+04' 47"
59	DUPONT, Hubert	Ag2r	+04' 49"
60	GERRANS, Simon	Orica-GreenEdge	+05' 03"
61	KIRYIENKA, Vasil	Sky	+05' 38"
62	SERRY, Pieter	Etixx-Quick Step	+05' 52"
63	BATTAGLIN, Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	VANENDERT, Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	+06' 17"
65	HESJEDAL, Ryder	Trek-Segafredo	+06' 22"
66	BAGOT, Yoann	Cofidis	+06' 48"
67	ROY, Jeremy	FDJ	+07' 02"
68	CLARKE, Simon	Cannondale	+07' 06"
69	VICIOSO, Angel	Katusha	+07' 28"
70	FUMEAUX, Jonathan	IAM Cycling	+07' 35"
71	SILIN, Egor	Katusha	+07' 42"
72	ALBASINI, Michael	Orica-GreenEdge	+08' 00"
73	KISERLOVSKI, Robert	Tinkoff	+08' 30"
74	HERRADA, Jesus	Movistar	+08' 44"
75	MORABITO, Steve	FDJ	+09' 32"
76	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	Ag2r	+09' 32"
77	BERHANE, Natnael	Dimension Data	+09' 41"
78	CATALDO, Dario	Astana	+09' 47"
79	WARBASSE, Lawerence	IAM Cycling	s.t.
80	MONFORT, Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	+09' 49"
81	CONTRERAS, Rodrigo	Etixx-Quick Step	+10' 06"
82	VALGREN, Michael	Tinkoff	+10' 35"
83	SIMON, Julien	Cofidis	+10' 37"
84	STETINA, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	+10' 39"
85	VILLELLA, Davide	Cannondale	+11' 00"
86	ARMÉE, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
87	LINDEMAN, Bertjan	LottoNL-Jumbo	+11' 10"
88	VELITS, Peter	BMC	+11' 11"
89	ROUX, Anthony	FDJ	+11' 44"
90	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher	Orica-GreenEdge	+11' 51"
91	MADRAZO, Angel	Caja Rural	+12' 00"
92	MARTENS, Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	+12' 21"
93	ZUBELDIA, Haimar	Trek-Segafredo	+12' 40"
94	DEIGNAN, Philip	Sky	+12' 49"
95	BOUWMAN, Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	+12' 59"
96	VAN DER SANDE, Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	+13' 07"
97	DIDIER, Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	+13' 20"
98	TURGIS, Anthony	Cofidis	+13' 27"
99	CARUSO, Damiano	BMC	+13' 51"
100	PINEAU, Cedric	FDJ	+14' 12"
101	WYSS, Danilo	BMC	+14' 30"
102	GESCHKE, Simon	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
103	FRÖHLINGER, Johannes	Giant-Alpecin	+14' 35"
104	CONTI, Valerio	Lampre-Merida	+14' 38"
105	TIRALONGO, Paolo	Astana	+14' 51"
106	MORI, Manuele	Lampre-Merida	+14' 55"
107	DILLIER, Silvan	BMC	s.t.
108	LOPEZ, David	Sky	s.t.
109	ANACONA, Winner	Movistar	+15' 00"
110	ZEITS, Andrey	Astana	+15' 07"
111	VICHOT, Arthur	FDJ	+15' 36"
112	BONNET, William	FDJ	+16' 06"
113	ROSSKOPF, Joey	BMC	+16' 07"
114	NORDHAUG, Lars Petter	Sky	+16' 25"
115	VAN ZYL, Johann	Dimension Data	+16' 44"
116	GONÇALVES, Domingos	Caja Rural	+16' 57"
117	TEKLEHAYMANOT, Daniel	Dimension Data	+17' 19"
118	BENNETT, George	LottoNL-Jumbo	+17' 38"
119	MOINARD, Amaël	BMC	+17' 43"
120	DENIFL, Stefan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
121	TANNER, David	IAM Cycling	+17' 46"
122	FRAILE, Omar	Dimension Data	+18' 10"
123	HOWES, Alex	Cannondale	+18' 21"
124	TOSATTO, Matteo	Tinkoff	+18' 43"
125	JONES, Carter	Giant-Alpecin	+19' 37"
126	CHEVRIER, Clement	IAM Cycling	+19' 58"
127	SUTHERLAND, Rory	Movistar	s.t.
128	BELKOV, Maxim	Katusha	+20' 10"
129	TXURRUKA, Amets	Orica-GreenEdge	+20' 30"
130	MEIER, Christian	Orica-GreenEdge	+20' 34"
131	ZANDIO, Xabier	Sky	s.t.
132	PLAZA, Ruben	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
133	RESTREPO, Jhonatan	Katusha	+20' 49"
134	FERRARI, Fabricio	Caja Rural	+20' 55"
135	WELLENS, Tim	Lotto-Soudal	+21' 09"
136	AREGGER, Marcel	IAM Cycling	+22' 04"
137	DEBESAY, Mekseb	Dimension Data	+22' 06"
138	RIBLON, Christophe	Ag2r	s.t.
139	LUNKE, Sindre Skjøstad	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
140	COSTA, Mario	Lampre-Merida	+22' 31"
141	CAMPENAERTS, Victor	LottoNL-Jumbo	+24' 09"
142	VELITS, Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	+24' 10"
143	REIJNEN, Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
144	BENITO, Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	s.t.
145	EDET, Nicolas	Cofidis	+24' 38"
146	WYSS, Marcel	IAM Cycling	+27' 02"
147	KADRI, Biel	Ag2r	+28' 04"
148	LANG, Pirmin	IAM Cycling	s.t.
149	LASTRA, Jonathan	Caja Rural	+29' 30"
150	PETROV, Evgeny	Tinkoff	+31' 32"
151	FAIRLY, Caleb	Giant-Alpecin	+34' 11"
152	VERMOTE, Julien	Etixx-Quick Step	+34' 28"
153	HANSEN, Jesper	Tinkoff	+39' 57"

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 4: Stage 1, Etxebarria - Markina Xemein, 144 km

Stage 1 profile

Luis Leon Sanchez just beats Daniel Navarro

The Race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Luis Leon Sanchez won the first stage of Markina-Xemein after the fight he had with Daniel Navarro (COF). Both riders created a group in the descent of Aiastia and both had the chance to win the stage. Luis Leon was the winner with a very close sprint, but he clarified that the aim of their team is to work for Fabio Aru (AST)

The stage was finished with the victory of the Astana team rider but the big protagonists were Marcel Wyss (IAM), Nicolas Edet (COF) and Jonathan Lastra (CJR), three riders that were part of the breakaway. Gialunca Brambilla (EQS) was part of the group but because of radio problems he decided to leave the front of the race to fix the problem.

The group passed the first six climbs together (Gontzagaigana, Santa Eufemia, San Migel and again Gontzagaigana and Santa Eufemia), while behind Tinkoff was keeping the gap controlled. We saw Amets Txurruka (OGE) in the front of the bunch when Orica GreenEdge decided to help to Tinkoff. Remember that this stage was special for him because the race started from his village, Etxebarria.

In Izua, the peloton caught the breakaway and then several riders try to make some distance. The best attack was made by Darío Cataldo (AST) who was able to make a gap of 30", enough to descent Izua and start climbing Aiastia in front of the race. Before to reach to the top the peloton neutralized the italian cyclist. Alberto Contador (TNK) attacked 200 metres before the top trying to show that he is in form and to pass in the first position the climb of Aiastia.

Once all packed, first Dani Navarro (COF) and later Luis Leon Sanchez (AST) moved forward in the descent. Both together they made a gap enough to arrive to the finish line and to get the victory. The bunch was very close and the fastest in the peloton where Simon Gerrans (OGE) and Fabio Felline (TFS).

Tomorrow there will be more mountains in the stage of four climbs and the last one in Garrastatxu. This climb has less than 3 kms but the average slope is 11,67%. Rain is expected tomorrow and it will make harder the stage. All favourites will have the first real chance to show their strength.

Complete Results and GC:

1	SANCHEZ, Luis Leon	Astana	3hr 54min 21sec
2	NAVARRO, Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
3	GERRANS, Simon	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
4	FELLINE, Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	CLARKE, Simon	Cannondale	s.t.
6	BAKELANTS, Jan	Ag2r	s.t.
7	MARTIN, Daniel	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
8	BARGUIL, Warren	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
9	GALLOPIN, Tony	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	CHERNETSKIY, Sergei	Katusha	s.t.
11	COSTA, Rui	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
12	PRADES, Eduard	Caja Rural	s.t.
13	VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen	Katusha	s.t.
14	SLAGTER, Tom Jelte	Cannondale	s.t.
15	JEANNESSON, Arnold	Cofidis	s.t.
16	LATOUR, Pierre-Roger	Ag2r	s.t.
17	MORENO, Daniel	Movistar	s.t.
18	YATES, Simon	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
19	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis	Ag2r	s.t.
20	LÓPEZ, Miguel Ángel	Astana	s.t.
21	YATES, Adam	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
22	HERRADA, Jesus	Movistar	s.t.
23	MOLLEMA, Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	CONTADOR, Alberto	Tinkoff	s.t.
25	PINOT, Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
26	QUINTANA, Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
27	GESINK, Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	KELDERMAN, Wilco	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
29	ROLLAND, Pierre	Cannondale	s.t.
30	CRADDOCK, Lawson	Cannondale	s.t.
31	HENAO, Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
32	SANCHEZ, Samuel	BMC	s.t.
33	MOLARD, Rudy	Cofidis	s.t.
34	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
35	REICHENBACH, Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
36	DE PLUS, Laurens	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
37	RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim	Katusha	s.t.
38	KREUZIGER, Roman	Tinkoff	s.t.
39	ULISSI, Diego	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
40	SPILAK, Simon	Katusha	s.t.
41	ANTON, Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	CONTI, Valerio	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
43	ARU, Fabio	Astana	s.t.
44	CUMMINGS, Steven	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	LANDA, Mikel	Sky	s.t.
46	VISCONTI, Giovanni	Movistar	s.t.
47	VERONA, Carlos	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
48	WOODS, Michael	Cannondale	s.t.
49	SILIN, Egor	Katusha	s.t.
50	ATAPUMA, Darwin	BMC	s.t.
51	VERVAEKE, Louis	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
52	BILBAO, Pello	Caja Rural	+18"
53	CARDOSO, André	Cannondale	s.t.
54	PETILLI, Simone	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
55	KIRYIENKA, Vasil	Sky	s.t.
56	SIMON, Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
57	ZEITS, Andrey	Astana	s.t.
58	ALBASINI, Michael	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
59	MEINTJES, Louis	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
60	POLANC, Jan	Lampre-Merida	+01' 13"
61	MADRAZO, Angel	Caja Rural	+02' 05"
62	HENAO, Sebastian	Sky	s.t.
63	SERRY, Pieter	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
64	VICIOSO, Angel	Katusha	s.t.
65	BATTAGLIN, Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
66	CATALDO, Dario	Astana	s.t.
67	ROSA, Diego	Astana	s.t.
68	LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
69	VANENDERT, Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
70	SCHLECK, Frank	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	DUPONT, Hubert	Ag2r	s.t.
72	PAUWELS, Serge	Dimension Data	s.t.
73	MATE, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
74	OOMEN, Sam	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
75	WARBASSE, Lawerence	IAM Cycling	s.t.
76	BENNETT, George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
77	BAGOT, Yoann	Cofidis	s.t.
78	CARUSO, Damiano	BMC	s.t.
79	CONTRERAS, Rodrigo	Etixx-Quick Step	+03' 05"
80	HESJEDAL, Ryder	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	ROY, Jeremy	FDJ	s.t.
82	FUMEAUX, Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
83	TIRALONGO, Paolo	Astana	s.t.
84	GONÇALVES, Jose	Caja Rural	s.t.
85	TURGIS, Anthony	Cofidis	+05' 07"
86	DEIGNAN, Philip	Sky	s.t.
87	WYSS, Danilo	BMC	+06' 48"
88	TXURRUKA, Amets	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
89	ROSSKOPF, Joey	BMC	s.t.
90	TOSATTO, Matteo	Tinkoff	s.t.
91	MORABITO, Steve	FDJ	s.t.
92	VILLELLA, Davide	Cannondale	s.t.
93	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	Ag2r	s.t.
94	BERHANE, Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	GESCHKE, Simon	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
96	JONES, Carter	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
97	VALGREN, Michael	Tinkoff	s.t.
98	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
99	KISERLOVSKI, Robert	Tinkoff	s.t.
100	CHEVRIER, Clement	IAM Cycling	+07' 13"
101	FERRARI, Fabricio	Caja Rural	s.t.
102	PINEAU, Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
103	CAMPENAERTS, Victor	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
104	DILLIER, Silvan	BMC	s.t.
105	LOPEZ, David	Sky	s.t.
106	LINDEMAN, Bertjan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
107	GONÇALVES, Domingos	Caja Rural	s.t.
108	ARMÉE, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
109	TANNER, David	IAM Cycling	s.t.
110	DEBESAY, Mekseb	Dimension Data	+08' 24"
111	ANACONA, Winner	Movistar	s.t.
112	FRAILE, Omar	Dimension Data	s.t.
113	MORI, Manuele	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
114	ZUBELDIA, Haimar	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	RESTREPO, Jhonatan	Katusha	s.t.
116	VELITS, Peter	BMC	s.t.
117	LUNKE, Sindre Skjøstad	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
118	DE GENDT, Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
119	RIBLON, Christophe	Ag2r	s.t.
120	BONNET, William	FDJ	s.t.
121	MONFORT, Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
122	VAN DER SANDE, Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
123	MOINARD, Amaël	BMC	s.t.
124	BELKOV, Maxim	Katusha	s.t.
125	MARTENS, Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
126	DIDIER, Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	DENIFL, Stefan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
128	WELLENS, Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
129	FRÖHLINGER, Johannes	Giant-Alpecin	+09' 02"
130	ROUX, Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
131	VELITS, Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
132	STETINA, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
133	BENITO, Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	s.t.
134	VAN ZYL, Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	REIJNEN, Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
136	HOWES, Alex	Cannondale	s.t.
137	BOUWMAN, Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
138	TEKLEHAYMANOT, Daniel	Dimension Data	+12' 52"
139	JAUREGUI, Quentin	Ag2r	s.t.
140	SUTHERLAND, Rory	Movistar	s.t.
141	MEIER, Christian	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
142	EDET, Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
143	VICHOT, Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
144	COSTA, Mario	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
145	PLAZA, Ruben	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
146	ZANDIO, Xabier	Sky	s.t.
147	KADRI, Biel	Ag2r	+14' 22"
148	LASTRA, Jonathan	Caja Rural	s.t.
149	ZAKHAROV, Artyom	Astana	s.t.
150	LANG, Pirmin	IAM Cycling	s.t.
151	NORDHAUG, Lars Petter	Sky	s.t.
152	AREGGER, Marcel	IAM Cycling	s.t.
153	FAIRLY, Caleb	Giant-Alpecin	+19' 20"
154	VERMOTE, Julien	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
155	WYSS, Marcel	IAM Cycling	s.t.
156	PAULINHO, Sergio	Tinkoff	s.t.
157	HANSEN, Jesper	Tinkoff	s.t.
158	PETROV, Evgeny	Tinkoff	s.t.

Stage 1 profile:

 

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Start list with back numbers, April 4, 2016:

	Team Katusha
	Manager: José Acevedo
1	RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim
2	VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen
3	SPILAK, Simon
4	BELKOV, Maxim
5	CHERNETSKIY, Sergei
6	RESTREPO, Jhonatan
7	SILIN, Egor
8	VICIOSO, Angel
	Team SKY
	Manager: Dario Cioni
11	LANDA, Mikel
12	HENAO, Sergio Luis
13	DEIGNAN, Philip
14	HENAO, Sebastian
15	KIRYIENKA, Vasil
16	LOPEZ, David
17	NORDHAUG, Lars Petter
18	ZANDIO, Xabier
	Movistar Team
	Manager: José Luis Jaimerena
21	QUINTANA, Nairo
22	IZAGIRRE, Ion
23	IZAGIRRE, Gorka
24	ANACONA, Winner
25	HERRADA, Jesus
26	SUTHERLAND, Rory
27	MORENO, Daniel
28	VISCONTI, Giovanni
	Orica GreenEDGE
	Manager: Neil Stephens
31	ALBASINI, Michael
32	GERRANS, Simon
33	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher
34	MEIER, Christian
35	PLAZA, Ruben
36	TXURRUKA, Amets
37	YATES, Adam
38	YATES, Simon
	BMC Racing Team
	Manager: Yvon Ledanois
41	SANCHEZ, Samuel
42	ATAPUMA, Darwin
43	CARUSO, Damiano
44	DILLIER, Silvan
45	MOINARD, Amaël
46	ROSSKOPF, Joey
47	VELITS, Peter
48	WYSS, Danilo
	Tinkoff
	Manager: Steven De Jongh
51	CONTADOR, Alberto
52	KREUZIGER, Roman
53	HANSEN, Jesper
54	PAULINHO, Sergio
55	KISERLOVSKI, Robert
56	PETROV, Evgeny
57	TOSATTO, Matteo
58	VALGREN, Michael
	Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
	Manager: Bingen Fernandez
61	ROLLAND, Pierre
62	SLAGTER, Tom Jelte
63	CARDOSO, André
64	CLARKE, Simon
65	CRADDOCK, Lawson
66	HOWES, Alex
67	WOODS, Michael
68	VILLELLA, Davide
	AG2R La Mondiale
	Manager: Didier Jannel
71	BAKELANTS, Jan
72	JAUREGUI, Quentin
73	DUPONT, Hubert
74	KADRI, Biel
75	LATOUR, Pierre-Roger
76	MONTAGUTI, Matteo
77	RIBLON, Christophe
78	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis
	Lotto Soudal
	Manager: Mario Aerts
81	GALLOPIN, Tony
82	MONFORT, Maxime
83	ARMÉE, Sander
84	DE GENDT, Thomas
85	VAN DER SANDE, Tosh
86	VANENDERT, Jelle
87	VERVAEKE, Louis
88	WELLENS, Tim
	FDJ
	Manager: Yvon Madiot
91	PINOT, Thibaut
92	BONNET, William
93	MORABITO, Steve
94	PINEAU, Cedric
95	REICHENBACH, Sebastien
96	ROUX, Anthony
97	ROY, Jeremy
98	VICHOT, Arthur
	Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
	Manager: Alex Sans
101	ANTON, Igor
102	BERHANE, Natnael
103	CUMMINGS, Steven
104	FRAILE, Omar
105	DEBESAY, Mekseb
106	PAUWELS, Serge
107	VAN ZYL, Johann
108	TEKLEHAYMANOT, Daniel
	Lampre - Merida
	Manager: Orlando Maini
111	COSTA, Rui
112	CONTI, Valerio
113	COSTA, Mario
114	MORI, Manuele
115	MEINTJES, Louis
116	PETILLI, Simone
117	POLANC, Jan
118	ULISSI, Diego
	Trek-Segafredo
	Manager: Kim Andersen
121	MOLLEMA, Bauke
122	HESJEDAL, Ryder
123	SCHLECK, Frank
124	ZUBELDIA, Haimar
125	DIDIER, Laurent
126	FELLINE, Fabio
127	REIJNEN, Kiel
128	STETINA, Peter
	Etixx - Quick Step
	Manager: Brian Holm
131	MARTIN, Daniel
132	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca
133	DE PLUS, Laurens
134	CONTRERAS, Rodrigo
135	VERMOTE, Julien
136	SERRY, Pieter
137	VELITS, Martin
138	VERONA, Carlos
	IAM Cycling
	Manager: Kjell Carlstrom
141	WYSS, Marcel
142	CHEVRIER, Clement
143	DENIFL, Stefan
144	FUMEAUX, Jonathan
145	LANG, Pirmin
146	AREGGER, Marcel
147	TANNER, David
148	WARBASSE, Lawerence
	Astana Pro Team
	Manager: Alexander Shefer
151	ARU, Fabio
152	CATALDO, Dario
153	ZAKHAROV, Artyom
154	ZEITS, Andrey
155	LÓPEZ, Miguel Ángel
156	ROSA, Diego
157	SANCHEZ, Luis Leon
158	TIRALONGO, Paolo
	Team Giant - Alpecin
	Manager: Aike Visbeek
161	BARGUIL, Warren
162	FRÖHLINGER, Johannes
163	FAIRLY, Caleb
164	GESCHKE, Simon
165	JONES, Carter
166	LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik
167	OOMEN, Sam
168	LUNKE, Sindre Skjøstad
	Team LottoNL - Jumbo
	Manager: Merijn Zeeman
171	GESINK, Robert
172	BATTAGLIN, Enrico
173	BENNETT, George
174	BOUWMAN, Koen
175	CAMPENAERTS, Victor
176	LINDEMAN, Bertjan
177	MARTENS, Paul
178	KELDERMAN, Wilco
	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
	Manager: Eugenio Goikoetxea
181	BILBAO, Pello
182	GONÇALVES, Domingos
183	BENITO, Miguel Angel
184	FERRARI, Fabricio
185	GONÇALVES, Jose
186	MADRAZO, Angel
187	PRADES, Eduard
188	LASTRA, Jonathan
	Cofidis Solutions Crèdits
	Manager: Didier Rous
191	NAVARRO, Daniel
192	SIMON, Julien
193	BAGOT, Yoann
194	EDET, Nicolas
195	JEANNESSON, Arnold
196	MATE, Luis Angel
197	MOLARD, Rudy
198	TURGIS, Anthony