2016 UCI cycling calendar | 2016 Tour of the Basque country (Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)

2016 Tour of the Basque country (Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)

Dates

Took place from Monday 04 April 2016 till Saturday 09 April 2016.

In the UCI calendar ...

takes place in Spain
is part of the UCI WorldTour 2016
class 2.UWT - UCI WorldTour stage races

Result / Final classification

1/ Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) - 22h44'43"
2/ Sergio Henao (Team Sky) - +0'12"
3/ Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) - +0'37"
4/ Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) - +1'13"
5/ Joaquin Rodriguez (Team Katusha) - +1'22"

More information ...

Go to the official website for the 2016 Tour of the Basque country (Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)

CONTINUE READING AFTER THIS ADVERTISEMENT

Stages/Race route and results (when available)

Monday 04 April 2016	1/ Etxebarria > Markina-Xemein	144 km	1/ Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana Pro Team) - 3h54'21" 2/ Daniel Navarro (Cofidis, solutions crédits) 3/ Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) 4/ Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) 5/ Simon Clarke (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team) >> détails
Euskal Herriko #Itzulia Arabara sartuko da gaur https://t.co/DmKpqXE5jd pic.twitter.com/L8WD8UmkpM — Arabako ALEA (@ArabakoALEA) April 5, 2016
tuesday 05 April 2016	2/ Markina-Xemein > Baranbio-Garrastatxu (Amurrio)	174.3 km	1/ Mikel Landa (Team Sky) - 4h43'17" 2/ Wilco Kelderman (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) - +0'01" 3/ Sergio Luis Henao (Team Sky) - +0'05" 4/ Samuel Sanchez (BMC Racing Team) - +0'09" 5/ Alberto Cotnador (Tinkoff) - +0'11" >> détails
@TeamSky's Mikel Landa launches into #PaisVasco lead https://t.co/s2bxWd0NIC p/b @SpeedplayPedals #walkablecleats pic.twitter.com/3FNpfeTsXz — peloton® (@pelotonmagazine) April 5, 2016
Wednesday 06 April 2016	3/ Vitoria-Gasteiz > Lesaka	193.5 km	1/ Steven Cummings (Dimension Data) - 5h01'57" 2/ Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) 3/ Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) 4/ Gianluca Brambilla Etixx-QuickStep) 5/ Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) >> détails
It's so good to end the day off with that winning feeling! ???? Great job @StevoCummings! ???? @photogomezsport pic.twitter.com/TiPMMgLkYs — Team Dimension Data (@TeamDiData) April 6, 2016
Thursday 07 April 2016	4/ Lesaka > Orio	165 km	1/ Samuel Sanchez (BMC Racing Team) - 4h13'12" 2/ Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) 3/ Warren Barguil (Team Giant-Alpecin) 4/ Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R La Mondiale) 5/ Sergio Luis Henao (Team Sky) >> détails
Friday 08 April 2016	5/ Orio > Arrate (Eibar)	159 km	1/ Diego Rosa (Astana Pro Team) - 4h19'15" 2/ Sergio Luis Henao (Team Sky) - +3'13" 3/ Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) 4/ Joaquin Rodriguez (Team Katusha) - +3'15" 5/ Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) >> détails
Diego Rosa puts in mammoth solo ride to net Tour of the Basque Country stage five https://t.co/GAPSDQagxB #itzulia pic.twitter.com/HyKkVefP8N — Cycling Weekly (@cyclingweekly) April 8, 2016
Saturday 09 April 2016	6/ Eibar > Eibar (ITT)	16.5 km	1/ Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) - 29'13" 2/ Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) - +0'05" 3/ Sergio Henao (Team Sky) - +0'18" 4/ Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEDGE) - +0'53" 5/ Samuel Sanchez (BMC Racing Team) - +1'04" >> détails
#Itzulia A great ride by @albertocontador to win today's time trial, taking his 4th Pais Vasco GC win with it! pic.twitter.com/W87soSMTVJ — Tinkoff (@tinkoff_team) April 9, 2016
total distance		852.3 km