Stage 1, April 9, Urretxu

Urretxu

Urretxu is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:* Information available in Spanish and Basque.* Information available in Spanish...

–Urretxu, 139 km

tage 1 Result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour 2007 UCI ProTour The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences... Points 1   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... 3h 43' 05" 3 pts 2   Constantino Zaballa Constantino Zaballa Constantino Zaballa Gutiérrez is a professional road racing cyclist since 2001, currently riding for Portuguese UCI Continental team Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano-Aquashow. In 2005 he achieved his greatest victory by winning Clásica de San Sebastián... CEI + 10" 2 pts 3   Óscar Sevilla Oscar Sevilla Óscar Miguel Sevilla Ribera , nicknamed El Niño, is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... + 11" N/A

eneral Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... 3h 43' 05" 2   Constantino Zaballa Constantino Zaballa Constantino Zaballa Gutiérrez is a professional road racing cyclist since 2001, currently riding for Portuguese UCI Continental team Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano-Aquashow. In 2005 he achieved his greatest victory by winning Clásica de San Sebastián... CEI + 10" 3   Óscar Sevilla Oscar Sevilla Óscar Miguel Sevilla Ribera , nicknamed El Niño, is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... + 11"

Stage 2, April 10, Urretxu–Karrantza

Karrantza

Karrantza in Basque or Carranza in Spanish is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The official name is "Valle de Carranza"....

, 191.5 km

tage 2 Result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour 2007 UCI ProTour The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences... Points 1   Manuel Beltrán Manuel Beltrán Manuel Beltrán Martinez is a professional road bicycle racer from Spain. Beltrán won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader... LIQ Liquigas Liquigas-Cannondale is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The current title sponsor is Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas products in Italy. The second sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, whose sponsorship has led to a small... 4h 51' 55" 3 pts 2   José Antonio Redondo José Antonio Redondo José Antonio Redondo Ramos is a Spanish racing cyclist who most recently rode for UCI Professional Continental team Andalucía-Cajasur. He never won a pro race up to now. In 2007, he became 2nd in the 2nd stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and in the 2nd stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco... AST Astana Team Astana is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007... + 15" 2 pts 3   José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 19" 1 pt

eneral Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... 8h 35' 26" 2   José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 6" 3   Manuel Beltrán Manuel Beltrán Manuel Beltrán Martinez is a professional road bicycle racer from Spain. Beltrán won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader... LIQ Liquigas Liquigas-Cannondale is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The current title sponsor is Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas products in Italy. The second sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, whose sponsorship has led to a small... + 6"

Stage 3, April 11, Karrantza–Vitoria-Gasteiz

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain with a population of 235,661 people. It is the second largest Basque city...

, 173 km

tage 3 Result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour 2007 UCI ProTour The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences... Points 1   Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Arcos is an Spanish road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmarès :20002001... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... 4h 04' 06" N/A 2   Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea LAM Lampre-Fondital Lampre-ISD is an Italian road bicycle racing team. It was known in 2005 as Lampre-Caffita, a fusion of the previous Lampre and teams. Lampre is an Italian manufacturer of prefinished steel sheet materials. ISD is a Ukrainian steel manufacturer. The team is a member of the UCI ProTour, and has... s.t. 2 pts 3   Iker Camaño Iker Camaño Iker Camaño Ortuzar is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Endura Racing. Camaño turned professional in 2002 with Phonak Hearing Systems and moved to Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2004, but did not record any professional victories until 2011... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... s.t. 1 pt

eneral Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time 1   Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Arcos is an Spanish road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmarès :20002001... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... 12h 39' 58" 2   Bram Tankink Bram Tankink Bram Tankink is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He started his career as a mountainbiker, but in 1999 he became a road rider. In 2000 he became Dutch champion of the espoirs which resulted in a professional contract for 2001 at Domo-Farm Frites... QSI Quick Step-Innergetic Quick Step is a Belgian UCI ProTour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefévère. The directors are Rik Verbrugghe, Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters, Rik Van Slycke and Luca Guercilena. The mechanics are Jeanick Verstraete and Kurt Roose... + 2' 00" 3   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 2' 14"

Stage 4, April 12, Vitoria-Gasteiz–Lekunberri

Lekunberri, Spain

Lekunberri is a municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre , northern Spain. It is situated in the northwestern portion of the province, some 30 km from the provincial capital, Pamplona...

, 173 km

tage 4 Result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour 2007 UCI ProTour The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences... Points 1   Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... CSC Team CSC Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack... 4h 32' 15" 3 pts 2   José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 1' 39" 2 pts 3   Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship... CEI + 1' 59" 1 pt

eneral Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1   Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Arcos is an Spanish road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmarès :20002001... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... 17h 14' 26" 2   José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante José Ángel Gómez Marchante is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 1' 46" 3   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 1' 54"

Stage 5, April 13, Lekunberri–Oiartzun

Oiartzun

Oiartzun is a town of the Basque Country located in the province of Gipuzkoa lying at the foot of the massif Aiako Harria.The name traces back to the Oiasso or Oiarso of the Roman period, an important town dedicated to mining and marine activities...

, 173 km

tage 5 Result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour 2007 UCI ProTour The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences... Points 1   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... 4h 18' 38" 3 pts 2   Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton... EUS Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... + 1' 03" 2 pts 3   Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 1' 38" 1 pt

eneral Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... 21h 34' 58" 2   Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Arcos is an Spanish road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmarès :20002001... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... + 1" 3   Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton... EUS Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... + 1' 20"

Stage 6, April 14, Oiartzun–Oiartzun (ITT

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

), 14 km

tage 6 Result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour 2007 UCI ProTour The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences... Points 1   Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton... EUS Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... 21' 36" 3 pts 2   Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, the 2009 Tour de France, the 2010 Tour de France and won 2011 Giro... DSC Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. It was the continuation of the 2004 U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team. Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner, was its leader until July 2005... + 2" 2 pts 3   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... + 4" 1 pt

eneral Classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time 1   Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... 21h 56' 38" 2   Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Ángel Vicioso Arcos is an Spanish road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmarès :20002001... REG Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.... + 37" 3   Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton... EUS Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... + 1' 16"

General classification

Mountains classification

Points classification

Regularidad classification

Team classification

Jersey progress

External links

• 2007 Vuelta al País Vasco on cyclingnews.com