2009 Vuelta al País Vasco - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2009 Vuelta al País Vasco, the 66th edition of the Vuelta al País Vasco stage cycling race, started on 6 April and ended on 11 April. It was won by 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...

, making this his second Vuelta al País Vasco victory in a row. The race was the sixth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking

2009 UCI World Ranking

The 2009 UCI World Ranking is the first edition of the ranking system launched by the International Cycling Union , replacing the rankings previously part of the UCI ProTour. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 20 January, and consists of 13 stage races and 11 one-day...

series.

Stage 1, April 6, 2009: Ataun
Ataun
Ataun is a town located at the foot of the Aralar Range in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:* *...

, 142 km

Stage 1 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 28' 43"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 28' 43"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 2, April 7, 2009: Ataun
Ataun
Ataun is a town located at the foot of the Aralar Range in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:* ...

> Villatuerta
Villatuerta
Villatuerta is a town and municipality located in the province and the autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.-External links:...

, 169 km

Stage 2 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 12' 46"
2			+ 6"
3			+ 1' 10"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			7h 42' 39"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 3, April 8, 2009: Villatuerta
Villatuerta
Villatuerta is a town and municipality located in the province and the autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.-External links:*...

> Éibar
Éibar
Eibar is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. The city was chartered by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1346...

, 163 km

Stage 3 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 16' 29"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 28"
6			+ 33"
7			+ 36"
8			+ 55"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			11h 59' 08"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 28"
6			+ 33"
7			+ 36"
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 4, April 9, 2009: Éibar
Éibar
Eibar is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. The city was chartered by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1346...

> Güeñes
Gueñes
El concejo de Güeñes es un municipio de la comarca de Las Encartaciones...

, 152 km

Stage 4 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 59' 42"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			+ 1' 25"
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			16h 00' 16"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 27"
6			+ 32"
7			+ 35"
8			+ 54"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 5, April 10, 2009: Güeñes
Gueñes
El concejo de Güeñes es un municipio de la comarca de Las Encartaciones...

> Zalla
Zalla
Zalla is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:*...

, 162 km

Stage 5 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 15' 56"
2			+ 19"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 16' 31"
2			+ 9"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 27"
6			+ 32"
7			+ 35"
8			+ 54"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 6, April 11, 2009: Zalla
Zalla
Zalla is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:*...

, 24 km (ITT)

Stage 6 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			31' 59"
2			+ 22"
3			+ 45"
4			+ 45"
5			+ 1' 13"
6			+ 1' 18"
7			+ 1' 22"
8			+ 1' 25"
9			s.t.
10			+ 1' 26"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 48' 30"
2			+ 32"
3			+ 53"
4			+ 1' 33"
5			+ 1' 48"
6			+ 1' 53"
7			+ 1' 57"
8			+ 2' 20"
9			+ 2' 30"
10			+ 2' 35"

General Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 48' 30"
2			+ 32"
3			+ 53"
4			+ 1' 33"
5			+ 1' 48"
6			+ 1' 53"
7			+ 1' 57"
8			+ 2' 20"
9			+ 2' 30"
10			+ 2' 35"

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			61
2			59
3			58
4			50
5			37
6			36
7			35
8			34
9			31
10			25

Mountains Classification

	Team	Points
1		37
2		35
3		21
4		19
5		14
6		12
7	Contentpolis-Ampo	12
8		11
9		9
10		8

Metas Volantes Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			6
2			6
3			5
4			4
5			3
6			3
7			3
8			3
9			2
10			2

Team Classification

	Team	Time
1		62h 35' 14"
2		+ 1"
3		+ 39"
4		+ 4' 10"
5		+ 4' 27"
6		+ 6' 18"
7		+ 6' 28"
8		+ 12' 00"
9		+ 15' 12"
10		+ 17' 03"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Metas Volantes Classification
Stage 1 (Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación... )	Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación...	Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación...	Aitor Hernández Aitor Hernández Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez is a Spanish racing cyclist who is currently not under contract to any team.- Palmares :199820022006 – Euskaltel-Euskadi2007 – Euskaltel-Euskadi2009...	Gorka Izagirre Gorka Izagirre Gorka Izagirre Intxausti is a professional cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTeam, .-Palmarès:2010* 1st, Stage 4, Tour of Luxembourg* 1st, Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia* 7th, Stage 3, Eneco Tour2011* 2nd, Trofeo Deia* 7th, Stage 3, Tour Down Under...
Stage 2 (Yury Trofimov)				Manuel Vázquez Manuel Vázquez (cyclist) Manuel Vázquez Hueso is a professional road racing cyclist currently suspended. On April 26, 2010 he was provisionally suspended by the UCI for a suspected doping offense, after being tested positive for EPO on March 20, 2010 in an out-of-competition control...
Stage 3 (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... )	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...
Stage 4 (Michael Albasini Michael Albasini Michael Albasini is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season... )				Michael Albasini Michael Albasini Michael Albasini is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season...
Stage 5 (Marco Pinotti Marco Pinotti Marco Pinotti is an Italian road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Pinotti is a specialist of individual time trial, in which he is a five-time Italian Time Trial Champion .... )		Ben Swift Ben Swift Benjamin Swift is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Sky.-Biography:...	Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team .-Career:Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of...	Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez de Esteban is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France....
Stage 6 (ITT) (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... )		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...
Final	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...	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...	Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team .-Career:Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of...	Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez de Esteban is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France....

Withdrawals

Type	Stage	Cyclist	Reason
DNS	2
DNS	2
DNF	2
DNF	2
DNF	2
DNF	2
DNF	4		Injury sustained in crash
DNS	5
DNF	5	54 riders did not finish the rainy 5th stage

External links

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Stage 1, April 6, 2009: AtaunAtaunAtaun is a town located at the foot of the Aralar Range in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:* *..., 142 km

Stage 4, April 9, 2009: ÉibarÉibarEibar is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. The city was chartered by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1346... > GüeñesGueñesEl concejo de Güeñes es un municipio de la comarca de Las Encartaciones..., 152 km

Stage 5, April 10, 2009: GüeñesGueñesEl concejo de Güeñes es un municipio de la comarca de Las Encartaciones... > ZallaZallaZalla is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:*..., 162 km

Stage 6, April 11, 2009: ZallaZallaZalla is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:*..., 24 km (ITT)