The 2009 Tour of the Basque Country, the 66th edition of the

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races ...

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, started on 6 April and ended on 11 April 2009. The race was won by

Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice ( 2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the V ...

, making this his second Tour of the Basque Country victory in a row. The race was the sixth event in the inaugural

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series.

Stages

Stage 1

6 April 2009 - Ataun,

Stage 2

7 April 2009 - Ataun to Villatuerta,

Stage 3

8 April 2009 - Villatuerta to

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Stage 4

9 April 2009 -

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Stage 5

10 April 2009 -

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Stage 6

11 April 2009 -

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, ( ITT)

Final standings

Jersey progress

Withdrawals

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basque 2009 2009 UCI ProTour 2009 in Spanish road cycling 2009 UCI World Ranking