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'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

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

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, 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 –

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Stage 2

7 April 2009 –

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Stage 3

8 April 2009 –

to Éibar,

Stage 4

9 April 2009 – Éibar to Güeñes,

Stage 5

10 April 2009 – Güeñes to Zalla,

Stage 6

11 April 2009 – Zalla, (

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)

Final standings

Jersey progress

Withdrawals

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basque

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2009 UCI ProTour 2009 in Spanish road cycling 2009 UCI World Ranking 2009 in the Basque Country (autonomous community)