| 2009 UCI World Ranking, race 6 of 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 6–11 April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 812 km (504.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Tour of the Basque Country, the 66th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage cycling race, started on 6 April and ended on 11 April 2009. [1] The race was won by Alberto Contador, making this his second Tour of the Basque Country victory in a row. The race was the sixth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series.
6 April 2009 – Ataun, 142 km (88 mi)
Stage 1 results
| General Classification after Stage 1
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7 April 2009 – Ataun to Villatuerta, 169 km (105 mi)
Stage 2 results
| General Classification after Stage 2
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8 April 2009 – Villatuerta to Éibar, 163 km (101 mi)
Stage 3 results
| General Classification after Stage 3
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9 April 2009 – Éibar to Güeñes, 152 km (94 mi)
Stage 4 results
| General Classification after Stage 4
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10 April 2009 – Güeñes to Zalla, 162 km (101 mi)
Stage 5 results
| General Classification after Stage 5
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11 April 2009 – Zalla, 24 km (15 mi) (ITT)
Stage 6 results
| General Classification after Stage 6
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General Classification [2]
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Mountains Classification
| Metas Volantes Classification
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Team Classification
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| Stage (Winner) | General Classification | Points Classification | Mountains Classification | Metas Volantes Classification | Team Classification |
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| Stage 1 (Luis León Sánchez) | Luis León Sánchez | Luis León Sánchez | Aitor Hernández | Gorka Izagirre | Caisse d'Epargne |
| Stage 2 (Yury Trofimov) | Manuel Vázquez | ||||
| Stage 3 (Alberto Contador) | Alberto Contador | ||||
| Stage 4 (Michael Albasini) | Michael Albasini | ||||
| Stage 5 (Marco Pinotti) | Ben Swift | Rein Taaramäe | Egoi Martínez | ||
| Stage 6 (ITT) (Alberto Contador) | Samuel Sánchez | ||||
| Final | Alberto Contador | Samuel Sánchez | Rein Taaramäe | Egoi Martínez | Caisse d'Epargne |
| Type | Stage | Cyclist | Team | Reason |
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| DNS | 2 |  Tom Danielson (USA) | Garmin–Slipstream | |
| DNS | 2 |  Eros Capecchi (ITA) | Fuji–Servetto | |
| DNF | 2 |  Jesús Del Nero (ESP) | Fuji–Servetto | |
| DNF | 2 |  Evgeni Petrov (RUS) | Team Katusha | |
| DNF | 2 |  Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) | Française des Jeux | |
| DNF | 2 |  Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | |
| DNF | 4 | Chris Horner (USA) | Astana | Injury sustained in crash |
| DNS | 5 |  Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | 5 | 54 riders did not finish the rainy 5th stage | ||
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