The 2010 Tour of the Basque Country, was the 50th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race. It started on 5 April and ended on 10 April. Chris Horner won the race 7 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde after winning the sixth and final stage which was an individual time trial 8 seconds ahead of Valverde. Valverde's results were subsequently removed after a retroactive suspension was applied.[1]
5 April 2010 – Zierbena to Zierbena, 152 km (94 mi)
Alejandro Valverde was awarded the opening stage after Óscar Freire, who crossed the line first, was disqualified for interfering with him in the sprint. After the subsequent removal of Valverde's results, Freire was reinstated as stage winner.[5] Pre-race favourite, Samuel Sánchez missed a decisive split in the peloton and finished 1:38 behind the peloton, making a victory for him seem very unlikely.[6]
After missing a decisive split that put him over 1:30 behind the race leader, it was the Olympic ChampionSamuel Sánchez who won the hilliest stage of this year's tour.
Samuel Sánchez caught Chris Horner at the top of the Alto de Usartza climb and then dived down the short descent to the finish to win by two seconds. Alejandro Valverde and Robert Gesink also caught Chris Horner who barely managed to stay with them.
The victory put Alejandro Valverde only one second ahead of Chris Horner and Robert Gesink respectively. The overall favourites knew they had to wait for the Alto de Usartza, that ended just two kilometres from the finish.
A large attack group including mountains classification leader Amets Txurruka spent much of the day ahead of the peloton. On the penultimate climb Txurruka attacked solo, but crashed on the descent towards the final climb. He was able to complete the stage, but broke his collarbone in the incident and had to drop out before the final time trial.
Robert Gesink who was in 3rd place after the previous stage, is now in 8th place after experiencing a crash on the final climb. His team (Rabobank) reported that he may have broken a bone in his hand.
Joaquim Rodríguez had attacked out of the chasing peloton with about 20 km to go, passing the remnants of an earlier escape group. He had come into the stage 48 seconds down on the general ranking, dangerous enough for Valverde, Horner and Sánchez to give chase.
Joaquim Rodríguez was happy with the result and the ITT is different than normal because it has a hilly finish. His dream is to take the GC.[8]
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The 2010 Tour of the Basque Country was the 50th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race It started on 5 April and ended on 10 April Chris Horner won the race 7 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde after winning the sixth and final stage which was an individual time trial 8 seconds ahead of Valverde Valverde s results were subsequently removed after a retroactive suspension was applied 1 2010 Vuelta al Pais Vasco2010 UCI ProTour2010 UCI World Ranking race 1 of 26Race detailsDates5 10 AprilStages6Distance888 km 551 8 mi Winning time23h 27 30 ResultsWinner Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack Second Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi Third Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha Points Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi Mountains Gonzalo Rabunal ESP Xacobeo Galicia Sprints Christian Meier CAN Garmin Transitions TeamTeam HTC Columbia 20092011 Contents 1 Pre Race Favourites 2 Teams 3 Stages 3 1 Stage 1 3 2 Stage 2 3 3 Stage 3 3 4 Stage 4 3 5 Stage 5 3 6 Stage 6 4 Classification Leadership 5 Final Results 5 1 General classification 5 2 Points Classification 5 3 Mountains Classification 5 4 Sprints Classification 5 5 Team classification 6 See also 7 ReferencesPre Race Favourites EditTwo time defending champion Alberto Contador announced that he would not be taking part in the 2010 Tour Instead he put his focus at the Criterium International 2 2009 Tour de France runner up Andy Schleck and his brother Frank Schleck as well as 2009 Vuelta a Espana champion Alejandro Valverde were heavy favourites However other favourites also included Team RadioShack s Andreas Kloden Italy s Damiano Cunego and Samuel Sanchez from Spain 3 Teams EditThere are 20 teams competing in the 2010 Tour of the Basque Country They are 4 Ag2r La Mondiale Andalucia Cajasur Astana Caisse d Epargne Euskaltel Euskadi Footon Servetto Fuji Francaise des Jeux Garmin Transitions Lampre Farnese Vini Liquigas Doimo Omega Pharma Lotto Quick Step Rabobank Team HTC Columbia Team Katusha Team Milram Team RadioShack Team Saxo Bank Team Sky Xacobeo GaliciaStages EditStage 1 Edit 5 April 2010 Zierbena to Zierbena 152 km 94 mi Alejandro Valverde was awarded the opening stage after oscar Freire who crossed the line first was disqualified for interfering with him in the sprint After the subsequent removal of Valverde s results Freire was reinstated as stage winner 5 Pre race favourite Samuel Sanchez missed a decisive split in the peloton and finished 1 38 behind the peloton making a victory for him seem very unlikely 6 Stage 1 results Cyclist Team Time1 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 3h 57 57 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 0 3 Christophe Le Mevel FRA Francaise des Jeux 0 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 0 5 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Team Katusha 0 6 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Omega Pharma Lotto 0 7 Rigoberto Uran COL Caisse d Epargne 0 8 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Team RadioShack 0 9 Dan Martin IRL Garmin Transitions 0 10 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 0 General classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time1 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 3h 57 57 2 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 0 3 Christophe Le Mevel FRA Francaise des Jeux 0 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 0 5 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Team Katusha 0 6 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Omega Pharma Lotto 0 7 Rigoberto Uran COL Caisse d Epargne 0 8 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Team RadioShack 0 9 Dan Martin IRL Garmin Transitions 0 10 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 0 Stage 2 Edit 6 April 2010 Zierbena to Viana 217 km 135 mi Stage 2 Results Cyclist Team Time1 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 5h 53 40 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 0 3 Francesco Gavazzi ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 1 4 Michael Albasini SUI Team HTC Columbia 1 5 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 1 6 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 1 7 Kristijan Koren SLO Liquigas Doimo 1 8 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Team Katusha 1 9 Damiano Cunego ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 1 10 Paul Martens GER Rabobank 1 General classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time1 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 9h 51 38 2 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 0 3 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 1 4 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Team Katusha 1 5 Rigoberto Uran COL Caisse d Epargne 1 6 Dan Martin IRL Garmin Transitions 1 7 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Team RadioShack 1 8 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 1 9 Damiano Cunego ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 1 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Omega Pharma Lotto 1 Stage 3 Edit 7 April 2010 Viana to Amurrio 187 km 116 mi Stage 3 Results Cyclist Team Time1 Francesco Gavazzi ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 4h 49 52 2 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 0 3 Peter Velits SVK Team HTC Columbia 0 4 Alexander Bocharov RUS Team Katusha 0 5 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 0 6 Davide Vigano ITA Team Sky 0 7 Christian Knees GER Team Milram 0 8 Davide Malacarne ITA Quick Step 0 9 Paul Martens GER Rabobank 0 10 Kristijan Koren SLO Liquigas Doimo 0 General classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time1 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 14h 41 30 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 2 3 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 3 4 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Team Katusha 3 5 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Team RadioShack 3 6 Marco Pinotti ITA Team HTC Columbia 3 7 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 3 8 Damiano Cunego ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 3 9 Dries Devenyns BEL Quick Step 3 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Omega Pharma Lotto 3 Stage 4 Edit 8 April 2010 Murgia to Eibar 160 km 99 mi After missing a decisive split that put him over 1 30 behind the race leader it was the Olympic Champion Samuel Sanchez who won the hilliest stage of this year s tour Samuel Sanchez caught Chris Horner at the top of the Alto de Usartza climb and then dived down the short descent to the finish to win by two seconds Alejandro Valverde and Robert Gesink also caught Chris Horner who barely managed to stay with them The victory put Alejandro Valverde only one second ahead of Chris Horner and Robert Gesink respectively The overall favourites knew they had to wait for the Alto de Usartza that ended just two kilometres from the finish Samuel Sanchez s victory was Euskaltel Euskadi s first victory of the 2010 cycling year as well 7 Stage 4 Results Cyclist Team Time1 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 4h 05 16 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 2 3 Robert Gesink NED Rabobank 2 4 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 2 5 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 33 6 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 33 7 Damiano Cunego ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 40 8 Andy Schleck LUX Team Saxo Bank 40 9 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 49 10 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 49 General classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time1 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 18h 46 50 2 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 1 3 Robert Gesink NED Rabobank 1 4 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 32 5 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 32 6 Damiano Cunego ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 39 7 Andy Schleck LUX Team Saxo Bank 39 8 Marco Pinotti ITA Team HTC Columbia 48 9 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 48 10 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 48 Stage 5 Edit 9 April 2010 Eibar to Orio 170 km 110 mi Joaquim Rodriguez soloed across the finish line taking 14 seconds off of race leader Alejandro Valverde and put him comfortably in 3rd place 2008 Champion Samuel Sanchez came in 2nd place just ahead of race leader Alejandro Valverde A large attack group including mountains classification leader Amets Txurruka spent much of the day ahead of the peloton On the penultimate climb Txurruka attacked solo but crashed on the descent towards the final climb He was able to complete the stage but broke his collarbone in the incident and had to drop out before the final time trial Robert Gesink who was in 3rd place after the previous stage is now in 8th place after experiencing a crash on the final climb His team Rabobank reported that he may have broken a bone in his hand Joaquim Rodriguez had attacked out of the chasing peloton with about 20 km to go passing the remnants of an earlier escape group He had come into the stage 48 seconds down on the general ranking dangerous enough for Valverde Horner and Sanchez to give chase Joaquim Rodriguez was happy with the result and the ITT is different than normal because it has a hilly finish His dream is to take the GC 8 Stage 5 Results Cyclist Team Time1 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 4h 07 52 2 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 14 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 14 4 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 14 5 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 20 6 Francesco Gavazzi ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 20 7 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 20 8 Dries Devenyns BEL Quick Step 20 9 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Omega Pharma Lotto 20 10 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 20 General classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time1 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 22h 54 56 2 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 1 3 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 34 4 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 38 5 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 38 6 Andy Schleck LUX Team Saxo Bank 45 7 Marco Pinotti ITA Team HTC Columbia 54 8 Robert Gesink NED Rabobank 54 9 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 54 10 Dries Devenyns BEL Quick Step 1 16 Stage 6 Edit 10 April 2010 Orio to Orio 22 km 14 mi Individual Time Trial Stage 6 Results Cyclist Team Time1 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 32 33 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 8 3 Maxime Monfort BEL Team HTC Columbia 13 4 Michael Rogers AUS Team HTC Columbia 18 5 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 21 6 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 23 7 Marco Pinotti ITA Team HTC Columbia 25 8 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 33 9 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 33 10 Andreas Kloden GER Team RadioShack 34 General classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time1 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 23h 27 30 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Caisse d Epargne 7 3 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 58 4 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 1 06 5 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 1 10 6 Marco Pinotti ITA Team HTC Columbia 1 18 7 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 1 47 8 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 1 58 9 Robert Gesink NED Rabobank 1 59 10 Dries Devenyns BEL Quick Step 2 27 Classification Leadership EditStage Winner General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Sprints Classification Team Classification1 Alejandro Valverdeoscar Freire Alejandro Valverdeoscar Freire Alejandro Valverdeoscar Freire Gonzalo Rabunal Christian Meier Team RadioShack2 Alejandro Valverdeoscar Freire3 Francesco Gavazzi oscar Freire oscar Freire4 Samuel Sanchez Alejandro ValverdeChris Horner Alejandro ValverdeSamuel Sanchez Amets Txurruka5 Joaquim Rodriguez6 Chris Horner Chris Horner Gonzalo Rabunal Team HTC ColumbiaFinal Chris Horner Alejandro ValverdeSamuel Sanchez Gonzalo Rabunal Christian Meier Team HTC ColumbiaFinal Results EditGeneral classification Edit Rider Team Time1 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 23h 27 30 2 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 58 3 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 1 06 4 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 1 10 5 Marco Pinotti ITA Team HTC Columbia 1 18 6 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 1 47 7 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 1 58 8 Robert Gesink NED Rabobank 1 59 9 Dries Devenyns BEL Quick Step 2 27 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Omega Pharma Lotto 2 37 Points Classification Edit Rider Team Points1 Samuel Sanchez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 793 oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 604 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 535 Francesco Gavazzi ITA Lampre Farnese Vini 516 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 467 Benat Intxausti ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 348 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 339 Sandy Casar FRA Francaise des Jeux 2610 Jean Christophe Peraud FRA Omega Pharma Lotto 24 Mountains Classification Edit Rider Team Points1 Gonzalo Rabunal ESP Xacobeo Galicia 232 Jose Alberto Benitez ESP Footon Servetto Fuji 193 Michael Albasini SUI Team HTC Columbia 164 Jakob Fuglsang DEN Team Saxo Bank 165 Johannes Frohlinger GER Team Milram 146 Chris Horner USA Team RadioShack 137 Michael Rogers AUS Team HTC Columbia 128 Ivan Santaromita ITA Liquigas Doimo 119 Robert Gesink NED Rabobank 910 Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Team Katusha 8Sprints Classification Edit Rider Team Points1 Christian Meier CAN Garmin Transitions 142 Jakob Fuglsang DEN Team Saxo Bank 93 Egoi Martinez ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 94 Michael Albasini SUI Team HTC Columbia 95 Serguei Klimov RUS Team Katusha 86 Iban Mayoz ESP Euskaltel Euskadi 47 Michael Rogers AUS Team HTC Columbia 48 Dmitriy Fofonov KAZ Astana 39 Remy Di Gregorio FRA Francaise des Jeux 310 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Garmin Transitions 2 Team classification Edit Pos Team Time1 Team HTC Columbia 70h 28 40 2 Team RadioShack 17 3 Euskaltel Euskadi 2 14 4 Caisse d Epargne 6 09 5 Team Katusha 14 32 6 Francaise des Jeux 18 08 7 Rabobank 20 44 8 Omega Pharma Lotto 21 43 9 Quick Step 23 29 10 Team Saxo Bank 24 17 See also Edit2010 in road cycling UCI Pro TourReferences Edit The CAS imposes a two year ban on Alejandro Valverde CAS 2009 05 31 Archived from the original on 2010 06 05 Retrieved 2009 05 31 Etib 2010 03 17 Alberto Contador won t compete in Tour of the Basque Country Etib Etib Archived from the original on 2011 07 28 Retrieved 2010 03 30 Etib 2010 03 29 Valverde and Schleck leading figures in Tour of the Basque Country Etib Etib Retrieved 2010 03 31 Universal Sports 2010 03 29 Tour of the Basque Country Start list Universal Sports Universal Sports Archived from the original on 5 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 01 UCI Rankings 2010 04 05 Results Men Elite Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco ESP Stage 1 Zierbena Zierbena UCI Archived from the original on 2011 10 07 Retrieved 2010 05 31 Cycling News 2010 04 05 Valverde wins opening stage after Freire is relegated Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Archived from the original on 8 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 05 Cycling News 2010 04 08 Sanchez wins hilly stage in Pais Vasco Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Archived from the original on 10 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 08 Cycling News 2010 04 09 Rodriguez solos in for Katusha Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Archived from the original on 12 April 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2010 Tour of the Basque Country amp oldid 1171197276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
