2010 Tour of the Basque Country
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| Dates | 5–10 April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 888 km (551.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 23h 27' 30" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Pre-Race Favourites
Two time defending champion, Alberto Contador announced that he would not be taking part in the 2010 Tour. Instead he will put his focus at the Critérium International.[2]
2009 Tour de France runner up Andy Schleck and his brother, Frank Schleck as well as 2009 Vuelta a España champion Alejandro Valverde are heavy favourites. However other favourites also include You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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Teams
There are 20 teams competing in the 2010 Tour of the Basque Country. They are:[4]
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Stages
Stage 1
- 5 April 2010 – Zierbena to Zierbena, 163 km (101 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 finshed 1:38 behind the peloton, making a victory for him seem very unlikely.[6]
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Stage 2
- 6 April 2010 – Zierbena to Viana, 209 km (130 mi)
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Stage 3
- 7 April 2010– Viana to Amurrio, 162 km (101 mi)
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Stage 4
After missing a decisive split that put him over 1:30 behind the race leader, it was the Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez who won the hilliest stage of this years 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.
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Stage 5
- 9 April 2010 – Eibar to Orio (Alto Arrate), 162 km (101 mi)
Joaquin 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 Sánchez 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.
Joaquin 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 Sánchez to give chase.
Joaquin 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]
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Stage 6
- 10 April 2010 – Orio to Orio, 22 km (14 mi) (Individual Time Trial)
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General Classification after Stage 6
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Classification Leadership
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Mountains Classification
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Sprints Classification
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| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Alejandro Valverde | Alejandro Valverde | Gonzalo Rabuñal | Christian Meier | You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | |||||
| 3 | Francesco Gavazzi | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire | |||
| 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Alejandro Valverde | Alejandro Valverde | Amets Txurruka | ||
| 5 | Joaquin Rodriguez | |||||
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| Final |
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Final Results
General Classification
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| 1 |  Chris Horner (USA) 
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23h 27' 30" |
| 2 |  Beñat Intxausti (ESP)
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| 3 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
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| 4 |  Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA)
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| 5 |  Marco Pinotti (ITA)
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| 6 | Sandy Casar (FRA)
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| 7 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
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| 8 |  Robert Gesink (NED)
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| 9 |  Dries Devenyns (BEL)
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| 10 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL)
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Points Classification
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| 1 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
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| 3 | Óscar Freire (ESP)
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| 4 | Chris Horner (USA)
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| 5 | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)
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| 6 | Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP)
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| 7 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP)
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| 8 |  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
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| 9 | Sandy Casar (FRA)
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| 10 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA)
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Mountains Classification
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| 1 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (ESP) 
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| 2 | José Alberto Benítez (ESP)
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| 3 |  Michael Albasini (SUI)
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| 5 |  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)
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| 6 | Chris Horner (USA)
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| 7 |  Michael Rogers (AUS)
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| 8 | Ivan Santaromita (ITA)
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| 9 | Robert Gesink (NED)
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| 10 | Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP)
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Sprints Classification
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| 1 | Christian Meier (CAN)
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| 2 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
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| 3 | Egoi Martinez (ESP)
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| 4 | Michael Albasini (SUI)
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| 5 |  Serguei Klimov (RUS)
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| 6 | Iban Mayoz (ESP)
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| 7 | Michael Rogers (AUS)
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| 8 |  Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ)
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| 9 | Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)
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| 10 | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
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Team classification
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See also
References
- ^ "The CAS imposes a two-year ban on Alejandro Valverde". CAS. 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ Etib (2010-03-17). "Alberto Contador won't compete in Tour of the Basque Country". Etib. Etib. 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. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ UCI Rankings (2010-04-05). "Results Men Elite Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (ESP) Stage 1: Zierbena - Zierbena". UCI. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ Cycling News (2010-04-05). "Valverde wins opening stage after Freire is relegated". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ Cycling News (2010-04-08). "Sanchez wins hilly stage in Pais Vasco". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ Cycling News (2010-04-09). "Rodriguez solos in for Katusha". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2010-04-09.