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. 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.

Stages

Stage 1 6 April 2009 – Ataun,

Stage 1 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 28' 43" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 28' 43" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 2 7 April 2009 – Ataun to Villatuerta,

Stage 2 results CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 12' 46" 2 + 6" 3 + 1' 10" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 7h 42' 39" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 3 8 April 2009 – Villatuerta to Éibar,

Stage 3 results CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 16' 29" 2 + 9" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 28" 6 + 33" 7 + 36" 8 + 55" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 11h 59' 08" 2 + 9" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 28" 6 + 33" 7 + 36" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 4 9 April 2009 – Éibar to Güeñes,

Stage 4 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 59' 42" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 1' 25" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 16h 00' 16" 2 + 9" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 27" 6 + 32" 7 + 35" 8 + 54" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 5 10 April 2009 – Güeñes to Zalla,

Stage 5 results CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 15' 56" 2 + 19" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 20h 16' 31" 2 + 9" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 27" 6 + 32" 7 + 35" 8 + 54" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 6 11 April 2009 – Zalla, (ITT)

Stage 6 results CyclistTeamTime 1 31' 59" 2 + 22" 3 + 45" 4 + 45" 5 + 1' 13" 6 + 1' 18" 7 + 1' 22" 8 + 1' 25" 9 s.t. 10 + 1' 26"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 20h 48' 30" 2 + 32" 3 + 53" 4 + 1' 33" 5 + 1' 48" 6 + 1' 53" 7 + 1' 57" 8 + 2' 20" 9 + 2' 30" 10 + 2' 35"

Final standings General Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 20h 48' 30" 2 + 32" 3 + 53" 4 + 1' 33" 5 + 1' 48" 6 + 1' 53" 7 + 1' 57" 8 + 2' 20" 9 + 2' 30" 10 + 2' 35"Points Classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 61 2 59 3 58 4 50 5 37 6 36 7 35 8 34 9 31 10 25 Mountains Classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 37 2 35 3 21 4 19 5 14 6 12 7 Contentpolis-Ampo 12 8 11 9 9 10 8Metas Volantes Classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 6 2 6 3 5 4 4 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 2 10 2

Team Classification TeamTime 1 62h 35' 14" 2 + 1" 3 + 39" 4 + 4' 10" 5 + 4' 27" 6 + 6' 18" 7 + 6' 28" 8 + 12' 00" 9 + 15' 12" 10 + 17' 03"

Jersey progress Stage(Winner) General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Metas Volantes Classification Team Classification Stage 1(Luis León Sánchez)Luis León SánchezLuis León SánchezAitor HernándezGorka Izagirre Stage 2(Yury Trofimov)Manuel Vázquez Stage 3(Alberto Contador)Alberto Contador Stage 4(Michael Albasini)Michael Albasini Stage 5(Marco Pinotti)Ben SwiftRein TaaramäeEgoi Martínez Stage 6 (ITT)(Alberto Contador)Samuel Sánchez FinalAlberto ContadorSamuel SánchezRein TaaramäeEgoi Martínez

Withdrawals TypeStageCyclistTeamReasonDNS2DNS2DNF2DNF2DNF2DNF2DNF4 Injury sustained in crashDNS5DNF5 54 riders did not finish the rainy 5th stage

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