Tour of Basque Country 2014
The Tour of the Basque Country, edition 2014 takes place from Monday, April 7th, till Sunday, April 12th.
This year, the arrival of stages 3 and 4 are uphill. The climb towards Eibar, during the 4th stage, returns almost each year. During the last stage, there's a time trial of 21 km.
Final Results :
1 ES Alberto Contador TCS 21h09'11"
2 PL Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ +49"
3 FR Jean-Christophe Péraud ALM +1'04"
4 SLO Simon Špilak KAT +1'07"
5 ES Alejandro Valverde MOV +1'07"
6 USA Tejay van Garderen BMC +1'56"
7 AUS Cadel Evans BMC +1'56"
8 RUS Joeri Trofimov KAT +2'13"
9 FR Thibaut Pinot FDJ +2'14"
10 NL Wout Poels OPQ +2'26"
Stages:
First Stage
April 7th : Ordizia - Ordizia - 153.4 km
Results :
1 ES Alberto Contador TCS 4uh05'07"
2 ES Alejandro Valverde MOV +14"
3 PL Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ +34"
4 RUS Joeri Trofimov KAT +36"
5 IT Damiano Cunego LAM +36"
6 FR Jean-Christophe Péraud ALM +36"
7 ES Mikel Nieve SKY +36"
8 AUS Cadel Evans BMC +36"
9 CZ Roman Kreuziger TCS +54"
10 ES Mikel Landa AST +54"
Second Stage
April 8th : Ordizia - Dantxarinea (Urdazubi) - 155.8 km
Results :
1 DE Tony Martin OPQ 3h46'17"
2 UK Ben Swift SKY +30"
3 PL Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ +30"
4 IT Damiano Cunego LAM +30"
5 DE Paul Martens BEL +30"
6 ES Alejandro Valverde MOV +30"
7 KAZ Maksim Iglinski AST +30"
8 JAP Yukiya Arashiro EUC +30"
9 AUS Michael Matthews OGE +30"
10 IT Rinaldo Nocentini ALM +30"
Third Stage
April 9th : Urdazubi-Urdax - Vitoria-Gasteiz - 194.5 km
Results :
1 AUS Michael Matthews OGE 5h02'09"
2 FR Kévin Reza EUC +0"
3 PL Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ +0"
4 UK Ben Swift SKY +0"
5 DE Paul Martens BEL +0"
6 JAP Yukiya Arashiro EUC +0"
7 IT Daniele Ratto CAN +0"
8 KAZ Maksim Iglinski AST +0"
9 IT Enrico Gasparotto AST +0"
10 BE Tosh Van der Sande LTB +0"
Fourth Stage
April 10th : Vitoria-Gasteiz - Eibar (Alto de Arrate) - 151 km
Results :
1 NL Wout Poels OPQ 3h39'29"
2 ES Alejandro Valverde MOV +2"
3 ES Samuel Sánchez BMC +2"
4 NL Tom-Jelte Slagter GRS +3"
5 NL Bauke Mollema BEL +3"
6 RUS Joeri Trofimov KAT +3"
7 AUS Cadel Evans BMC +3"
8 ES Mikel Landa AST +3"
9 IT Damiano Cunego LAM +3"
Fifth Stage
April 11th : Eibar - Markina-Xemein - 160.2 km
Results :
1 UK Ben Swift SKY 3h56'57"
2 ES Alejandro Valverde MOV +0"
3 PL Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ +0"
4 NL Tom-Jelte Slagter GRS +0"
5 IT Damiano Cunego LAM +0"
6 FR Cyril Gautier EUC +0"
7 FR Jonathan Hivert BEL +0"
8 FR Jean-Christophe Péraud ALM +0"
9 ES Alberto Contador TCS +0"
10 AUS Cadel Evans BMC +0"
Sixth Stage
April 12th : Markina-Xemein - Markina-Xemein (individual time trial) - 25.9 km
Results :
1 DE Tony Martin OPQ 38'33"
2 ES Alberto Contador TCS +7"
3 PL Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ +15"
4 SLO Simon Špilak KAT +16"
5 FR Jean-Christophe Péraud ALM +35"
6 NL Tom Dumoulin GIA +38"
7 ES Jon Izagirre MOV +41"
8 ES Alejandro Valverde MOV +1'02"
9 USA Tejay van Garderen BMC +1'05"
10 FR Thibaut Pinot FDJ +1'25"
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