Tour of the Basque Country 2015
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Dumoulin wins stage, Purito takes overall
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour of the Basque Country closes with a 18.3 kilometres climbing time trial with super-steep hills. That suits 'anti time trialist' Joaquim Rodríguez, who crushes his opponents and takes the GC. Tom Dumoulin is in a class of his own and wins…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Landa wins after super-steep finale
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 5 in the Tour of the Basque Country is a 155 kilometres ride from Eibar to Aia. Young Belgian Tim Wellens opens fire with an early attack and he is accompanied by 29 riders. Wellens is one of the survivors at the super-steep closing climb,…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Rodríguez again, Henao still leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 4 leads from Zumurraga to the sanctuary of Arrate. A decimated peloton sprints for the win and it's good old Joaquim Rodríguez being back to his best days and taking the stage. Mollema arrives second, while Sergio Henao retains the overall lead.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Purito bests Henao and Quintana, Henao new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Eleven climbs and eight with a categorization, stage 3 in the Tour of the Basque Country is definitely for the climbers. With 3 kilometres left the Antigua is a super-steep monster and it's there Sergio Henao detonates the fireworks with…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Fabio Felline outsprints Michael Matthews
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 2 in the Tour of the Basque Country offers a hilly ride in 175.4 kilometres to Vitoria Gasteiz, the second city of the Spanish region. But not hilly enough to avoid a bunch sprint and young Fabio Felline outsprints leader Michael Matthews.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Matthews takes stage 1 and GC-lead
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 1 in the Tour of the Basque Country is a 162.7 kilometres ride featuring three climbs. At the closing climb the break is brought back and the race heads for a bunch sprint in the streets of Bilbao. Michael Matthews powers to a glorious win,…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Riders
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2015 Tour of the Basque Country starts in Bilbao with a line-up that is nothing short of spectacular. Nairo Quintana, Bauke Molema, Tejay van Garderen, Thibaut Pinot, Jean-Christophe Péraud, Michal Kwiatkowski, Rafal Majka and Joaquim…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: The Route
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2015 Tour of the Basque Country totals 848.9 kilometres in 6 stages. Without an exception these are all hilly, to say the least. Cyclingstage.com brings you the full route of one of the mountainous stage races on the cycling calendar.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Favourites
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2015 Tour of the Basque Country opens in Bilbao and as always the race is tailor-made for climbers to shine. Quintana and Mollema, one and two in the recent Tirreno, and world champion are amongst the main contenders. But so are Pinot, Van…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015 Route stage 1: Bilbao - Bilbao
Door Harmen Lustig Monday, April 6, 2015 - The Tour of the Basque Country opens with a 162.7 kilometres stage both starting and finishing in Bilbao. Three hills and the finish is 12.5 kilometres after cresting the last one.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015 Route stage 2: Bilbao – Vitoria-Gasteiz
Door Martijn Ophorst Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - In the 2nd stage of the Tour of the Basque Country riders head in 175.4 kilometres from the first city to the second city of the Basque Country. Six climbs, the last one is crested with 9 kilometres left.
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015 Route stage 3: Vitoria-Gasteiz – Zumarraga
Door Martijn Ophorst Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - Like most stages in the Tour of the Basque Country the 170.7 kilometres ride leading from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zumarraga is mountainous, to say the least. No flat metre in sight, stage 3 leads…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015 Route stage 4: Zumarraga – Arrate (Eibar)
Door Martijn Ophorst Thursday, April 9, 2015 - Arrate is a sacred name in the Tour of the Basque Country, and not only because of the Shrine of Our Lady of Arrate. Annually the best climbers in the peloton compete at the flanks of the holy climb. Stage 4 leads in…
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015 Route stage 5: Eibar - Aia
Door Martijn Ophorst Friday, April 10, 2015 - Stage 5 of the Tour of the Basque Country is a killer guiding the riders in 155 kilometres from Eibar to Aia. Arrival at the super-steep Muro de Aia!
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Tour of the Basque Country 2015 Route stage 6: ITT Aia - Aia
Door Martijn Ophorst Saturday, April 11, 2015 - The Tour of the Basque Country concludes with a time trial in 18.3 kilometres. Start and finish is in Aia. Is Henao able to hold on to his yellow jersey. In 2013 Quintana bested him in the closing ITT and won the race.…