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April 5, 2010: Tour of the Basque Country: Zierbena - Zierbena (155 km):
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne       03:57:58
2 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions
4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team Radioshack
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
11 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
15 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia
20 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
21 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
23 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
24 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
25 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:39
26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
27 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
28 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
29 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
30 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
31 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
34 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
35 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
37 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto
38 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
39 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
41 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
42 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
43 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
46 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
47 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:02:40
49 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
50 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
51 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
52 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram
53 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha
54 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
55 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
56 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
57 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto
58 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions
59 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
61 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
62 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
63 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
66 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
68 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
70 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
71 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
72 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
74 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
75 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
76 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
77 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
78 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto
79 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
80 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
81 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions
82 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana
83 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
84 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
85 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo
86 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia
87 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia
88 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
89 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
90 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
91 Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack 0:06:06
92 Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto
93 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
94 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
95 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:06:56
96 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack
97 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana
98 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
99 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
100 Manuel Calvente Corbas (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
101 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
102 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
103 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
104 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:33
105 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
106 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha
107 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
108 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:08
109 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
110 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
111 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
112 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
113 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto
114 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
115 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
116 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
117 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
118 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux
120 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo
121 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack
122 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram
123 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
124 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
125 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne
126 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
127 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana
128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
129 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
130 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack
131 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram
132 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions
133 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
134 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
135 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
136 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
137 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions
138 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
139 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
140 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions
141 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
142 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
143 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:09:59
144 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
145 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
146 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia
147 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
148 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team
149 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
150 Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
151 Rodrigo Garcia Rena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
152 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
153 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
154 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:15:25
155 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
156 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana
157 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:16:17
158 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto
159 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

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Overall rankings after stage 1:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne       03:57:58
2 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions
4 Alexandr Kolobnev Russia Team Katusha
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team Radioshack
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
11 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
15 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia
20 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
21 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
23 Christopher Horner United States Team Radioshack
24 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
25 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:39
26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
27 Eduard Vorganov Russia Team Katusha
28 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
29 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
30 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
31 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
34 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
35 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
37 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto
38 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
39 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
41 Evgeny Petrov Russia Team Katusha
42 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
43 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
45 Alexandre Botcharov Russia Team Katusha
46 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
47 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:02:40
49 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
50 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
51 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
52 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram
53 Alexandr Pliuschin Moldova Team Katusha
54 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
55 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
56 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
57 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto
58 Peter Stetina United States Garmin - Transitions
59 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
61 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
62 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
63 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
66 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
68 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
70 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
71 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
72 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
74 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
75 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
76 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
77 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
78 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto
79 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
80 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
81 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions
82 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana
83 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
84 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
85 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo
86 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia
87 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia
88 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
89 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
90 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
91 Matthew Busche United States Team Radioshack 0:06:06
92 Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto
93 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
94 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
95 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:06:56
96 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack
97 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana
98 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
99 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
100 Manuel Calvente Corbas (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
101 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
102 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
103 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
104 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:33
105 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
106 Serguei Klimov Russia Team Katusha
107 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
108 Alexander Efimkin Russia AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:08
109 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
110 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
111 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
112 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
113 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto
114 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
115 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
116 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
117 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
118 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux
120 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo
121 Fuyu Li China Team Radioshack
122 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram
123 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
124 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
125 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne
126 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
127 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana
128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
129 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
130 Ivan Rovny Russia Team Radioshack
131 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram
132 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions
133 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
134 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
135 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
136 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
137 Thomas Peterson United States Garmin - Transitions
138 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
139 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
140 David Zabriskie United States Garmin - Transitions
141 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
142 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
143 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:09:59
144 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
145 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
146 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia
147 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
148 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team
149 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
150 Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
151 Rodrigo Garcia Rena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
152 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
153 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
154 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:15:25
155 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
156 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana
157 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:16:17
158 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto
159 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

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