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Cycling: Rodriguez wins Tour of Basque Country

Published: 11 Apr 2015 - 06:49 pm | Last Updated: 15 Jan 2022 - 04:41 am

 


Aia, Spain--Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez claimed overall victory at the Tour of the Basque Country thanks to the second fastest time in Saturday's race-against-the-clock.
The Katusha rider, who won stages three and four, came into the final day time-trial level with Sergio Henao but outpaced the Colombian by 13 seconds on the hilly 18.3km stretch through Aia.
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin won the stage in 28min 46sec with Rodriguez four seconds back and Spaniard Ion Izagirre a further second behind.
Henao was fourth on the day to secure second place in the general classification.
Izagirre's time was also enough to move him above pre-race favourite Nairo Quintana into third overall with the Giro d'Italia winner fourth.

AFP