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Tour of the Basque Country 2015

Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Dumoulin wins stage, Purito takes overall

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 the stage.

Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Routes/profiles and more

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Route and profile stage 4

Route and profile stage 5

Route and profile stage 6

Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Bilbao - Aia

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Tour of the Basque Country: Instagram images

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Tour of the Basque Country: Tweets

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Eibar-Arrate

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Streetview Sanctuary of Arrate

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Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Landa wins after super-steep finale

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, but in the last few hundred metres Mikel Landa is stronger and the Basque rider climbs to the win. Henao retains the GC lead. Simon Yates is brilliant on the closing climb and storms onto the podium. The 22-year old Briton is the new number three, ahead of Quintana.

Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Rodríguez again, Henao still leader

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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