2011 Tour of the Basque Country
Rider Team Time
1 Joaquim Rodríguez ( ESP ) Team Katusha 12h 30 ' 09
2 Andreas Klöden ( GER ) Team RadioShack + 0
3 Samuel Sánchez ( ESP ) Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0
4 Chris Horner ( USA ) Team RadioShack + 1
5 Ryder Hesjedal ( CAN ) Garmin-Cervélo + 6
6 Xavier Tondó ( ESP ) Movistar Team + 6
7 Damiano Cunego ( ITA ) Lampre-ISD + 6
8 David López García ( ESP ) Movistar Team + 6
9 Robert Gesink ( NED ) Rabobank + 6
10 Beñat Intxausti ( ESP ) Movistar Team + 9
General Classification after Stage 3
The 2011 Tour of the Basque Country, was the 51st running of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race. It started on 4 April in Zumarraga and ended on 9 April in Zalla and consisted of six stages, including a race-concluding individual time trial. It was the eighth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by rider Andreas Klöden, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey for the second time - having previously won the race in 2000 - with a second-place finish on the final time trial stage. Klöden had also led the race after stage two, having finished second on the stage; one of three second place stage finishes that Klöden achieved during the week. Klöden's winning margin over his team-mate and runner-up Chris Horner was 47 seconds, and 's Robert Gesink completed the podium, also 47 seconds down on Klöden, but behind Horner on countback. In the race's other classifications, Klöden's consistent high finishes earned him the white jersey for amassing the highest number of points at stage finishes, rider Michael Albasini won the King of the Mountains classification, Bram Tankink of won the blue jersey for the sprints classification, with finishing at the head of the teams classification.