2016 Tour of the Basque Country
Rank Team Time
1 Team Sky 68h 26 ' 46
2 Astana + 6 ' 10
3 Team Katusha + 6 ' 35
4 AG2R La Mondiale + 12 ' 32
5 Cofidis + 13 ' 09
6 Cannondale + 13 ' 59
7 Lotto-Soudal + 14 ' 55
8 Lampre-Merida + 16 ' 59
9 Movistar Team + 17 ' 04
10 FDJ + 17 ' 59
Result of sprints classification ( top 10 ) [ 59 ] Rank Rider Team Points 1 Nicolas Edet ( FRA ) Cofidis 11 2 Diego Rosa ( ITA ) Astana 9 3 Stefan Denifl ( AUT ) IAM Cycling 9 4 Luis Ángel Maté ( ESP ) Cofidis 7 5 Dario Cataldo ( ITA ) Astana 6 6 Carlos Verona ( ESP ) Etixx–Quick-Step 5 7 Domingos Gonçalves ( POR ) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 4 8 Maxime Monfort ( BEL ) Lotto–Soudal 4 9 Daniel Teklehaimanot ( ERI ) Team Dimension Data 3 10 Jonathan Lastra ( ESP ) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 3
The 2016 Tour of the Basque Country (, ) was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Basque Country between 4 and 9 April 2016. It was the 56th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and the ninth event of the 2016 UCI World Tour. The race took place over mountainous terrain and was suitable for climbers. The first five stages were mountainous; the sixth and final stage was a hilly individual time trial. The defending champion was Joaquim Rodríguez (), with Nairo Quintana (), Alberto Contador () and Sergio Henao () also among the favourites for the overall victory. Luis León Sánchez won the opening stage, but lost the lead the following day on the first uphill finish to Mikel Landa (Sky). Landa lost the lead on Stage 4, with Wilco Kelderman () taking over the lead. On the second uphill finish of the race on the penultimate day, Henao took over the lead after escaping with Contador. Contador then won the time trial on the final stage and beat Henao to the overall victory by 12 seconds, with Quintana a further 23 seconds behind in third. Henao won the points classification, while Nicolas Edet () won the intermediate sprints competition and Diego Rosa () the mountains classification.