2017 Tour of the Basque Country
| 2017 UCI World Tour, race 14 of 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 3–8 April 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 828.8 km (515.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 20h 41' 25" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
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(Movistar Team) |
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| Second |
Alberto Contador (ESP)
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(Trek–Segafredo) | |
| Third |
Ion Izagirre (ESP)
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(Bahrain–Merida) | |
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Points |
Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
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(Movistar Team) |
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Mountains |
 Alex Howes (USA)
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(Cannondale–Drapac) |
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Sprints |
Lluís Mas (ESP)
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(Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) |
| Team | Bahrain–Merida | ||
The 2017 Tour of the Basque Country was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 8 April. It was the 57th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and was the fourteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.
The race was won for the first time by Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team, who took the race lead on the penultimate day after winning the queen stage in Eibar, before further extending the lead by finishing second in the final-day individual time trial; Valverde's finishes on those stages aided him to take the points classification from Team Sunweb's Michael Matthews at the death. Valverde finished 17 seconds clear of four-time race winner Alberto Contador (Trek–Segafredo) while the all-Spanish podium was completed by the national time trial champion, Ion Izagirre, a further four seconds in arrears of Contador for the Bahrain–Merida team.
In the race's other classifications, Cannondale–Drapac's Alex Howes won the polka-dot jersey as winner of the mountains classification, Lluís Mas (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) was the winner of the intermediate sprints classification while Bahrain–Merida won the teams classification.
The full route of the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country was announced on 23 March 2017.
As the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to enter a team in the race. Two UCI Professional Continental teams – Cofidis and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA – were awarded wildcard places, bringing the number of teams to twenty. As each team included eight riders, a total of 160 riders started the first stage.
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