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The 2013 Tour of the Basque Country was the 53rd running of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race. It started on 1 April in Elgoibar and ended on 6 April in Beasain, and consisted of six stages, including a race-concluding individual time trial. It was the ninth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by Colombia's Nairo Quintana of the , after gaining enough time on the final time trial stage to move ahead of the previous race leader Sergio Henao of . Quintana – the winner of the race's queen stage, the fourth stage, to Eibar–Arrate – had trailed by six seconds going into the stage, but overturned this disadvantage to eventually win the race by 23 seconds over Henao's team-mate Richie Porte. Quintana also won the points classification on the final stage,〔 surpassing Henao in that competition also. Porte, winner of the fifth stage, had started the stage in third place but also overhauled Henao, who eventually finished the race third. Third stage winner Henao finished the race 11 seconds down on Porte, and 34 down on his countryman Quintana.〔 The race's other jerseys both went to rider Amets Txurruka; having featured in the opening stage breakaway, Txurruka led the mountains and sprints classifications from start to finish, taking home the red and white polka dot and orange jerseys respectively. The teams classification was won by the , after placing Beñat Intxausti inside the top ten overall as well as Quintana.〔 ==Teams== As the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were scheduled to be invited to the race, with two other squads – and – given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 20-team peloton. subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. With not originally invited to the race, race organisers announced their inclusion to the race, bringing the total number of teams competing to twenty-one. The 21 teams that competed in the race were: Among the 164-rider start list – each team entered eight riders with the exception of and , who entered seven, and , who entered six〔 – were four previous winners of the race. 2000 and 2011 winner Andreas Klöden was part of the squad, and 2007 victor Juan José Cobo was part of the for the race. Another double winner from previous years, Alberto Contador – who won in 2008 and 2009 – was the team leader for ,〔 while Samuel Sánchez looked to defend his title at the race with ,〔 having won the race in the final time trial in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 Tour of the Basque Country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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