Pais Vasco 1 : Egoi in the break

Egoi Martinez was Euskaltel's man of the day in the first day of the Tour of the Basque Country. He attacked early in the race alone and got companied after a while by Buffaz and Iban Mayoz, so the new Euskaltel rider and the old Euskaltel rider together in the attack. Egoi took all the points on the several mountains and is now the leader in the mountains classification with 8 points more than Mayoz. But it didn't work out and they got reeled back in. On the last climb Mosquera attacked and got companied by Alberto Contador. He won the stage with 3 seconds before Mosquera. A groupe of 24 finished in 8 seconds, among them Astarloza and Anton.

Results
1. Alberto Contador Astana 3:39:22
2. Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin-Galicia +0:03
3. David Herrero Karpin-Galicia +0:08
...
12. Mikel Astarloza +0:08
17. Igor Anton +0:08
75. Jorge Azanza +1:59
76. Amets Txurruka +1:59
78. Ivan Velasco +1:59
79. Iñigo Landaluze +1:59
101. Egoi Martinez +3:44
108. Iñaki Isasi +4:42