2000 Tour of the Basque Country
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 2000 Tour of the Basque Country
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| date = 3–7 April 2000
| stages = 5
| unit = km
| time = 21h 53' 28"
| first = Andreas Klöden
| first_nat = GER
| first_team = {{UCI team code|TEL|2000}}
| second = Danilo Di Luca
| second_nat = ITA
| second_team = {{UCI team code|CTA|2000}}
| third = Laurent Jalabert
| third_nat = FRA
| third_team = {{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}
| previous = 1999
| next = 2001
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The 2000 Tour of the Basque Country (Spanish: Vuelta al País Vasco) was the 40th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 3 April to 7 April 2000. The race started in Oñati and finished at Madarixa.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_pays_basque/paisvasco2000.php|title=40ème Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2000|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818043824/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_pays_basque/paisvasco2000.php|archivedate=18 August 2004}} The race was won by Andreas Klöden of the Telekom team.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=6&y=2000|title=2000 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco|work=First Cycling|accessdate=16 November 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Andreas Klöden|GER}} | {{UCI team code|TEL|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|21h 53' 28"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Danilo Di Luca|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CTA|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 5" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Laurent Jalabert|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|ONC|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 31" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Bingen Fernández|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|EUS|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 33" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Davide Rebellin|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|BRE|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 37" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Aitor Osa|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|BAN|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 37" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Juan Carlos Domínguez|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|VIT|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 39" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Aitor Garmendia|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|BAN|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 45" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Michael Boogerd|NED}} | {{UCI team code|RAB|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 59" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Txema del Olmo|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|EUS|2000}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 03" |
|}
References
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{{Vuelta al Pais Vasco}}
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Category:2000 in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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