1996 Tour of the Basque Country

1996 Tour of the Basque Country

Race details
Dates	8–12 April 1996
Stages	5
Distance	817.5[1] km (508.0 mi)
Winning time	20h 50' 21"
Results
Winner  Francesco Casagrande (ITA) (Saeco–AS Juvenes San Marino)   Second  Pascal Hervé (FRA) (Festina–Lotus)   Third  Abraham Olano (ESP) (Mapei–GB)

The 1996 Tour of the Basque Country was the 36th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 8 April to 12 April 1996. The race started in Lasarte and finished at Orio.^[2] The race was won by Francesco Casagrande of the Saeco team.

General classification

Final general classification[2][3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Francesco Casagrande (ITA) Saeco–AS Juvenes San Marino 20h 50' 21" 2  Pascal Hervé (FRA) Festina–Lotus + 3" 3  Abraham Olano (ESP) Mapei–GB + 27" 4  Mauro Gianetti (SUI) Team Polti + 31" 5  Evgeni Berzin (RUS) Gewiss Playbus + 42" 6  Jesús Montoya (ESP) Motorola + 54" 7  Stefano Della Santa (ITA) Mapei–GB + 1' 00" 8  Alexander Gontchenkov (RUS) Roslotto–ZG Mobili + 1' 02" 9  Juan Carlos Domínguez (ESP) Kelme–Artiach + 1' 17" 10  Davide Rebellin (ITA) Team Polti + 1' 18"

References

1. "Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
2. "36ème Vuelta al Pais Vasco 1996". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004.
3. "1996 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco". First Cycling. Retrieved 16 November 2017.