LEGAZPI, Spain (Reuters) - Spaniard Alberto Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France, made a lone break to victory in Monday's first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.

The Astana team leader finished around three seconds ahead of Spaniard Ezequiel Mosquera. Spaniard David Herrero led in the bunch of chasers for third.

Contador and Mosquera took off on the final climb of the stage, the Alto de Descarga. Contador then attacked two kilometres from the line for a lone win.

The Tour of the Basque Country finishes on April 12.

(Editing by Trevor Huggins)