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2006 Tour of the Basque Country

The 2006 Tour of the Basque Country was the 46th Tour of the Basque Country road cycling race and was held over six stages from 3 April to 8 April 2006.[2] It was won by Spaniard José Ángel Gómez Marchante of the Saunier Duval–Prodir cycling team.

2006 Tour of the Basque Country
Race details
Dates3–8 April 2006
Stages6
Distance829[1] km (515.1 mi)
Winning time20h 31' 47"
Results
  Winner  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Prodir)
  Second  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears)
  Third  Antonio Colóm (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears)
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Stages edit

Stage 1 edit

3 April 2006 – Irun to Irun, 130 km (81 mi)

Stage 1 result
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 3h 22' 27"
2 Óscar Freire   Spain Rabobank s.t.
3 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner s.t.
4 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero   Spain Phonak s.t.
5 Fränk Schleck   Luxembourg Team CSC s.t.
General Classification after Stage 1
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 3h 22' 27"
2 Óscar Freire   Spain Rabobank s.t.
3 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner s.t.
4 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero   Spain Phonak s.t.
5 Fränk Schleck   Luxembourg Team CSC s.t.

Stage 2 edit

4 April 2006 – Irun to Segura, 155 km (96 mi)

Stage 2 result
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS 4h 10' 55"
2 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW s.t.
3 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 2"
4 Patrik Sinkewitz   Germany T-Mobile Team + 2"
5 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner + 2"
General Classification after Stage 2
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS 7h 33' 22"
2 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW s.t.
3 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 2"
4 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner + 2"
5 Fränk Schleck   Luxembourg Team CSC + 2"

Stage 3 edit

5 April 2006 – Segura to Lerín, 170 km (110 mi)

Stage 3 result
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS 4h 07' 36"
2 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner s.t.
3 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW s.t.
4 Leonardo Bertagnolli   Italy Cofidis s.t.
5 José Ángel Gómez Marchante   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir s.t.
General Classification after Stage 3
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS 11h 40' 58"
2 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW s.t.
3 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner + 2"
4 Cadel Evans   Australia Davitamon–Lotto + 2"
5 Leonardo Bertagnolli   Italy Cofidis + 2"

Stage 4 edit

6 April 2005 – Lerín to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 172 km (107 mi)

Stage 4 result
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Óscar Freire   Spain Rabobank 3h 56' 43"
2 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS s.t.
3 Fabian Wegmann   Germany Gerolsteiner s.t.
4 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears s.t.
5 Stefano Garzelli   Italy Liquigas s.t.
General Classification after Stage 4
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS 15h 37' 41"
2 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW s.t.
3 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner + 2"
4 Cadel Evans   Australia Davitamon–Lotto + 2"
5 Leonardo Bertagnolli   Italy Cofidis + 2"

Stage 5 edit

7 April 2006 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla, 178 km (111 mi)

Stage 5 result
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Thomas Voeckler   France Bouygues Télécom 4h 18' 42"
2 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC s.t.
3 Juan José Cobo   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir + 12"
4 Gustavo César   Spain KAI + 34"
5 Pietro Caucchioli   Italy C.A + 34"
General Classification after Stage 5
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Samuel Sánchez   Spain EUS 19h 58' 54"
2 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW s.t.
3 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner + 2"
4 Cadel Evans   Australia Davitamon–Lotto + 2"
5 Leonardo Bertagnolli   Italy Cofidis + 2"

Stage 6 edit

8 April 2006 – Zalla to Zalla, 24 km (15 mi) (ITT)

This stage was an individual time trial.

Stage 6 result[3]
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 José Ángel Gómez Marchante   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 32' 44"
2 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 6"
3 Antonio Colóm   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 8"
4 Evgeni Petrov   Russia Lampre–Fondital + 16"
5 Patrik Sinkewitz   Germany T-Mobile Team + 18"
General Classification after Stage 6[3]
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 José Ángel Gómez Marchante   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 20h 31' 47"
2 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 7"
3 Antonio Colóm   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 7"
4 Patrik Sinkewitz   Germany T-Mobile Team + 19"
5 Alberto Contador   Spain LSW + 20"

Classification tables edit

General classification[3]
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 José Ángel Gómez Marchante   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 20h 31' 47"
2 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 7"
3 Antonio Colóm   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears + 7"
4 Patrik Sinkewitz   Germany Lampre–Fondital + 19"
5 Alberto Contador   Spain Liberty Seguros–Würth + 20"
King of The Mountains classification
Cyclist Country Team Points
1 Hubert Dupont   France AG2R Prévoyance 29
2 Juan José Cobo   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 25
3 José Luis Arrieta   Spain AG2R Prévoyance 22
4 Unai Etxebarria   Venezuela Euskaltel–Euskadi 21
5 José Ángel Gómez Marchante   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 20
Points classification
Cyclist Country Team Points
1 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 84
2 Samuel Sánchez   Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 71
3 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner 56
4 Óscar Freire   Spain Rabobank 45
5 Alberto Contador   Spain Liberty Seguros–Würth 44
Metas Volantes classification
Cyclist Country Team Points
1 Pierrick Fédrigo   France Bouygues Télécom 11
2 José Luis Arrieta   Spain AG2R Prévoyance 9
3 Andriy Hrivko   Ukraine Team Milram 6
4 Rubén Lobato   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 6
5 Unai Etxebarria   Venezuela Euskaltel–Euskadi 6
Best team
Team Country Time
1 Saunier Duval–Prodir   Spain 61h 36' 43"
2 Liberty Seguros–Würth   Spain + 3' 13"
3 T-Mobile Team   Germany + 3' 30"
4 Discovery Channel   United States + 4' 49"
5 Lampre–Fondital   Italy + 4' 58"

References edit

  1. ^ "Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. ^ "46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – PT". Cycling News. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Stage 6 – April 8: Zalla – Zalla ITT, 24 Km". Cycling News. Retrieved 13 April 2006.
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