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2006 Tour of the Basque Country
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2006 Tour of the Basque Country |
| date | 3–8 April 2006 |
| stages | 6 |
| distance | 829 |
| unit | km |
| time | 20h 31' 47" |
| first | José Ángel Gómez Marchante |
| first_nat | ESP |
| first_team | |
| second | Alejandro Valverde |
| second_nat | ESP |
| second_team | |
| third | Antonio Colóm |
| third_nat | ESP |
| third_team | |
| previous | 2005 |
| next | 2007 |
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. It was won by Spaniard José Ángel Gómez Marchante of the cycling team.
Stages
Stage 1
3 April 2006 – Irun to Irun, 130 km
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | **** |
| 2 | Óscar Freire | Spain | |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 4 | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero | Spain | |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | **** |
| 2 | Óscar Freire | Spain | |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 4 | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero | Spain | |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck |
|}
Stage 2
4 April 2006 – Irun to Segura, 155 km
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | |
| 4 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | |
| 5 | Davide Rebellin | Italy |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | |
| 4 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck |
|}
Stage 3
5 April 2006 – Segura to Lerín, 170 km
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 2 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 3 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
| 4 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | |
| 5 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | Australia | |
| 5 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy |
|}
Stage 4
6 April 2005 – Lerín to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 172 km
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Óscar Freire | Spain | **** |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 3 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | |
| 5 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | Australia | |
| 5 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy |
|}
Stage 5
7 April 2006 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla, 178 km
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Voeckler | France | **** |
| 2 | Jens Voigt | Germany | |
| 3 | Juan José Cobo | Spain | |
| 4 | Gustavo César | Spain | KAI |
| 5 | Pietro Caucchioli | Italy | C.A |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | Australia | |
| 5 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy |
|}
Stage 6
8 April 2006 – Zalla to Zalla, 24 km (ITT)
This stage was an individual time trial.
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | **** |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | |
| 3 | Antonio Colóm | Spain | |
| 4 | Evgeni Petrov | Russia | |
| 5 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany |
|| |General Classification after Stage 6
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | **** |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | |
| 3 | Antonio Colóm | Spain | |
| 4 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | |
| 5 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW |
|}
Classification tables
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | **** | 20h 31' 47" | |||||
| Alejandro Valverde | Spain | + 7" | ||||||
| Antonio Colóm | Spain | + 7" | ||||||
| Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | + 19" | ||||||
| Alberto Contador | Spain | Liberty Seguros–Würth | + 20" |
|}
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Dupont | France | **** | 29 | |||||
| Juan José Cobo | Spain | 25 | ||||||
| José Luis Arrieta | Spain | 22 | ||||||
| Unai Etxebarria | 21 | |||||||
| José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | 20 |
|}
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Valverde | Spain | MOV | 2006}}''' | 84 | |||||
| Samuel Sánchez | Spain | Euskaltel | 2006}} | 71 | |||||
| Davide Rebellin | Italy}} | GST | 2006}} | 56 | |||||
| Óscar Freire | Spain | 45 | |||||||
| Alberto Contador | Spain | Liberty Seguros–Würth | 44 |
|}
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrick Fédrigo | France | **** | 11 | |||||
| José Luis Arrieta | Spain | 9 | ||||||
| Andriy Hrivko | Team Milram | 6 | ||||||
| Rubén Lobato | Spain | 6 | ||||||
| Unai Etxebarria | 6 |
|}
| Team | Country | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **** | Spain | 61h 36' 43" | |||||
| Liberty Seguros–Würth | Spain | + 3' 13" | |||||
| Germany | + 3' 30" | ||||||
| United States | + 4' 49" | ||||||
| Italy | + 4' 58" |
|}
References
References
- "Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)". BikeRaceInfo.
- "46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – PT". Cycling News.
- "Stage 6 – April 8: Zalla – Zalla ITT, 24 Km". Cycling News.
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