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2006 Tour of the Basque Country


FieldValue
name2006 Tour of the Basque Country
date3–8 April 2006
stages6
distance829
unitkm
time20h 31' 47"
firstJosé Ángel Gómez Marchante
first_natESP
first_team
secondAlejandro Valverde
second_natESP
second_team
thirdAntonio Colóm
third_natESP
third_team
previous2005
next2007

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

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Alejandro ValverdeSpain****
2Óscar FreireSpain
3Davide RebellinItaly
4Miguel Ángel Martín PerdigueroSpain
5Fränk Schleck

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Alejandro ValverdeSpain****
2Óscar FreireSpain
3Davide RebellinItaly
4Miguel Ángel Martín PerdigueroSpain
5Fränk Schleck

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Stage 2

4 April 2006 – Irun to Segura, 155 km

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
2Alberto ContadorSpainLSW
3Alejandro ValverdeSpain
4Patrik SinkewitzGermany
5Davide RebellinItaly

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
2Alberto ContadorSpainLSW
3Alejandro ValverdeSpain
4Davide RebellinItaly
5Fränk Schleck

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Stage 3

5 April 2006 – Segura to Lerín, 170 km

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
2Davide RebellinItaly
3Alberto ContadorSpainLSW
4Leonardo BertagnolliItaly
5José Ángel Gómez MarchanteSpain

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
2Alberto ContadorSpainLSW
3Davide RebellinItaly
4Cadel EvansAustralia
5Leonardo BertagnolliItaly

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Stage 4

6 April 2005 – Lerín to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 172 km

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Óscar FreireSpain****
2Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
3Fabian WegmannGermany
4Alejandro ValverdeSpain
5Stefano GarzelliItaly

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
2Alberto ContadorSpainLSW
3Davide RebellinItaly
4Cadel EvansAustralia
5Leonardo BertagnolliItaly

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Stage 5

7 April 2006 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla, 178 km

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Thomas VoecklerFrance****
2Jens VoigtGermany
3Juan José CoboSpain
4Gustavo CésarSpainKAI
5Pietro CaucchioliItalyC.A

|| |General Classification after Stage 5

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1Samuel SánchezSpainEUS
2Alberto ContadorSpainLSW
3Davide RebellinItaly
4Cadel EvansAustralia
5Leonardo BertagnolliItaly

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Stage 6

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

This stage was an individual time trial.

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1José Ángel Gómez MarchanteSpain****
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain
3Antonio ColómSpain
4Evgeni PetrovRussia
5Patrik SinkewitzGermany

|| |General Classification after Stage 6

CyclistCountryTeamTime
1José Ángel Gómez MarchanteSpain****
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain
3Antonio ColómSpain
4Patrik SinkewitzGermany
5Alberto ContadorSpainLSW

|}

Classification tables

CyclistCountryTeamTime12345
José Ángel Gómez MarchanteSpain****20h 31' 47"
Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 7"
Antonio ColómSpain+ 7"
Patrik SinkewitzGermany+ 19"
Alberto ContadorSpainLiberty Seguros–Würth+ 20"

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CyclistCountryTeamPoints12345
Hubert DupontFrance****29
Juan José CoboSpain25
José Luis ArrietaSpain22
Unai Etxebarria21
José Ángel Gómez MarchanteSpain20

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CyclistCountryTeamPoints12345
Alejandro ValverdeSpainMOV2006}}'''84
Samuel SánchezSpainEuskaltel2006}}71
Davide RebellinItaly}}GST2006}}56
Óscar FreireSpain45
Alberto ContadorSpainLiberty Seguros–Würth44

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CyclistCountryTeamPoints12345
Pierrick FédrigoFrance****11
José Luis ArrietaSpain9
Andriy HrivkoTeam Milram6
Rubén LobatoSpain6
Unai Etxebarria6

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TeamCountryTime12345
****Spain61h 36' 43"
Liberty Seguros–WürthSpain+ 3' 13"
Germany+ 3' 30"
United States+ 4' 49"
Italy+ 4' 58"

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References

References

  1. "Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)". BikeRaceInfo.
  2. "46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – PT". Cycling News.
  3. "Stage 6 – April 8: Zalla – Zalla ITT, 24 Km". Cycling News.
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