2006 Vuelta al País Vasco (Pro Tour)
Tour of the Basque Country
Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia
April 3 - April 8
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Saturday, April 8: 6th and final stage, Zalla 24 km individual time trial.
- 1. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) 32min 44sec
- 2. Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) @ 6sec
- 3. Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) s.t.
- 4. Evgeni Petrov (Lampre) @ 16sec
- 5. Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile) @ 18sec
Final GC after Stage 6:
- 1. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) 20hr 31min 47sec. 829 km ridden at an average speed of 40.380 km/hr
- 2. Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) @ 7sec
- 3. Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) s.t.
- 4. Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile) @ 19sec
- 5. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) @ 20sec
- 6. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 42sec
- 7. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) @ 44sec
- 8. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 1min 11sec
- 9. Francisco Javier Vila (Lampre) @ 1min 21sec
- 10. Jose Azevedo (Discovery) @ 1min 24sec
- 11. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 34sec
- 12. Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) @ 1min 37sec
- 13. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) @ 1min 40sec
- 14. Evgeni Petrov (Lampre) @ 1min 41sec
- 15. Xavier Tondo (Relax) @ 2min 11sec
- 16. Andriy Grivko (Milram) @ 2min 18sec
- 17. Didier Rous (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2min 30sec
- 18. Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) @ 2min 57sec
- 19. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) @ 3min 1sec
- 20. Vladimir Miholjevic (Liquigas) @ 3min 11sec
Friday, April 7: Stage 5, Vitoria Gasteiz - Zalla, 178 km.
- 1. Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) 4hr 18min 42sec
- 2. Jens Voigt (CSC) s.t.
- 3. Juan Jose Cobo (Saunier Duval) @ 12sec
- 4. Gustave Cesar (Kaiku) @ 34sec
- 5. Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) s.t.
Gc after stage 5:
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 19hr 58min 54sec
- 2. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 3. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 2sec
- 4. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
- 5. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
Thursday, April 6: Stage 4, Lerin - Vitoria - Gasteiz (172 km)
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 3hr 56min 43sec
- 2. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- 3. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 4. Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) s.t.
- 5. Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) s.t.
GC after Stage 4:
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 15hr 37min 41sec
- 2. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 3. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 2sec
- 4. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
- 5. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
Wednesday, April 5: Stage 3, Segura - Lerin, 170 km.
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 4hr 7min 36sec
- 2. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 3. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 4. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
- 5. Jose Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) s.t.
GC after Stage 3:
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 11hr 40min 58sec
- 2. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 3. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 2sec
- 4. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
- 5. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
Tuesday, April 4: Stage 2, Irun - Segura, 155 km.
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 4hr 10min 55sec
- 2. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 3. Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) @ 2sec
- 4. Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile) s.t.
- 5. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
GC after Stage 2:
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) 7hr 33min 22sec
- 2. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 3. Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) @ 2sec
- 4. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 5. Frank Schleck (CSC) s.t.
Monday, April 3: Stage 1, Irun - Irun, 130 km.
Stage and GC standings the same
- 1. Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) 3hr 22min 27sec
- 2. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
- 3. David Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 4. M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) s.t.
- 5. Frank Schleck (CSC) s.t.
- 6. Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.