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)

Stages

Stage 1

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

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

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

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

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

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
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
  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. "Stage 6 – April 8: Zalla – Zalla ITT, 24 Km". Cycling News. Retrieved 13 April 2006.
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