2006 Tour of the Basque Country

The 2006 Tour of the Basque Country was the 46th Tour of the Basque Country 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 Jose Cobo  Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir + 12"
4 Gustavo Cesar  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 Jose 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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