2006 Tour of the Basque Country

2006 Tour of the Basque Country
Race details
Dates	3–8 April 2006
Stages	6
Distance	829 km (515.1 mi)
Winning time	20h 31' 47"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
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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.

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

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