2006 Vuelta a España

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2006 Vuelta a España

| image = Vuelta-a-Espana-2006.png

| image_size = 350px

| image_caption = Overview of the stages

| series = 2006 UCI ProTour

| race_no = 23

| season_no = 27

| date = 26 August – 17 September

| stages = 21

| distance = 3192

| unit = km

| time = 81h 23' 07"

| speed = 39.22

| first = Alexander Vinokourov

| first_nat = KAZ

| first_team = {{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}}

| first_color = gold

| second = Alejandro Valverde

| second_nat = ESP

| second_team = {{UCI team code|GCE|2006}}

| third = Andrey Kashechkin

| third_nat = KAZ

| third_team = {{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}}

| points = Thor Hushovd

| points_nat = NOR

| points_team = {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}

| points_color = blue-fish

| mountains = Egoi Martínez

| mountains_nat = ESP

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}

| mountains_color = orange

| combination = Alexander Vinokourov

| combination_nat = KAZ

| combination_team = {{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}}

| combination_color = white

| team = {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}

| team_nat = USA

| previous = 2005

| next = 2007

}}

The 2006 Vuelta a España was held from 26 August to 17 September 2006, and was the 61st edition of the race. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of {{convert|3192|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the {{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} cycling team. The points classification was won by Thor Hushovd of {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}, and the mountains classification by Egoi Martínez of {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}.

Teams and riders

In addition to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Relax–GAM have received a wild card.

List of stages

class="wikitable"

!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Distance

!Type

!Winner

|26 Aug

|Málaga – Málaga

|7.2 km

|Team time trial

|{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}

|27 Aug

|Málaga – Córdoba

|167 km

|Paolo Bettini

|28 Aug

|Córdoba – Almendralejo

|220 km

|Francisco Ventoso

|29 Aug

|Almendralejo – Cáceres

|142 km

|Erik Zabel

|30 Aug

|Plasencia – Estación de Esquí La Covatilla (Béjar)

|178 km

|Mountain stage*

|Danilo Di Luca

|31 Aug

|Zamora – León

|155 km

|Thor Hushovd

|1 Sept

|León – Alto de El Morredero (Ponferrada)

|148 km

|Mountain stage*

|Alejandro Valverde

|2 Sept

|Ponferrada – Lugo

|173 km

|Alexander Vinokourov

|3 Sept

|A Fonsagrada – Alto de La Cobertoria

|206 km

|Mountain stage*

|Alexander Vinokourov

|4 Sept

|Rest Day

|5 Sept

|Avilés – Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar)

|190 km

|Sérgio Paulinho

|6 Sept

|Torrelavega (Velódromo Óscar Freire) – Burgos

|165 km

|Mountain stage

|Egoi Martínez

|7 Sept

|Aranda de Duero – Guadalajara

|162 km

|Luca Paolini

|8 Sept

|Guadalajara – Cuenca

|170 km

|Samuel Sánchez

|9 Sept

|Cuenca – Cuenca

|33 km

|Individual time trial

|David Millar

|10 Sept

|Motilla del Palancar – Factoría Ford (Almussafes)

|175 km

|Robert Förster

|11 Sept

|Rest Day

|12 Sept

|Almería – Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto

|145 km

|Mountain stage*

|Igor Antón

|13 Sept

|Adra – Granada

|167 km

|Mountain stage

|~~Thomas Danielson~~

|14 Sept

|Granada – Sierra de la Pandera

|153 km

|Mountain stage*

|Andrey Kashechkin

|15 Sept

|Jaén – Ciudad Real

|195 km

|José Luis Arrieta

|16 Sept

|Rivas Futura – Rivas Vaciamadrid

|28 km

|Individual time trial

|Alexander Vinokourov

|17 Sept

|Madrid – Madrid

|150 km

|Erik Zabel

Mountain stages with asterisk end on the top of the climb.

=Stage recaps=

Jersey progress

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"

style="background-color: #efefef;"

! width="12%" | Stage
(Winner)

! style="background:#FFCC33;" width="15%"| General classification

! style="background:#1E90FF;" width="15%"| Points Classification

! style="background:#FF8C00;" width="15%"| Mountains Classification

! style="background:white;" width="15%"| Combination Classification

! style="background:#FF4500;" width="15%"| Team Classification

{{0}}Stage 1 (TTT)
(Team CSC)

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="1"| Carlos Sastre

| style="background:#87CEFA;" rowspan="1"| Carlos Sastre

| style="background:#FFA500;" rowspan="1"| no award

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="1"| no award

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="4"| {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}

{{0}}Stage 2
(Paolo Bettini)

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="3"| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#87CEFA;" rowspan="1"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:#FFA500;" rowspan="3"| Mario De Sárraga

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="1"| Mario De Sárraga

{{0}}Stage 3
(Francisco Ventoso)

| style="background:#87CEFA;" rowspan="19"| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="2"| David de la Fuente

{{0}}Stage 4
(Erik Zabel)

{{0}}Stage 5
(Danilo Di Luca)

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="2"| Danilo Di Luca

| style="background:#FFA500;" rowspan="2"| Danilo Di Luca

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="2"| Danilo Di Luca

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="17"| {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}

{{0}}Stage 6
(Thor Hushovd)

{{0}}Stage 7
(Alejandro Valverde)

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="2"| Janez Brajkovič

| style="background:#FFA500;" rowspan="2"| Janez Brajkovič

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="2"| Janez Brajkovič

{{0}}Stage 8
(Alexander Vinokourov)

{{0}}Stage 9
(Alexander Vinokourov)

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="8"| Alejandro Valverde

| style="background:#FFA500;" rowspan="8"| Pietro Caucchioli

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="10"| Alejandro Valverde

{{0}}Stage 10
(Sérgio Paulinho)

{{0}}Stage 11
(Egoi Martínez)

{{0}}Stage 12
(Luca Paolini)

{{0}}Stage 13
(Samuel Sánchez)

{{0}}Stage 14 (ITT)
(David Millar)

{{0}}Stage 15
(Robert Förster)

{{0}}Stage 16
(Igor Antón)

{{0}}Stage 17
(~~Tom Danielson~~)

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="5"| Alexander Vinokourov

| style="background:#FFA500;" rowspan="5"| Egoi Martínez

{{0}}Stage 18
(Andrei Kashechkin)

{{0}}Stage 19
(José Luis Arrieta)

| style="background:#efefef;" rowspan="3"| Alexander Vinokourov

{{0}}Stage 20 (ITT)
(Alexander Vinokourov)

{{0}}Stage 21
(Erik Zabel)

Final

! style="background:#FFCC33;" width="15%" | Alexander Vinokourov

! style="background:#1E90FF;" width="15%" | Thor Hushovd

! style="background:#FF8C00;" width="15%" | Egoi Martínez

! style="background:white;" width="15%" | Alexander Vinokourov

! style="background:#FF4500;" width="15%" | {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}

Jersey wearers when same rider is holding multiple jerseys:

Lars Bak wore the points jersey in stage 2
Paolo Bettini wore the points jersey in stages 4–5
Janez Brajkovič wore the white combination jersey in stages 6–7
José Miguel Elías wore the orange mountains jersey in stages 6–7
Danilo Di Luca wore the orange mountains jersey in stages 8–9
Alejandro Valverde wore the white combination jersey in stages 8–9
Carlos Sastre wore the white combination jersey in stages 8–16
Alexander Vinokourov wore the white combination jersey in stage 17
Andrey Kashechkin wore the white combination jersey in stage 19-21
When he has been 2nd in combination classification behind GC leader, Alejandro Valverde has worn white jersey of UCI ProTour leader. This happened on stages 8, 9, 19, 20 and 21.

Final standings

=General classification (final)=

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
1	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align="right"\| 81h 23' 07"
2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align="right"\| 1' 12"
3	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 3' 12"
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align="right"\| 3' 35"
5	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 6' 51"
6	{{flagicon\|USA}} ~~Tom Danielson~~	~~{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}~~	align=right\| ~~8' 09"~~
7	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Samuel Sánchez	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 8' 26"
8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Manuel Beltrán	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 10' 36"
9	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vladimir Karpets	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align="right"\| 10' 47"
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Luis Pérez Rodríguez	{{UCI team code\|COF\|2006}}	align="right"\| 11' 32"

=Points classification=

In 2006, the leader of the points classification is awarded a blue with yellow-fish-covered jersey, which is sponsored by Spain's fishing and marine industry known as FROM (or El Fondo de Regulación y Organización del Mercado de Productos de la Pesca y Cultivos Marinos).[http://www.from.mapya.es/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926162319/http://www.from.mapya.es/ |date=2008-09-26 }}

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
1	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Thor Hushovd	{{UCI team code\|C.A\|2006}}	align=right\| 199
2	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align="right"\| 163
3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 147
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Samuel Sánchez	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 107
5	{{flagicon\|GER}} Erik Zabel	{{UCI team code\|MRM\|2006}}	align=right\| 104
6	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Stuart O'Grady	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 104
7	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Francisco Ventoso	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 99
8	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 95
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 93
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 68

=Mountains classification=

In 2006, the leader of the climbers classification (or King of the Mountains) wears the orange jersey sponsored by Ford. In recent years, the KoM wore a red jersey.

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
1	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Egoi Martínez	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 129
2	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Pietro Caucchioli	{{UCI team code\|C.A\|2006}}	align=right\| 117
3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 98
4	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 84
5	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 82
6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Miguel Elías	Relax–GAM	align=right\| 70
7	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Igor Antón	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 67
8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 63
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 60
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David Arroyo	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 58

=Combination classification=

In 2006, the leader of the combinations classification wears the white jersey. In 2005, the rider with the lowest cumulative rank of all classifications wore a gold-green jersey.

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
1	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 8
2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 8
3	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 15
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 21
5	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 24
6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Samuel Sánchez	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 25
7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Danielson	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 28
8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Egoi Martínez	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 31
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Igor Antón	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 39
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Manuel Beltrán	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 43

=Teams classification=

Rank	Team	Time
class="wikitable"
1	{{flagicon\|USA}} {{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align="right"\| 201h 59' 16"
2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align="right"\| 15' 25"
3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align="right"\|25' 33"
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align="right"\| 32' 13"
5	{{flagicon\|DEN}} {{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align="right"\| 52' 56"
6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align="right"\| 1h 40' 02"
7	{{flagicon\|ITA}} {{UCI team code\|LAM\|2006}}	align="right"\| 1h 43' 20"
8	{{flagicon\|FRA}} {{UCI team code\|ALM\|2006}}	align="right"\| 2h 02' 55"
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Relax–GAM	align="right"\| 2h 16' 26"
10	{{flagicon\|FRA}} {{UCI team code\|COF\|2006}}	align="right"\| 2h 20' 33"

External links

[http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]
[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06/?id=default cyclingnews.com]

Category:Vuelta a España by year

Espana

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
1	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align="right"\| 81h 23' 07"
2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align="right"\| 1' 12"
3	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 3' 12"
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align="right"\| 3' 35"
5	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 6' 51"
6	{{flagicon\|USA}} ~~Tom Danielson~~	~~{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}~~	align=right\| ~~8' 09"~~
7	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Samuel Sánchez	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 8' 26"
8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Manuel Beltrán	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 10' 36"
9	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vladimir Karpets	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align="right"\| 10' 47"
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Luis Pérez Rodríguez	{{UCI team code\|COF\|2006}}	align="right"\| 11' 32"

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
1	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Thor Hushovd	{{UCI team code\|C.A\|2006}}	align=right\| 199
2	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align="right"\| 163
3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 147
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Samuel Sánchez	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 107
5	{{flagicon\|GER}} Erik Zabel	{{UCI team code\|MRM\|2006}}	align=right\| 104
6	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Stuart O'Grady	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 104
7	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Francisco Ventoso	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 99
8	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 95
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 93
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 68

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
1	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Egoi Martínez	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 129
2	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Pietro Caucchioli	{{UCI team code\|C.A\|2006}}	align=right\| 117
3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 98
4	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 84
5	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 82
6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Miguel Elías	Relax–GAM	align=right\| 70
7	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Igor Antón	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 67
8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 63
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 60
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David Arroyo	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 58

class="wikitable" !Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
1	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Alexander Vinokourov	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 8
2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alejandro Valverde	{{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align=right\| 8
3	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Andrey Kashechkin	{{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align=right\| 15
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Sastre	{{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align=right\| 21
5	{{flagicon\|ESP}} José Ángel Gómez Marchante	{{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align=right\| 24
6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Samuel Sánchez	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 25
7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Danielson	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 28
8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Egoi Martínez	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 31
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Igor Antón	{{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align=right\| 39
10	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Manuel Beltrán	{{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align=right\| 43

Rank	Team	Time
class="wikitable"
1	{{flagicon\|USA}} {{UCI team code\|DSC\|2006}}	align="right"\| 201h 59' 16"
2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|ONC\|2006d}}	align="right"\| 15' 25"
3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|GCE\|2006}}	align="right"\|25' 33"
4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|EUS\|2006}}	align="right"\| 32' 13"
5	{{flagicon\|DEN}} {{UCI team code\|SAX\|2006}}	align="right"\| 52' 56"
6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} {{UCI team code\|FUJ\|2006}}	align="right"\| 1h 40' 02"
7	{{flagicon\|ITA}} {{UCI team code\|LAM\|2006}}	align="right"\| 1h 43' 20"
8	{{flagicon\|FRA}} {{UCI team code\|ALM\|2006}}	align="right"\| 2h 02' 55"
9	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Relax–GAM	align="right"\| 2h 16' 26"
10	{{flagicon\|FRA}} {{UCI team code\|COF\|2006}}	align="right"\| 2h 20' 33"