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Vuelta a Espana 2006

2006 Vuelta a España
2006 UCI ProTour , race 23 of 27
Overview of the stages
Race details
Dates 26 August - 17 September
Stages 21
Distance 3,192km (1,983mi)
Winning time 81h 23'07""
Results
  Winner Alexander Vinokourov (Astana)
  Second Alejandro Valverde; ESP (Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears )
  Third Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) (Astana)
  Points Thor Hushovd (NOR) (Crédit Agricole)
  Mountains Egoi Martínez; ESP   Combination Alexander Vinokourov; KAZ (Astana)
  Team Discovery Channel  

List of stages

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Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 26 Aug Málaga - Málaga 7.2km Team time trial Team CSC
2 27 Aug Málaga - Córdoba 167km   Paolo Bettini
3 28 Aug Córdoba - Almendralejo 220km Francisco Ventoso
4 29 Aug Almendralejo - Cáceres 142km   Erik Zabel
5 30 Aug Plasencia - Estación de Esquí La Covatilla (Béjar ) 178km Mountain stage* Danilo Di Luca
6 31 Aug Zamora - León 155km   Thor Hushovd
7 1 Sept León - Alto de El Morredero (Ponferrada ) 148km Mountain stage Alejandro Valverde
8 2 Sept Ponferrada - Lugo 173km   Alexander Vinokourov
9 3 Sept 206km Mountain stage Alexander Vinokourov
  4 Sept Rest Day    
10 5 Sept Avilés - Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar ) 190km   Sérgio Paulinho
11 6 Sept Torrelavega (Velódromo Oscar Freire ) - Burgos 165km Mountain stage Egoi Martínez
12 7 Sept Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara 162km   Luca Paolini
13 8 Sept Guadalajara - Cuenca 170km   Samuel Sánchez
14 9 Sept Cuenca - Cuenca 33km Individual time trial David Millar
15 10 Sept Motilla del Palancar - Factoría Ford (Almussafes ) 175km   Robert Förster
  11 Sept Rest Day    
16 12 Sept Almería - Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto 145km Mountain stage* Igor Antón
17 13 Sept Adra - Granada 167km Mountain stage Thomas Danielson
18 14 Sept Granada - Sierra de la Pandera 153km Mountain stage Andrey Kashechkin
19 15 Sept Jaén - Ciudad Real 195km   José Luis Arrieta
20 16 Sept Rivas Futura - 28km Individual time trial Alexander Vinokourov
21 17 Sept Madrid - Madrid 150km   Erik Zabel

Jersey progress

Stage
(Winner)		 General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Combination Classification Team Classification
0Stage 1 (TTT)
(Team CSC)		 Carlos Sastre Carlos Sastre no award no award Team CSC
0Stage 2
(Paolo Bettini )		 Thor Hushovd Paolo Bettini Mario De Sárraga
0Stage 3
(Francisco Ventoso )		 Thor Hushovd David de la Fuente
0Stage 4
(Erik Zabel )
0Stage 5
(Danilo Di Luca )		 Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Discovery Channel
0Stage 6
(Thor Hushovd )
0Stage 7
(Alejandro Valverde )		 Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovič
0Stage 8
(Alexander Vinokourov )
0Stage 9
(Alexander Vinokourov )		 Alejandro Valverde Pietro Caucchioli Alejandro Valverde
0Stage 10
(Sérgio Paulinho )
0Stage 11
(Egoi Martínez )
0Stage 12
(Luca Paolini )
0Stage 13
(Samuel Sánchez )
0Stage 14 (ITT)
(David Millar )
0Stage 15
(Robert Förster )
0Stage 16
(Igor Antón )
0Stage 17
(Tom Danielson )		 Alexander Vinokourov Egoi Martínez
0Stage 18
(Andrei Kashechkin )
0Stage 19
(José Luis Arrieta )		 Alexander Vinokourov
0Stage 20 (ITT)
(Alexander Vinokourov )
0Stage 21
(Erik Zabel )
Final Alexander Vinokourov Thor Hushovd Egoi Martínez Alexander Vinokourov Discovery Channel

General classification (final)

Rank Rider Team Time
1 Alexander Vinokourov Astana 81h 23' 07""
2 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 1' 12""
3 Andrey Kashechkin Astana 3' 12""
4 Team CSC 3' 35""
5 Saunier Duval–Prodir 6' 51""
6 Tom Danielson Discovery Channel 8' 09""
7 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel–Euskadi 8' 26""
8 Manuel Beltrán Discovery Channel 10' 36""
9 Vladimir Karpets   10' 47""
10 Cofidis 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).

Rank Rider Team Points
1 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 199
2 Alexander Vinokourov Astana 163
3 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 147
4   Euskaltel–Euskadi 107
5 Team Milram 104
6 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 104
7 Saunier Duval–Prodir 99
8 Andrey Kashechkin Astana 95
9 Team CSC 93
10 Saunier Duval–Prodir 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.

Rank Rider Team Points
1 Egoi Martínez Discovery Channel 129
2 Crédit Agricole 117
3 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 98
4 Andrey Kashechkin Astana 84
5 Alexander Vinokourov Astana 82
6 Relax-Gam 70
7 Euskaltel–Euskadi 67
8 Team CSC 63
9 Saunier Duval–Prodir 60
10 Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 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.

Rank Rider Team Points
1 Alexander Vinokourov Astana 8
2 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 8
3 Andrey Kashechkin Astana 15
4 Team CSC 21
5 Saunier Duval–Prodir 24
6 Euskaltel–Euskadi 25
7 Tom Danielson Discovery Channel 28
8   31
9 Igor Antón Euskaltel–Euskadi 39
10 Manuel Beltrán Discovery Channel 43

Teams classification

Rank Team Time
1 Discovery Channel 201h 59' 16""
2 Astana 15' 25""
3 Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears 25' 33""
4 Euskaltel–Euskadi 32' 13""
5 Team CSC 52' 56""
6 Saunier Duval–Prodir 1h 40' 02""
7 Lampre–Fondital 1h 43' 20""
8 AG2R Prévoyance 2h 02' 55""
9 Relax-GAM 2h 16' 26""
10 Cofidis 2h 20' 33""
Maciej Firlej