Vuelta a España 2006

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Final result after the 21st stage
winner Alexander Vinokurov 81:23:07 h
(39.475 km / h)
Second Alejandro Valverde + 1:12 min
Third Andrei Kashechkin + 3:12 min
Fourth Carlos Sastre + 3:35 min
fifth José Ángel Gómez Marchante + 6:51 min
Sixth Tom Danielson + 8:09 min
seventh Samuel Sánchez + 8:26 min
Eighth Vladimir Karpez + 10:36 min
Ninth Manuel Beltran + 10:47 min
Tenth Luis Perez + 11:32 min
Scoring Thor Hushovd 199 P.
Second Alexander Vinokurov 163 P.
Third Alejandro Valverde 147 P.
Mountain scoring Egoi Martínez 129 P.
Second Pietro Caucchioli 117 P.
Third Alejandro Valverde 98 P.
Combination scoring Alexander Vinokurov 8 p.
Second Alejandro Valverde 8 p.
Third Andrei Kashechkin 15 p.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 243: 36: 42 h
Second Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears + 15:28 min
Third Team Astana + 25:33 min

The 61st Vuelta a España took place from August 26th to September 17th, 2006 . On the 21 stages, the drivers had to cover a total distance of 3,212.7 km. The Pyrenees were not part of the tour in this edition . There were a total of five mountain arrivals.

The 20 UCI ProTeams were entitled to start . In addition, the Professional Continental Team Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada received a wildcard .

doping

In the run-up to the tour, on July 28, both the Comunidad Valenciana team involved in the Fuentes doping scandal and Ivan Basso , Jan Ullrich and Francisco Mancebo , who were suspected of doping, were unloaded.

One day before the start of the tour, the Saunier Duval-Prodir team banned its driver Koldo Gil from the team, as he was allegedly also involved in the Fuentes doping scandal .

course

The field on the passage in La Cardenchosa in the province of Badajoz during the 3rd stage

After the first few days were dominated by the sprinters and time trial drivers, the overall ranking after the first week was not very meaningful. In the team time trial , Carlos Sastre had secured the gold jersey and was at the top at the same time as his eight team-mates. The following day, Thor Hushovd took the lead by finishing second in the mass sprint.
Only on the fifth stage, which ended with a mountain finish, did the overall classification change. Danilo Di Luca , who won the mountain finish in La Covatilla , secured the lead for the next two days, but then gave it to the surprisingly triumphant Janez Brajkovič after the 7th stage, another mountain finish . He lost the jersey on the 9th stage to Alejandro Valverde , who only had to admit defeat to Alexander Vinokurov that day .
The next stage was then shaped by outlier groups. Sérgio Paulinho , Egoi Martínez and Luca Paolini secured victories. The stage to Cuenca chose Samuel Sánchez for themselves. Valverde also defended his leader jersey beyond the first individual time trial , which David Millar won wafer-thinly ahead of Fabian Cancellara . The royal stage to the Calar Alto observatory surprisingly decided the young Igor Antón in his favor, as he benefited from the fact that the favorites were watching each other. The following day the leadership changed again.
After a terrific ride, Alexander Vinokurov, who got better and better during the tour, took the lead. This impression was also confirmed on the following stage, where Vinokurov was again able to leave Valverde behind and let his team-mate Andrei Kaschetschkin win. With the victory in the second individual time trial and the third overall in the course of the tour, Vinokurow underpinned his undisputed overall victory in the end. The final stage to Madrid was won by Erik Zabel , who secured his second win of the day.

Stages

Stages Day Start finish km Stage winner Golden jersey
1st stage 26th of August Málaga 7.3 ( MZF ) Team CSC Carlos Sastre
2nd stage August 27 Málaga - Cordoba 176 Paolo Bettini Thor Hushovd
3rd stage August 28th Cordoba - Almendralejo 219 Francisco José Ventoso Thor Hushovd
4th stage 29th August Almendralejo - Cáceres 135 Erik Zabel Thor Hushovd
5th stage August 30th Plasencia - La Covatilla ( Béjar ) 178 Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca
6th stage August 31 Zamora - Leon 177 Thor Hushovd Danilo Di Luca
7th stage September 1 León - Alto de El Morredero ( Ponferrada ) 154.2 Alejandro Valverde Janez Brajkovič
8th stage September 2nd Ponferrada - Lugo 181.6 Alexander Vinokurov Janez Brajkovič
9th stage September 3 A Fonsagrada - Alto de La Cobertoria 207.4 Alexander Vinokurov Alejandro Valverde
Rest day
10th stage 5th September Avilés - Museo de Altamira ( Santillana del Mar ) 199.3 Sérgio Paulinho Alejandro Valverde
11th stage September 6th Torrelavega ( Óscar Freire Velodrome ) - Burgos 173.6 Egoi Martínez Alejandro Valverde
12th stage 7th of September Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara 169.3 Luca Paolini Alejandro Valverde
13th stage September 8th Guadalajara - Cuenca 180 Samuel Sánchez Alejandro Valverde
14th stage the 9th of September Cuenca 33.2 ( EZF ) David Millar Alejandro Valverde
15th stage September 10 Motilla del Palancar - Factoría Ford ( Almussafes ) 182 Robert Forster Alejandro Valverde
Rest day
16th stage 12th September Almería - Calar Alto observatory 145 Igor Antón Alejandro Valverde
17th stage 13.september Adra - Granada 166.7 Tom Danielson Alexander Vinokurov
18th stage September 14th Granada - Sierra de la Pandera 153.1 Andrei Kashechkin Alexander Vinokurov
19th stage September 15th Jaén - Ciudad Real 205.3 José Luis Arrieta Alexander Vinokurov
20th stage 16th September Rivas-Futura - Rivas-Vaciamadrid 27.5 ( EZF ) Alexander Vinokurov Alexander Vinokurov
21st stage 17th of September Madrid 142.2 Erik Zabel Alexander Vinokurov

Jerseys in the course of the tour

The table shows the wearer of the respective jersey during the individual stage or the leaders of the respective overall ranking on the evening of the previous day.

stage Golden jersey Blue jersey Red jersey White jersey Team evaluation
02nd stage Carlos Sastre not forgiven not forgiven not forgiven Team CSC
03rd stage Thor Hushovd Paolo Bettini Mario de Sarraga Mario de Sarraga
04th stage Thor Hushovd David de la Fuente
05th stage
06th stage Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Discovery Channel
07th stage
08th stage Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovič
09th stage
10th stage Alejandro Valverde Pietro Caucchioli Alejandro Valverde
11th stage
12th stage
13th stage
14th stage
15th stage
16th stage
17th stage
18th stage Alexander Vinokurov Egoi Martínez
19th stage Alexander Vinokurov
20th stage
21st stage
winner

See also

Web links

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