Tour of Portugal 2006

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Final result after the 10th stage
winner David Blanco 38:33:54 h
Second Héctor Guerra + 1:08 min
Third Cândido Barbosa + 1:50 min
Fourth João Cabreira + 2:37 min
fifth Juan Gomis + 2:39 min
Sixth Claus Moller + 2:41 min
seventh Bruno Pires + 4:01 min
Eighth Carlos Pinho + 4:02 min
Ninth Ricardo Mestre + 4:13 min
Tenth Rui Sousa + 4:32 min

The 68th Tour of Portugal is a cycle stage race that took place from August 5th to 15th, 2006. It was held in ten stages over a distance of 1,541.5 kilometers. The race is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2006 and is classified in the highest category 2.HC.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Leader
1st stage 5th of August Portimão - Beja 186.5 Portugal Cândido Barbosa Portugal Cândido Barbosa
2nd stage 6th of August Arraiolos - Lisbon 180.6 Portugal Manuel Cardoso Portugal Manuel Cardoso
3rd stage August 7th Ansião - Viseu 170.7 Argentina Martín Garrido Portugal Cândido Barbosa
4th stage 8th August Viseu - São João da Madeira 153.7 Spain Carlos Nozal Portugal Lizuarte Martins
5th stage August 9 Gondomar - Felgueiras 156.5 Spain Gustavo César Veloso Spain Gustavo César Veloso
6th stage August 10 Santo Tirso - Fafe 150.2 Portugal Ricardo Mestre Portugal Ricardo Mestre
7th stage 12. August Celorico de Basto - Alto da Senhora da Graça 192.7 Portugal João Cabreira Portugal João Cabreira
8th stage 13 August Favaios - Guarda 166.4 Spain David Blanco Austria Christian Pfannberger
9th stage August 14th Gouveia - Fundão 144.6 BulgariaBulgaria Krassimir Vasilev Portugal Carlos Pinho
10th stage 15th of August Idanha-a-Nova - Castelo Branco ( EZF ) 39.6 Spain David Blanco SpainDavid Blanco

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