Vuelta a España 2006 / driver field

The following drivers and teams took part in the Vuelta a España 2006 :

The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are marked in bold .

Legend:

• Suspension: Exclusion by own team before the start of the race
• Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the race
• Disqualification: Exclusion by the race management after the start of the race
• : Stage winner
• : Golden jersey for the overall leader
• : Blue jersey for the best in points
• : Orange jersey for the best mountain rider
• : White jersey for the best in the combined ranking
• : Yellow number on the back of the leading team in the team classification

Rabobank (NED)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
1	Denis Menshov	Russia	Task before the 11th stage, physical and mental exhaustion
2	Mauricio Ardila	Colombia
3	Theo Eltink	Netherlands
4th	William Walker	Australia
5	Pedro Horrillo	Spain
6th	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Task before the 16th stage
7th	Grischa Niermann	Germany
8th	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	Task during the 17th stage
9	Pieter Weening	Netherlands

Team CSC (DEN)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
11	Carlos Sastre	Spain	: 1st stage; : 2nd stage
12	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Denmark	: 1st stage
13	Lars Bak	Denmark	: 1st stage
14th	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	: 1st stage ; Task before the 16th stage, preparation for the world championship
15th	Iñigo Cuesta	Spain	: 1st stage
16	Marcus Ljungqvist	Sweden	: 1st stage
17th	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	: 1st stage
18th	Volodymyr Hustov	Ukraine	: 1st stage
19th	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	: 1st stage
			: 2nd - 5th stage

ag2r Prévoyance (FRA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
21st	Cyril Dessel	France	Task before the 16th stage
22nd	José Luis Arrieta	Spain	: 19th stage
23	Mikel Astarloza	Spain
24	Íñigo Chaurreau	Spain
25th	Hubert Dupont	France
26th	Stéphane Goubert	France
27	David Navas	Spain
28	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France
29	Aljaksandr Ussau	Belarus

Bouygues Télécom (FRA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
31	Walter Bénéteau	France
32	Mathieu Claude	France	Task during the 9th stage
33	Pierre Drancourt	France
34	Xavier Florencio	Spain	Task before the 16th stage
35	Anthony Geslin	France	Task during the 16th stage
36	Christophe Kern	France	Task during the 11th stage
37	Rony Martias	France	Task during the 10th stage
38	Jérôme Pineau	France	Task during the 11th stage
39	Franck Renier	France

Crédit Agricole (FRA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
41	László Bodrogi	Hungary
42	Pietro Caucchioli	Italy	: 10th - 17th stage
43	Anthony Charteau	France	Task during the 10th stage
44	Dmitri Fofonov	Kazakhstan
45	Thor Hushovd	Norway	: 6th stage; : 3rd - 5th stage; : 4th - 21st stage; Scoring winner
46	Mads Kaggestad	Norway
47	Cyril Lemoine	France
48	Mark Renshaw	Australia	Task during the 16th stage
49	Benoît Poilvet	France

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears (ESP)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
51	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	: 7th stage; : 10th - 17th stage; : 10th - 18th stage
52	Óscar Pereiro	Spain
53	David Arroyo	Spain
54	Vicente García Acosta	Spain
55	Joan Horrach	Spain
56	Vladimir Karpets	Russia
57	Pablo Lastras	Spain
58	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain
59	Xabier Zandio	Spain

Cofidis (FRA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
61	Frédéric Bessy	France
62	Leonardo Duque	Colombia
63	Bingen Fernández	Spain
64	Geoffroy Lequatre	France
65	Thierry Marichal	Belgium
66	Sébastien Minard	France
67	Hervé Duclos-Lassalle	France	Task during the 11th stage
68	Luis Perez	Spain
69	Staf Scheirlinckx	Belgium

Discovery Channel (USA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
71	Michael Barry	Canada
72	Manuel Beltran	Spain
73	Janez Brajkovič	Slovenia	: 8th & 9th stage; : 8th & 9th stage; : 8th & 9th stage
74	Tom Danielson	United States	: 17th stage
75	Stijn Devolder	Belgium
76	Vladimir Gusev	Russia
77	Benoît Joachim	Luxembourg
78	Egoi Martínez	Spain	: 11th stage; : 18th - 21st stage; Mountain classification winner
79	Jurgen Van Goolen	Belgium
			: 6th - 21st stage; Winner of the team classification

Davitamon Lotto (BEL)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
81	Olivier Kaisen	Belgium
82	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Disqualification after the 5th stage, exceeding the time limit
83	Pieter Mertens	Belgium
84	Fred Rodriguez	United States
85	Wim De Vocht	Belgium	Task during the 9th stage
86	Bart Dockx	Belgium	Task during the 17th stage
87	Christopher Horner	United States
88	Josep Jufré	Spain	Task during the 8th stage, deep cut on the arm after a fall
89	Bjorn Leukemans	Belgium

Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
91	Samuel Sánchez	Spain	: 13th stage
92	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain
93	Iban Mayo	Spain
94	Igor Antón	Spain	: 16th stage
95	Markel Irízar	Spain
96	Iñaki Isasi	Spain	Task during the 9th stage
97	Iñigo Landaluze	Spain
98	Aketza Peña	Spain
99	Rubén Pérez	Spain

Française des Jeux (FRA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
101	Jérémy Roy	France
102	Fabien Patanchon	France
103	Ian McLeod	South Africa
104	Eric Leblacher	France
105	Sébastien Joly	France
106	Frédéric Finot	France	Disqualification after the 16th stage, exceeding the time limit
107	Bernhard Eisel	Austria	Task before the 16th stage, preparation for the world championship
108	Christophe Detilloux	Belgium	Disqualification after the 5th stage, exceeding the time limit
109	Freddy Bichot	France	Disqualification after the 5th stage, exceeding the time limit

Team Gerolsteiner (GER)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
111	Davide rebel	Italy	Task before the 15th stage, preparation for the world championship
112	Robert Forster	Germany	: 15th stage
113	Markus Fothen	Germany	Task during the 12th stage
114	René Haselbacher	Austria	Task before the 16th stage
115	Heinrich Haussler	Germany
116	Torsten Hiekmann	Germany
117	Andrea Moletta	Italy	Task during stage 12, fever
118	Sven Montgomery	Switzerland	Task during the 12th stage
119	Marcel Strauss	Switzerland	Task before the 10th stage, fever and stomach problems

Lampre-Fondital (ITA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
121	Matteo Carrara	Italy	Task before the 20th stage
122	Claudio Corioni	Italy
123	Enrico Franzoi	Italy
124	David Loosli	Switzerland
125	Marco Marzano	Italy	Task during the 8th stage
126	Ruggero Marzoli	Italy	Task before the 15th stage
127	Danilo Napolitano	Italy	Task during the 16th stage
128	Yevgeny Petrov	Russia
129	Sylwester Szmyd	Poland

Liquigas-Bianchi (ITA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
131	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	: 5th stage; : 6th & 7th stage; : 6th & 7th stage; : 6th & 7th stage ; Task before the 18th stage, preparation for the world championship
132	Dario Andriotto	Italy
133	Magnus Backstedt	Sweden
134	Kjell Carlström	Finland
135	Dario Cioni	Italy
136	Francesco Failli	Italy
137	Alessandro Spezialetti	Italy
138	Charles Wegelius	United Kingdom	Task during the 5th stage, fall injuries
139	Luca Paolini	Italy	: 12th stage ; Task before the 16th stage

Team Milram (ITA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
141	Alessandro Petacchi	Italy	Surrender before the 16th stage, fracture of a finger
142	Erik Zabel	Germany	: 4th & 21st stage
143	Daniel Becke	Germany	Task during the 18th stage, stomach problems
144	Enrico Poitschke	Germany
145	Volodymyr Djudja	Ukraine	Task during the 6th stage
146	Alberto Ongarato	Italy
147	Fabio Sacchi	Italy
148	Sebastian Siedler	Germany
149	Marco Velo	Italy

Phonak Hearing Systems (SUI)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
151	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	Spain	Task during the 5th stage
152	Aurélien Clerc	Switzerland
153	Luis Fernández Oliveira	Spain
154	Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	Task during the 17th stage
155	Nicolas Jalabert	France	Task during the 9th stage
156	Steve Morabito	Switzerland
157	Uroš Murn	Slovenia
158	Florian Stalder	Switzerland
159	Steve Zampieri	Switzerland	Task during the 7th stage

Quick Step Innergetic (BEL)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
161	Paolo Bettini	Italy	: 2nd stage; : 3rd stage ; Task before the 18th stage, preparation for the world championship
162	Davide Viganò	Italy
163	Kevin Van Impe	Belgium
164	Matteo Tosatto	Italy	Task during the 17th stage
165	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium
166	Kevin Hulsmans	Belgium
167	José Antonio Garrido	Spain
168	Addy Engels	Netherlands
169	Kevin De Weert	Belgium

Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada (ESP)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
171	Nácor Burgos	Spain	Task during the 16th stage, injuries from a fall
172	Mario de Sarraga	Spain	: 3rd - 5th stage; : 3rd stage
173	José Miguel Elías	Spain
174	Raúl García de Mateos	Spain
175	Jorge García Marín	Spain
176	David George	South Africa
177	Daniel Moreno	Spain
178	Jesús Hernández	Spain	Task during the 16th stage, broken right elbow after a fall
179	Angel Vallejo	Spain

Saunier Duval-Prodir (ESP)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
181	José Alberto Benítez	Spain
182	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	Spain
183	David Millar	United Kingdom	: 14th stage
184	David Cañada	Spain
185	Juan José Cobo	Spain	Task during the 9th stage
186	Leonardo Piepoli	Italy
187	David de la Fuente	Spain	: 4th & 5th stage
188	Ángel Gómez	Spain	Task during the 12th stage
189	Francisco José Ventoso	Spain	: 3rd stage

T-Mobile Team (GER)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
191	Lorenzo Bernucci	Italy	Task before the 13th stage, cold
192	Scott Davis	Australia
193	Bastiaan Giling	Netherlands
194	André Greipel	Germany	Task during the 9th stage
195	Bernhard Kohl	Austria	Retired during the 9th stage, severe bruises after a fall
196	André Korff	Germany	Task before the 5th stage, health problems
197	Daniele Nardello	Italy
198	Stephan Schreck	Germany
199	Thomas Ziegler	Germany	Task during the 9th stage

Astana-Würth (ESP)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
201	Alexander Vinokurov	Kazakhstan	: 8th, 9th & 20th stage; : 18th - 21st stage; : 19th - 21st stage; Overall winner; Winner of the combined ranking
202	Carlos Barredo	Spain
203	Assan Basayev	Kazakhstan
204	José Antonio Redondo	Spain
205	Andrei Kashechkin	Kazakhstan	: 18th stage
206	Aaron Kemps	Australia
207	Sérgio Paulinho	Portugal	: 10th stage
208	Luis León Sánchez	Spain	Task during the 11th stage
209	Sergei Yakovlev	Kazakhstan

Web links

• Driver list Vuelta a España 2006