Vuelta a España 2006 / driver field

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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
  • winner: Stage winner
  • Golden jersey: Golden jersey for the overall leader
  • Blue jersey: Blue jersey for the best in points
  • Orange jersey: Orange jersey for the best mountain rider
  • White jersey: White jersey for the best in the combined ranking
  • Team ranking: Yellow number on the back of the leading team in the team classification

Rabobank (NED)

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

Team CSC (DEN)

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

ag2r Prévoyance (FRA)

No. Surname nationality Remarks
21st Cyril Dessel FranceFrance France Task before the 16th stage
22nd José Luis Arrieta SpainSpain Spain winner: 19th stage
23 Mikel Astarloza SpainSpain Spain
24 Íñigo Chaurreau SpainSpain Spain
25th Hubert Dupont FranceFrance France
26th Stéphane Goubert FranceFrance France
27 David Navas SpainSpain Spain
28 Jean-Patrick Nazon FranceFrance France
29 Aljaksandr Ussau Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus

Bouygues Télécom (FRA)

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

Crédit Agricole (FRA)

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

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears (ESP)

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

Cofidis (FRA)

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

Discovery Channel (USA)

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

Davitamon Lotto (BEL)

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

Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)

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

Française des Jeux (FRA)

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

Team Gerolsteiner (GER)

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

Lampre-Fondital (ITA)

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

Liquigas-Bianchi (ITA)

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

Team Milram (ITA)

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

Phonak Hearing Systems (SUI)

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

Quick Step Innergetic (BEL)

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

Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada (ESP)

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

Saunier Duval-Prodir (ESP)

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

T-Mobile Team (GER)

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

Astana-Würth (ESP)

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

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