2006 Tour of the Basque Country explained

2006 Tour of the Basque Country
Date:	3–8 April 2006
Stages:	6
Distance:	829^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	20h 31' 47"
First:	José Ángel Gómez Marchante
First Nat:	ESP
Second:	Alejandro Valverde
Second Nat:	ESP
Third:	Antonio Colóm
Third Nat:	ESP
Previous:	2005
Next:	2007

The 2006 Tour of the Basque Country was the 46th Tour of the Basque Country road cycling race and was held over six stages from 3 April to 8 April 2006.^[2] It was won by Spaniard José Ángel Gómez Marchante of the cycling team.

Stages

Stage 1

3 April 2006 – Irun to Irun, 130km (80miles)

Stage 1 result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	3h 22' 27"
2	Óscar Freire	s.t.
3	Davide Rebellin	s.t.
4	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	s.t.
5	Fränk Schleck	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	3h 22' 27"
2	Óscar Freire	s.t.
3	Davide Rebellin	s.t.
4	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	s.t.
5	Fränk Schleck	s.t.

Stage 2

4 April 2006 – Irun to Segura, 155km (96miles)

Stage 2 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	4h 10' 55"
2	Alberto Contador	LSW	s.t.
3	Alejandro Valverde		+ 2"
4	Patrik Sinkewitz		+ 2"
5	Davide Rebellin		+ 2"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	7h 33' 22"
2	Alberto Contador	LSW	s.t.
3	Alejandro Valverde		+ 2"
4	Davide Rebellin		+ 2"
5	Fränk Schleck		+ 2"

Stage 3

5 April 2006 – Segura to Lerín, 170km (110miles)

Stage 3 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	4h 07' 36"
2	Davide Rebellin		s.t.
3	Alberto Contador	LSW	s.t.
4	Leonardo Bertagnolli		s.t.
5	José Ángel Gómez Marchante		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	11h 40' 58"
2	Alberto Contador	LSW	s.t.
3	Davide Rebellin		+ 2"
4	Cadel Evans		+ 2"
5	Leonardo Bertagnolli		+ 2"

Stage 4

6 April 2005 – Lerín to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 172km (107miles)

Stage 4 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire		3h 56' 43"
2	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	s.t.
3	Fabian Wegmann		s.t.
4	Alejandro Valverde		s.t.
5	Stefano Garzelli		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	15h 37' 41"
2	Alberto Contador	LSW	s.t.
3	Davide Rebellin		+ 2"
4	Cadel Evans		+ 2"
5	Leonardo Bertagnolli		+ 2"

Stage 5

7 April 2006 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla, 178km (111miles)

Stage 5 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thomas Voeckler		4h 18' 42"
2	Jens Voigt		s.t.
3	Juan José Cobo		+ 12"
4	Gustavo César	KAI	+ 34"
5	Pietro Caucchioli	C.A	+ 34"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	19h 58' 54"
2	Alberto Contador	LSW	s.t.
3	Davide Rebellin		+ 2"
4	Cadel Evans		+ 2"
5	Leonardo Bertagnolli		+ 2"

Stage 6

8 April 2006 – Zalla to Zalla, 24km (15miles) (ITT)

This stage was an individual time trial.

Stage 6 result^[3]

	Cyclist	Time
1	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	32' 44"
2	Alejandro Valverde	+ 6"
3	Antonio Colóm	+ 8"
4	Evgeni Petrov	+ 16"
5	Patrik Sinkewitz	+ 18"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	José Ángel Gómez Marchante		20h 31' 47"
2	Alejandro Valverde		+ 7"
3	Antonio Colóm		+ 7"
4	Patrik Sinkewitz		+ 19"
5	Alberto Contador	LSW	+ 20"

Classification tables

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	José Ángel Gómez Marchante		20h 31' 47"
2	Alejandro Valverde		+ 7"
3	Antonio Colóm		+ 7"
4	Patrik Sinkewitz		+ 19"
5	Alberto Contador	Liberty Seguros–Würth	+ 20"

King of The Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Points
1	Hubert Dupont	29
2	Juan José Cobo	25
3	José Luis Arrieta	22
4	Unai Etxebarria	21
5	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	20

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Alejandro Valverde		84
2	Samuel Sánchez		71
3	Davide Rebellin		56
4	Óscar Freire		45
5	Alberto Contador	Liberty Seguros–Würth	44

Metas Volantes classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Pierrick Fédrigo		11
2	José Luis Arrieta		9
3	Andriy Hrivko	Team Milram	6
4	Rubén Lobato		6
5	Unai Etxebarria		6

Best team

	Team	Time
1		61h 36' 43"
2	Liberty Seguros–Würth	+ 3' 13"
3		+ 3' 30"
4		+ 4' 49"
5		+ 4' 58"

Notes and References

Web site: Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour). BikeRaceInfo. 17 February 2020.
News: 46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco – PT. Cycling News. 17 February 2020.
News: Stage 6 – April 8: Zalla – Zalla ITT, 24 Km. Cycling News. 13 April 2006.