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. It was won by Spaniard José Ángel Gómez Marchante of the cycling team.
Stages
Stage 1 3 April 2006 – Irun to Irun,
Stage 1 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Alejandro Valverde 3h 22' 27"2Óscar Freire s.t.3Davide Rebellin s.t.4Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero s.t.5Fränk Schleck s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Alejandro Valverde 3h 22' 27"2Óscar Freire s.t.3Davide Rebellin s.t.4Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero s.t.5Fränk Schleck s.t.
Stage 2 4 April 2006 – Irun to Segura,
Stage 2 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Samuel SánchezEUS 4h 10' 55"2Alberto ContadorLSW s.t.3Alejandro Valverde + 2"4Patrik Sinkewitz + 2"5Davide Rebellin + 2"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Samuel SánchezEUS 7h 33' 22"2Alberto ContadorLSW s.t.3Alejandro Valverde + 2"4Davide Rebellin + 2"5Fränk Schleck + 2"
Stage 3 5 April 2006 – Segura to Lerín,
Stage 3 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Samuel SánchezEUS 4h 07' 36"2Davide Rebellin s.t.3Alberto ContadorLSW s.t.4Leonardo Bertagnolli s.t.5José Ángel Gómez Marchante s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Samuel SánchezEUS 11h 40' 58"2Alberto ContadorLSW s.t.3Davide Rebellin + 2"4Cadel Evans + 2"5Leonardo Bertagnolli + 2"
Stage 4 6 April 2005 – Lerín to Vitoria-Gasteiz,
Stage 4 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Óscar Freire 3h 56' 43"2Samuel SánchezEUS s.t.3Fabian Wegmann s.t.4Alejandro Valverde s.t.5Stefano Garzelli s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Samuel SánchezEUS 15h 37' 41"2Alberto ContadorLSW s.t.3Davide Rebellin + 2"4Cadel Evans + 2"5Leonardo Bertagnolli + 2"
Stage 5 7 April 2006 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla,
Stage 5 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Thomas Voeckler 4h 18' 42"2Jens Voigt s.t.3Juan José Cobo + 12"4Gustavo CésarKAI + 34"5Pietro CaucchioliC.A + 34"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Samuel SánchezEUS 19h 58' 54"2Alberto ContadorLSW s.t.3Davide Rebellin + 2"4Cadel Evans + 2"5Leonardo Bertagnolli + 2"
Stage 6 8 April 2006 – Zalla to Zalla, (ITT)
This stage was an individual time trial.
Stage 6 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1José Ángel Gómez Marchante 32' 44"2Alejandro Valverde + 6"3Antonio Colóm + 8"4Evgeni Petrov + 16"5Patrik Sinkewitz + 18"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistCountryTeamTime1José Ángel Gómez Marchante 20h 31' 47"2Alejandro Valverde + 7"3Antonio Colóm + 7"4Patrik Sinkewitz + 19"5Alberto ContadorLSW + 20"
Classification tables
General classification CyclistCountryTeamTime1José Ángel Gómez Marchante 20h 31' 47"2Alejandro Valverde + 7"3Antonio Colóm + 7"4Patrik Sinkewitz + 19"5Alberto ContadorLiberty Seguros–Würth + 20"
King of The Mountains classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Hubert Dupont292Juan José Cobo253José Luis Arrieta224Unai Etxebarria215José Ángel Gómez Marchante20
Points classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Alejandro Valverde842Samuel Sánchez 713Davide Rebellin564Óscar Freire455Alberto ContadorLiberty Seguros–Würth44
Metas Volantes classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Pierrick Fédrigo112José Luis Arrieta 93Andriy HrivkoTeam Milram64Rubén Lobato65Unai Etxebarria6
Best team TeamCountryTime1 61h 36' 43"2Liberty Seguros–Würth + 3' 13"3 + 3' 30"4 + 4' 49"5 + 4' 58"
References