26-8 17-9 ESP 2.PT {short description of image} Back to startlists 2006
The race
St 1 St 2 St 3 St 4 St 5 St 6 St 7 St 8 St 9 St 10 St 11
St 12 St 13 St 14 St 15 St 16 St 17 St 18 St 19 St 20 St 21
Nr Left the race in or before stage
  RABOBANK    
1 Denis Menchov 12
2 Mauricio Ardila Cano  
3 Theo Eltink  
4 William Walker  
5 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz  
6 Michael Boogerd 16 
7 Grischa Niermann  
8 Michael Rasmussen 17 
9 Pieter Weening  
  TEAM CSC    
11 Carlos Sastre  
12 Kurt-Asle Arvesen  
13 Lars Ytting Bak  
14 Fabian Cancellara 16 
15 Iñigo Cuesta  
16 Marcus Ljungqvist  
17 Stuart O'Grady  
18 Volodymir Gustov  
19 Nicki Sorensen  
  AG2R Prevoyance    
21 Cyril Dessel 16
22 José Luis Arrieta  
23 Mikel Astarloza  
24 Iñigo Chaurreau  
25 Hubert Dupont  
26 Stéphane Goubert  
27 David Navas  
28 Jean-Patrick Nazon  
29 Alexandre Usov  
  BOUYGUES TELECOM    
31 Walter Beneteau  
32 Mathieu Claude
33 Pierre Drancourt  
34 Xavier Florencio 16 
35 Anthony Geslin 16 
36 Christophe Kern 12 
37 Rony Martias 10 
38 Jérome Pineau 12 
39 Franck Renier  
  CREDIT AGRICOLE    
41 Laszlo Bodrogi
42 Pietro Caucchioli  
43 Anthony Charteau 10 
44 Dmitriy Fofonov  
45 Thor Hushovd  
46 Mads Kaggestad  
47 Cyril Lemoine  
48 Mark Renshaw 16 
49 Benoît Poilvet  
  ILLES BALEARS - CAISSE D'ÉPARGNE   
51 Alejandro Valverde  
52 Oscar Pereiro  
53 David Arroyo  
54 José Vicente García Acosta  
55 Joan Horrach  
56 Vladimir Karpets  
57 Pablo Lastras  
58 Joaquin Rodríguez  
59 Xabier Zandio  
  COFIDIS    
61 Frédéric Bessy
62 Leonardo Duque  
63 Bingen Fernández  
64 Geoffroy Lequatre  
65 Thierry Marichal  
66 Sébastien Minard  
67 Hervé Duclos Lassalle 12
68 Luis Pérez  
69 Staf Scheirlinckx  
  DISCOVERY CHANNEL    
71 Michael Barry
72 Manuel Beltrán  
73 Janez Brajkovic  
74 Thomas Danielson  
75 Stijn Devolder  
76 Vladimir Gusev  
77 Benoit Joachim  
78 Egoi Martínez  
79 Jurgen Van Goolen  
  DAVITAMON-LOTTO    
81 Olivier Kaisen
82 Robbie McEwen
83 Pieter Mertens  
84 Fred Rodriguez  
85 Wim de Vocht
86 Bart Dockx 17
87 Christopher Horner  
88 Josep Jufré
89 Bjorn Leukemans  
  EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI    
91 Samuel Sánchez  
92 Haimar Zubeldia  
93 Iban Mayo  
94 Igor Antón  
95 Markel Irizar  
96 Iñaki Isasi
97 Iñigo Landaluze  
98 Aketza Peña  
99 Rubén Pérez  
  FRANCAISE DES JEUX    
101 Jérémy Roy  
102 Fabien Patanchon  
103 Ian McLeod  
104 Eric Leblancher  
105 Sébastien Joly  
106 Frédéric Finot 16 
107 Bernhard Eisel 16 
108 Christophe Detilloux
109 Freddy Bichot
  GEROLSTEINER    
111 Davide Rebellin 14 
112 Robert Forster  
113 Markus Fothen 12 
114 Rene Haselbacher 16 
115 Heinrich Haussler  
116 Torsten Hiekmann  
117 Andrea Moletta 12 
118 Sven Montgomery 12 
119 Marcel Strauss 10 
  LAMPRE-FONDITAL    
121 Matteo Carrara  
122 Claudio Corioni  
123 Enrico Franzoi  
124 David Loosli  
125 Marco Marzano
126 Ruggero Marzoli 14 
127 Danilo Napolitano 16 
128 Evgeni Petrov  
129 Sylvester Szmyd  
  LIQUIGAS    
131 Danilo Di Luca 18 
132 Dario Andriotto  
133 Magnus Backtedt  
134 Kjell Carlstrom  
135 Dario David Cioni  
136 Francesco Failli  
137 Alessandro Spezialetti
138 Charles Wegelius
139 Luca Paolini 16 
  TEAM MILRAM    
141 Alessandro Petacchi 16
142 Erik Zabel  
143 Daniel Becke 18 
144 Enrico Poitschke  
145 Volodymyr Dyudya
146 Alberto Ongarato  
147 Fabio Sacchi   
148 Sebastian Siedler  
149 Marco Velo  
  PHONAK HEARING SYSTEM    
151 M. A. Perdiguero 5
152 Aurélien Clerc  
153 Luis Fernández  
154 Ryder Hesjedal 17 
155 Nicolas Jalabert
156 Steve Morabito  
157 Uros Murn  
158 Florian Stalder  
159 Steve Zampieri
  QUICK STEP-INNERGETIC    
161 Paolo Bettini 18 
162 Davide Vigano  
163 Kevin Van Impe  
164 Matteo Tossato 17 
165 Sébastien Rosseler  
166 Kevin Hulsmans  
167 José Antonio Garrido  
168 Addy Engels  
169 Kevin de Weert  
  RELAX-GAM    
171 Nacor Burgos 16 
172 Mario De Sárraga  
173 José Miguel Elías  
174 Raul García  
175 Jorge García  
176 David George  
177 Daniel Moreno  
178 Jesús Hernández 16 
179 Angel Vallejo  
  SAUNIER DUVAL-PRODIR    
181 Alberto Benítez  
182 José Angel Gómez  
183 David Millar  
184 David Cañada  
185 Juan José Cobo
186 Leonaro Piepoli  
187 David De La Fuente  
188 Angel Gómez 12 
189 Francisco Ventoso  
  T-MOBILE TEAM    
191 Lorenzo Bernucci 13 
192 Scott Davis  
193 Bastiaan Giling  
194 André Greipel
195 Bernhard Kohl
196 André Korff
197 Daniele Nardello  
198 Stephan Schreck  
199 Thomas Ziegler
  ASTANA    
201 Alexandre Vinokourov
202 Carlos Barredo  
203 Assan Bazayev  
204 José Antonio Redondo  
205 Andrey Kashechkin  
206 Aaron Kemps  
207 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho  
208 Luis Leon Sánchez Gil 12
209 Serguei Yakovlev  


The race

Profile


August 26, stage 1: Malaga-Malaga, 7,3 km team time trial


August 27, stage 2: Malaga-Cordoba, 176 km


August 28, stage 3: Cordoba-Almendralejo, 219 km


August 29, stage 4: Almendralejo-Caceres, 142 km


August 30, stage 5: Plasencia-La Covatilla, 178 km


August 31, stage 6: Zamora-Leon, 177 km


September 1, stage 7: Leon-Alto de Morredero, 154,2 km


September 2, stage 8: Ponferrada-Lugo, 181,6 km


September 3, stage 9: Fonsagrada-La Cobertoria, 207,4 km


September 4: rest day


September 5, stage 10: Aviles-Cuevas de Altamira, 199,3 km


September 6, stage 11: Torrelavega-Burgos, 173,6 km


September 7, stage 12: Aranda de Duero-Guadalajara, 169,3 km


September 8, stage 13: Guadalajara-Cuenca, 180 km


September 9, stage 14: Cuenca-Cuenca, 33,2 km individual time trial


September 10, stage 15: Motilla del Palancar-Almusafes, 182 km


September 11: rest day


September 12, stage 16: Almeria-Calar Alto, 145 km


September 13, stage 17: Adra-Granada, 166,7 km


September 14, stage 18: Granada-La Pandera, 153,1 km


September 15, stage 19: Jaen-Ciudad Real, 206,3 km


September 16, stage 20: Rivas Vaciamadrid, 27,5 km individual time trial


September 17, stage 21: Madrid-Madrid, 142,2 km