Road Cycling
Men: Vuelta a España 2006
Final Standings:
1. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] 81h23:07
2. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] + 1:12
3. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] + 3:12
4. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 3:35
5. José Ángel Gómez (spa) [sdv] + 6:51
6. Thomas Danielson (usa) [dsc] + 8:09
7. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] + 8:26
8. Vladimir Karpets (rus) [cei] + 10:36
9. Manuel Beltrán (spa) [dsc] + 10:47
10. Luis Pérez (spa) [cof] + 11:32

Sunday, September 17
Stage 21: Madrid, 142.2 km:
1. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] 3h40:47
2. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
3. Aurélien Clerc (swi) [pho] s.t.
4. Robert Förster (ger) [gst] s.t.
5. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] s.t.
6. Francisco José Ventoso (spa) [sdv] s.t.
7. Fred Rodriguez (usa) [dvl] s.t.
8. Marco Velo (ita) [mrm] s.t.
9. Claudio Corioni (ita) [lam] s.t.
10. Davide Vigano (ita) [qsi] s.t.

Saturday, September 16
Stage 20: Rivas Viaciamadrid, itt 27.5 km:
1. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] 33:39
2. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] + 0:06
3. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] + 0:19
4. László Bodrogi (hun) [c.a] + 0:26
5. Vladimir Karpets (rus) [cei] + 0:30
6. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] + 0:32
7. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 0:44
8. Vladimir Gusev (rus) [dsc] + 0:49
9. Torsten Hiekmann (ger) [gst] + 0:55
10. Sébastien Rosseler (bel) [qsi] + 1:00

Friday, September 15
Stage 19: Jaén - Ciudad Real, 205.3 km:
1. José Luis Arrieta (spa) [a2r] 5h30:14
2. Dmitriy Fofonov (kaz) [c.a] s.t.
3. David Loosli (swi) [lam] + 0:02
4. Lars Ytting Bak (den) [csc] + 0:09
5. Vladimir Gusev (rus) [dsc] + 0:30
6. Pieter Mertens (bel) [dvl] s.t.
7. José Vicente García Acosta (spa) [cei] s.t.
8. Aketza Peña (spa) [eus] s.t.
9. Aurélien Clerc (swi) [pho] + 11:16
10. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.

Thursday, September 14
Stage 18: Granada - Sierra de la Pandera, 153 km:
1. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] 3h57:39
2. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] s.t.
3. José Ángel Gómez (spa) [sdv] + 0:30
4. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] + 0:32
5. Leonardo Piepoli (ita) [sdv] + 0:35
6. Igor Antón (spa) [eus] s.t.
7. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] + 0:46
8. Thomas Danielson (usa) [dsc] s.t.
9. Luis Pérez (spa) [cof] + 0:48
10. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] s.t.

Wednesday, September 13
Stage 17: Adra - Granada, 167 km:
1. Thomas Danielson (usa) [dsc] 4h09:55
2. Aleksandr Vinokourov 9kaz) [ast] s.t.
3. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [aus] + 1:10
4. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] + 1:39
5. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] s.t.
6. Stéphane Goubert (fra) [a2r] s.t.
7. Luis Pérez (spa) [cof] s.t.
8. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] s.t.
9. José Ángel Gómez (spa) [sdv] s.t.
10. Leonardo Piepoli (ita) [sdv] s.t.

Tuesday, September 12
Stage 16: Almería - Calar Alto, 145 km:
1. Igor Antón (spa) [eus] 4h29:42
2. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] + 0:23
3. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] s.t.
4. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] s.t.
5. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 0:28
6. Thomas Danielson (usa) [dsc] + 0:30
7. Manuel Beltrán (spa) [dsc] + 0:42
8. Luis Pérez (spa) [cof] + 1:10
9. José Antonio Redondo (spa) [ast] + 1:13
10. Stijn Devolder (bel) [dsc] + 1:15

Sunday, September 10
Stage 15: Motilla del Palancar - Almussafes, 182 km:
1. Robert Förster (ger) [gst] 4h24:55
2. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] s.t.
3. Danilo Napolitano (ita) [lam] s.t.
4. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
5. Paolo Bettini (ita) [qsi] s.t.
6. Aurélien Clerc (swi) [pho] s.t.
7. Aaron Kemps (aus) [ast] s.t.
8. Geoffroy Lequatre (fra) [cof] s.t.
9. Fred Rodriguez (usa) [dvl] s.t.
10. Jean-Patrick Nazon (fra) [a2r] s.t.

Saturday, September 9
Stage 14: Cuenca, itt 33 km:
1. David Millar (gbr) [sdv] 40:54
2. Fabian Cancellara (swi) [csc] s.t.
3. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] + 0:05
4. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] + 0:13
5. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] + 0:26
6. Stijn Devolder (bel) [dsc] + 0:44
7. László Bodrogi (hun) [c.a] + 0:45
8. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 0:46
9. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] + 0:54
10. Vladimir Karpets (rus) [cei] + 1:03

Friday, September 8
Stage 13: Guadalajara - Cuenca, 180 km:
1. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] 4h03:43
2. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
3. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] s.t.
4. Luca Paolini (ita) [liq] s.t.
5. Paolo Bettini (ita) [qsi] s.t.
6. Danilo di Luca (ita) [liq] s.t.
7. Ruggero Marzoli (ita) [lam] s.t.
8. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] s.t.
9. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] slt.
10. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] s.t.

Thursday, September 7
Stage 12: Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara, 169.3 km:
1. Luca Paolini (ita) [liq] 3h35:07
2. Bart Dockx (bel) [dvl] + 0:05
3. Paolo Bettini (ita) [qsi] s.t.
4. Vladimir Gusev (rus) [dsc] + 0:08
5. David Arroyo (spa) [cei] s.t.
6. Rubén Pérez (spa) [eus] + 0:17
7. Bernhard Eisel (aut) [fdj] + 0:22
8. Jean-Patrick Nazon (fra) [a2r] s.t.
9. Heinrich Haussler (ger) [gst] + 0:33
10. Björn Leukemans (bel) [dvl] + 0:39

Wednesday, September 6
Stage 11: Torrelavega - Burgos, 173.6 km:
1. Egoi Martínez (spa) [dsc] 4h20:32
2. Iñigo Landaluze (spa) [eus] + 0:55
3. Volodymyr Gustov (ukr) [csc] s.t.
4. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] + 3:35
5. Aleksandr Usov (blr) [a2r] s.t.
6. David Loosli (swi) [lam] s.t.
7. Andrea Moletta (ita) [gst] s.t.
8. Theo Eltink (net) [rab] s.t.
9. Scott Davis (aus) [tmo] s.t.
10. Joaquín Rodríguez (spa) [cei] + 3:37

Tuesday, September 5
Stage 10: Avilés - Museo de Altamira, 199.3 km:
1. Sergio Paulinho (por) [ast] 4h33:44
2. Davide Rebellin (ita) [gst] + 0:02
3. Xavier Florencio (spa) [btl] s.t.
4. Vladimir Karpets (rus) [cei] + 0:06
5. Francisco José Ventoso (spa) [sdv] + 0:07
6. Vladimir Gusev (rus) [dsc] s.t.
7. Sébastien Joly (fra) [fdj] s.t.
8. Sébastien Minard (fra) [cof] s.t.
9. Dmitriy Fofonov (kaz) [c.a] s.t.
10. Yevgeniy Petrov (rus) [lam] s.t.

Sunday, September 3
Stage 9: A Fonsagrada - Alto de La Cobertoria, 207.4 km:
1. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] 5h50:43
2. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] + 0:16
3. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] + 0:21
4. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 0:43
5. José Ángel Gómez (spa) [sdv] s.t.
6. Danilo di Luca (ita) [liq] s.t.
7. Manuel Beltrán (spa) [dsc] + 1:46
8. Leonardo Piepoli (ita) [sdv] s.t.
9. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] + 1:59
10. Stijn Devolder (bel) [dsc] + 2:14

Saturday, September 2
Stage 8: Ponferrada - Lugo, 181 km:
1. Aleksandr Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] 4h02:11
2. Ruggero Marzoli (ita) [lam] + 0:01
3. Uros Murn (svn) [pho] s.t.
4. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
5. Paolo Bettini (ita) [qsi] s.t.
6. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] s.t.
7. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] s.t.
8. Thomas Ziegler (ger) [tmo] s.t.
9. Andrea Moletta (ita) [gst] s.t.
10. Davide Rebellin (ita) [gst] s.t.

Friday, September 1
Stage 7: León - Alto de El Morredero, 154 km:
1. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] 4h01:05
2. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 0:04
3. José Ángel Gómez (spa) [sdv] + 0:06
4. Janez Brajkovic (svn) [dsc] + 0:07
5. Manuel Beltrán (spa) [dsc] s.t.
6. Aleksandro Vinokourov (kaz) [ast] + 0:12
7. Luis Pérez (spa) [cof] + 0:16
8. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] s.t.
9. Stijn Devolder (bel) [dsc] + 0:23
10. Ruggero Marzoli (ita) [lam] + 0:29

Thursday, August 31
Stage 6: Zamora - León, 177 km:
1. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] 4h09:10
2. André Greipel (ger) [tmo] s.t.
3. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] s.t.
4. Alessandro Petacchi (ita) [mrm] s.t.
5. Danilo Napolitano (ita) [lam] s.t.
6. Bernhard Eisel (aut) [fdj] s.t.
7. Luca Paolini (ita) [liq] s.t.
8. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] s.t.
9. Aleksandr Usov (blr) [a2r] s.t.
10. Francisco José Ventoso (spa) [sdv] s.t.

Wednesday, August 30
Stage 5: Plasencia - Est. La Covatilla, 178 km:
1. Danilo di Luca (ita) [liq] 5h02:25
2. Janez Brajkovic (svn) [dsc] s.t.
3. Andrey Kashechkin (kaz) [ast] + 0:07
4. José Ángel Gómez (spa) [sdv] + 0:15
5. Carlos Sastre (spa) [csc] + 0:22
6. Alejandro Valverde (spa) [cei] s.t.
7. Ruggero Marzoli (ita) [lam] + 0:36
8. Samuel Sánchez (spa) [eus] + 0:39
9. Manuel Beltrán (spa) [dsc] s.t.
10. Bernhard Kohl (aut) [tmo] + 0:42

Tuesday, August 29
Stage 4: Almendralejo - Cáceres, 142 km:
1. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] 3h24:46
2. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
3. Jean-Patrick Nazon (fra) [a2r] s.t.
4. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] s.t.
5. Francisco José Ventoso (spa) [sdv] s.t.
6. Bernhard Eisel (aut) [fdj] s.t.
7. André Greipel (ge) [tmo] s.t.
8. Paolo Bettini (ita) [qsi] s.t.
9. Robbie McEwen (aus) [dvl] s.t.
10. Luca Paolini (ita) [liq] s.t.

Monday, August 28
Stage 3: Córdoba - Almendralejo, 220 km:
1. Francisco José Ventoso (spa) [sdv] 5h43:45
2. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
3. Stuart O'Grady (aus) [csc] s.t.
4. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] s.t.
5. Robbie McEwen (aus) [dvl] s.t.
6. Danilo Napolitano (ita) [lam] s.t.
7. Luca Paolini (ita) [liq] s.t.
8. Pedro Horrillo (spa) [rab] s.t.
9. Aurélien Clerc (swi) [pho] s.t.
10. Jean-Patrick Nazon (fra) [a2r] s.t.

Sunday, August 27
Stage 2: Málaga - Córdoba, 167 km:
1. Paolo Bettini (ita) [qsi] 4h19:31
2. Thor Hushovd (nor) [c.a] s.t.
3. Luca Paolini (ita) [liq] s.t.
4. Robbie McEwen (aus) [dvl] s.t.
5. Uros Murn (svn) [pho] s.t.
6. Francisco José Ventoso (spa) [sdv] s.t.
7. Iñaki Isasi (spa) [eus] s.t.
8. Bernhard Eisel (aut) [fdj] s.t.
9. Jean-Patrick Nazon (fra) [a2r] s.t.
10. Erik Zabel (ger) [mrm] s.t.

Saturday, August 26
Stage 1: Málaga, ttt 7.2 km:
1. Team CSC (den) 7.36
2. Caisse d'Espargne (spa) + 0:07
3. Team Milram (ita) + 0:08
4. Discovery Channel (usa) + 0:09
5. T-Mobile Team (ger) + 0:11
6. Astana (kaz) + 0:12
7. Saunier Duval (spa) + 0:13
8. Crédit Agricole (fra) s.t.
9. Liquigas (ita) s.t.
10. Quick Step-Innergetic (bel) + 0:15