# 2006 Tour of the Basque Country

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 Saunier Duval–Prodir cycling team.

## Stages
### Stage 1

3 April 2006 – Irun to Irun, 130 km (81 mi)
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 3h 22' 27" |
| 2 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | s.t. |
| 4 | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero | Spain | Phonak | s.t. |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | Team CSC | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 3h 22' 27" |
| 2 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | s.t. |
| 4 | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero | Spain | Phonak | s.t. |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | Team CSC | s.t. |

### Stage 2

4 April 2006 – Irun to Segura, 155 km (96 mi)
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | 4h 10' 55" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 2" |
| 4 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | T-Mobile Team | + 2" |
| 5 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | + 2" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | 7h 33' 22" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 2" |
| 4 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | + 2" |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | Team CSC | + 2" |

### Stage 3

5 April 2006 – Segura to Lerín, 170 km (110 mi)
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | 4h 07' 36" |
| 2 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | s.t. |
| 3 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | s.t. |
| 4 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | 11h 40' 58" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | + 2" |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | Australia | Davitamon–Lotto | + 2" |
| 5 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | Cofidis | + 2" |

### Stage 4

6 April 2005 – Lerín to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 172 km (107 mi)
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | 3h 56' 43" |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | s.t. |
| 3 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | Gerolsteiner | s.t. |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | s.t. |
| 5 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy | Liquigas | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | 15h 37' 41" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | + 2" |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | Australia | Davitamon–Lotto | + 2" |
| 5 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | Cofidis | + 2" |

### Stage 5

7 April 2006 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla, 178 km (111 mi)
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Thomas Voeckler | France | Bouygues Télécom | 4h 18' 42" |
| 2 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | s.t. |
| 3 | Juan José Cobo | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | + 12" |
| 4 | Gustavo César | Spain | KAI | + 34" |
| 5 | Pietro Caucchioli | Italy | C.A | + 34" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | EUS | 19h 58' 54" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | + 2" |
| 4 | Cadel Evans | Australia | Davitamon–Lotto | + 2" |
| 5 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | Cofidis | + 2" |

### Stage 6

8 April 2006 – Zalla to Zalla, 24 km (15 mi) (ITT)
This stage was an individual time trial.
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 32' 44" |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 6" |
| 3 | Antonio Colóm | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 8" |
| 4 | Evgeni Petrov | Russia | Lampre–Fondital | + 16" |
| 5 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | T-Mobile Team | + 18" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 20h 31' 47" |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 7" |
| 3 | Antonio Colóm | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 7" |
| 4 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | T-Mobile Team | + 19" |
| 5 | Alberto Contador | Spain | LSW | + 20" |

## Classification tables

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 20h 31' 47" |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 7" |
| 3 | Antonio Colóm | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | + 7" |
| 4 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | Lampre–Fondital | + 19" |
| 5 | Alberto Contador | Spain | Liberty Seguros–Würth | + 20" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Hubert Dupont | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 29 |
| 2 | Juan José Cobo | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 25 |
| 3 | José Luis Arrieta | Spain | AG2R Prévoyance | 22 |
| 4 | Unai Etxebarria | Venezuela | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 21 |
| 5 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 20 |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 84 |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 71 |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | 56 |
| 4 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | 45 |
| 5 | Alberto Contador | Spain | Liberty Seguros–Würth | 44 |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Pierrick Fédrigo | France | Bouygues Télécom | 11 |
| 2 | José Luis Arrieta | Spain | AG2R Prévoyance | 9 |
| 3 | Andriy Hrivko | Ukraine | Team Milram | 6 |
| 4 | Rubén Lobato | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 6 |
| 5 | Unai Etxebarria | Venezuela | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 6 |
| | Team | Country | Time |
| 1 | Saunier Duval–Prodir | Spain | 61h 36' 43" |
| 2 | Liberty Seguros–Würth | Spain | + 3' 13" |
| 3 | T-Mobile Team | Germany | + 3' 30" |
| 4 | Discovery Channel | United States | + 4' 49" |
| 5 | Lampre–Fondital | Italy | + 4' 58" |