# List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Vuelta a España

The list of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Vuelta a España contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 2006 Vuelta a España from August 26 to September 17, 2006.
Rabobank RAB :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 1 | Denis Menchov | 28 | DNF |
| 2 | Mauricio Ardila Cano | 27 | 67 |
| 3 | Theo Eltink | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | William Walker | 20 | 112 |
| 5 | Pedro Horrillo | 31 | 106 |
| 6 | Michael Boogerd | 34 | DNF |
| 7 | Grischa Niermann | 30 | 72 |
| 8 | Michael Rasmussen | 32 | DNF |
| 9 | Pieter Weening | 25 | 61 |
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Team CSC CSC :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 11 | Carlos Sastre | 31 | 4 |
| 12 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | 31 | 46 |
| 13 | Lars Bak | 26 | 21 |
| 14 | Fabian Cancellara | 25 | DNF |
| 15 | Íñigo Cuesta | 37 | 27 |
| 16 | Marcus Ljungqvist | 31 | 53 |
| 17 | Stuart O'Grady | 32 | 65 |
| 18 | Volodymyr Hustov | 29 | 54 |
| 19 | Nicki Sørensen | 31 | 28 |
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AG2R Prévoyance A2R :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 21 | Cyril Dessel | 31 | DNF |
| 22 | José Luis Arrieta | 35 | 44 |
| 23 | Mikel Astarloza | 26 | 56 |
| 24 | Íñigo Chaurreau | 33 | 26 |
| 25 | Hubert Dupont | 25 | 40 |
| 26 | Stéphane Goubert | 36 | 29 |
| 27 | David Navas | 32 | 126 |
| 28 | Jean-Patrick Nazon | 29 | 105 |
| 29 | Alexandre Usov | 29 | 89 |
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Bouygues Télécom BTL :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 31 | Walter Bénéteau | 34 | 83 |
| 32 | Mathieu Claude | 23 | DNF |
| 33 | Pierre Drancourt | 24 | 108 |
| 34 | Xavier Florencio | 26 | DNF |
| 35 | Anthony Geslin | 26 | DNF |
| 36 | Christophe Kern | 25 | DNF |
| 37 | Rony Martias | 26 | DNF |
| 38 | Jérôme Pineau | 26 | DNF |
| 39 | Franck Rénier | 32 | 121 |
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Crédit Agricole C.A :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 41 | László Bodrogi | 29 | 76 |
| 42 | Pietro Caucchioli | 30 | 37 |
| 43 | Anthony Charteau | 27 | DNF |
| 44 | Dmitriy Fofonov | 30 | 32 |
| 45 | Thor Hushovd | 28 | 82 |
| 46 | Mads Kaggestad | 29 | 132 |
| 47 | Cyril Lemoine | 23 | 134 |
| 48 | Mark Renshaw | 23 | DNF |
| 49 | Benoît Poilvet | 30 | 55 |
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Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears CEI :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 51 | Alejandro Valverde | 26 | 2 |
| 52 | Óscar Pereiro | 29 | 49 |
| 53 | David Arroyo | 26 | 19 |
| 54 | José Vicente García | 34 | 104 |
| 55 | Joan Horrach | 32 | 79 |
| 56 | Vladimir Karpets | 25 | 8 |
| 57 | Pablo Lastras | 30 | 48 |
| 58 | Joaquim Rodríguez | 27 | 17 |
| 59 | Xabier Zandio | 29 | 22 |
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Cofidis COF :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 61 | Frédéric Bessy | 34 | 41 |
| 62 | Leonardo Duque | 26 | 80 |
| 63 | Bingen Fernández | 33 | 85 |
| 64 | Geoffroy Lequatre | 25 | 103 |
| 65 | Thierry Marichal | 33 | 45 |
| 66 | Sébastien Minard | 24 | 43 |
| 67 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle | 26 | DNF |
| 68 | Luis Pérez Rodriguez | 32 | 10 |
| 69 | Staf Scheirlinckx | 27 | 86 |
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Discovery Channel DSC :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 71 | Michael Barry | 30 | 77 |
| 72 | Manuel Beltrán | 35 | 9 |
| 73 | Janez Brajkovič | 22 | 30 |
| 74 | Tom Danielson | 28 | 6 |
| 75 | Stijn Devolder | 26 | 11 |
| 76 | Vladimir Gusev | 24 | 23 |
| 77 | Benoît Joachim | 30 | 66 |
| 78 | Egoi Martínez | 27 | 12, (KOM) |
| 79 | Jurgen Van Goolen | 26 | 39 |
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Davitamon–Lotto DVL :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 81 | Olivier Kaisen | 22 | 110 |
| 82 | Robbie McEwen | 34 | DNF |
| 83 | Pieter Mertens | 26 | 75 |
| 84 | Fred Rodriguez | 33 | 109 |
| 85 | Wim De Vocht | 24 | DNF |
| 86 | Bart Dockx | 24 | DNF |
| 87 | Christopher Horner | 35 | 20 |
| 88 | Josep Jufré | 31 | DNF |
| 89 | Bjorn Leukemans | 29 | 93 |
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Euskaltel–Euskadi EUS :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 91 | Samuel Sánchez | 28 | 7 |
| 92 | Haimar Zubeldia | 29 | 34 |
| 93 | Iban Mayo | 29 | 35 |
| 94 | Igor Antón | 23 | 15 |
| 95 | Markel Irizar | 26 | 94 |
| 96 | Iñaki Isasi | 29 | DNF |
| 97 | Iñigo Landaluze | 29 | 60 |
| 98 | Aketza Peña | 25 | 52 |
| 99 | Rubén Pérez | 24 | 69 |
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Française des Jeux FDJ :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 101 | Jérémy Roy | 23 | 122 |
| 102 | Fabien Patanchon | 23 | 128 |
| 103 | Ian McLeod | 25 | 99 |
| 104 | Éric Leblacher | 28 | 33 |
| 105 | Sébastien Joly | 27 | 68 |
| 106 | Frédéric Finot | 29 | DNF |
| 107 | Bernhard Eisel | 25 | DNF |
| 108 | Christophe Detilloux | 32 | DNF |
| 109 | Freddy Bichot | 26 | DNF |
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Gerolsteiner GST :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 111 | Davide Rebellin | 35 | DNF |
| 112 | Robert Förster | 28 | 130 |
| 113 | Markus Fothen | 24 | DNF |
| 114 | René Haselbacher | 28 | DNF |
| 115 | Heinrich Haussler | 22 | 92 |
| 116 | Torsten Hiekmann | 26 | 57 |
| 117 | Andrea Moletta | 27 | DNF |
| 118 | Sven Montgomery | 30 | DNF |
| 119 | Marcel Strauss | 30 | DNF |
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Lampre–Fondital LAM :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 121 | Matteo Carrara | 27 | DNF |
| 122 | Claudio Corioni | 23 | 107 |
| 123 | Enrico Franzoi | 24 | 97 |
| 124 | David Loosli | 26 | 26 |
| 125 | Marco Marzano | 26 | DNF |
| 126 | Ruggero Marzoli | 30 | DNF |
| 127 | Danilo Napolitano | 25 | DNF |
| 128 | Evgeni Petrov | 28 | 18 |
| 129 | Sylwester Szmyd | 28 | 14 |
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Liquigas LIQ :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 131 | Danilo Di Luca | 30 | DNF |
| 132 | Dario Andriotto | 33 | 115 |
| 133 | Magnus Bäckstedt | 31 | 111 |
| 134 | Kjell Carlström | 29 | 120 |
| 135 | Dario Cioni | 31 | 38 |
| 136 | Francesco Failli | 22 | 123 |
| 137 | Alessandro Spezialetti | 31 | 100 |
| 138 | Charlie Wegelius | 28 | DNF |
| 139 | Luca Paolini | 29 | DNF |
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Team Milram MRM :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 141 | Alessandro Petacchi | 32 | DNF |
| 142 | Erik Zabel | 36 | 62 |
| 143 | Daniel Becke | 28 | DNF |
| 144 | Enrico Poitschke | 37 | 133 |
| 145 | Volodymyr Dyudya | 23 | DNF |
| 146 | Alberto Ongarato | 31 | 131 |
| 147 | Fabio Sacchi | 32 | 96 |
| 148 | Sebastian Siedler | 28 | 127 |
| 149 | Marco Velo | 32 | 118 |
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Phonak PHO :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 151 | Martín Perdiguero | 33 | DNF |
| 152 | Aurélien Clerc | 27 | 114 |
| 153 | Luis Fernández | 26 | 90 |
| 154 | Ryder Hesjedal | 25 | DNF |
| 155 | Nicolas Jalabert | 33 | DNF |
| 156 | Steve Morabito | 23 | 84 |
| 157 | Uroš Murn | 31 | 113 |
| 158 | Florian Stalder | 23 | 73 |
| 159 | Steve Zampieri | 29 | DNF |
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Quick-Step–Innergetic QSI :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 161 | Paolo Bettini | 32 | DNF |
| 162 | Davide Viganò | 22 | 117 |
| 163 | Kevin van Impe | 25 | 129 |
| 164 | Matteo Tosatto | 32 | DNF |
| 165 | Sébastien Rosseler | 25 | 116 |
| 166 | Kevin Hulsmans | 28 | 95 |
| 167 | José Antonio Garrido | 30 | 59 |
| 168 | Addy Engels | 29 | 124 |
| 169 | Kevin De Weert | 24 | 74 |
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Relax–GAM REG :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 171 | Nácor Burgos | 29 | DNF |
| 172 | Mario De Sárraga | 26 | 102 |
| 173 | José Miguel Elías | 29 | 25 |
| 174 | Raúl García de Mateos | 24 | 51 |
| 175 | Jorge García | 26 | 87 |
| 176 | David George | 30 | 70 |
| 177 | Daniel Moreno | 24 | 36 |
| 178 | Jesús Hernández | 24 | DNF |
| 179 | Angel Vallejo | 25 | 58 |
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Saunier Duval–Prodir SDV :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 181 | José Alberto Benítez | 24 | 101 |
| 182 | José Gómez Marchante | 26 | 5 |
| 183 | David Millar | 29 | 64 |
| 184 | David Cañada | 31 | 88 |
| 185 | Juan José Cobo | 25 | DNF |
| 186 | Leonardo Piepoli | 34 | 13 |
| 187 | David de la Fuente | 25 | 71 |
| 188 | Ángel Gómez | 25 | DNF |
| 189 | Francisco Ventoso | 24 | 78 |
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T-Mobile Team TMO :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 191 | Lorenzo Bernucci | 26 | DNF |
| 192 | Scott Davis | 27 | 91 |
| 193 | Bastiaan Giling | 23 | 125 |
| 194 | André Greipel | 24 | DNF |
| 195 | Bernhard Kohl | 24 | DNF |
| 196 | André Korff | 33 | DNF |
| 197 | Daniele Nardello | 34 | 50 |
| 198 | Stephan Schreck | 28 | 81 |
| 199 | Thomas Ziegler | 25 | DNF |
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Astana AWT :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 201 | Alexander Vinokourov | 32 | 1 |
| 202 | Carlos Barredo | 25 | 42 |
| 203 | Assan Bazayev | 25 | 98 |
| 204 | José Antonio Redondo | 21 | 47 |
| 205 | Andrey Kashechkin | 26 | 3 |
| 206 | Aaron Kemps | 22 | 119 |
| 207 | Sérgio Paulinho | 26 | 16 |
| 208 | Luis Sanchez Gil | 22 | DNF |
| 209 | Sergei Yakovlev | 30 | 31 |
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