2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21

Cycling race stages The 2006 Vuelta a España was the 61st edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Málaga, with a team time trial on 26 August, and Stage 12 occurred on 7 September with a stage to Aranda de Duero. The race finished in Madrid on 17 September. Stage 12 7 September 2006 — Aranda de Duero to Guadalajara, 162 km mi onhttp://www.bikeraceinfo.com/vuelta/vuelta2006.html Vuelta a España, 2006 BikeRaceInfo 30 August 2025https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0612 Stage 12 - September 7: Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara, 169.3 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/08/EMD20060908032MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 32 El Mundo Deportivo 8 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 12 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0612 Salzburg calling: Paolini nabs stage win Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/08/EMD20060908033MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 33 El Mundo Deportivo 8 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luca Paolini ITA LIQ 2006 3h 35' 07" 2 Bart Dockx BEL SIL 2006 + 5" 3 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 s.t. 4 Vladimir Gusev RUS DSC 2006 + 8" 5 David Arroyo ESP GCE 2006 s.t. 6 Rubén Pérez ESP EUS 2006 + 17" 7 Bernhard Eisel AUT FDJ 2006 + 22" 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA ALM 2006 s.t. 9 Heinrich Haussler GER GST 2006 + 33" 10 Bjorn Leukemans BEL SIL 2006 + 39"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 49h 38' 46" 2 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 27" 3 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 44" 4 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 56" 5 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d + 1' 38" 6 Janez Brajkovič SLO DSC 2006 + 2' 05" 7 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 2' 28" 8 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 31" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 3' 02" 10 Sérgio Paulinho POR ONC 2006d + 3' 42" Stage 13 8 September 2006 — Guadalajara to Cuenca, 170 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0613 Stage 13 - September 8: Guadalajara - Cuenca, 170 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/08/EMD20060908032MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 32 El Mundo Deportivo 8 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 13 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0613 Sanchez swoops to stage success Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/09/EMD20060909051MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 51 El Mundo Deportivo 9 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 4h 03' 43" 2 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2006 s.t. 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 s.t. 4 Luca Paolini ITA LIQ 2006 s.t. 5 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 s.t. 6 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 s.t. 7 Ruggero Marzoli ITA LAM 2006 s.t. 8 Erik Zabel GER MRM 2006 s.t. 9 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 s.t. 10 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 53h 42' 21" 2 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 35" 3 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 52" 4 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 1' 04" 5 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d + 1' 46" 6 Janez Brajkovič SLO DSC 2006 + 2' 13" 7 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 2' 36" 8 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 39" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 3' 10" 10 Ruggero Marzoli ITA LAM 2006 + 4' 07" Stage 14 9 September 2006 — Cuenca to Cuenca, 220 km mi on (ITT)https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0614 Stage 14 - September 9: Cuenca - Cuenca ITT, 33 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/09/EMD20060909050MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 50 El Mundo Deportivo 9 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 14 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0614 Millar back on top Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/10/EMD20060910047MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 47 El Mundo Deportivo 10 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 David Millar GBR FUJ 2006 40' 54" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2006 + 0.5" 3 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d + 5" 4 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 13" 5 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 26" 6 Stijn Devolder BEL DSC 2006 + 44" 7 László Bodrogi HUN C.A 2006 + 45" 8 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 46" 9 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 + 54" 10 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 1' 03"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 54h 23' 28" 2 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 48" 3 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 1' 25" 4 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d + 1' 38" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 2' 06" 6 Janez Brajkovič SLO DSC 2006 + 3' 49" 7 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 4' 00" 8 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 4' 31" 9 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 5' 03" 10 Ruggero Marzoli ITA LAM 2006 + 7' 02" Stage 15 10 September 2006 — Motilla del Palancar to Factoría Ford (Almussafes), 175 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0615 Stage 15 - September 10: Motilla del Palancar - Ford factory (Almussafes), 175 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile: Stage 15 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0615 Forster salvages Gerolsteiner's Vuelta Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/11/EMD20060911054MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 54 El Mundo Deportivo 11 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Förster GER GST 2006 4h 24' 55" 2 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 s.t. 3 Danilo Napolitano ITA LAM 2006 s.t. 4 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2006 s.t. 5 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 s.t. 6 Aurélien Clerc SUI PHO 2006 s.t. 7 Aaron Kemps AUS ONC 2006d s.t. 8 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA COF 2006 s.t. 9 Fred Rodriguez USA SIL 2006 s.t. 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA ALM 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 58h 48' 23" 2 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 48" 3 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 1' 25" 4 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d + 1' 38" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 2' 23" 6 Janez Brajkovič SLO DSC 2006 + 3' 49" 7 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 4' 29" 8 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 4' 48" 9 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 5' 03" 10 Stijn Devolder BEL DSC 2006 + 7' 15" Rest day 2 11 September 2006 Stage 16 12 September 2006 — Almería to Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, 145 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0616 Stage 16 - September 12: Almería - Astronomical Observatory of Calar Alto, 145 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/12/EMD20060912033MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 33 El Mundo Deportivo 12 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 16 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0616 First big win for Anton Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/13/EMD20060913040MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 40 El Mundo Deportivo 13 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2006 4h 29' 42" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 23" 3 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d s.t. 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 s.t. 5 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 28" 6 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 30" 7 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 42" 8 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 1' 10" 9 José Antonio Redondo ESP ONC 2006d + 1' 13" 10 Stijn Devolder BEL DSC 2006 + 1' 15"General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 63h 18' 16" 2 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d + 1' 42" 3 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 s.t. 4 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 2' 05" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 4' 23" 6 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 5' 34" 7 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 5' 56" 8 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 6' 29" 9 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 7' 53" 10 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 8' 05" Stage 17 13 September 2006 — Adra to Granada, 167 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0617 Stage 17 - September 13: Adra - Granada, 167 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/13/EMD20060913039MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 39 El Mundo Deportivo 13 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 17 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0617 Vinokourov and Danielson combine to unseat Valverde Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/14/EMD20060914039MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 39 El Mundo Deportivo 14 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 4h 09' 55" 2 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d s.t. 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 1' 10" 4 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 1' 39" 5 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 s.t. 6 Stéphane Goubert FRA ALM 2006 s.t. 7 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 s.t. 8 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 s.t. 9 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 s.t. 10 Leonardo Piepoli ITA FUJ 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d 67h 29' 41" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 9" 3 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 1' 51" 4 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 2' 14" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 4' 32" 6 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 6' 07" 7 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 6' 33" 8 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 7' 25" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 7' 49" 10 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 9' 04" Stage 18 14 September 2006 — Granada to Sierra de la Pandera, 153 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0618 Stage 18 - September 14: Granada - Sierra de la Pandera, 153 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile: Stage 18 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0618 Double whammy from Astana Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/15/EMD20060915049MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 49 El Mundo Deportivo 15 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d 3h 57' 39" 2 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d s.t. 3 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 30" 4 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 32" 5 Leonardo Piepoli ITA FUJ 2006 + 35" 6 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2006 s.t. 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 46" 8 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 s.t. 9 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 48" 10 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d 71h 27' 08" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 53" 3 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 2' 06" 4 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 2' 51" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 5' 06" 6 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 7' 05" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 8' 23" 8 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 8' 28" 9 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 10' 04" 10 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 10' 06" Stage 19 15 September 2006 — Jaén to Ciudad Real, 195 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0619 Stage 19 - September 15: Jaén - Ciudad Real, 205.3 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/15/EMD20060915048MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 48 El Mundo Deportivo 15 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 19 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0619 Arrieta breaks the drought Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/16/EMD20060916048MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 48 El Mundo Deportivo 16 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Luis Arrieta ESP ALM 2006 5h 30' 14" 2 Dmitriy Fofonov KAZ C.A 2006 s.t. 3 David Loosli SUI LAM 2006 + 2" 4 Lars Bak DEN SAX 2006 + 9" 5 Vladimir Gusev RUS DSC 2006 + 30" 6 Pieter Mertens BEL SIL 2006 s.t. 7 José Vicente García ESP GCE 2006 s.t. 8 Aketza Peña ESP EUS 2006 s.t. 9 Aurélien Clerc SUI PHO 2006 + 11' 16" 10 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d 77h 08' 38" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 53" 3 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 2' 06" 4 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 2' 51" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 5' 06" 6 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 7' 05" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 8' 23" 8 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 8' 28" 9 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 10' 04" 10 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 10' 06" Stage 20 16 September 2006 — Rivas Futura to Rivas Vaciamadrid, 28 km mi on (ITT)https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0620 Stage 20 - September 16: Rivas Vaciamadrid - Rivas Vaciamadrid ITT, 28 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/16/EMD20060916047MDP.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage 47 El Mundo Deportivo 16 September 2006 30 August 2025 Stage 20 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0620 Birthday boy Vino does it again Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/17/EMD20060917045MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 45 El Mundo Deportivo 17 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d 33' 39" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 6" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 19" 4 László Bodrogi HUN C.A 2006 + 26" 5 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 30" 6 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 + 32" 7 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 44" 8 Vladimir Gusev RUS DSC 2006 + 49" 9 Torsten Hiekmann GER GST 2006 + 55" 10 Sébastien Rosseler BEL QST 2006 + 1' 00"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d 77h 42' 17" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 1' 12" 3 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 3' 12" 4 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 3' 35" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 6' 51" 6 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 8' 09" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 8' 29" 8 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 10' 36" 9 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 10' 47" 10 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 11' 32" Stage 21 17 September 2006 — Madrid to Madrid, 150 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//vuelta06?id=stages/vuelta0621 Stage 21 - September 17: Madrid - Madrid, 150 km Cycling News 30 August 2025 Route profile: Stage 21 resulthttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/vuelta06?id=results/vuelta0621 Vino victorious in Vuelta Cycling News 30 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2006/09/18/EMD20060918053MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications 53 El Mundo Deportivo 18 September 2006 30 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Erik Zabel GER MRM 2006 3h 40' 47" 2 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2006 s.t. 3 Aurélien Clerc SUI PHO 2006 s.t. 4 Robert Förster GER GST 2006 s.t. 5 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 s.t. 6 Francisco Ventoso ESP FUJ 2006 s.t. 7 Fred Rodriguez USA SIL 2006 s.t. 8 Marco Velo ITA MRM 2006 s.t. 9 Claudio Corioni ITA LAM 2006 s.t. 10 Davide Viganò ITA QST 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ ONC 2006d 81h 23' 07" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2006 + 1' 12" 3 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006d + 3' 12" 4 Carlos Sastre ESP SAX 2006 + 3' 35" 5 José Gómez Marchante ESP FUJ 2006 + 6' 51" 6 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 8' 09" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2006 + 8' 26" 8 Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2006 + 10' 36" 9 Manuel Beltrán ESP DSC 2006 + 10' 47" 10 Luis Pérez Rodriguez ESP COF 2006 + 11' 32" References 2006 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 Category:2006 Vuelta a España Category:Vuelta a España stages