2006 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11

Cycling race stages thumb|350px|right|alt=A map of Italy, with the course of the 2006 Giro d'Italia drawn over it in red and green lines|Overview of the stages; red lines represent distances covered in the individual stages, while green lines are the distances between the stages The 2006 Giro d'Italia began on 6 May in Seraing in Belgium, and stage 11 occurred on 18 May in Pontedera. As is usually the case in a Grand Tour, the first half of the race was considerably easier than the second half – both rest days occurred before the halfway point, and there were no mountain stages or stages ending with climbs among the first eleven. The Giro began with an individual time trial, which defending champion Paolo Savoldelli won to become the first race leader. After breakaways and the team time trial in stage 5 (the first on Italian soil) resulted in three other riders wearing the pink jersey, Ivan Basso took a lead he held all the way to the Giro's conclusion in Milan with his victory in stage 8. Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, who had won thirteen stages in the last two editions of the Giro, fractured his kneecap in stage 3 and was forced to abandon the Giro and miss the rest of the season. LegendJerseys appearing in the table on the left of the page indicate those worn by the cyclist during the particular stage, while those appearing in the table on the right of the page indicate those awarded to the cyclist after the stage.   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the leader of the General classification   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification   20px|alt=A violet jersey   Denotes the leader of the Points classification   20px|alt=A bluejersey   Denotes the leader of the Combination classification   s.t. indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the one receiving the time above him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time. Stage 1 6 May 2006 — Seraing (Belgium) 6.2 km 1 on (individual time trial) The Giro began in Belgium with a short individual time trial. It was the first time the Giro had come to Belgium since 1973. The course included some climbing, with the second intermediate time check also awarding points to the mountains competition.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=stages/giro061 Stage 1 – Saturday, May 6: Seraing – Seraing ITT, 6.2 km 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-16 A number of early riders posted provisional best times on the day. The first to stand up for any sustained length of time was Stefan Schumacher's 8'03". That time held up against reigning world time trial champion Michael Rogers and other riders like José Rujano and Tom Danielson before José Enrique Gutiérrez bettered it by less than a second. Shortly afterward, Bradley McGee stopped the clock two seconds faster than Gutierrez. The only riders to follow McGee were the Giro's overall favorites and contenders. Danilo Di Luca had the best time at the first intermediate time check, but lost time as the ride wore on and finished in 8'09". Former teammates Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni, though neither of them renowned as particularly good time trialists, both finished in 8'16", with Cunego milliseconds the better of the two. Ivan Basso turned in an 8'13" ride to place himself better than Simoni and Cunego in the first general classification. With only defending Giro champion Paolo Savoldelli left to leave the starthouse, McGee's 8'01" was still best and it appeared that the Australian would get the first pink jersey. Savoldelli, however, set by far the best time at the intermediate time checks and was 11 seconds better than McGee at the finish, winning the stage and all four jerseys on the podiums afterward. Savoldelli was the only rider to finish the course in under eight minutes. McGee expressed disappointment after the stage that the last man had beaten him, but also recognized that Savoldelli had turned in the considerably better ride. For his part, Savoldelli was surprised by his victory, and felt poised to challenge for a third Giro victory.Anthony Tan Les Clarke Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=results/giro061 Il Falco flies fastest in Seraing 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-16 Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Pink jersey20px|Violet jersey20px|Green jersey20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 7' 50" 2 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 11" 3 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 13" 4 Stefan Schumacher GER GST 2006 + 13" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 15" 6 Francisco Pérez ESP GCE 2006 + 16" 7 Iván Gutiérrez ESP GCE 2006 + 16" 8 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2006 + 17" 9 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 18" 10 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 19" Stage 2 7 May 2006 — Mons (Belgium) to Charleroi Marcinelle (Belgium) 197 km on The first road race stage was flat and raced on relatively straight roads, with a very wide final 2 km on. It was a simple course expected to produce a mass sprint finish. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=stages/giro062 Stage 2 – Sunday, May 7: Mons – Charleroi Marcinelle, 197 km 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-16 The arrival site of Marcinelle demonstrated why the Giro had come to Belgium – 2006 marked the 50th anniversary of a mining accident there that killed 262 people, including 136 Italians. Intermittent rain fell throughout the day on all parts of the course. The maximum advantage attained by the four breakaway riders (Gabriele Missaglia, Beñat Albizuri, Mickaël Delage, and Arnaud Labbe) was 6'18", and they took the intermediate sprint and the climb on offer on the stage. With 60 km on to go, the time gap was reduced to three minutes. At this point, race leader Paolo Savoldelli's DSC 2006 team gave up the pacemaking, as the teams of the sprinters were more invested in making a timely catch of the leading group. At the 17 km on mark, the peloton was all together again, and MRM 2006 and OLO 2006, working for Alessandro Petacchi and Robbie McEwen, respectively, alternately tried to take control of the race. Petacchi's last leadout man Alberto Ongarato did not maintain the pace that had been set before him in the race's final 1500 m on, leading to a chaotic sprint to the line. Petacchi started his sprint with 170 m on to go, but McEwen, who had been holding his wheel in the last 5 km on, came around him for the stage win. Olaf Pollack and Paolo Bettini also managed to out-sprint Petacchi, who was upset to finish just fourth. Savoldelli, celebrating his 33rd birthday, retained the race leadership.Anthony Tan Les Clarke Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=results/giro062 Triumph over tragedy; Sprinter's Round 1: Victory McEwen 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-16 Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 Robbie McEwen AUS OLO 2006 4h 51' 40" 2 Olaf Pollack GER THR 2006 s.t. 3 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 s.t. 4 Alessandro Petacchi ITA MRM 2006 s.t. 5 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2006 s.t. 6 Tomas Vaitkus LTU ALM 2006 s.t. 7 Alberto Loddo ITA AND 2006 s.t. 8 Koldo Fernández ESP EUS 2006 s.t. 9 Maximiliano Richeze ARG CSF 2006 s.t. 10 Graeme Brown AUS RAB 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Pink jersey20px|Violet jersey20px|Green jersey20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 4h 59' 30" 2 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 11" 3 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 13" 4 Stefan Schumacher GER GST 2006 + 13" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 15" 6 Francisco Pérez ESP GCE 2006 + 16" 7 Iván Gutiérrez ESP GCE 2006 + 16" 8 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2006 + 17" 9 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 18" 10 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 19" Stage 3 8 May 2006 — Perwez (Belgium) to Namur (Belgium) 202 km on Although the profile for this stage was quite flat, pre-race analysis expected that the stage would not favor sprinters like the previous stage had. The course included a cobbled climb by the Meuse River, on roads visited in La Flèche Wallonne, and another in the last 2 km on to the finish line by the Citadel of Namur.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=stages/giro063 Stage 3 – Monday, May 8: Perwez – Namur, 202 km 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-23 It took two hours for a breakaway group to form on this stage. After a move instigated by Moisés Aldape, he and Amaël Moinard, Markel Irizar, Raffaele Illiano formed the day's escape. The peloton was content to let this group get away for a while, affording them three minutes advantage in the 10 km on after Aldape first attacked. QST 2006 organized the chase, working for their captain, classics specialist Paolo Bettini, who was thought to be a favorite for the stage. Their lead started to dissipate as individual tactics began on the day's second climb. Aldape was first to the line and took sufficient points to gain the green jersey. About 50 km on from the finish, Dario Cioni and Alessandro Petacchi crashed at the back of the peloton, going about 60 km/h on at the time. Petacchi got up and, with the help of his teammates, made it to the finish some 14 minutes after the stage winner. Though he said he felt better after the stage than he did immediately after the crash, tests after the stage revealed that he had fractured his left kneecap and had to abandon the race. Though the crash afforded the leading quartet a little more time, they were easily caught by 20 km on to go. The rain, which had been falling lightly throughout the day, intensified in the stage's final kilometers. Between 20 km on and 10 km on to go, no team forced the pace, and SAX 2006 rode a tempo to try to keep their leader Ivan Basso safe. A EUS 2006 rider crashed with just over 3 km on to go, splitting what had been the pink jersey group into two. Alberto Loddo was the first to try to attack for the stage win. José Luis Rubiera countered with 1700 m on to go and appeared poised for the win until Stefan Schumacher passed him a few hundred meters later, winning the stage and the pink jersey.Anthony Tan Les Clarke http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/giro06/?id=results/giro063 Schumacher comes of age 2006-05-08 Cycling News 2010-05-23 Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Stefan Schumacher GER GST 2006 5h 14' 41" 2 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 2" 3 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 6" 4 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 + 6" 5 Philippe Gilbert BEL FDJ 2006 + 6" 6 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2006 + 6" 7 Andrea Moletta ITA GST 2006 + 6" 8 José Iván Gutiérrez ESP GCE 2006 + 6" 9 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Pink jersey DSC 2006 + 6" 10 Franco Pellizotti ITA LIQ 2006 + 9"General classification after stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Stefan Schumacher GER 20px|Pink jersey20px|Violet jersey GST 2006 10h 14' 04" 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 13" 3 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 23" 4 José Iván Gutiérrez ESP GCE 2006 + 29" 5 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 31" 6 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 31" 7 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 31" 8 Francisco Pérez ESP GCE 2006 + 32" 9 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 33" 10 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2006 + 37" Stage 4 9 May 2006 — Wanze (Belgium) to Hotton (Belgium) 193 km on The last stage in Belgium was undulating, with several small rises in elevation. Included among them were two categorized climbs often included in the Ardennes classics.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=stages/giro064 Stage 4 – Tuesday, May 9: Wanze – Hotton, 193 km 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-23 The day's signature breakaway formed very quickly after the true beginning of the stage, which was expected given that the uphill stretches began almost immediately. Sandy Casar, Grischa Niermann, Patrick Calcagni, Jurgen Van de Walle, and Alessandro Bertolini slipped away and, thanks to a helpful tailwind, built up a 3'30" advantage by the 26 km on mark. Their eventual maximum advantage was just less than seven minutes. OLO 2006 and GST 2006 led the chase. By 15 km on to go, the break's lead was reduced to 20 seconds, and Niermann tried to solo in the rest of the way. Eventually, the riders were all together again, though the escape had allowed Casar to be first over the day's climbs and win enough points to take the green jersey from Moisés Aldape. MRM 2006 led the peloton through the final kilometers – although they had lost their leader Alessandro Petacchi in the previous stage, they still had other strong sprinters on their squad, riders who would have normally been Petacchi's last leadout man. They set up the sprint with Mirco Lorenzetto in mind, but OLO 2006 yes leader Robbie McEwen followed their wheels and timed his acceleration just right to take his second stage win of this Giro. Aside from three riders, the entire peloton finished the stage together, meaning the day's effect on the overall standings was virtually nil – the only change was Bettini's second-place time bonus moving him from 11th to 10th.Anthony Tan Les Clarke http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/giro06/?id=results/giro064 McEwen takes the Milram train 2006-05-09 Cycling News 2010-05-23 Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 Robbie McEwen AUS OLO 2006 4h 38' 51" 2 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 s.t. 3 Alberto Loddo ITA AND 2006 s.t. 4 Maximiliano Richeze ARG CSF 2006 s.t. 5 Olaf Pollack GER THR 2006 s.t. 6 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA MRM 2006 s.t. 7 Philippe Gilbert BEL FDJ 2006 s.t. 8 Tomas Vaitkus LTU ALM 2006 s.t. 9 Koldo Fernández ESP EUS 2006 s.t. 10 Sébastien Chavanel FRA BTL 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Stefan Schumacher GER 20px|Pink jersey GST 2006 14h 52' 55" 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 13" 3 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 23" 4 José Iván Gutiérrez ESP GCE 2006 + 29" 5 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 31" 6 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 31" 7 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 31" 8 Francisco Pérez ESP GCE 2006 + 32" 9 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 33" 10 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 + 35" Stage 5 11 May 2006 — Piacenza to Cremona 35 km on (team time trial) After the rest day and transfer to Italy, the fifth stage was a team time trial (TTT). A favorite discipline of second-year race director Angelo Zomegnan, this was the first TTT in the Giro in 17 years. The course was flat and favored powerful squads like SAX 2006 and DSC 2006.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=stages/giro065 Stage 5 – Thursday, May 11: Piacenza – Cremona TTT, 35 km 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-23 The dominance of the Lance Armstrong-led Discovery Channel team in recent years in TTT's in the Tour de France had had that race institute a rule limiting time losses in the general classification for individual riders finishing together. The Giro did not institute this rule, however, and only real time was taken on the stage. There was a slight tailwind blowing on the day, and the course was reduced in length slightly from the planned length of 38 km on, which was expected to make for limited time gaps. OLO 2006, led by points classification leader Robbie McEwen, set the early time to beat, coming home in 38'05" and bettering the times of AND 2006 and BTL 2006. The next team on the course was FOT 2006, who were composed of climbers and not time trialists and managed an 18th place ride with 39'22". Shortly thereafter came LIQ 2006 and SAX 2006, who posted successive best times at the first intermediate time check. SAX 2006 yes had the best time at the finish line, stopping the clock in 36'56", leading to speculation over whether Jens Voigt would take the race leadership. Though THR 2006 was eight seconds off SAX 2006 yes's pace at the first time check and gradually faded further, they rode a very strong final 10 km on and put the next pink jersey on their star time trialist Serhiy Honchar. They finished only one second worse than SAX 2006 yes at the finish line. DSC 2006 and GST 2006 were the last teams on the course. DSC 2006 yes's squad wasn't nearly as strong as it had been in the 2005 Tour de France when they were stage winners who handily defeated every team but SAX 2005 yes, though they still managed third on the day with 37'25". GST 2006 yes never stood much chance of retaining the jersey, though their sixth-place ride in 37'59" was better than pre-stage expectations.Anthony Tan Les Clarke http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/giro06/?id=results/giro065 CSC gets it in tight finish with T-Mobile 2006-05-11 Cycling News 2010-05-23 Stage 5 result TeamTime 1 SAX 2006 36' 56" 2 THR 2006 + 1" 3 DSC 2006 + 39" 4 LIQ 2006 + 42" 5 FDJ 2006 + 1' 00" 6 GST 2006 + 1' 03" 7 QST 2006 + 1' 03" 8 LAM 2006 + 1' 04" 9 PHO 2006 + 1' 04" 10 C.A 2006 + 1' 07"General classification after stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Serhiy Honchar UKR 20px|Pink jersey THR 2006 15h 30' 23" 2 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2006 + 6" 3 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2006 + 6" 4 Olaf Pollack GER THR 2006 + 10" 5 Ivan Basso ITA SAX 2006 + 11" 6 Paolo Savoldelli ITA20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 20" 7 Nicki Sørensen DEN SAX 2006 + 29" 8 Stefan Schumacher GER GST 2006 + 31" 9 Bobby Julich USA SAX 2006 + 33" 10 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 38" Stage 6 12 May 2006 — Busseto to Forlì 227 km on This stage was very flat, heading on straight roads southeast through the region of Emilia-Romagna. It was the first time the Giro had come to Forlì in 29 years, with a stage that stood to favor the sprinters.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=stages/giro066 Stage 6 – Friday, May 12: Busseto – Forli', 227 km 2006-05-06 Cycling News 2010-05-25 Though the peloton first seemed to want to keep Sergiy Matveyev, Christophe Edaleine, and Andoni Aranaga from breaking away after just 6 km on, the trio fought through the counter-attacks and became the day's signature escape. Their biggest advantage of the day was 6'14", at the intermediate sprint in Rio Saliceto. OLO 2006 led the chase, with double stage winner Robbie McEwen in mind. The course's perfectly flat terrain meant that it was exceedingly unlikely that the break would stay away to the finish. THR 2006 joined the chase, and by 25 km on to go the time gap was just 40 seconds. The peloton thus stood the risk of catching them too soon, which would leave open the possibility for counter-attacks when the catch occurred. The trio's lead grew a little for the next several kilometers until they were at last brought back with 9 km on left in the stage. Several teams tried to control the field in the run in to the finish, with their various sprinters in mind. ALM 2006's Tomas Vaitkus flew out of the main field with 300 m on left, followed closely by McEwen and Olaf Pollack. Pollack later described that his primary leadout man André Korff had crashed about a kilometer earlier, which threw off his preparations for the sprint. Points classification leader McEwen was first over the line to claim his third stage win of the Giro, but the 12-second time bonus Pollack received made him the new race leader.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//giro06/?id=results/giro066 "Magnifico" McEwen Rides to Giro hat trick in Forli' 2006-05-12 Cycling News 2010-05-25 Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 Robbie McEwen AUS 20px|Violet jersey OLO 2006 5h 24' 13" 2 Olaf Pollack GER THR 2006 s.t. 3 Tomas Vaitkus LTU ALM 2006 s.t. 4 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2006 s.t. 5 Koldo Fernández ESP EUS 2006 s.t. 6 Fabrizio Guidi ITA PHO 2006 s.t. 7 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2006 s.t. 8 Elia Rigotto ITA MRM 2006 s.t. 9 Maximiliano Richeze ARG CSF 2006 s.t. 10 Manuele Mori ITA FOT 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Olaf Pollack GER 20px|Pink jersey THR 2006 20h 54' 34" 2 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 2" 3 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2006 + 8" 4 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2006 + 8" 5 Ivan Basso ITA SAX 2006 + 13" 6 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 22" 7 Nicki Sørensen DEN SAX 2006 + 31" 8 Stefan Schumacher GER GST 2006 + 33" 9 Bobby Julich USA SAX 2006 + 35" 10 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 40" Stage 7 13 May 2006 — Cesena to Saltara 236 km on Stage 7 result RiderTeamTime 1 Rik Verbrugghe BEL COF 2006 6h 42' 15" 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 14" 3 Luca Mazzanti ITA PAN 2006 + 14" 4 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 14" 5 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 16" 6 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2006 + 16" 7 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 16" 8 Gilberto Simoni ITA SDV 2006 + 16" 9 Laurent Lefèvre FRA BTL 2006 + 20" 10 Michele Scarponi ITA ONC 2006a + 20"General classification after stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Serhiy Honchar UKR 20px|Pink jersey THR 2006 27h 37' 07" 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 6" 3 Ivan Basso ITA SAX 2006 + 11" 4 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2006 + 32" 5 Davide Rebellin ITA GST 2006 + 54" 6 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 56" 7 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 57" 8 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 1' 03" 9 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 1' 07" 10 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2006 + 1' 09" Stage 8 14 May 2006 — Civitanova Marche to Maielletta 171 km on Stage 8 result RiderTeamTime 1 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2006 4h 04' 19" 2 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2006 + 30" 3 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 30" 4 Giampaolo Caruso ITA ONC 2006a + 45" 5 Luca Mazzanti ITA PAN 2006 + 1' 09" 6 Leonardo Piepoli ITA SDV 2006 + 1' 15" 7 Gilberto Simoni ITA SDV 2006 + 1' 15" 8 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 1' 32" 9 José Rujano VEN CLM 2006 + 1' 50" 10 Julio Alberto Pérez MEX PAN 2006 + 1' 52"General classification after stage 8 RiderTeamTime 1 Ivan Basso ITA 20px|Pink jersey20px|Green jersey SAX 2006 31h 41' 17" 2 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 1' 34" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2006 + 1' 48" 4 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 2' 35" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 2' 43" 6 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 48" 7 Gilberto Simoni ITA SDV 2006 + 3' 20" 8 Giampaolo Caruso ITA ONC 2006a + 3' 23" 9 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 3' 31" 10 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 3' 39" Stage 9 15 May 2006 — Francavilla al Mare to Termoli 171 km on Stage 9 result RiderTeamTime 1 Tomas Vaitkus LTU A2R 2006 3h 05' 13" 2 Paolo Bettini ITA QSI 2006 s.t. 3 Olaf Pollack GER TMO 2006 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS 20px|Violet jersey DVL 2006 s.t. 5 Philippe Gilbert BEL FDJ 2006 s.t. 6 Alexander Bocharov RUS C.A 2006 s.t. 7 Manuele Mori ITA SDV 2006 s.t. 8 Maximiliano Richeze ARG PAN 2006 s.t. 9 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2006 s.t. 10 Alessandro Spezialetti ITA LIQ 2006 s.t.General classification after stage 9 RiderTeamTime 1 Ivan Basso ITA 20px|Pink jersey20px|Green jersey SAX 2006 34h 46' 30" 2 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 1' 34" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2006 + 1' 48" 4 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 2' 35" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 2' 43" 6 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 48" 7 Gilberto Simoni ITA SDV 2006 + 3' 20" 8 Giampaolo Caruso ITA ONC 2006a + 3' 23" 9 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 3' 31" 10 José Luis Rubiera ESP DSC 2006 + 3' 39" Stage 10 16 May 2006 — Termoli to Peschici 187 km on Stage 10 result RiderTeamTime 1 Franco Pellizotti ITA LIQ 2006 4h 39' 47" 2 Vladimir Efimkin RUS CEI 2006 s.t. 3 Serguei Yakovlev KAZ ONC 2006a + 2" 4 Hubert Dupont FRA A2R 2006 + 2" 5 Theo Eltink NED RAB 2006 + 3" 6 José Luis Carrasco ESP CEI 2006 + 3" 7 Marco Pinotti ITA SDV 2006 + 5" 8 Sven Krauß GER GST 2006 + 5" 9 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS RAB 2006 + 8" 10 Joan Horrach ESP CEI 2006 + 8"General classification after stage 10 RiderTeamTime 1 Ivan Basso ITA 20px|Pink jersey20px|Green jersey SAX 2006 39h 29' 40" 2 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 1' 34" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2006 + 1' 48" 4 Franco Pellizotti ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 05" 5 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 2' 35" 6 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 2' 43" 7 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 48" 8 Gilberto Simoni ITA SDV 2006 + 3' 20" 9 Giampaolo Caruso ITA ONC 2006a + 3' 23" 10 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 3' 31" Stage 11 18 May 2006 — Pontedera 50 km on (individual time trial) Stage 11 result RiderTeamTime 1 Jan Ullrich GER TMO 2006 58' 48" 2 Ivan Basso ITA 20px|Pink jersey SAX 2006 + 28" 3 Marco Pinotti ITA SDV 2006 + 1' 01" 4 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 1' 09" 5 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 1' 19" 6 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 1' 42" 7 Jens Voigt GER CSC 2006 + 2' 12" 8 Gustav Larsson SWE FDJ 2006 + 2' 22" 9 Dario Cioni ITA LIQ 2006 + 2' 24" 10 Viatcheslav Ekimov RUS DSC 2006 + 2' 27"General classification after stage 11 RiderTeamTime 1 Ivan Basso ITA 20px|Pink jersey20px|Green jersey SAX 2006 40h 28' 56" 2 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2006 + 2' 48" 3 Serhiy Honchar UKR THR 2006 + 3' 24" 4 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 20px|Blue jersey DSC 2006 + 3' 26" 5 Tom Danielson USA DSC 2006 + 5' 38" 6 Franco Pellizotti ITA LIQ 2006 + 6' 37" 7 Víctor Hugo Peña COL PHO 2006 + 6' 54" 8 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2006 + 6' 54" 9 Gilberto Simoni ITA SDV 2006 + 7' 13" 10 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2006 + 7' 33" References 2006 Giro d'Italia 1 11 12 21 Category:2006 Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia stages