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		September 11, 2006__

By Graham Jones and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians

Images © Unipublic

Also read:

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Vuelta Travelogue - Anticipation and Trepidation

Relive the 2006 Vuelta a Espana

Below our pictorial review of the Vuelta provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action. Simply click on the stage winner pictures below.

Race Leaders:

Sastre Stage 1

Hushovd Stage 2-4

Di Luca Stg 5-6

Brajkovic Stg 7-8

Valverde Stg 9-16

Vinokourov Stg 17- 21

Race Leaders ( Images © Unipublic )

Stage Winners 1 to 9: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-9 ( Images © Unipublic )

Standings after Stage 9:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	VALVERDE, Alejandro	ESP	CEI	36h41'31"
2	KASHECHKIN, Andrey	KAZ	AWT	+27"
3	SASTRE, Carlos	ESP	CSC	+44"
4	GOMEZ MARCHANTE, J. Angel	ESP	SDV	+ 56"
5	VINOKOUROV, Alexandre	KAZ	AWT	1'38"
6	BRAJKOVIC, Janez	SLO	DSC	+ 2'05"

7	DI LUCA, Danilo	ITA	LIQ	+2'21"
8	BELTRAN, Manuel	ESP	DSC	+ 2'28"
9	MARZOLI, Ruggero	ITA	LAM	+ 3'59"
10	SZMYD, Sylvester	POL	LAM	+ 5'18"

Stage Winners 10 to 15: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Click on the picture for each story Stg 10-15 ( Images © Unipublic )

Standings after Stage 15:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	VALVERDE, Alejandro	ESP	CEI	58h48'23"
2	KASHECHKIN, Andrey	KAZ	AWT	+48"
3	SASTRE, Carlos	ESP	CSC	+ 1'25"
4	VINOKOUROV, Alexandre	KAZ	AWT	+ 1'38"
5	GOMEZ MARCHANTE, J. Angel	ESP	SDV	+2'23"
6	BRAJKOVIC, Janez	SLO	DSC	+3'49"

7	KARPETS, Vladimir	RUS	CEI	+4'29"
8	DI LUCA, Danilo	ITA	LIQ	+ 4'48"
9	BELTRAN, Manuel	ESP	DSC	+ 5'03"
10	DEVOLDER, Stijn	BEL	DSC	+ 7'15"

Stage Winners 16 to 21: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Click on the picture for each story Stg 16-21 ( Images © Unipublic )

Final Standings:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	VINOKOUROV, Alexandre	KAZ	AWT	81h23'07"
2	VALVERDE, Alejandro	ESP	CEI	+1'12"
3	KASHECHKIN, Andrey	KAZ	AWT	+ 3'12"
4	SASTRE, Carlos	ESP	CSC	+ 3'35"
5	GOMEZ MARCHANTE, J. Angel	ESP	SDV	+6'51"
6	DANIELSON, Thomas	USA	DSC	+8'09"

7	SÁNCHEZ, Samuel	SPA	EUS	+8'26"
8	KARPETS, Vladimir	RUS	CEI	+ 10'36"
9	BELTRAN, Manuel	SPA	DSC	+ 10'47"
10	PÉREZ, Luis	SPA	COF	+ 11'30"

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