Volta a Catalunya 2006 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 86th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycling race took place from May 15 to May 21, 2006, in Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

. It began in Salou with an individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

and ended in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

. The race was won by David Cañada

David Cañada

David Cañada Gracia is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment to date. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 ; he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues...

of Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

Stage 1, 15-05-2006: Salou, 12.6 km. (ITT
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

)

The stage was an individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

	Team	Time
1		14' 55"
2	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours...	+ 3"
3		+ 3"

Stage 2, 16-05-2006: Cambrils, 146.9 km.

	Team	Time
1	Andalucía-Paul Versan Andalucia-Paul Versan Andalucía-Caja Granada is a professional continental cycling team based in Spain that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	3h 57' 14"
2	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours...	+ 12"
3		+ 12"

Stage 3, 17-05-2006: Salou-Sant Carles de la Ràpita, 160.6 km.

	Team	Time
1		4h 16' 14"
2		s.t.
3	Phonak	s.t.

Stage 4, 18-05-2006: Perafort-Vallnord, 225 km.

	Team	Time
1	Kaiku Kaiku Kaiku was a professional continental cycling team based in Spain that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Eneko Garate with assistance from directeur sportifs Óscar Guerrero, Juan Hernández and Juan Campos.-...	6h 03' 41"
2	AG2R Prévoyance AG2R Prévoyance Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...	+ 52"
3		+ 1' 53"

Stage 5, 19-05-2006: Llívia-Manlleu, 161.5 km.

	Team	Time
1	Andalucía-Paul Versan Andalucia-Paul Versan Andalucía-Caja Granada is a professional continental cycling team based in Spain that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	3h 52' 44"
2	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours...	s.t.
3		s.t.

Stage 6, 20-05-2006: Manlleu-Lloret de Mar, 166.4 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 02' 01"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.

Stage 7, 21-05-2006: Lloret de Mar-Barcelona, 121.6 km.

	Team	Time
1		2h 36' 37"
2	Liberty Seguros-Würth	s.t.
3	Team Milram Team MILRAM Team Milram was a German pro cycling team, participating at the UCI ProTour.The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of Team Domina Vacanze. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the Bremen based Nordmilch company...	s.t.

Final General Classification

	Team	Time
1	Saunier Duval-Prodir Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián....	25h 06' 26"
2		+ 2"
3	AG2R Prévoyance AG2R Prévoyance Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...	+ 8"
4		+ 35"
5		+ 48"
6		+ 57"
7	AG2R Prévoyance AG2R Prévoyance Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...	+ 1' 11"
8	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours...	+ 1' 24"
9		+ 1' 27"
10	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours...	+ 1' 35"

King of The Mountains Classification

	Team	Points
1	AG2R Prévoyance AG2R Prévoyance Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...	84
2	Saunier Duval-Prodir Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián....	46
3	Andalucía-Paul Versan Andalucia-Paul Versan Andalucía-Caja Granada is a professional continental cycling team based in Spain that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	31

Points Classification

	Team	Points
1		69
2		49
3	Liberty Seguros-Würth	41

Best Team

	Team	Time
1	Phonak Hearing Systems Phonak (cycling team) Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005...	75h 22' 34"
2	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours...	+ 21"
3	AG2R Prévoyance AG2R Prévoyance Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...	+ 1' 12"

External links

Race website

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Stage 1, 15-05-2006: Salou, 12.6 km. (ITTIndividual time trialAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...)