La Vuelta Results - Stage 15
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September 10, 2006: Motilla del Palancar ? Almussafes (Ford factory) (
1 Robert F?rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 04:24:55
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
6 Aur?lien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
11 Francisco Jos? Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram
13 Rub?n P?rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
16 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance
18 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
20 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team
25 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole
28 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
29 Luis P?rez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
30 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
31 Samuel S?nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
33 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team
35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
36 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
37 Bingen Fern?ndez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC
39 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
40 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team
41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
42 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
43 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
44 I?igo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems
48 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11
49 Jos? Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.12
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
51 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 0.17
52 Jos? Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
53 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC
54 Beno?t Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
56 Thomas Danielson (
57 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team
58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
60 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.21
62 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.25
63 Jes?s Hern?ndez (Spa) Relax-Gam
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
67 Aketza Pe?a (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
69 David Ca?ada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
70 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team
71 Kjell Carlstr?m (Fin) Liquigas
72 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.29
73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
75 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux
76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33
77 Ra?l Garc?a De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam
78 Jos? Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam
79 St?phane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
80 Bj?rn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
81 ?ngel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam
82 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
83 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team
84 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram
86 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team
87 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
88 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
89 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
90 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
91 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
92 I?igo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team
94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
95 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Fran?aise des Jeux
96 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
101 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
102 Fr?d?ric Finot (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux
103 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram
104 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
107 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
109 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
110 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank
111 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
112 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam
113 Jos? Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
114 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
115 Beno?t Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
116 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
117 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole
118 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
119 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam
120 Luis Fern?ndez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
121 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
122 S?bastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
124 Ren? Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.52
125 I?igo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.53
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole
127 S?bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.57
128 Alberto Ben?tez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.58
129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux
130 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
131 J?r?my Roy (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux
132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
134 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
135 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
136 David De
137 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole
139 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.04
140 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08
141 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.25
142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic
143 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.41
145 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
146 Jos? Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.41
147 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole
148 Jorge Garc?a (Spa) Relax-Gam
149 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam
150 S?bastien Joly (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux 1.45
151 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
152 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fran?aise des Jeux
153 Jos? Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.31
154 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.32
155 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.48
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
DNS Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
Overall rankings after stage 15:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58:48:23
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.48
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.25
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 1.38
5 Jos? Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.49
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.29
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.48
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.03
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.15
11 Samuel S?nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41
12 Thomas Danielson (
13 Luis P?rez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.56
14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 8.21
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.30
16 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 9.42
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.10
19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.15
20 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.38
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 13.33
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.48
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.50
24 Jes?s Hern?ndez (Spa) Relax-Gam 14.12
25 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 15.45
26 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 17.23
27 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.31
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.05
29 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 22.27
30 Jos? Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 22.28
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 24.13
32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25.14
33 I?igo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 26.26
34 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 27.33
35 I?igo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 27.38
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 28.47
37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 29.42
38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 31.11
39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux 32.01
40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 32.17
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.20
42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 32.28
43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 35.45
44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.47
45 St?phane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 38.31
46 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.56
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 40.03
48 S?bastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 40.38
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42.23
50 Beno?t Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 42.52
51 ?ngel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 43.20
52 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 43.23
53 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.53
54 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 46.28
55 Jos? Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 47.02
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 47.17
57 S?bastien Joly (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux 47.23
58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 48.04
59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 48.25
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49.34
61 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 50.38
62 Ra?l Garc?a De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 54.03
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55.55
64 Beno?t Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57.55
65 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 58.37
66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 59.30
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.00.28
68 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.34
69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01.15
70 David De
71 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.01.31
72 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.03.23
73 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.44
74 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.05.11
75 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.05.50
76 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.07.46
77 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08.04
78 Luis Fern?ndez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.20
79 I?igo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09.03
80 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.09.04
81 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09.24
82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.09.49
83 Aketza Pe?a (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.16
84 David Ca?ada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.23
85 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.46
86 Rub?n P?rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11.51
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.11.53
88 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.12.37
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.12.58
90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.13.23
91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.13.26
92 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.51
93 Francisco Jos? Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.30
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.14.50
95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.15.01
96 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.15.10
97 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.15.40
98 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.16.26
99 Jos? Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.16.29
100 Jos? Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.17.00
101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.19.03
102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.19.47
103 Jorge Garc?a (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.20.02
104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.20.49
105 Bingen Fern?ndez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.22.13
106 Bj?rn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.34
107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.23.02
108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.23.18
109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fran?aise des Jeux 1.24.10
110 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team
111 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25.00
112 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.25.27
113 Alberto Ben?tez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.32
114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.37
115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.27.08
116 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.27.52
117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27.59
118 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Fran?aise des Jeux 1.29.00
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.29.06
120 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.29.26
121 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30.14
122 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.31.08
123 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.31.11
124 Aur?lien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31.27
125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.31.29
126 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.31.33
127 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.33.37
128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.33.46
129 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.34.40
130 S?bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35.24
131 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35.40
132 J?r?my Roy (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux 1.36.11
133 Kjell Carlstr?m (Fin) Liquigas 1.36.44
134 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.36.56
135 Ren? Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.37.22
136 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.37.26
137 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.38.12
138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.39.05
139 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.39.52
140 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.40.39
141 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.41.09
142 Jos? Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.41.36
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.41.55
144 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.43.34
145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.43.47
146 Fr?d?ric Finot (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux 1.44.21
147 Robert F?rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.44.44
148 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Fran?aise des Jeux 1.47.18
149 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.48.32
150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.48.51
151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.49.27
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.50.26
153 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.52.30
154 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.01.54
155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.08.36
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.10.06