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,

Route profile:

Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 s.t. 4 + 8" 5 s.t. 6 + 17" 7 + 22" 8 s.t. 9 + 33" 10 + 39"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 27" 3 + 44" 4 + 56" 5 + 1' 38" 6 + 2' 05" 7 + 2' 28" 8 + 2' 31" 9 + 3' 02" 10 + 3' 42"

Stage 13 8 September 2006 — Guadalajara to Cuenca,

Route profile:

Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 52" 4 + 1' 04" 5 + 1' 46" 6 + 2' 13" 7 + 2' 36" 8 + 2' 39" 9 + 3' 10" 10 + 4' 07"

Stage 14 9 September 2006 — Cuenca to Cuenca, (ITT)

Route profile:

Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0.5" 3 + 5" 4 + 13" 5 + 26" 6 + 44" 7 + 45" 8 + 46" 9 + 54" 10 + 1' 03"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 48" 3 + 1' 25" 4 + 1' 38" 5 + 2' 06" 6 + 3' 49" 7 + 4' 00" 8 + 4' 31" 9 + 5' 03" 10 + 7' 02"

Stage 15 10 September 2006 — Motilla del Palancar to Factoría Ford (Almussafes),

Route profile:

Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 48" 3 + 1' 25" 4 + 1' 38" 5 + 2' 23" 6 + 3' 49" 7 + 4' 29" 8 + 4' 48" 9 + 5' 03" 10 + 7' 15"

Rest day 2 11 September 2006

Stage 16 12 September 2006 — Almería to Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto,

Route profile:

Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 23" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 28" 6 + 30" 7 + 42" 8 + 1' 10" 9 + 1' 13" 10 + 1' 15"General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 42" 3 s.t. 4 + 2' 05" 5 + 4' 23" 6 + 5' 34" 7 + 5' 56" 8 + 6' 29" 9 + 7' 53" 10 + 8' 05"

Stage 17 13 September 2006 — Adra to Granada,

Route profile:

Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 1' 10" 4 + 1' 39" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9" 3 + 1' 51" 4 + 2' 14" 5 + 4' 32" 6 + 6' 07" 7 + 6' 33" 8 + 7' 25" 9 + 7' 49" 10 + 9' 04"

Stage 18 14 September 2006 — Granada to Sierra de la Pandera,

Route profile:

Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 30" 4 + 32" 5 + 35" 6 s.t. 7 + 46" 8 s.t. 9 + 48" 10 s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 53" 3 + 2' 06" 4 + 2' 51" 5 + 5' 06" 6 + 7' 05" 7 + 8' 23" 8 + 8' 28" 9 + 10' 04" 10 + 10' 06"

Stage 19 15 September 2006 — Jaén to Ciudad Real,

Route profile:

Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 2" 4 + 9" 5 + 30" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 11' 16" 10 s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 53" 3 + 2' 06" 4 + 2' 51" 5 + 5' 06" 6 + 7' 05" 7 + 8' 23" 8 + 8' 28" 9 + 10' 04" 10 + 10' 06"

Stage 20 16 September 2006 — Rivas Futura to Rivas Vaciamadrid, (ITT)

Route profile:

Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 + 19" 4 + 26" 5 + 30" 6 + 32" 7 + 44" 8 + 49" 9 + 55" 10 + 1' 00"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 12" 3 + 3' 12" 4 + 3' 35" 5 + 6' 51" 6 + 8' 09" 7 + 8' 29" 8 + 10' 36" 9 + 10' 47" 10 + 11' 32"

Stage 21 17 September 2006 — Madrid to Madrid,

Route profile:

Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 12" 3 + 3' 12" 4 + 3' 35" 5 + 6' 51" 6 + 8' 09" 7 + 8' 26" 8 + 10' 36" 9 + 10' 47" 10 + 11' 32"

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