September 5, 2006 – Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team won Stage 10, Avilés – Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar), 199.3 kms, today at the Vuelta d’Espana. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears continues to lead overall.

Results

1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 4.33.44 (43.68 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.06
5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux
8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital

66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.54
80 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems

GC after Stage 10

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 41.19.09
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.27
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.44
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.56
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 1.38
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.05
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.21
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 3.02
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 3.42

17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.16
74 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.22