September 7, 2006 – Here are results from 12th Stage, from Aranda de Duero – Guadalajara, 169.3 km:

Provisional
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3.35.07
2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.05
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.08
5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.17
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 0.22
8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33
10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.39
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36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems
70 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team


Overall

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 49.38.46
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
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18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.16
69 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.22