September 15, 2006 – José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance won today’s Stage at the Vuelta — Jaén-Ciudad Real, 205.3 kms. Canada’s Michael Barry (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) finishing in 15th. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team continues to lead overall heading into the final stages this weekend.

Results

1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.30.14 (37.3 km/h)
2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 0.02
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.09
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.30
6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.16
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole

15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

GC after Stage 19

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 77.08.38
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.53
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 2.06
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.51
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.06
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.05
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.23
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.28
9 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.04
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 10.06

79 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.59.47