September 17, 2006 – Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) has won the 61st Vuelta a España (Aug.26-Sept. 17) that finished today in Spain with the final Stage 21, Madrid-Madrid, 142.2 km won by Erik Zabel (Milram). Vinokourov is the first rider from Kazakhstan to win a grand tour. Canada’s Michael Barry (Discovery) finished 27th today and 77th overall.

Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3.40.47 (38.64 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC
6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
8 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
14 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
15 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team
16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam
19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
20 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
21 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.03
25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
26 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
28 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
29 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam
30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
31 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
35 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
36 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux
38 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
39 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
41 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
42 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
43 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic
44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
45 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam
46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team
47 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux
48 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
49 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
50 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team
51 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam
52 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
53 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
54 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
55 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance
56 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
57 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
58 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance
59 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
60 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team
61 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
62 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team
63 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole
65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
66 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance
67 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
71 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team
73 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
75 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
79 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team
80 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team
81 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank
82 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC
83 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
84 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
85 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
86 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole
87 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC
88 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
90 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
91 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
92 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux
93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
94 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
95 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
96 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
99 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
101 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
102 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team
103 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
104 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
105 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
106 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic
107 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
108 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.19
109 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.21
110 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam
111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
112 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam
114 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
116 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam
117 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
119 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
121 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
122 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
123 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
124 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic
126 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux
127 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30
128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 0.35
129 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.40
130 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03
131 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
132 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.03
133 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.08
134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.21

Final GC

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 81.23.07
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 1.12
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 3.12
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.35
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.51
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.09
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 10.36
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.47
10 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.32
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.52
12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.10
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.23
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 18.40
15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.56
16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 19.44
17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 24.18
18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27.51
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 28.04
20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 29.04
21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 30.36
22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 32.09
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.45
24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 42.46
25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 43.20
26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 45.03
27 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 46.21
28 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 46.30
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 50.47
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50.49
31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 50.50
32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 51.57
33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.05
34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.12
35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.48
36 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.02.23
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.02.55
38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.04.33
39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.06.40
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.08.18
41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14.34
42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 1.16.47
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.19.25
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.24.48
45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.25.18
46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.29.24
47 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.29.48
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.24
49 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.54
50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.30.58
51 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.35.57
52 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.01
53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.37.05
54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.37.59
55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.38.39
56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.39.33
57 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40.19
58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.40.24
59 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41.37
60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42.03
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.19
62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.45.00
63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.45.53
64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.45.54
65 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.45.55
66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.46.03
67 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.47.15
68 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47.52
69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.49.21
70 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 1.50.19
71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50.42
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.51.49
73 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.52.53
74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.54.28
75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.58.08
76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.59.57
77 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.02.32
78 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.02.59
79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 2.03.10
80 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.04.11
81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.05.03
82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.09.04
84 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.29
85 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.09.37
86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.10.14
87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.10.30
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14.29
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.16.00
90 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16.33
91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2.17.09
92 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20.53
93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.21.25
94 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.22.35
95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.22.46
96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.26.39
97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.26.59
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.27.42
99 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.30.12
100 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
101 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.30.28
102 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.31.27
103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.32.02
104 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 2.35.16
105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.35.38
106 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.36.24
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36.43
108 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.37.58
109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38.40
110 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.39.11
111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.41.06
112 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.41.17
113 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41.52
114 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.42.15
115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.42.17
116 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.42.30
117 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.42.51
118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.43.37
119 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 2.44.51
120 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.45.40
121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45.45
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.45.48
123 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.47.04
124 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.47.17
125 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.48.44
126 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.52.29
127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.56.11
128 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.57.52
129 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.57.58
130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.24
131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.59.32
132 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.11.10
133 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.20.10
134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.23.05