May 15, 2006 – Here are the results from the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya, a 12.6km TT:

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 14.55
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 0.03
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.05
6 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.08
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.10
8 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.11
9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
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15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15