The 2006 Vuelta al País Vasco was the 46th Vuelta al País Vasco cycling race and was held over 6 stages from April 3 to April 8, 2006. It was won by Spaniard José Ángel Gómez Marchante of the Saunier Duval-Prodir cycling team.
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“Left Washington, September 6, on a tour through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia.... Absent nineteen days. Received every where heartily. The country is again one and united! I am very happy to be able to feel that the course taken has turned out so well.”
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