The 56th edition of the

Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the ...

was held from August 5 to August 20, 2006.

Stages

2006-08-05: Táriba — San Cristóbal (19.8 km)

2006-08-06: Circuito San Cristóbal (144 km)

2006-08-07: San Cristóbal —
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(133 km)

2006-08-08:
Piedecuesta Piedecuesta (, officially ''Villa de San Carlos del Pie de la Cuesta'') is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, South America. It has a population of about 120,000. It is part of the metropolitan zone of B ...
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San Gil San Gil is a town municipality in the Department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, located roughly 300 km (192 mi) from Bogotá and 95 km from the department's capital, Bucaramanga. As of 2020, San Gil had a population of rou ...
(113.5 km)

2006-08-09:
San Gil San Gil is a town municipality in the Department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, located roughly 300 km (192 mi) from Bogotá and 95 km from the department's capital, Bucaramanga. As of 2020, San Gil had a population of rou ...
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Tunja Tunja () is a city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 it had a population of 172,548 inhabitants. It is the capital of Boyacá department an ...
(183.3 km)

2006-08-10: Circuito del Sol y del Acero Sogamoso (159.2 km)

2006-08-12:
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Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, ...
(203.6 km)

2006-08-13:
Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, ...
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Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
(114.1 km)

2006-08-14:
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
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Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...
(185 km)

2006-08-15: Palmira —
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(47.8 km)

2006-08-16:
Buga Buga may refer to: Places * Mount Buga, an inactive volcano in Zamboanga del Sur province, the Philippines * Buga (barangay), a barangay in San Miguel Municipality, Bulacan, Philippines * Buga, Valle del Cauca, city and municipality in the Colom ...
— Cartago (139.6 km)

2006-08-17:
Santa Rosa de Cabal Santa Rosa de Cabal is a town and municipality in the Risaralda Department, of west central Colombia, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central. It is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the fertile agricultural and pastoral h ...
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Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about ...
(192.8 km)

2006-08-18:
Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about ...
— Medellín Pueblito Paisa (150.6 km)

2006-08-19:
Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas to ...
— Alto del Escobero (10.7 km)

2006-08-20: Circuito Medellín (108 km)

Jersey progression

Final classification

Teams

;Lotería de Boyacá — Coordinadora * ''Director Deportivo'': José Alfonso "El Pollo" López ;EPM — Orbitel * ''Director Técnico'':

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;Gobernación del Zulia — Alcaldia de Cabimas ;Colombia es Pasión — Coldeportes * ''Director Deportivo'': Jairo Monroy Gutiérrez ;Gobernacíon Norte de Santander — Selle Italia ;Lotería del Táchira ;Atom — Azpiru ;Frutidelicias Frugos del Valle * ''Director Deportivo'':

William Palacio William Palacio (born 27 March 1965) is a Colombian former bicycle racing, racing cyclist. He rode in nine Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours between 1988 and 1992 and competed in the Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursui ...

;Coordinadora ;Indeportes Boyacá — Alcaldia de Paipa ;Idermeta ;Coldeportes ;Orbitel — EPM * ''Director Deportivo'':

Carlos Jaramillo Carlos María Jaramillo Mesa (born 16 January 1961) is a retired road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1985 to 1996. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the individual road race. Jaramill ...

;Postal Express — Liga Bogotá ;Canal V.O.S — Cicloases

References

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