The 46th edition of the annual

Clásico RCN The Clásico RCN (Spanish for ''RCN Classic'') is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October. It is organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation. The event is sponsored by ...

was held from October 15 to October 22, 2006, in

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. The stage race with an UCI rate of 2.3 started in Buenaventura and finished in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" – one of the oldest and largest

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s in the nation.

Stages

2006-10-15: Buenaventura –
Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...
(123 km)

2006-10-16:
Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...
–
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(116 km)

2006-10-17:
Tuluá Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital— Palmira and Buenaventura. Founded around 1741 by Juan ...
– Villamaría (188 km)

2006-10-18:
Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ...
– Sabaneta (180 km)

2006-10-19:
Itagüí Itagüí () is a city and municipality of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population was estimated to be 289,994 in 202 ...
– Pereira (196.9 km)

2006-10-20: Pereira –
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(44.8 km)

2006-10-21:
Calarcá Calarcá is a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío Department, Quindío, Colombia. It is located 4 km east of the departmental capital Armenia, Colombia, Armenia. Its nickname is ''La Villa del Cacique'' in homage o ...
–
Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima Department, Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city ...
(156.4 km)

2006-10-22: Espinal –
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(157.7 km)

Final classification

Teams

;Lotería de Boyacá — Coordinadora * ''Director Deportivo'': José Alfonso "El Pollo" López ;EPM — Orbitel * ''Director Técnico'': José Raúl Mesa ;Colombia es Pasión — Coldeportes * ''Director Deportivo'': Jairo Monroy Gutiérrez ;Secretaría de Hacienda — Indeportes Boyacá — Alcaldía de Paipa * ''Director Deportivo'': Ángel Camargo ;Www.Paginascolombianas.Com * ''Director Deportivo'': Roberto Augusto Sánchez ;Aguardiente Antioqueño — Idea * ''Director Deportivo'': Héctor Castaño ;Frutidelicias Frugos del Valle * ''Director Deportivo'': William Palacio ;Coordinadora — Lotería de Boyacá * ''Director Deportivo'': José Alfonso "El Pollo" López ;Orbitel — EPM * ''Director Deportivo'': Carlos Jaramillo ;Bogotá Sin Indifferencia — IDRD — Canapro * ''Director Deportivo'': Oliverio Cárdenas ;Frutidelicias Primacol * ''Director Deportivo'': Gustavo Cardona ;Tolima Solidario — Lotería del Tolima * ''Director Deportivo'': Danilo Alvis ;Caldas Actitud Campeona 2008 * ''Director Deportivo'': John Jairo Narváez ;Alcaldía de Ibagué — Tolima Solidario * ''Director Deportivo'': Carlos Enrique "Ramillete" Pérez ;GW Bicycletas Shimano * ''Director Deportivo'': Luis Alfonso Cely ;Postal Express — Químicos y Curtidores San Benito * ''Director Deportivo'': Marco Tulio Bustamante ;Club Cicloases Cundinamarca * ''Director Deportivo'': Leonidas Herrera ;Mixto * ''Director Deportivo'': John Jairo Rivera

References

Clásico RCN 2006
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Stages

2006-10-15: Buenaventura – Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ... (123 km)

2006-10-17: Tuluá Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital— Palmira and Buenaventura. Founded around 1741 by Juan ... – Villamaría (188 km)

2006-10-18: Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ... – Sabaneta (180 km)

2006-10-19: Itagüí Itagüí () is a city and municipality of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population was estimated to be 289,994 in 202 ... – Pereira (196.9 km)

2006-10-20: Pereira – Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ... (44.8 km)

2006-10-22: Espinal – Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ... (157.7 km)