Final climb of the Alto de El Morredero from Ponferrada (l. 23.2 km, a. 1740 m, a.s. 5.3%, m.s. 15%) in stage 6 of the Vuelta a España 2006. Featuring a.o. Alejandro Valverde, Carlos Sastre, Jose Angel Gómez Marchante, Janez Brajkovic, Manuel Beltran, Alexandre Vinokourov, Luis Pérez, Andrey Kashechkin, Stijn Devolder, Ruggero Marzoli.