2006 Tour de France
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The 2006 Tour de France is the 93rd Tour de France. Beginning on Saturday July 1, 2006 in Strasbourg, on the French-German border and ending Sunday July 23 in Paris, the distance of the course (run counter-clockwise) is 3657 km (2211 miles). Along the way, the cyclists pass through six different countries including France, The Netherlands (a stop at Valkenburg in Stage 3), Belgium (at Huy, Stages 3 and 4), Luxembourg (at Esch-sur-Alzette, Stages 2 and 3), Germany (though not stopping there, Stage 1) and Spain (Pla-de-Beret, Stage 11). The presentation of the course was made by the new director of Le Tour, Christian Prudhomme.
For the first time since the 1999 edition, there will be no team time trial.
In the most controversial scandal since the 1998 tour, thirteen riders were expelled from the tour stemming from a Spanish doping scandal on the eve of Strasbourg prologue to the 93rd edition. Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, two favourites to win the race, were among those excluded from the Tour along with podium candidate Francisco Mancebo. Alexandre Vinokourov, another race favourite, was not linked to the doping scandal, but was forced to withdraw when the eligible riders on his Astana-Würth Team fell below the minimum starting requirement of six. Because of this and the retirement of seven-time consecutive winner Lance Armstrong, this year's Tour started without the top five riders from the 2005 edition. It was also the first Tour since 1999 that did not contain a past champion.
Stages
| Stage | Route | Distance | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strasbourg | 7 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 1 | |
| Strasbourg - Strasbourg | 183 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 2 | |
| Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette | 223 km | Flat stage | Monday, July 3 | |
| Esch-sur-Alzette - Valkenburg | 216 km | Intermediate stage | Tuesday, July 4 | |
| Huy - Saint-Quentin | 207 km | Flat stage | Wednesday, July 5 | |
| Beauvais - Caen | 219 km | Flat stage | Thursday, July 6 | |
| Lisieux - Vitré | 184 km | Flat stage | Friday, July 7 | |
| Saint Grégoire - Rennes | 52 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 8 | |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Lorient | 177 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 9 | |
| Rest day | Monday, July 10 | |||
| Bordeaux - Dax | 170 km | Flat stage | Tuesday, July 11 | |
| Cambo-les-Bains - Pau | 193 km | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 12 | |
| Tarbes - Val d'Aran-Pla-de-Beret | 208 km | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 13 | |
| Luchon - Carcassonne | 211 km | Intermediate stage | Friday, July 14 | |
| Béziers - Montélimar | 231 km | Flat stage | Saturday, July 15 | |
| Montélimar - Gap | 181 km | Intermediate stage | Sunday, July 16 | |
| Rest day | Monday, July 17 | |||
| Gap - L'Alpe d'Huez | 187 km | Mountain stage | Tuesday, July 18 | |
| Bourg d'Oisans - La Toussuire | 182 km | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 19 | |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Morzine | 199 km | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 20 | |
| Morzine - Mâcon | 193 km | Intermediate stage | Friday, July 21 | |
| Le Creusot - Montceau-les-Mines | 56 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 22 | |
| Antony-Parc de Sceaux - Paris Champs-Élysées | 152 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 23 | |
| Total | 3639 km | |||
Stage recaps
Overall standings
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Pereiro Sio | Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears | 64h 05'04" | |
| 2 | Floyd Landis | Phonak Hearing Systems | 1'29" | |
| 3 | Cyril Dessel | Ag2r Prévoyance | 1'37" | |
| 4 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | 2'30" | |
| 5 | Cadel Evans | Davitamon-Lotto | 2'46" | |
| 6 | Carlos Sastre | Team CSC | 3'21" | |
| 7 | Andréas Klöden | T-Mobile Team | 3'58" | |
| 8 | Michael Rogers | T-Mobile Team | 4'51" | |
| 9 | Juan Miguel Mercado | Agritubel | 5'02" | |
| 10 | Christophe Moreau | Ag2r Prévoyance | 5'13" |
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie McEwen | Davitamon-Lotto | 252 | |
| 2 | Tom Boonen | Quick Step-Innergetic | 222 | |
| 3 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 207 | |
| 4 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre-Fondital | 192 | |
| 5 | Erik Zabel | Team Milram | 172 | |
| 6 | Thor Hushovd | Crédit Agricole | 159 | |
| 7 | Luca Paolini | Liquigas | 148 | |
| 8 | Bernhard Eisel | Française des Jeux | 146 | |
| 9 | Francisco Ventoso | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 120 | |
| 10 | David Kopp | Team Gerolsteiner | 111 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David De La Fuente | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 80 | |
| 2 | Michael Rasmussen | Rabobank | 73 | |
| 3 | Cyril Dessel | Ag2r Prévoyance | 62 | |
| 4 | Fabian Wegmann | Gerolsteiner | 61 | |
| 5 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | 61 | |
| 6 | Juan Miguel Mercado | Agritubel | 45 | |
| 7 | Inigo Landaluze | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 38 | |
| 8 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rabobank | 36 | |
| 9 | Christophe Rinero | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 35 | |
| 10 | Floyd Landis | Phonak Hearing Systems | 35 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus Fothen | Gerolsteiner | 64h 10'50" | |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-Fondital | 12'15" | |
| 3 | Matthieu Sprick | Bouygues Télécom | 29'07" | |
| 4 | Moises Duenas Nevado | Agritubel | 31'22" | |
| 5 | Thomas Lövkvist | Française des Jeux | 36'50" | |
| 6 | Andriy Grivko | Team Milram | 42'04" | |
| 7 | Francisco Ventoso | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 42'27" | |
| 8 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | 49'18" | |
| 9 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Milram | 50'18" | |
| 10 | David De La Fuente | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 53'26" |
Teams Classification
| Rank | Team | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team CSC | 192h 07'16" | |
| 2 | Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears | 15'57" | |
| 3 | T-Mobile Team | 22'09" | |
| 4 | Gerolsteiner | 22'55" | |
| 5 | Ag2r Prévoyance | 27'43" | |
| 6 | Rabobank | 31'12" | |
| 7 | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 40'43" | |
| 8 | Lampre-Fondital | 43'01" | |
| 9 | Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone | 44'31" | |
| 10 | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 44'49" |
Jersey progress
- Notes
- (1) = In Stage 1, Thor Hushovd (the winner of the Prologue) wore the yellow jersey, and George Hincapie wore the green jersey.
- (2) = In Stage 4, Tom Boonen (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Daniele Bennati (second in overall points) wore the green jersey.
- (3) = In Stage 11, Cyril Dessel (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Juan Miguel Mercado the polka-dot jersey.
- Combativity award is given after every stage, except for time trials. Official winner of the award is named only when the race is finished. This has been system since 2003.
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Retirements
- Vinokourov, Bazayev, Kaschechkin, and León Sanchez are not themselves implicated in the doping case, but five of the nine riders of Astana-Würth were suspended and could not be replaced, leaving the team without the minimum of six starters.
- Four teams are still riding at full strength: Team Gerolsteiner, Phonak Hearing Systems, Lampre-Fondital and Française des Jeux.
Teams and riders
Pre-race favourites
After the retirement of seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, the main contenders for the overall win were expected to be Ivan Basso from Team CSC, the 2005 runner-up; and Jan Ullrich from T-Mobile Team, the third man on the podium in 2005, winner in 1997, and the only previous winner still racing. However, both Ullrich and Basso were suspended by their teams on 30 June after UCI told T-Mobile and Team CSC that the riders were involved in the anti-doping investigation in Spain.[Ullrich and Basso out of Le Tour], from BBC, retrieved 30 June 2006Francisco Mancebo of the French team AG2R Prévoyance, who finished fourth last year and sixth the year before, has also been suspended by his team. Alexander Vinokourov would have been the only returning rider with a top-five finish from last year's race. However, his team, Astana-Würth Team, was forced to pull out of the race because they would not be able to start with the minimum of six riders.
As a result of the drug scandal, many believe Americans George Hincapie (Discovery), Floyd Landis (Phonak), or Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) might be able to win the race. As at 5 July 20:00 UTC Odds for a win were: Floyd Landis (Pho) 9/2; Levi Leipheimer (Ger) 6 ; George Hincapie (Dis) 6 ; Cadel Evans (Dav) 7; Yaroslav Popovych (Dis) 11.
The main contenders for the podium are those who placed well on GC last year, especially if they have had notable results since:
David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) after serving a two year ban for admissions of the use of the drug EPO, which was discovered in a police search of his house before the 2004 Olympics, in June 2004.
Notes
External links
- () [Official page]
- () [Official Tour de France press releases on Strasbourg]
- () [2006 Tour de France coverage on RoadCycling.com]
- () [Press release]
- http://www.cycling.tv for the live TdF news show everyday.
- [Tour de France race news from Bicycling Magazine]
See also
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