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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

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Retirements

Stage Rider Country Team Reason
DNS P Ivan Basso Team CSC Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Jan Ullrich T-Mobile Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Oscar Sevilla T-Mobile Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Francisco Mancebo AG2R Prévoyance Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Alexander Vinokourov Astana-Würth Withdrawn by team
DNS P Assan Bazayev Astana-Würth Withdrawn by team
DNS P Joseba Beloki Astana-Würth Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Alberto Contador Astana-Würth Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Allan Davis Astana-Würth Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Jörg Jaksche Astana-Würth Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Andrey Kashechkin Astana-Würth Withdrawn by team
DNS P Isidro Nozal Astana-Würth Operación Puerto doping case
DNS P Luis León Sanchez Astana-Würth Withdrawn by team
DNS 2 Danilo di Luca Liquigas Urinary infection
DNF 3 Fred Rodriguez Davitamon-Lotto Concussion
DNF 3 Erik Dekker Rabobank Facial injuries
DNF 3 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Fractured collarbone
DNS 6 Fabio Sacchi Team Milram Bronchitis
DNF 7 Bobby Julich Team CSC Wrist and Thigh Injury
DNS 10 Laurent Brochard Bouygues Télécom Back pain
DNF 10 Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole Back pain
DNF 11 Giovanni Lombardi Team CSC Stomach problems
DNF 11 Iban Mayo Euskaltel-Euskadi Throat infection
DNF 11 Wilfried Cretskens Quick Step-Innergetic Grandmother died a few days earlier
DNF 12 Isaac Galvez Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Back pain
DNF 12 Jose Alberto Martinez Agritubel Back pain
DNF 12 Paolo Savoldelli Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Crashed into spectator while riding to hotel and received stitches to his head after stage 11
DNF 12 Benjamin Noval Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Muscle pain
DNF 12 Samuel Plouhinec Agritubel Back pain
DNF 14 Mirko Celestino Team Milram Unknown
DNF 14 Magnus Bäckstedt Liquigas-Bianchi Unknown
DNF 14 David Cañada Saunier Duval-Prodir Fractured collarbone
DNF 14 Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone Broken left leg
DNF 15 Bram de Groot Rabobank Unknown
DNF 15 Tom Boonen Quick Step-Innergetic Unknown

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 2006

Francisco 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:

Team Rider Nation Notes
Team Gerolsteiner Levi Leipheimer 6th 2005; 1st 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; 1st 2005 Tour of Germany
Rabobank Michael Rasmussen 7th 2005, 2005 King of the Mountains
Davitamon-Lotto Cadel Evans 8th 2005; 1st 2006 Tour de Romandie; 10th 2006 Tour of Switzerland
Phonak Hearing Systems Floyd Landis 9th 2005; 1st 2006 Paris-Nice; 1st 2006 Tour de Georgia; 1st 2006 Amgen Tour of California; 60th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Óscar Pereiro Sio 10th 2005, "Most combative" 2005[cyclingnews.com 2005 Tour final results]; 14th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré
AG2R Prévoyance Christophe Moreau 11th 2005, 4th 2000; 2nd 2006 Dauphiné Libéré
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Yaroslav Popovych 12th 2005, 2005 maillot blanc; 40th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team George Hincapie 14th 2005; 33rd 2004; 10th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; only teammate to join Armstrong in all seven victories.
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo 60th 2005; 6th 2003; 15th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; 1st 2004 Dauphiné Libéré
Rabobank Denis Menchov 85th 2005; 1st 2005 Vuelta a España
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 2005; 3rd 2003 Vuelta a España; 1st 2006 Liège-Bastogne-Liège; 1st 2006 La Flèche Wallonne
Lampre-Fondital Damiano Cunego 4th 2006 Giro d'Italia; 1st 2004 Giro d'Italia
Saunier Duval-Prodir Gilberto Simoni 3rd 2006 Giro d'Italia; 1st 2001 and 2003 Giro d'Italia.
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team José Azevedo 5th 2004; 6th 2002; 4th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; 5th 2001 Giro d'Italia
The 2006 Tour will also see the return of former yellow jersey holder and three-time stage winner 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.

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See also

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