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Tour De France
2006 Tour de France
Final Standings and Results
The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from
July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by American Floyd Landis in the closest
three-way finish in the race's history. Because of a positive test result on
Floyd Landis for testosterone, the race results may be altered (i.e. his win
expunged) pending the result of his B test and, if necessary, an appeal before
the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.The Tour began with
a prologue in Strasbourg, on the French-German border,
and ended Sunday July 23 in Paris. The distance of the course (run
counterclockwise around France) was 3657 km (2211 miles). The race was the third
fastest in average speed. Along the way, the cyclists passed 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 was 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.
While Floyd Landis was a leading favourite even before the Spanish doping
scandal came to light[1], in an epic eight minute loss of performance in Stage
16, it appeared he had lost all hope to finish on the podium, much less win. But
the following day, during Stage 17, Landis set such a high pace on the first
climb of the day that no one chose to follow. He caught a breakaway group that
had escaped earlier, passed them, and continued to the finish line, making up
almost all of his deficit, ending up 30 seconds behind yellow jersey wearer
Oscar Pereiro Sio, which he made up with an extra minute in the final Stage 19
time trial.
Landis could, however, be disqualified for a positive drugs test, as he
returned a positive A sample following his win on Stage 17.
The results of the B sample are not yet ready. A disqualification for Landis
would result in Oscar Pereiro Sio becoming the official winner of the 2006 Tour
de France.
Stages
| Stage |
Route |
Distance |
Type |
Date |
| P |
Strasbourg |
7 km |
Individual time trial |
Saturday, July 1 |
| 1 |
Strasbourg - Strasbourg |
183 km |
Flat stage |
Sunday, July 2 |
| 2 |
Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette |
223 km |
Flat stage |
Monday, July 3 |
| 3 |
Esch-sur-Alzette - Valkenburg |
216 km |
Intermediate stage |
Tuesday, July 4 |
| 4 |
Huy - Saint-Quentin |
207 km |
Flat stage |
Wednesday, July 5 |
| 5 |
Beauvais - Caen |
219 km |
Flat stage |
Thursday, July 6 |
| 6 |
Lisieux - Vitré |
184 km |
Flat stage |
Friday, July 7 |
| 7 |
Saint Grégoire - Rennes |
52 km |
Individual time trial |
Saturday, July 8 |
| 8 |
Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Lorient |
177 km |
Flat stage |
Sunday, July 9 |
| Rest day |
Monday, July 10 |
| 9 |
Bordeaux - Dax |
170 km |
Flat stage |
Tuesday, July 11 |
| 10 |
Cambo-les-Bains - Pau |
193 km |
Mountain stage |
Wednesday, July 12 |
| 11 |
Tarbes - Val d'Aran-Pla-de-Beret |
208 km |
Mountain stage |
Thursday, July 13 |
| 12 |
Luchon - Carcassonne |
211 km |
Intermediate stage |
Friday, July 14 |
| 13 |
Béziers - Montélimar |
231 km |
Flat stage |
Saturday, July 15 |
| 14 |
Montélimar - Gap |
181 km |
Intermediate stage |
Sunday, July 16 |
| Rest day |
Monday, July 17 |
| 15 |
Gap - L'Alpe d'Huez |
187 km |
Mountain stage |
Tuesday, July 18 |
| 16 |
Bourg d'Oisans - La Toussuire |
182 km |
Mountain stage |
Wednesday, July 19 |
| 17 |
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Morzine |
199 km |
Mountain stage |
Thursday, July 20 |
| 18 |
Morzine - Mâcon |
193 km |
Intermediate stage |
Friday, July 21 |
| 19 |
Le Creusot - Montceau-les-Mines |
56 km |
Individual time trial |
Saturday, July 22 |
| 20 |
Antony-Parc de Sceaux - Paris Champs-Élysées |
152 km |
Flat stage |
Sunday, July 23 |
| Total |
3,639 km |
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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. After
the last time trial, the super-combativity award, for the most combative
rider of the tour as a whole, was handed out to David de la Fuente.
Overall standings
General Classification
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Team |
Time |
| 1? |
Floyd Landis |
United
States |
Phonak Hearing Systems |
89h 39'30" |
| 2 |
Oscar Pereiro Sio |
Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
57" |
| 3 |
Andreas Klöden |
Germany |
T-Mobile Team |
1'29" |
| 4 |
Carlos Sastre |
Spain |
Team CSC |
3'13" |
| 5 |
Cadel Evans |
Australia |
Davitamon-Lotto |
5'08" |
| 6 |
Denis Menchov |
Russia |
Rabobank |
7'06" |
| 7 |
Cyril Dessel |
France |
Ag2r Prévoyance |
8'41" |
| 8 |
Christophe Moreau |
France |
Ag2r Prévoyance |
9'37" |
| 9 |
Haimar Zubeldia |
Spain |
Euskaltel-Euskadi |
12'05" |
| 10 |
Michael Rogers |
Australia |
T-Mobile Team |
15'07" |
Points Classification
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Robbie McEwen |
Australia |
Davitamon-Lotto |
288 |
| 2 |
Erik Zabel |
Germany |
Team Milram |
199 |
| 3 |
Thor Hushovd |
Norway |
Crédit Agricole |
195 |
| 4 |
Bernhard Eisel |
Austria |
Française des Jeux |
176 |
| 5 |
Luca Paolini |
Italy |
Liquigas |
174 |
| 6 |
Iñaki Isasi |
Spain |
Euskaltel-Euskadi |
130 |
| 7 |
Francisco Ventoso |
Spain |
Saunier Duval-Prodir |
128 |
| 8 |
Cristian Moreni |
Italy |
Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone |
116 |
| 9 |
Jimmy Casper |
France |
Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone |
98 |
| 10 |
Floyd Landis |
United
States |
Phonak Hearing Systems |
93 |
King of the Mountains classification
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Michael Rasmussen |
Denmark |
Rabobank |
166 |
| 2 |
Floyd Landis |
United
States |
Phonak Hearing Systems |
131 |
| 3 |
David De La Fuente |
Spain |
Saunier Duval-Prodir |
113 |
| 4 |
Carlos Sastre |
Spain |
Team CSC |
99 |
| 5 |
Frank Schleck |
Luxembourg |
Team CSC |
96 |
| 6 |
Michael Boogerd |
Netherlands |
Rabobank |
93 |
| 7 |
Damiano Cunego |
Italy |
Lampre-Fondital |
80 |
| 8 |
Cyril Dessel |
France |
Ag2r Prévoyance |
72 |
| 9 |
Levi Leipheimer |
United
States |
Team Gerolsteiner |
66 |
| 10 |
Andreas Klöden |
Germany |
T-Mobile Team |
64 |
Young Riders' Classification
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
Damiano Cunego |
Italy |
Lampre-Fondital |
89h 58'49" |
| 2 |
Markus Fothen |
Germany |
Gerolsteiner |
38" |
| 3 |
Matthieu Sprick |
France |
Bouygues Télécom |
1h 29'12" |
| 4 |
David De La Fuente |
Spain |
Saunier Duval-Prodir |
1h 36'00" |
| 5 |
Moises Duenas Nevado |
Spain |
Agritubel |
1h 48'40" |
| 6 |
Thomas Lövkvist |
Sweden |
Française des Jeux |
1h 52'54" |
| 7 |
Francisco Ventoso |
Spain |
Saunier Duval-Prodir |
2h 22'03" |
| 8 |
Joost Posthuma |
Netherlands |
Rabobank |
2h 32'41" |
| 9 |
Benoît Vaugrenard |
France |
Française des Jeux |
2h 33'12" |
| 10 |
Pieter Weening |
Netherlands |
Rabobank |
2h 36'44" |
Teams Classification
| Rank |
Team |
Country |
Time |
| 1 |
T-Mobile Team |
Germany |
269h 08'46" |
| 2 |
Team CSC |
Denmark |
17'04" |
| 3 |
Rabobank |
Netherlands |
23'26" |
| 4 |
Ag2r Prévoyance |
France |
33'19" |
| 5 |
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
Spain |
56'53" |
| 6 |
Lampre-Fondital |
Italy |
57'37" |
| 7 |
Gerolsteiner |
Germany |
1h 45'25" |
| 8 |
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
United
States |
2h 19'17" |
| 9 |
Euskaltel-Euskadi |
Spain |
2h 26'38" |
| 10 |
Phonak Hearing Systems |
Switzerland |
2h 49'06" |
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.[3]
Francisco Mancebo of the French team AG2R Prévoyance, who finished fourth
last year and sixth the year before, was also suspended by his team, and
subsequently announced his retirement. 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 believed Spaniard Alejandro Valverde
(Caisse d'Épargne), or the Americans Floyd Landis (Phonak), Levi Leipheimer
(Gerolsteiner), or Australian Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) would probably win
the race.[4]
The main contenders for the podium were those who placed well on GC last
year, especially if they have had notable results since:
| Team |
Rider |
Nation |
Notes |
| Team Gerolsteiner |
Levi Leipheimer |
United
States |
6th 2005; 1st 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; 1st 2005 Tour of Germany |
| Rabobank |
Michael Rasmussen |
Denmark |
7th 2005, 2005 King of the Mountains |
| Davitamon-Lotto |
Cadel Evans |
Australia |
8th 2005; 1st 2006 Tour de Romandie; 10th 2006 Tour of Switzerland |
| Phonak Hearing Systems |
Floyd Landis |
United
States |
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 |
Spain |
10th 2005, "Most combative" 2005[5];
14th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré |
| AG2R Prévoyance |
Christophe Moreau |
France |
11th 2005, 4th 2000; 2nd 2006 Dauphiné Libéré |
| Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
Yaroslav Popovych |
Ukraine |
12th 2005, 2005 maillot blanc; 40th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré |
| Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
George Hincapie |
United
States |
14th 2005; 33rd 2004; 10th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; only teammate to
join Armstrong in all seven victories. |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi |
Iban Mayo |
Spain |
60th 2005; 6th 2003; 15th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; 1st 2004 Dauphiné
Libéré |
| Rabobank |
Denis Menchov |
Russia |
85th 2005; 1st 2005 Vuelta a España |
| Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
Alejandro Valverde |
Spain |
DNF 2005; 3rd 2003 Vuelta a España; 1st 2006 Liège-Bastogne-Liège;
1st 2006 La Flèche Wallonne |
| Lampre-Fondital |
Damiano Cunego |
Italy |
4th 2006 Giro d'Italia; 1st 2004 Giro d'Italia |
| Saunier Duval-Prodir |
Gilberto Simoni |
Italy |
3rd 2006 Giro d'Italia; 1st 2001 and 2003 Giro d'Italia. |
| Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
José Azevedo |
Portugal |
5th 2004; 6th 2002; 4th 2006 Dauphiné Libéré; 5th 2001 Giro d'Italia |
The 2006 Tour also saw 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.
Withdrawals
| |
Stage |
Rider |
Country |
Team |
Reason |
| DNS |
P |
Ivan Basso |
Italy |
Team CSC |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Jan Ullrich |
Germany |
T-Mobile |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Oscar Sevilla |
Spain |
T-Mobile |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Francisco Mancebo |
Spain |
AG2R Prévoyance |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Alexander Vinokourov |
Kazakhstan |
Astana-Würth |
Withdrawn by team |
| DNS |
P |
Assan Bazayev |
Kazakhstan |
Astana-Würth |
Withdrawn by team |
| DNS |
P |
Joseba Beloki |
Spain |
Astana-Würth |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Alberto Contador |
Spain |
Astana-Würth |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Allan Davis |
Australia |
Astana-Würth |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Jörg Jaksche |
Germany |
Astana-Würth |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Andrey Kashechkin |
Kazakhstan |
Astana-Würth |
Withdrawn by team |
| DNS |
P |
Isidro Nozal |
Spain |
Astana-Würth |
Operación Puerto doping case |
| DNS |
P |
Luis León Sanchez |
Spain |
Astana-Würth |
Withdrawn by team |
| DNS |
2 |
Danilo di Luca |
Italy |
Liquigas |
Urinary infection |
| DNF |
3 |
Fred Rodriguez |
United
States |
Davitamon-Lotto |
Concussion |
| DNF |
3 |
Erik Dekker |
Netherlands |
Rabobank |
Facial injuries |
| DNF |
3 |
Alejandro Valverde |
Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
Fractured collarbone |
| DNS |
6 |
Fabio Sacchi |
Italy |
Team Milram |
Bronchitis |
| DNF |
7 |
Bobby Julich |
United
States |
Team CSC |
Wrist and Thigh Injury |
| DNS |
10 |
Laurent Brochard |
France |
Bouygues Télécom |
Back pain |
| DNF |
10 |
Jimmy Engoulvent |
France |
Crédit Agricole |
Back pain |
| DNF |
11 |
Giovanni Lombardi |
Italy |
Team CSC |
Stomach problems |
| DNF |
11 |
Iban Mayo |
Spain |
Euskaltel-Euskadi |
Throat infection |
| DNF |
11 |
Wilfried Cretskens |
Belgium |
Quick Step-Innergetic |
Grandmother died a few days earlier |
| DNF |
12 |
Isaac Galvez |
Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
Back pain |
| DNF |
12 |
Jose Alberto Martinez |
Spain |
Agritubel |
Back pain |
| DNF |
12 |
Paolo Savoldelli |
Italy |
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 |
Spain |
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
Muscle pain |
| DNF |
12 |
Samuel Plouhinec |
France |
Agritubel |
Back pain |
| DNF |
14 |
Mirko Celestino |
Italy |
Team Milram |
Unknown |
| DNF |
14 |
Magnus Bäckstedt |
Sweden |
Liquigas-Bianchi |
Cold |
| DNF |
14 |
David Cañada |
Spain |
Saunier Duval-Prodir |
Fractured collarbone |
| DNF |
14 |
Rik Verbrugghe |
Belgium |
Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone |
Broken left leg |
| DNF |
15 |
Bram de Groot |
Netherlands |
Rabobank |
Knee injury |
| DNF |
15 |
Tom Boonen |
Belgium |
Quick Step-Innergetic |
Breathing problems and bacterial infection |
| DNF |
15 |
Beat Zberg |
Switzerland |
Team Gerolsteiner |
Bronchitis |
| DNF |
15 |
Andriy Grivko |
Ukraine |
Team Milram |
Unknown |
| DNF |
16 |
Sebastien Joly |
France |
Française des Jeux |
Lower back pain |
| DNF |
16 |
Maxim Iglinskiy |
Kazakhstan |
Team Milram |
Abrasions and contusions after fall in stage 15 |
| DNF |
16 |
Daniele Bennati |
Italy |
Lampre-Fondital |
Thigh injury |
| DNF |
16 |
Steven de Jongh |
Netherlands |
Quick Step-Innergetic |
Shoulder pain after fall in stage 15 |
| DNF |
16 |
David Kopp |
Germany |
Team Gerolsteiner |
Exhaustion |
| DNS |
17 |
José Rujano Guillen |
Venezuela |
Quick Step-Innergetic |
Unknown |
| DNF |
17 |
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero |
Spain |
Phonak Hearing Systems |
Unknown |
| DNF |
17 |
Juan Miguel Mercado |
Spain |
Agritubel |
Exhaustion |
| DNF |
17 |
José Gomez Marchante |
Spain |
Saunier Duval-Prodir |
Unknown |
| DNS |
18 |
Óscar Freire |
Spain |
Rabobank |
Unknown |
| DNF |
18 |
David Lopez Garcia |
Spain |
Euskaltel-Euskadi |
Unknown |
| DSQ |
19 |
Robert Hunter |
South
Africa |
Phonak Hearing Systems |
Outside time limit |
| DNS |
20 |
Florent Brard |
France |
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
Broke his hand in stage 19 |
- 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.
- Not one team has managed to finish with nine riders. Both AG2R Prévoyance
and T-Mobile have all the men who started the race still present but they began
the 93rd Tour with eight and seven riders respectively.
Notes
- ^
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyID=2006-07-27T143058Z_01_L27899000_RTRUKOC_0_US-DOPING-LANDIS.xml
- ^ Phonak confirms Landis positive, from
cyclingnews.com, retrieved 27 July 2006
- ^ Ullrich and Basso out of Le Tour, from BBC, retrieved
30 June 2006
- ^ Bookies react quickly to Tour scandal. velonews
(2006). Retrieved on 2006-06-30. .
- ^ cyclingnews.com 2005 Tour final results
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