Tour de France 2006

The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France. It took place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. The winner was Óscar Pereiro. Floyd Landis was the first person to finish the race, but was disqualified on September 20, 2007 for taking the drug testosteron during the 17th stage of the race.

The Tour began in Strasbourg, on the French-German border. It ended Sunday July 23 in Paris. The distance of the race was 3657 km (2272 mi). 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). For the first time since the 1999 race, there was no team time trial.

One day before the start of the Tour, there was a doping-scandal. 13 racers were removed from the tour, because it was believed that they were working together with Fuentes. Two of the 13 riders were the expected to do well in the race. They were Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso.

Overall standings

General Classification

See the section on Finishing times for full details.

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	89h 40' 27"
2	Andreas Klöden	T-Mobile Team	32"
3	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	2' 16"
4	Cadel Evans	Davitamon-Lotto	4' 11"
5	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	6' 09"
6	Cyril Dessel	AG2R Prévoyance	7' 44"
7	Christophe Moreau	AG2R Prévoyance	8' 40"
8	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11' 08"
9	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	14' 10"
10	Fränk Schleck	Team CSC	16' 49"

Points Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Robbie McEwen	Davitamon-Lotto	288
2	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	199
3	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	195
4	Bernhard Eisel	Française des Jeux	176
5	Luca Paolini	Liquigas	174
6	Iñaki Isasi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	130
7	Francisco Ventoso	Saunier Duval-Prodir	128
8	Cristian Moreni	Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone	116
9	Jimmy Casper	Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone	98
10	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	88

King of the Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	166
2	David De La Fuente	Saunier Duval-Prodir	113
3	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	99
4	Fränk Schleck	Team CSC	96
5	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	93
6	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Fondital	80
7	Cyril Dessel	AG2R Prévoyance	72
8	Levi Leipheimer	Team Gerolsteiner	66
9	Andreas Klöden	T-Mobile Team	64
10	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	63

Young Riders' Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Fondital	89h 58' 49"
2	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	38"
3	Matthieu Sprick	Bouygues Télécom	1h 29' 12"
4	David De La Fuente	Saunier Duval-Prodir	1h 36' 00"
5	Moisés Dueñas	Agritubel	1h 48' 40"
6	Thomas Lövkvist	Française des Jeux	1h 52' 54"
7	Francisco Ventoso	Saunier Duval-Prodir	2h 22' 03"
8	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank	2h 32' 41"
9	Benoît Vaugrenard	Française des Jeux	2h 33' 12"
10	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	2h 36' 44"

Teams Classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	T-Mobile Team	269h 08' 46"
2	Team CSC	17' 04"
3	Rabobank	23' 26"
4	AG2R Prévoyance	33' 19"
5	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	56' 53"
6	Lampre-Fondital	57' 37"
7	Team Gerolsteiner	1h 45' 25"
8	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	2h 19' 17"
9	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2h 26' 38"
10	Phonak Hearing Systems	2h 49' 06"*

Finishing times

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
DSQ	Floyd Landis	Phonak Hearing Systems	89h 39' 30"
1	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	57"
2	Andreas Klöden	T-Mobile Team	1' 29"
3	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	3' 13"
4	Cadel Evans	Davitamon-Lotto	5' 08"
5	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	7' 06"
6	Cyril Dessel	AG2R Prévoyance	8' 41"
7	Christophe Moreau	AG2R Prévoyance	9' 37"
8	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12' 05"
9	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	15' 07"
10	Fränk Schleck	Team CSC	17' 46"
11	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Fondital	19' 19"
12	Levi Leipheimer	Team Gerolsteiner	19' 22"
13	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	19' 46"
14	Marcus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	19' 57"
15	Pietro Caucchioli	Crédit Agricole	21'12"
16	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre-Fondital	26' 25"
17	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	28' 33"
18	José Azevedo	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	38' 08"
19	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre-Fondital	43' 05"
20	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	44' 00"
21	Patxi Vila Errandonea	Lampre-Fondital	44' 28"
22	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	49' 01"
23	Christian Vandevelde	Team CSC	50' 19"
24	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	52' 02"
25	Giuseppe Guerini	T-Mobile Team	57' 59"
26	Eddy Mazzoleni	T-Mobile Team	1h 02' 40"
27	José Luis Arrieta	AG2R Prévoyance	1h 03' 00"
28	Pierrick Fedrigo	Bouygues Télécom	1h 05' 27"
29	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	1h 07' 18"
30	Axel Merckx	Phonak Hearing Systems	1h 09' 28"
31	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	1h 11' 14"
32	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	1h 16' 47"
33	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R Prévoyance	1h 20' 26"
34	Iker Camaño	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1h 21' 34"
35	Mikel Astarloza	AG2R Prévoyance	1h 24' 26"
36	Stephane Goubert	AG2R Prévoyance	1h 28' 33"
37	Laurent Lefevre	Bouygues Télécom	1h 30' 24"
38	Benoît Salmon	Agritubel	1h 30' 55"
39	Christophe Brandt	Davitamon-Lotto	1h 34' 24"
40	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval-Prodir	1h 34' 59"
41	Egoi Martínez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	1h 35' 12"
42	Iván Parra	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	1h 37' 09"
43	Cristian Moreni	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	1h 38' 07"
44	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	1h 40' 05"
45	Rubén Lobato	Saunier Duval-Prodir	1h 40' 52"
46	Georg Totschnig	Team Gerolsteiner	1h 42' 55"
47	Patrice Halgand	Crédit Agricole (cycling team)	1h 43' 03"
48	Alexandre Botcharov	Crédit Agricole (cycling team)	1h 44' 46"
49	Iñigo Landaluze	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1h 48' 22"
50	Matthieu Sprick	Bouygues Télécom	1h 48' 31"
51	Serhiy Honchar	T-Mobile Team	1h 49' 22"
52	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	1h 50' 41"
53	Matthias Kessler	T-Mobile Team	1h 52' 03"
54	Stefano Garzelli	Liquigas	1h 53' 55"
55	David De La Fuente	Saunier Duval-Prodir	1h 55' 19"
56	Salvatore Commesso	Lampre-Fondital	1h 56' 55"
57	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	2h 03' 10"
58	David Millar	Saunier Duval-Prodir	2h 04' 10"
59	Gilberto Simoni	Saunier Duval-Prodir	2h 07' 18"
60	Moisés Dueñas	Agritubel	2h 07' 59"
61	Koos Moerenhout	Phonak Hearing Systems	2h 09' 03"
62	Thomas Lövkvist	Française des Jeux	2h 12' 13"
63	Christopher Horner	Davitamon-Lotto	2h 12' 25"
64	Pavel Padrnos	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	2h 16' 45"
65	Sebastian Lang	Team Gerolsteiner	2h 25' 15"
66	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre-Fondital	2h 26' 34"
67	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	2h 27' 17"
68	Sandy Casar	Française des Jeux	2h 28' 34"
69	Paolo Tiralongo	Lampre-Fondital	2h 32' 08"
70	Iñaki Isasi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2h 32' 36"
71	Juan Manuel Gárate	Quick Step-Innergetic	2h 32' 47"
72	Didier Rous	Bouygues Télécom	2h 32' 54"
73	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	2h 33' 46"
74	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2h 33' 52"
75	Christophe Le Mével	Crédit Agricole	2h 34' 24"
76	Carlos Da Cruz	Française des Jeux	2h 40' 01"
77	Francisco Ventoso	Saunier Duval-Prodir	2h 41' 22"
78	Simon Gerrans	AG2R Prévoyance	2h 46' 33"
79	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	2h 47' 33"
80	Björn Schröder	Team Milram	2h 47' 48"
81	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	2h 49' 53"
82	Jérôme Pineau	Bouygues Télécom	2h 51' 22"
83	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	2h 51' 33"
84	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank	2h 52' 00"
85	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	2h 52' 13"
86	Benoît Vaugrenard	Française des Jeux	2h 52' 31"
87	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues Télécom	2h 52' 31"
88	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues Télécom	2h 52' 57"
89	Manuel Calvente	Agritubel	2h 53' 27"
90	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	2h 55' 25"
91	José Luis Rubiera	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	2h 55' 44"
92	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	2h 56' 03"
93	Bram Tankink	Quick Step-Innergetic	2h 57' 02"
94	Cédric Vasseur	Quick Step-Innergetic	2h 58' 55"
95	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	3h 00' 48"
96	Alexandre Moos	Phonak Hearing Systems	3h 01' 34"
97	Riccardo Ricco	Saunier Duval-Prodir	3h 01' 37"
98	Marco Velo	Team Milram	3h 02' 09"
99	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	3h 02' 20"
100	Luca Paolini	Liquigas	3h 04' 18"
101	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	3h 04' 21"
102	Nicolas Jalabert	Phonak Hearing Systems	3h 05' 05"
103	Christian Knees	Team Milram	3h 05' 58"
104	Gustav Larsson	Française des Jeux	3h 06' 14"
105	Mario Aerts	Davitamon-Lotto	3h 06' 26"
106	Bert Grabsch	Phonak Hearing Systems	3h 08' 23"
107	Bernhard Eisel	Française des Jeux	3h 08' 59"
108	Daniele Righi	Lampre-Fondital	3h 12' 51"
109	Philippe Gilbert	Française des Jeux	3h 13' 03"
110	Walter Bénéteau	Bouygues Télécom	3h 15' 41"
111	Johan Vansummeren	Davitamon-Lotto	3h 18' 44"
112	Sébastien Hinault	Crédit Agricole	3h 19' 15"
113	Anthony Charteau	Crédit Agricole	3h 20' 29"
114	Vicente Garcia Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	3h 20' 32"
115	Robbie McEwen	Davitamon-Lotto	3h 21' 01"
116	Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez	Agritubel	3h 21' 27"
117	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	3h 21' 34"
118	Matej Mugerli	Liquigas	3h 21' 48"
119	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R Prévoyance	3h 22' 15"
120	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	3h 23' 52"
121	Víctor Hugo Peña	Phonak Hearing Systems	3h 24' 36"
122	Stéphane Augé	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	3h 25' 19"
123	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	3h 25' 32"
124	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step-Innergetic	3h 25' 54"
125	Christophe Laurent	Agritubel	3h 26' 23"
126	Unai Extebarria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3h 30' 12"
127	Julian Dean	Crédit Agricole	3h 30' 33"
128	Patrick Calcagni	Liquigas	3h 33' 28"
129	Arnaud Coyot	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	3h 35' 34"
130	Christophe Mengin	Française des Jeux	3h 35' 52"
131	Kjell Carlström	Liquigas	3h 35' 53"
132	Filippo Pozzato	Quick Step-Innergetic	3h 37' 06"
133	Cédric Coutouly	Agritubel	3h 39' 00"
134	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	3h 39' 20"
135	Aitor Hernandez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3h 50' 16"
136	Gert Steegmans	Davitamon-Lotto	3h 59' 16"
137	Jimmy Casper	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	4h 00' 05"
138	Wim Vansevenant	Davitamon-Lotto	4h 02' 01"

Withdrawals

	Stage	Rider	Team	Reason
DNS	P	Ivan Basso	Team CSC	Operación Puerto doping case
DNS	P	Jan Ullrich	T-Mobile Team	Operación Puerto doping case
DNS	P	Oscar Sevilla	T-Mobile Team	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 Gálvez	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	Benjamín 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	Cold
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	Knee injury
DNF	15	Tom Boonen	Quick Step-Innergetic	Breathing problems and bacterial infection
DNF	15	Beat Zberg	Team Gerolsteiner	Bronchitis
DNF	15	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	Unknown
DNF	16	Sebastien Joly	Française des Jeux	Lower back pain
DNF	16	Maxim Iglinskiy	Team Milram	Abrasions and contusions after fall in stage 15
DNF	16	Daniele Bennati	Lampre-Fondital	Thigh injury
DNF	16	Steven de Jongh	Quick Step-Innergetic	Shoulder pain after fall in stage 15
DNF	16	David Kopp	Team Gerolsteiner	Exhaustion
DNS	17	José Rujano	Quick Step-Innergetic	Unknown
DNF	17	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	Phonak Hearing Systems	Unknown
DNF	17	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	Exhaustion
DNF	17	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	Saunier Duval-Prodir	Unknown
DNS	18	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	Unknown
DNF	18	David Lopez Garcia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	Unknown
DSQ	19	Robert Hunter	Phonak Hearing Systems	Outside time limit (Due to saddle sore - which caused him to ride the TT out of the saddle for the entire stage)
DNS	20	Florent Brard	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears	Broke his hand in stage 19

Other websites

• (English) Official page
• (English) Official Tour de France press releases on Strasbourg
• (English) 2006 Tour de France coverage on RoadCycling.com
• (French) Press release
• http://www.cycling.tv for the live TdF news show everyday.
• Tour de France race news from Bicycling Magazine