2006 Tour de France
Route and stages

2006 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	1 July	Strasbourg	7.1 km (4 mi)	Individual time trial	Thor Hushovd (NOR)

1	2 July	Strasbourg	184.5 km (115 mi)	Flat stage	Jimmy Casper (FRA)

2	3 July	Obernai to Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)	228.5 km (142 mi)	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)

3	4 July	Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) to Valkenburg (Netherlands)	216.5 km (135 mi)	Hilly stage	Matthias Kessler (GER)

4	5 July	Huy (Belgium) to Saint-Quentin	207.0 km (129 mi)	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)

5	6 July	Beauvais to Caen	225.0 km (140 mi)	Flat stage	Óscar Freire (ESP)

6	7 July	Lisieux to Vitré	189.0 km (117 mi)	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)

7	8 July	Saint Grégoire to Rennes	52.0 km (32 mi)	Individual time trial	Serhiy Honchar (UKR)

8	9 July	Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Lorient	181.0 km (112 mi)	Flat stage	Sylvain Calzati (FRA)

10 July	Bordeaux	Rest day

9	11 July	Bordeaux to Dax	169.5 km (105 mi)	Flat stage	Óscar Freire (ESP)

10	12 July	Cambo-les-Bains to Pau	190.5 km (118 mi)	Mountain stage	Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP)

11	13 July	Tarbes to Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret	206.5 km (128 mi)	Mountain stage	Denis Menchov (RUS)

12	14 July	Luchon to Carcassonne	211.5 km (131 mi)	Hilly stage	Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)

13	15 July	Béziers to Montélimar	230.0 km (143 mi)	Flat stage	Jens Voigt (GER)

14	16 July	Montélimar to Gap	180.5 km (112 mi)	Hilly stage	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)

17 July	Gap	Rest day

15	18 July	Gap to Alpe d'Huez	187.0 km (116 mi)	Mountain stage	Fränk Schleck (LUX)

16	19 July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans to La Toussuire	182.0 km (113 mi)	Mountain stage	Michael Rasmussen (DEN)

17	20 July	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Morzine	200.5 km (125 mi)	Mountain stage	Carlos Sastre (ESP)

18	21 July	Morzine to Mâcon	197.0 km (122 mi)	Flat stage	Matteo Tosatto (ITA)

19	22 July	Le Creusot to Montceau-les-Mines	57.0 km (35 mi)	Individual time trial	Serhiy Honchar (UKR)

20	23 July	Antony/Parc de Sceaux to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	154.5 km (96 mi)	Flat stage	Thor Hushovd (NOR)

Total	3,657 km (2,272 mi)

Sentence(s)

The distance of the 2006 Tour de France course was 3,657 km (2,272 mi).

final_sentence: The distance of the 2006 Tour de France course was 3,657 km (2,272 mi).