# 2006 Tour of Slovenia

The 2006 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 13th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 8 and 11 June 2006.
The race consisted of 4 stages with 711 km (451.1 mi) in total.
The result of Tomaž Nose, the original winner of the race, was later deleted due to not a classical doping but more due to bureaucratic deficiency. He did not report the prescripted medication to UCI in time. He got unnreasonably high and unffair suspension at first for 20 months from November 2006 to July 2008, but he was still competing during this time. But the public was informed about this only in August 2007, ten months later since official suspension. Meanwhile, he won another race edition (2007) and he kept the result of this race, because later the ban was reduced by Court of Arbitration for Sport to 6 months only.
Jure Golčer subsequently became the new official race winner. Borut Božič took points classification (blue jersey), Matej Gnezda won mountains classification (polkadot jersey), Robert Kišerlovski took young rider classification (radler shirt) and Adria Mobil won team classification.

## Teams

Total 98 riders (93 finished it) from 13 teams started the race.

### Pro Tour

* Lampre–Fondital
* Liquigas

### Pro Continental

* Acqua & Sapone
* Tenax–Salmilano
* Miche
* Androni Giocattoli–3C Casalinghi Jet

### Continental

* Perutnina Ptuj
* Sava
* Adria Mobil
* Radenska–PowerBar
* Amore & Vita–McDonald's
* PSK Whirlpool–Hradec Krlove

### National

* Austria

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 8 June | Lendava – Brežice | 214 km (133 mi) | | Hilly stage | Borut Božič |
| 2 | 9 June | Medvode – Sveta Gora | 183 km (114 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose |
| 3 | 10 June | Nova Gorica – Vršič | 158 km (98 mi) | | Mountain stage | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose |
| 4 | 11 June | Grosuplje – Novo mesto | 156 km (97 mi) | | Hilly | Borut Božič |
| Skupno | Skupno | 711 km (441.8 mi) | 711 km (441.8 mi) | 711 km (441.8 mi) | 711 km (441.8 mi) | 711 km (441.8 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Borut Božič | Borut Božič | Borut Božič | Matej Gnezda | Jure Žagar | Lampre–Fondital |
| 2 | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Borut Božič | Matej Gnezda | Miha Švab | Adria Mobil |
| 3 | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil |
| 4 | Borut Božič | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Borut Božič | Matej Gnezda | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil |
| Final | Final | Tomaž Nose Jure Golčer | Borut Božič | Matej Gnezda | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| DSQ | Tomaž Nose | Adria Mobil | 18h 11' 10" |
| 1 | Jure Golčer | Perutnina Ptuj | + 27" |
| 2 | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | + 2' 21" |
| 3 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | + 2' 37" |
| 4 | Matija Kvasina | Perutnina Ptuj | + 3' 26" |
| 5 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | + 3' 42" |
| 6 | Miha Švab | Adria Mobil | + 3' 44" |
| 7 | Tadej Valjavec | Lampre-Fondital | + 3' 48" |
| 8 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | + 4' 13" |
| 9 | Gorazd Štangelj | Lampre-Fondital | + 4' 59" |
| 10 | Valter Bonča | Sava | + 5' 06" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Borut Božič | Perutnina Ptuj | 55 |
| DSQ | Tomaž Nose | Adria Mobil | 50 |
| 2 | Jure Golčer | Perutnina Ptuj | 40 |
| 3 | Jure Zrimšek | Aqua & Sapone | 36 |
| 4 | Andrus Aug | Acqua & Sapone | 32 |
| 5 | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | 30 |
| 6 | Mattia Gavazzi | Amore & Vita-McDonald's | 30 |
| 7 | Gorazd Štangelj | Lampre-Fondital | 29 |
| 8 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | 26 |
| 9 | Zoran Klemenčič | Adria Mobil | 25 |
| 10 | Matija Kvasina | Perutnina Ptuj | 22 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Matej Gnezda | Radenska Powerbar | 21 |
| DSQ | Tomaž Nose | Adria Mobil | 20 |
| 2 | Jure Golčer | Perutnina Ptuj | 12 |
| 3 | Hrvoje Miholjević | Perutnina Ptuj | 5 |
| 4 | Grega Bole | Sava | 5 |
| 5 | Blaž Mihovec | Radenska Powerbar | 5 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | 18h 13' 47" |
| 2 | Miha Švab | Adria Mobil | + 1' 07" |
| 3 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas | + 2' 32" |
| 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas | + 3' 27" |
| 5 | Markus Eibegger | Austria | + 5' 29" |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Adria Mobil | 54h 40′ 15″ |
| 2 | Perutnina Ptuj | + 1′ 03″ |
| 3 | Liquigas | + 16′ 47″ |
| 4 | Sava | + 17′ 58″ |
| 5 | Lampre-Fondital | + 19′ 12″ |
| 6 | Radenska Powerbar | + 20′ 27″ |
| 7 | Acqua & Sapone - Caffè Mokambo | + 24′ 43″ |
| 8 | PSK Whirlpool Hradec Kralove | + 25′ 50″ |
| 9 | Avstrija | + 25′ 54″ |
| 10 | Tenax Salmilano | + 26′ 31″ |