# 2006 Deutschland Tour

The 30th edition of the Deutschland Tour road bicycle race took place in Germany from 1 to 9 August 2006. It consisted of a Prologue and eight stages covering a total of 1,390.5 km (864.0 mi), starting in Düsseldorf and finishing in Karlsruhe. Jens Voigt claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer.

## Classification tables
### General classification

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 32h 11' 10" |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 1' 38" |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 2' 23" |
| 4 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 2' 33" |
| 5 | Evgeni Petrov | Russia | Lampre–Fondital | 2' 57" |
| 6 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 3' 42" |
| 7 | Íñigo Cuesta | Spain | Team CSC | 4' 08" |
| 8 | Stijn Devolder | Belgium | Discovery Channel | 4' 09" |
| 9 | Eddy Mazzoleni | Italy | T-Mobile Team | 4' 36" |
| 10 | Pablo Lastras | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 4' 38" |

### King of the Mountains Classification

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 21 |
| 2 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 21 |
| 3 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 20 |

### Points Classification

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | 115 |
| 2 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 88 |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 62 |

### Young Rider Classification

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Points |
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 32h 13' 43" |
| 2 | Stefan Schumacher | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 2' 15" |
| 3 | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands | Rabobank | 3' 49" |

### Best Team

| | Team | Country | Time |
| 1 | Gerolsteiner | Germany | 96h 42' 18" |
| 2 | Team CSC | Denmark | 13" |
| 3 | Discovery Channel | United States | 3' 01" |

## Stages
### Prologue - Tuesday 1 August: Düsseldorf, 5.5 km. (ITT)

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 6' 42" |
| 2 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 1" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 6' 42" |
| 2 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 1" |

### Stage 1 - Wednesday 2 August: Düsseldorf-Bielefeld, 198 km.

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Assan Bazayev | Kazakhstan | Astana | 4h 43' 06" |
| 2 | Danilo Napolitano | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | s.t. |
| 3 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 4h 49' 47" |
| 2 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 1" |
| 3 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 2" |

### Stage 2 - Thursday 3 August: Minden-Goslar, 181.5 km.

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 4h 22' 25" |
| 2 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | s.t. |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 9h 12' 17" |
| 2 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 1" |
| 3 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Gerolsteiner | 7" |

### Stage 3 - Friday 4 August: Witzenhausen-Schweinfurt, 203.3 km.

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Gerald Ciolek | Germany | Team Wiesenof | 4h 56' 22" |
| 2 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | s.t. |
| 3 | André Greipel | Germany | T-Mobile Team | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 14h 08' 39" |
| 2 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | s.t. |
| 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 1" |

### Stage 4 - Saturday 5 August: Heidenheim-Bad Tölz, 203 km.

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Graeme Brown | Australia | Rabobank | 4h 34' 38" |
| 2 | Stefan Schumacher | Germany | Gerolsteiner | s.t. |
| 3 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | 18h 43' 10" |
| 2 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 7" |
| 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 8" |

### Stage 5 - Sunday 6 August: Bad Tölz-Seefeld, 192.1 km.

Because of bad weather on top of Mount Kühtai (Top of the Deutschland Tour 2006 at 2017 meters), the riders asked the organisation before the start to remove it from the Stage, which they did. As a result, the stage was only 160 kilometres long.
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 3h 44' 20" |
| 2 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 3" |
| 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 3" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 22h 27' 51" |
| 2 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 3" |
| 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 15" |

### Stage 6 - Monday 7 August: Seefeld-St Anton am Arlberg, 196.6 km.

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 5h 11' 48" |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 2" |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 8" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 27h 39' 29" |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 24" |
| 3 | Evgeni Petrov | Russia | Lampre–Fondital | 56" |

### Stage 7 - Tuesday 8 August: Bad Säckingen, 38.2 km. (ITT)

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 45' 03" |
| 2 | László Bodrogi | Hungary | Crédit Agricole | 1' 03" |
| 3 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 1' 04" |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 28h 24' 32" |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 1' 38" |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 2' 23" |

### Stage 8 - Wednesday 9 August: Bad Krozingen-Karlsruhe, 172.1 km.

| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Graeme Brown | Australia | Rabobank | 3h 46' 38" |
| 2 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | s.t. |
| 3 | Danilo Napolitano | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Country | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 32h 11' 10" |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 1' 38" |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana | 2' 23" |

### Jersey progress

| Stage (Winner) | General classification (Gelbes Trikot) | Points Classification (Rotes Trikot) | Climber Classification (Bergtrikot) | Young Rider Classification (Weißes Trikot) | Team Classification | Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer) |
| 0Prologue (Vladimir Gusev) | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Discovery Channel | No award |
| 0Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev) | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Stefan Schumacher | Vladimir Gusev | Discovery Channel | Andreas Matzbacher |
| 0Stage 2 (Jens Voigt) | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Davide Rebellin | Vladimir Gusev | Gerolsteiner | Ronny Scholz |
| 0Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek) | Vladimir Gusev | Erik Zabel | Stefan Schumacher | Vladimir Gusev | Gerolsteiner | Marco Pinotti |
| 0Stage 4 (Graeme Brown) | Erik Zabel | Erik Zabel | Stefan Schumacher | Vladimir Gusev | Gerolsteiner | Marcel Sieberg |
| 0Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer) | Jens Voigt | Erik Zabel | Andrey Kashechkin | Vladimir Gusev | Team CSC | Sven Teutenberg |
| 0Stage 6 (Jens Voigt) | Jens Voigt | Erik Zabel | Sebastian Lang | Vladimir Gusev | Team CSC | Erik Zabel |
| 0Stage 7 (Jens Voigt) | Jens Voigt | Erik Zabel | Sebastian Lang | Vladimir Gusev | Gerolsteiner | No award |
| 0Stage 8 (Graeme Brown) | Jens Voigt | Erik Zabel | Sebastian Lang | Vladimir Gusev | Gerolsteiner | No award |
| Final | Jens Voigt | Erik Zabel | Sebastian Lang | Vladimir Gusev | Gerolsteiner | |