# 2006 in men's road cycling
## World Championships

The World Road Championships were held in Salzburg, Austria, from 21 to 28 September 2006.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
| World Championship Time Trial | September 21 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | David Zabriskie (USA) | Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) | |
| World Championship Road Race | September 24 | Paolo Bettini (ITA) | Erik Zabel (GER) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | |

## Grand Tours

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Giro d'Italia | May 6–28 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP) | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) |
| Tour de France | July 1–23 | Óscar Pereiro (ESP) | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Carlos Sastre (ESP) |
| Vuelta a España | August 26 – September 17 | Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) |

## UCI Pro Tour

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Paris–Nice | March 5–12 | Floyd Landis (USA) | Patxi Vila (ESP) | Antonio Colom (ESP) |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | March 8–14 | Thomas Dekker (NED) | Jörg Jaksche (GER) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
| Milan–San Remo | March 18 | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) | Luca Paolini (ITA) |
| Tour of Flanders | April 2 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Leif Hoste (BEL) | George Hincapie (USA) |
| Tour of the Basque Country | April 3–8 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Antonio Colom (ESP) |
| Gent–Wevelgem | April 5 | Thor Hushovd (NOR) | David Kopp (GER) | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
| Paris–Roubaix | April 9 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
| Amstel Gold Race | April 16 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Steffen Wesemann (SUI) | Michael Boogerd (NED) |
| La Flèche Wallonne | April 19 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Karsten Kroon (NED) |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | April 23 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Paolo Bettini (ITA) | Damiano Cunego (ITA) |
| Tour de Romandie | April 25–30 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
| Giro d'Italia | May 6–28 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP) | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) |
| Volta a Catalunya | May 15–21 | David Cañada (ESP) | Santiago Botero (COL) | Christophe Moreau (FRA) |
| Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré | June 4–11 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Christophe Moreau (FRA) | Bernhard Kohl (AUT) |
| Tour de Suisse | June 10–18 | Jan Ullrich (GER) | Koldo Gil (ESP) | Jörg Jaksche (GER) |
| Tour de France | July 1–23 | Óscar Pereiro (ESP) | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Carlos Sastre (ESP) |
| Eindhoven Team Time Trial | June 18 | Team CSC | Discovery Channel | Gerolsteiner |
| Vattenfall Cyclassics | July 30 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Erik Zabel (GER) | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) |
| Deutschland Tour | August 1–9 | Jens Voigt (GER) | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | August 12 | Xavier Florencio (ESP) | Stefano Garzelli (ITA) | Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) |
| Eneco Tour | August 16–23 | Stefan Schumacher (GER) | George Hincapie (USA) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
| Vuelta a España | August 26 – September 17 | Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) |
| GP Ouest-France | August 27 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) | Manuele Mori (ITA) |
| Tour de Pologne | September 4–10 | Stefan Schumacher (GER) | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
| Züri-Metzgete | October 1 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) | Davide Rebellin (ITA) |
| Paris–Tours | October 8 | Frédéric Guesdon (FRA) | Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR) | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |
| Giro di Lombardia | October 14 | Paolo Bettini (ITA) | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Fabian Wegmann (GER) |

## 2.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Tour Down Under | January 17–22 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Robbie McEwen (AUS) |
| Tour de Langkawi | February 3–12 | David George (RSA) | Francesco Bellotti (ITA) | Gabriele Missaglia (ITA) |
| Critérium International | March 25–26 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | Erik Dekker (NED) | Andriy Hrivko (UKR) |
| Three Days of De Panne | March 28–30 | Leif Hoste (BEL) | Bernhard Eisel (AUT) | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) |
| Tour de Georgia | April 18–23 | Floyd Landis (USA) | Tom Danielson (USA) | Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 3–7 | Roberto Petito (ITA) | Stéphane Pétilleau (FRA) | Didier Rous (FRA) |
| Course de la Paix | May 13–20 | Giampaolo Cheula (ITA) | Andrea Tonti (ITA) | Cristian Gasperoni (ITA) |
| Bayern Rundfahrt | May 24–28 | José Alberto Martínez (ESP) | Beat Zberg (SUI) | Luke Roberts (AUS) |
| Tour de Luxembourg | May 31 – June 4 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) | Tomasz Brożyna (POL) | Allan Johansen (DEN) |
| Euskal Bizikleta | May 31 – June 4 | Koldo Gil (ESP) | David Herrero (ESP) | Jesús Del Nero (ESP) |
| Tour of Austria | July 3–9 | Tom Danielson (USA) | Ruslan Pidgornyy (UKR) | Christian Pfannberger (AUT) |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 15–23 | Maarten Tjallingii (NED) | Hossein Askari (IRI) | Nácor Burgos (ESP) |
| Tour de Wallonie | July 24–28 | Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) | Nico Sijmens (BEL) | Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR) |
| Danmark Rundt | August 2–6 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) | Thomas Ziegler (GER) |
| Volta a Portugal | August 5–15 | David Blanco (ESP) | Héctor Guerra (ESP) | Cândido Barbosa (POR) |
| Vuelta a Burgos | August 6–10 | Iban Mayo (ESP) | José Antonio Pecharromán (ESP) | Daniel Moreno (ESP) |

## 1.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Omloop Het Volk | February 25 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Bert De Waele (BEL) | Léon van Bon (NED) |
| Milano–Torino | March 4 | Igor Astarloa (ESP) | Franco Pellizotti (ITA) | Mirko Celestino (ITA) |
| E3 Harelbeke | March 25 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | Aart Vierhouten (NED) |
| Scheldeprijs | April 12 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Steven de Jongh (NED) | Gert Steegmans (BEL) |
| Rund um den Henninger Turm | May 1 | Stefano Garzelli (ITA) | Gerald Ciolek (GER) | Danilo Hondo (GER) |
| GP du canton d'Argovie | June 4 | Beat Zberg (SUI) | Nick Nuyens (BEL) | Grégory Rast (SUI) |
| Veenendaal–Veenendaal | June 7 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Steffen Radochla (GER) | Max van Heeswijk (NED) |
| Wachovia Cycling Series-Philadelphia | June 11 | Greg Henderson (NZL) | Iván Domínguez (CUB) | Oleg Grishkine (RUS) |
| Giro del Lazio | August 5 | Giuliano Figueras (ITA) | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Emanuele Sella (ITA) |
| Tre Valli Varesine | August 15 | Stefano Garzelli (ITA) | Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) | Raffaele Ferrara (ITA) |
| Giro del Veneto | August 26 | Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) | Raffaele Ferrara (ITA) | Sergio Marinangeli (ITA) |
| Coppa Placci | September 2 | Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) | Emanuele Sella (ITA) | Raffaele Ferrara (ITA) |
| Paris–Bruxelles | September 9 | Robbie McEwen (AUS) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Steven de Jongh (NED) |
| Grand Prix de Fourmies | September 10 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Adrián Palomares (ESP) | Michael Albasini (SUI) |
| Giro dell'Emilia | October 7 | Davide Rebellin (ITA) | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Giuseppe Di Grande (ITA) |
| Giro del Piemonte | October 12 | Daniele Bennati (ITA) | Grégory Rast (SUI) | Gene Bates (AUS) |

## UCI tours

| Tour | Individual champion | Individual champion's team | Team champion | Nations champion |
| Pro Tour | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | Team CSC | Spain |
| UCI Africa Tour | Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo (BUR) | | Cycling Team Capec | South Africa |
| UCI America Tour | José Serpa (COL) | Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni | Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni | Colombia |
| UCI Asia Tour | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Giant Asia Racing Team | Giant Asia Racing Team | Iran |
| UCI Europe Tour | Niko Eeckhout (BEL) | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen | Acqua & Sapone | Italy |
| UCI Oceania Tour | Gordon McCauley (NZL) | Successfulliving.com-Parkpre | Successfulliving.com-Parkpre | Australia |

## Continental Championships
### African Championships

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | December 9, 2005 | Rupert Rheeder (RSA) | Thomas Desvaux De Marigny (MRI) | Mohamed Abdel Aziz Wahab (EGY) |
| Individual time trial | December 6, 2005 | Alexander Pavlov (RSA) | Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN) | Rupert Rheeder (RSA) |

### Asian Championships

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | September 16 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) | Shinichi Fukushima (JPN) | Omar Hasanin (SYR) |
| Individual time trial | September 14 | Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Makoto Iijima (JPN) |

### European Championships (under-23)

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | July 16 | Benoît Sinner (FRA) | René Mandri (EST) | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) |
| Individual time trial | July 14 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (UKR) | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Dominique Cornu (BEL) |

### Oceania Championships

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | December 4, 2005 | Gordon McCauley (NZL) | Phillip Thuaux (AUS) | Geoffrey Burndred (NZL) |
| Individual time trial | December 3, 2005 | Gordon McCauley (NZL) | Robin Reid (NZL) | Aaron Strong (NZL) |

### Pan American Championships

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
| Road race | June 4 | José Serpa (COL) | Breno Sidoti (BRA) | Alex Diniz (BRA) | |
| Individual time trial | June 6 | Pedro Nicacio (BRA) | Magno Nazaret (BRA) | Eric Wohlberg (CAN) | |

## International Games
### Asian Games

| Race | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | Wong Kam-po (HKG) | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) | Park Sung-Baek (KOR) |
| Time trial | Song Baoqing (CHN) | Eugen Wacker (KGZ) | Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) |

### Central American and Caribbean Games

| Race | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | Fausto Esparza (MEX) | Jhon García (COL) | Artur García (VEN) |
| Time trial | José Serpa (COL) | José Chacón Díaz (VEN) | Tomás Gil (VEN) |

### Commonwealth Games

| Race | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | Mathew Hayman (AUS) | David George (RSA) | Allan Davis (AUS) |
| Time trial | Nathan O'Neill (AUS) | Ben Day (AUS) | Gordon McCauley (NZL) |

### South American Games

| Race | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
| Road race | Alejandro Borrajo (ARG) | Francisco Cabrera (CHI) | Artur García (VEN) | |
| Time trial | Matías Médici (ARG) | Libardo Niño (COL) | José Medina (CHI) | |

### South Asian Games

| Race | Winner | Second | Third |
| Road race | Meemanage Perera (SRI) | Lokuye Upul (SRI) | Ali Dilsher (PAK) |
| Time trial | Meemanage Perera (SRI) | Dinesh Thusitha (SRI) | Kumara Mhemantha (SRI) |