2006 Tour de France

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

The Tour began in Strasbourg, on the French-German border. It ended Sunday 23 July 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 getting drugs from a doctor named Fuentes. Two of the 13 riders were the expected to do well in the race. They were Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso.

### 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

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