The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 ProTour

UCI ProTour

The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...

 system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races.

The prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tour

Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...

s and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/dec05/dec09news3 On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=MTcx&MenuId=MTY5Mw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuID%3DMTY5Mw, guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.

2006 ProTour races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team
March 5-12	Paris–Nice
March 8-14	Tirreno–Adriatico
March 18	Milan – San Remo
April 2	Ronde van Vlaanderen
April 3-8	Vuelta al País Vasco
April 5	Gent–Wevelgem
April 9	Paris–Roubaix
April 16	Amstel Gold Race
April 19	La Flèche Wallonne
April 23	Liège–Bastogne–Liège
April 25-30	Tour de Romandie
May 6-28	Giro d'Italia 2006 Giro d'Italia The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was held from 6 May to 28 May 2006, and covered , beginning in the Belgian mining town of Seraing and ending in Milan...
May 15-21	Volta a Catalunya
June 4-11	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
June 10-18	Tour de Suisse
June 18	Eindhoven Team Time Trial		team event
July 1-23	Tour de France 2006 Tour de France The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....
July 30	Vattenfall Cyclassics
August 1-9	Deutschland Tour
August 12	Clásica de San Sebastián
August 16-23	Eneco Tour of Benelux
August 27	GP Ouest-France
August 28-September 19	Vuelta a España
September 4-10	Tour de Pologne
October 1	Züri-Metzgete
October 8	Paris–Tours
October 14	Giro di Lombardia

Final individual standings

	Name	Team	Points
1			285
2			213
3			165
4			162
5			156
6			155
7			154
8			144
9			138
10			133

• A total of 209 riders were classified
• Floyd Landis
  Floyd Landis
  Floyd Landis is an American retired cyclist who after initially being awarded victory in the 2006 Tour de France was stripped of his title for a doping offense. He was an all-around rider, with special skills in climbing and time-trialing, and is also known to be a very fast descender.Landis...
  
   had 175 points before the UCI removed his name from the standings following his removal from the Phonak team.

Final team standings

	Team	Nationality	Points
1			388
2			350
3			346
4			327
5			327
6			294
7			270
8			269
9			268
10			258
11			253
12			249
13			248
14			247
15			219
16			214
17			208
18			185
19			184
20			173

Final nation standings

	Nation	Points
1		808
2		651
3		475
4		340
5		316
6		292
7		286
8		271
8		269
10		234
11		190
12		165

• Riders from 29 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point.

2006 ProTour Points System

	Tour de France	Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España	Milan – San Remo Ronde van Vlaanderen Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Lesser stageraces	Lesser one-day races
Overall Classification
1	100	85	50	40
2	75	65	40	30
3	60	50	35	25
4	55	45	30	20
5	50	40	25	15
6	45	35	20	11
7	40	30	15	7
8	35	26	10	5
9	30	22	5	3
10	25	19	2	1
11	20	16
12	15	13
13	12	11
14	10	9
15	8	7
16	6	5
17	5	4
18	4	3
19	3	2
20	2	1
Stage wins (if applicable)
1	10	8	3
2	5	4	2
3	3	2	1

• If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour
  UCI ProTour
  The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
  
  , no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
• Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...-1.
• Team time trial doesn't give points for riders.
• In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.

External links

• Official Website
• CSC Web site source of preliminary race table.