Deutschland Tour 2006
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The 30th edition of the Deutschland Tour
road bicycle race
took place in Germany
from August 1 to August 9, 2006. It consisted of a Prologue and eight stages covering a total of 1390.5 km (864 mi), starting in Düsseldorf
and finishing in Karlsruhe
. Jens Voigt
claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer
.
Prologue - Tuesday, August 1: Düsseldorf
Stage 1 - Wednesday, August 2: Düsseldorf-Bielefeld
Stage 2 - Thursday, August 3: Minden
Stage 3 - Friday, August 4: Witzenhausen
Stage 4 - Saturday, August 5: Heidenheim
Stage 5 - Sunday, August 6: Bad Tölz-Seefeld
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.
Stage 6 - Monday, August 7: Seefeld-St Anton am Arlberg
Stage 7 - Tuesday, August 8: Bad Säckingen
Stage 8 - Wednesday, August 9: Bad Krozingen
Deutschland Tour
The Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...
road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
took place in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
from August 1 to August 9, 2006. It consisted of a Prologue and eight stages covering a total of 1390.5 km (864 mi), starting in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
and finishing in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
. Jens Voigt
Jens Voigt
Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton...
claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...
.
General Classification
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... |
32h 11' 10" | ||
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a... |
1' 38" | ||
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.... |
2' 23" | ||
| 4 | Vladimir Gusev | 2' 33" | ||
| 5 | Evgeni Petrov | 2' 57" | ||
| 6 | Marzio Bruseghin Marzio Bruseghin Marzio Bruseghin is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best achievement is winning the 2006 Italian time-trial championship, as well as winning two time trial stages in the Giro d'Italia... |
3' 42" | ||
| 7 | Íñigo Cuesta Íñigo Cuesta Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Cuesta turned professional in 1994 for the Basque team. Here his results included a second place in 1995 Vuelta a Asturias, and in 1996 he signed a contract with Spanish team ONCE... |
4' 08" | ||
| 8 | Stijn Devolder Stijn Devolder Stijn Devolder is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He rides for UCI ProTeam , having ridden for Discovery Channel between 2004 and 2007 and from 2008 to 2010. Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, winning stage 4... |
4' 09" | ||
| 9 | Eddy Mazzoleni Eddy Mazzoleni Eddy Mazzoleni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team.... |
4' 36" | ||
| 10 | Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard... |
4' 38" |
King of the Mountains Classification
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang is a German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist for UCI ProTour team . He rode on Team Gerolsteiner from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion.... |
21 | ||
| 2 | Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.... |
21 | ||
| 3 | Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... |
20 |
Points Classification
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history... |
115 | ||
| 2 | Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... |
88 | ||
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.... |
62 |
Young Rider Classification
| Cyclist | Country | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | 32h 13' 43" | ||
| 2 | Stefan Schumacher Stefan Schumacher Stefan Schumacher is a German professional road racing cyclist.-Career:First professionally employed with Team Telekom in 2002, he was released the following year... |
2' 15" | ||
| 3 | Thomas Dekker Thomas Dekker (cyclist) Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007... |
3' 49" |
Best Team
| Team | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96h 42' 18" | ||
| 2 | 13" | ||
| 3 | 3' 01" |
Prologue - Tuesday, August 1: DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, 5.5 km. (ITT)
b>Prologue Result
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b>General Classification after Prologue
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Stage 1 - Wednesday, August 2: Düsseldorf-BielefeldBielefeldBielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
, 198 km.
b>Stage 1 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 1
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Stage 2 - Thursday, August 3: MindenMindenMinden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...
-GoslarGoslarGoslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...
, 181.5 km.
b>Stage 2 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3 - Friday, August 4: WitzenhausenWitzenhausenWitzenhausen is a small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeastern Hesse, Germany.It was granted town rights in 1225, and until 1974, it was a district seat....
-SchweinfurtSchweinfurtSchweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...
, 203.3 km.
b>Stage 3 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4 - Saturday, August 5: HeidenheimHeidenheimHeidenheim an der Brenz is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located near the border with Bavaria, approximately 17 km south of Aalen and 33 km north of Ulm...
-Bad TölzBad TölzBad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and administrative center of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.- History :Since the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the Ice Age, archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tölz...
, 203 km.
b>Stage 4 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5 - Sunday, August 6: Bad Tölz-SeefeldSeefeldSeefeld can refer to several places:*Seefeld, Bavaria, a town in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany*Seefeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany...
, 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.b>Stage 5 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6 - Monday, August 7: Seefeld-St Anton am ArlbergSt. AntonSankt Anton am Arlberg is a village and ski resort in Tyrol, western Austria, with a permanent population of approximately . It is situated at above sea level in the Tyrolean Alps, with Aerial tramways and chairlifts up to . It is also a popular summer resort among trekkers and...
, 196.6 km.
b>Stage 6 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 6
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Stage 7 - Tuesday, August 8: Bad SäckingenBad SäckingenBad Säckingen is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book "The Trumpeteer of Säckingen", a famous 19th century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.- Geography :Bad...
, 38.2 km. (ITT)
b>Stage 7 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 7
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Stage 8 - Wednesday, August 9: Bad KrozingenBad KrozingenBad Krozingen is a spa town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km southwest of Freiburg....
-KarlsruheKarlsruheThe City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, 172.1 km.
b>Stage 8 Result
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b>General Classification after Stage 8
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Jersey progress
| Stage (Winner) |
General Classification General Classification The general classification in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races... (Gelbes Trikot) |
Points Classification (Rotes Trikot) |
Climber Classification King of the Mountains The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification... (Bergtrikot) |
Young Rider Classification (Weißes Trikot) |
Team Classification | Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prologue (Vladimir Gusev) |
Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | No award | |
| Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev Assan Bazayev Assan Bazayev is a professional road bicycle racer from Kazakhstan. Since 2007, he rides for on the UCI ProTour.In 2004 he won the Hellas Tour, but he did not win any stage.He also won stage 1 of the 2006 Tour of Germany in August 2006.- Palmares :... ) |
Stefan Schumacher Stefan Schumacher Stefan Schumacher is a German professional road racing cyclist.-Career:First professionally employed with Team Telekom in 2002, he was released the following year... |
Andreas Matzbacher Andreas Matzbacher Andreas Matzbacher was an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. On December 24, 2007 Matzbacher was killed in a car crash in southern Austria after he lost control of his car and crashed into an overhead signpost.... |
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| Stage 2 (Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... ) |
Davide Rebellin Davide Rebellin Davide Rebellin is an Italian road bicycle racer, currently riding for the Italian Miche-Guerciotti team. He served a 2-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Olympic Games... |
Ronny Scholz Ronny Scholz Ronny Scholz is a former professional road racing cyclist from Germany who retired after the 2009 season.- Major achievements :20022003- Tour de France Participations :*2004 - 53rd overall*2005 - 91st overall... |
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| Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek Gerald Ciolek Gerald Michael Ciolek is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . In 2005, Ciolek won the German National Championship road race at age 18, the youngest ever rider to do so.... ) |
Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history... |
Stefan Schumacher | Marco Pinotti Marco Pinotti Marco Pinotti is an Italian road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Pinotti is a specialist of individual time trial, in which he is a five-time Italian Time Trial Champion .... |
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| Stage 4 (Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:... ) |
Erik Zabel | Marcel Sieberg Marcel Sieberg Marcel Sieberg is a German road racing cyclist who rides for .- Palmarès :1998... |
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| Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a... ) |
Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... |
Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.... |
Sven Teutenberg | |||
| Stage 6 (Jens Voigt) |
Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang is a German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist for UCI ProTour team . He rode on Team Gerolsteiner from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion.... |
Erik Zabel | ||||
| Stage 7 (Jens Voigt) |
No award | |||||
| Stage 8 (Graeme Brown) |
No award | |||||
| Final | Jens Voigt Jens Voigt Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton... |
Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history... |
Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang is a German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist for UCI ProTour team . He rode on Team Gerolsteiner from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion.... |
Vladimir Gusev |