Paris-Nice 2006
Encyclopedia
The 2006 edition
of the Paris–Nice bicycle race
was run from March 5 to March 12. The race was won by United States
rider Floyd Landis
, of Team Phonak
.
retain the yellow/white GC leader's jersey after defeating Kazakh Andrey Kaschechkin, who held the best time through most of the stage's duration, by a narrow margin of 1 second.
As the winner of the first stage he also received the green/white points jersey.
The blue jersey for best young rider went to Alberto Contador
.
sprint in Saint-Amand-Montrond
ahead of Allan Davis
, Tom Boonen
(who finished fifth in the prologue stage five seconds down on Bobby Julich
) took over the yellow/white jersey due to the time bonus awarded to stage winners.
He also took over first place in the points classification.
After a short solo breakaway effort by David Zabriskie
, frenchmen Cristophe Laurent and Stéphane Augé
launched a long attack at the 60-km point but were caught
by the chasing peloton only 2 km before the finish line. Augé was awarded the first red polka dotted jersey in the mountains classification.
's victory over Allan Davis
in the first stage, the Belgian finishing first in another bunch sprint.
The polka-dotted mountains jersey changed hands due to a long breakaway by French rider Nicolas Crosbie
, who established a maximum lead of 27'30" after 81 kilometers. Crosbie was caught by the peloton 10 km before the finish line.
The blue jersey for the best young rider was awarded to Benoît Vaugrenard
who took over first place with former leader Alberto Contador
finishing 1'13 behind the pack.
, where Kazakh racer Andrei Kivilev
died after a fall in the 2003 edition of Paris–Nice (prompting the UCI
to make the wearing of helmets mandatory during all UCI-sanctioned races), there were some changes to the race classifications as American Floyd Landis
took over first place in the GC, placing second in the stage after Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea.
Nicolas Crosbie
and Tom Boonen
retained their respective climber and sprinter jerseys, whereas the blue jersey for the best young rider was awarded to Stefan Schumacher
who finished 1'25 behind the winner.
As expected of a hilly stage Stage 3 saw breakaway attempts on the different climbs, the defining break happening on the last climb of the day, the Col de la Croix-de-Chaubouret.
2006 in sports
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of the Paris–Nice 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...
was run from March 5 to March 12. The race was won by United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rider 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...
, of Team Phonak
Phonak (cycling team)
Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005...
.
05-03-2006: Issy-les-Moulineaux - Issy-les-Moulineaux, 4.8 km. (Prologue, ITT)
The prologue stage saw 2005 GC winner Bobby JulichBobby Julich
Robert Julich, most commonly referred to as Bobby Julich, is an American former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the 1998 Tour de France race, but has since ridden...
retain the yellow/white GC leader's jersey after defeating Kazakh Andrey Kaschechkin, who held the best time through most of the stage's duration, by a narrow margin of 1 second.
As the winner of the first stage he also received the green/white points jersey.
The blue jersey for best young rider went to Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, the 2009 Tour de France, the 2010 Tour de France and won 2011 Giro...
.
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Julich Bobby Julich Robert Julich, most commonly referred to as Bobby Julich, is an American former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the 1998 Tour de France race, but has since ridden... |
6' 07" | |
| 2 | Andrey Kaschechkin | LSW | + 1" |
| 3 | Bradley McGee Bradley McGee Bradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten... |
+ 2" |
06-03-2006: Villemandeur - Saint-Amand-Montrond, 193 km. (Stage 1)
By winning the pelotonPeloton
The peloton , field, bunch or pack is the large main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close near other riders...
sprint in Saint-Amand-Montrond
Saint-Amand-Montrond
Saint-Amand-Montrond is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A small town of farming and a little light industry situated some southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951 with the D300 and D2144 roads....
ahead of Allan Davis
Allan Davis
Allan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002...
, Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
(who finished fifth in the prologue stage five seconds down on Bobby Julich
Bobby Julich
Robert Julich, most commonly referred to as Bobby Julich, is an American former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the 1998 Tour de France race, but has since ridden...
) took over the yellow/white jersey due to the time bonus awarded to stage winners.
He also took over first place in the points classification.
After a short solo breakaway effort by David Zabriskie
David Zabriskie
David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...
, frenchmen Cristophe Laurent and Stéphane Augé
Stéphane Augé
Stéphane Augé is a French former road racing cyclist. He is currently a sporting director for UCI Professional Continental team...
launched a long attack at the 60-km point but were caught
by the chasing peloton only 2 km before the finish line. Augé was awarded the first red polka dotted jersey in the mountains classification.
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint... |
QSI Quick Step-Innergetic Quick Step is a Belgian UCI ProTour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefévère. The directors are Rik Verbrugghe, Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters, Rik Van Slycke and Luca Guercilena. The mechanics are Jeanick Verstraete and Kurt Roose... |
4h 56' 01" |
| 2 | Allan Davis Allan Davis Allan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002... |
LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Francisco Ventoso Francisco Ventoso Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi is a Spanish road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . Ventoso turned professional with in 2004 before moving to in 2008. He won the 2010 Paris-Bruxelles in a bunch sprint... |
SDV Saunier Duval-Prodir Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.... |
s.t. |
07-03-2006: Cerilly - Belleville, 200 km. (Stage 2)
Stage 2 saw a repeat of Tom BoonenTom Boonen
Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
's victory over Allan Davis
Allan Davis
Allan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002...
in the first stage, the Belgian finishing first in another bunch sprint.
The polka-dotted mountains jersey changed hands due to a long breakaway by French rider Nicolas Crosbie
Nicolas Crosbie
Nicolas Crosbie is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently unattached.- Palmares :* 2007 Giro d'Italia - 88th* Tour de la Guadeloupe - 1 stage - External links :*...
, who established a maximum lead of 27'30" after 81 kilometers. Crosbie was caught by the peloton 10 km before the finish line.
The blue jersey for the best young rider was awarded to Benoît Vaugrenard
Benoît Vaugrenard
Benoît Vaugrenard is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares:2005...
who took over first place with former leader Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, the 2009 Tour de France, the 2010 Tour de France and won 2011 Giro...
finishing 1'13 behind the pack.
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint... |
QST Quick Step-Innergetic Quick Step is a Belgian UCI ProTour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefévère. The directors are Rik Verbrugghe, Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters, Rik Van Slycke and Luca Guercilena. The mechanics are Jeanick Verstraete and Kurt Roose... |
5h 20' 50" |
| 2 | Allan Davis Allan Davis Allan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002... |
LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | Danilo Napolitano Danilo Napolitano Danilo Napolitano is an Italian professional road racing cyclist on , and is chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.... |
s.t. |
08-03-2006: Julienas - Saint-Etienne, 168.5 km. (Stage 3)
In the third stage to Saint-EtienneSaint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...
, where Kazakh racer Andrei Kivilev
Andrei Kivilev
Andrei Kivilev was a professional road bicycle racer from Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan. In March 2003, he fell heavily during the Paris–Nice race and subsequently died of his injuries...
died after a fall in the 2003 edition of Paris–Nice (prompting 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....
to make the wearing of helmets mandatory during all UCI-sanctioned races), there were some changes to the race classifications as American 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...
took over first place in the GC, placing second in the stage after Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea.
Nicolas Crosbie
Nicolas Crosbie
Nicolas Crosbie is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently unattached.- Palmares :* 2007 Giro d'Italia - 88th* Tour de la Guadeloupe - 1 stage - External links :*...
and Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
retained their respective climber and sprinter jerseys, whereas the blue jersey for the best young rider was awarded to 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...
who finished 1'25 behind the winner.
As expected of a hilly stage Stage 3 saw breakaway attempts on the different climbs, the defining break happening on the last climb of the day, the Col de la Croix-de-Chaubouret.
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patxi Vila Patxi Vila Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia... |
4h 23'28" | |
| 2 | 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... |
PHO Phonak (cycling team) Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005... |
s.t. |
| 3 | Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton... |
EUS Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... |
+ 1' 16" |
09-03-2006: Saint-Etienne - Rasteau, 193 km. (Stage 4)
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint... |
QST Quick Step-Innergetic Quick Step is a Belgian UCI ProTour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefévère. The directors are Rik Verbrugghe, Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters, Rik Van Slycke and Luca Guercilena. The mechanics are Jeanick Verstraete and Kurt Roose... |
4h 40' 29" |
| 2 | Allan Davis Allan Davis Allan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002... |
LSW | s.t. |
| 3 | 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... |
GST Team Gerolsteiner Gerolsteiner was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and Specialized.... |
s.t. |
10-03-2006: Avignon - Digne-les-Bains, 201.5 km. (Stage 5)
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | CEI Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification victories in Grand Tours... |
4h 43' 34" |
| 2 | Joost Posthuma Joost Posthuma Joost Posthuma is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He rides on the UCI ProTour for the professional cycling team... |
RAB Rabobank (cycling) Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross... |
+ 19" |
| 3 | Jérôme Pineau Jérôme Pineau Jérôme Pineau is a French professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, he rides on the UCI ProTour for .- Major achievements :20022003-External links:*... |
BTL | + 33" |
11-03-2006: Digne-les-Bains - Cannes, 179 km. (Stage 6)
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Kaschechkin | LSW | 4h 12' 08" |
| 2 | Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003... |
+ 1' 06" | |
| 3 | Sandy Casar Sandy Casar Sandy Casar is a French professional racing cyclist.Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch-Mantes as an amateur. As a professional he has always ridden for FDJ.Severo... |
+ 1' 11" |
12-03-2005: Nice - Nice, 135 km. (Stage 7)
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Zberg Markus Zberg Markus Zberg is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg.- Palmarès :19961998... |
GER Team Gerolsteiner Gerolsteiner was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and Specialized.... |
3h 29' 38" |
| 2 | Evgeni Petrov | s.t. | |
| 3 | Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, the 2009 Tour de France, the 2010 Tour de France and won 2011 Giro... |
LSW | s.t. |
General Standings
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
PHO Phonak (cycling team) Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005... |
31h 54' 41" |
| 2 | Patxi Vila Patxi Vila Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia... |
+ 9" | |
| 3 | Antonio Colóm Antonio Colom Antonio Colom Mas is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002.... |
CDE | + 1' 05" |
KOM Classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Moncoutié David Moncoutié David Moncoutié is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré... |
51 | |
| 2 | Christophe Laurent Christophe Laurent Christophe Laurent is a French former professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :* Tour of California - Mountains Classification * Tour de l'Avenir - Mountains Classification * Les Boucles d'Artois... |
AGR | 42 |
| 3 | Joaquin Rodriguez | CEI | 39 |
Points Classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton... |
EUS Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... |
66 |
| 2 | Sandy Casar Sandy Casar Sandy Casar is a French professional racing cyclist.Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch-Mantes as an amateur. As a professional he has always ridden for FDJ.Severo... |
63 | |
| 3 | Jérôme Pineau Jérôme Pineau Jérôme Pineau is a French professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, he rides on the UCI ProTour for .- Major achievements :20022003-External links:*... |
BTL | 52 |
Best Young Rider
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación... |
LSW | 31h 58' 11" |
| 2 | Joost Posthuma Joost Posthuma Joost Posthuma is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He rides on the UCI ProTour for the professional cycling team... |
RAB Rabobank (cycling) Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross... |
+ 21" |
| 3 | Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004... |
+ 52" |
Best Team
| Team | Country | Total time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
95h 51' 43" | |
| 2 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
+ 3" | |
| 3 | LSW: Liberty Seguros - Würth Team | Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
+ 34" |