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Español2006 TOUR DE FRANCE
The '2006 Tour de France' was the '''93rd Tour de France''', taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006.
The Tour began with a prologue in Strasbourg, on the French-German border, and ended Sunday July 23 in Paris. The distance of the course (run counterclockwise around France) was 3657 km (2272 miles). 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). The presentation of the course was made by the new director of Le Tour, Christian Prudhomme. For the first time since the 1999 edition, there was no team time trial.
The event, as with some of the Tours of the late 1990s, was marred by doping scandals. Prior to the tour, numerous riders - including the two favourites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso - were expelled from the Tour due to their link with the Operación Puerto doping case. After the Tour, the winner Floyd Landis was found to have failed a drug test after stage 17; runner up Óscar Pereiro currently also claims the title. In January 2007, it was revealed that Pereiro has tested positive for salbutamol. The Union Cycliste Internationale had given Pereiro retroactive permission to use salbutamol against asthma. On January 25, 2007, France's anti-doping agency (ALFD) concluded that Pereiro provided sufficient justification for use of the asthma medication. As of August 2007, Landis is still officially considered the winner, while he appeals against the failed test.
Drugs controversy before the Tour
In the most controversial scandal since the 1998 tour, thirteen riders were expelled from the tour on the eve of Strasbourg prologue to the 93rd edition stemming from a Spanish doping scandal. Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, two favourites to win the race, were among those excluded from the Tour along with podium candidate Francisco Mancebo and 2007 champion Alberto Contador. Alexandre Vinokourov, another race favourite, was not linked to the doping scandal, but was forced to withdraw when the eligible riders on his Astana-Würth Team fell below the minimum starting requirement of six. Because of this and the retirement of seven-time consecutive winner Lance Armstrong, this year's Tour started without the top five riders from the 2005 edition. It was also the first Tour since 1999 that did not contain a past champion.
The initial doping controversy forshadowed the contested outcome of the 2006 Tour involving the race leader Floyd Landis who is also accused of doping.
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The 2006 Tour de France
Results
The tour was won by American Floyd Landis in the closest three-way finish in the race's history until then.
While Landis was a leading favorite even before the Spanish doping scandal came to light[1], in an epic eight minute loss of performance in , it appeared he had lost all hope to finish on the podium, much less win.
But the following day, during , Landis set a very high pace on the first climb of the day that no other rider could match. He then caught a breakaway group that had escaped earlier, passed them, and continued to the finish line solo, making up almost all of his deficit, ending up 30 seconds behind yellow jersey wearer Óscar Pereiro, which he made up with an extra minute in the final time trial.
However, a urine sample taken from Landis immediately after his Stage 17 win has twice tested positive for banned synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules.[1] Landis has indicated that he will appeal the test results with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.[2]
If Landis' doping accusation is upheld, he will be disqualified as 2006 Tour de France winner. If this happens, second place finisher Óscar Pereiro will be declared the official winner. The only previous Tour de France winners to be disqualified were 1904 Tour de France winner Maurice Garin and 1996 winner Bjarne Riis.
Stages
| Stage | Route | Distance | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strasbourg | 7 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 1 | |
| Strasbourg - Strasbourg | 183 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 2 | |
| Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette | 223 km | Flat stage | Monday, July 3 | |
| Esch-sur-Alzette - Valkenburg | 216 km | Intermediate stage | Tuesday, July 4 | |
| Huy - Saint-Quentin | 207 km | Flat stage | Wednesday, July 5 | |
| Beauvais - Caen | 219 km | Flat stage | Thursday, July 6 | |
| Lisieux - Vitré | 184 km | Flat stage | Friday, July 7 | |
| Saint Grégoire - Rennes | 52 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 8 | |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Lorient | 177 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 9 | |
| ''Rest day'' | Monday, July 10 | |||
| Bordeaux - Dax | 170 km | Flat stage | Tuesday, July 11 | |
| Cambo-les-Bains - Pau | 193 km | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 12 | |
| Tarbes - Val d'Aran-Pla-de-Beret | 208 km | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 13 | |
| Luchon - Carcassonne | 211 km | Intermediate stage | Friday, July 14 | |
| Béziers - Montélimar | 231 km | Flat stage | Saturday, July 15 | |
| Montélimar - Gap | 181 km | Intermediate stage | Sunday, July 16 | |
| ''Rest day'' | Monday, July 17 | |||
| Gap - L'Alpe d'Huez | 187 km | Mountain stage | Tuesday, July 18 | |
| Bourg d'Oisans - La Toussuire | 182 km | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 19 | |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Morzine | 199 km | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 20 | |
| Morzine - Mâcon | 193 km | Intermediate stage | Friday, July 21 | |
| Le Creusot - Montceau-les-Mines | 56 km | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 22 | |
| Antony-Parc de Sceaux - Paris Champs-Élysées | 152 km | Flat stage | Sunday, July 23 | |
| ''Total'' | 3,639 km | |||
Stage recaps
See:
★ 2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11
★ 2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20
Jersey progress
Stages map
;Notes
★ (1) = In Stage 1, Thor Hushovd (the winner of the Prologue) wore the yellow jersey, and George Hincapie wore the green jersey.
★ (2) = In Stage 4, Tom Boonen (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Daniele Bennati (second in overall points) wore the green jersey.
★ (3) = In Stage 11, Cyril Dessel (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Juan Miguel Mercado the polka-dot jersey.
★ Combativity award is given after every stage, except for time trials. After the last time trial, the ''super-combativity'' award, for the most combative rider of the tour as a whole, was handed out to David de la Fuente.
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Overall standings
=== General Classification===
: ''See the section on Finishing times for full details.''
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | 'Floyd Landis' | 'Phonak Hearing Systems' | '89h 39'30"' |
| 2 | Óscar Pereiro | Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears | 57" |
| 3 | Andreas Klöden | T-Mobile Team | 1'29" |
| 4 | Carlos Sastre | Team CSC | 3'13" |
| 5 | Cadel Evans | Davitamon-Lotto | 5'08" |
| 6 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | 7'06" |
| 7 | Cyril Dessel | AG2R Prévoyance | 8'41" |
| 8 | Christophe Moreau | AG2R Prévoyance | 9'37" |
| 9 | Haimar Zubeldia | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 12'05" |
| 10 | Michael Rogers | T-Mobile Team | 15'07" |
===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 | Floyd Landis | Phonak Hearing Systems | 93 |
===King of the Mountains classification===
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | 'Michael Rasmussen' | 'Rabobank' | '166' |
| 2 | Floyd Landis | Phonak Hearing Systems | 131 |
| 3 | David De La Fuente | Saunier Duval-Prodir | 113 |
| 4 | Carlos Sastre | Team CSC | 99 |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck | Team CSC | 96 |
| 6 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | 93 |
| 7 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-Fondital | 80 |
| 8 | Cyril Dessel | AG2R Prévoyance | 72 |
| 9 | Levi Leipheimer | Team Gerolsteiner | 66 |
| 10 | Andreas Klöden | T-Mobile Team | 64 |
===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" ★ |
Teams and riders
Main articles: List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France
Pre-race favourites
After the retirement of seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, the main contenders for the overall win were expected to be Ivan Basso from Team CSC, the 2005 runner-up; and Jan Ullrich from T-Mobile Team, the third man on the podium in 2005, winner in 1997, and the only previous winner still racing. However, both Ullrich and Basso were suspended by their teams on 30 June after UCI told T-Mobile and Team CSC that the riders were involved in the anti-doping investigation in Spain.[3]
Francisco Mancebo of the French team AG2R Prévoyance, who finished fourth last year and sixth the year before, was also suspended by his team, and subsequently announced his retirement. Alexander Vinokourov would have been the only returning rider with a top-five finish from last year's race. However, his team, Astana-Würth Team, was forced to pull out of the race because they would not be able to start with the minimum of six riders.
As a result of the drug scandal, many believed Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Épargne), or the Americans Floyd Landis (Phonak), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), or Australian Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) would probably win the race.[4]
The main contenders for the podium were those who placed well on GC last year, especially if they have had notable results since:
The 2006 Tour also saw the return of former yellow jersey holder and three-time stage winner David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) after serving a two year ban for admissions of the use of the drug EPO, which was discovered in a police search of his house before the 2004 Tour de France, in June 2004.
Finishing times
Withdrawals
★ Vinokourov, Bazayev, Kaschechkin, and León Sanchez are not themselves implicated in the doping case, but five of the nine riders of Astana-Würth were suspended and could not be replaced, leaving the team without the minimum of six starters.
★ No team managed to finish with nine riders. Both AG2R Prévoyance and T-Mobile Team finished intact, however, they began the 93rd Tour with eight and seven riders respectively.
Notes
1. Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive
2. http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyID=2006-07-27T143058Z_01_L27899000_RTRUKOC_0_US-DOPING-LANDIS.xml
3. Ullrich and Basso out of Le Tour, from BBC, retrieved 30 June 2006
4. Bookies react quickly to Tour scandal .
5. cyclingnews.com 2005 Tour final results
External links
★ 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
See also
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