2006 Tour of Britain

Cycling competition October 2011 June 2022 The 2006 Tour of Britain took place at various locations across Great Britain, lasting from the 29th of August to the 3rd of September. A UCI Category 2.1 event, the tour consisted of six stages covering a total distance of 870.5 km mi on, starting in Glasgow and finishing at The Mall in London. Stages Stage 1 29 August: Glasgow to Castle Douglas, 162.6 km mi on The stage was dominated by an early breakaway of three riders, who were never caught and finished 21 2 minutes ahead of the peloton. CyclistNationalityTeamTime1Martin PedersenDenmarkTeam CSC4h 03'38"2Luis PasamontesSpainUnibet.coms.t"3Matthew GossAustraliaSouthaustralia.com–AISs.t" Stage 2 30 August: Blackpool to Liverpool, 163 km mi on The stage concluded in a mass sprint. Throughout the race, Goss secured enough time bonuses in the sprints to take the overall lead from Pedersen. CyclistNationalityTeamTime1Roger HammondUnited KingdomTeam Great Britain3h 54'15"2Aart VierhoutenNetherlandsSkil–Shimanos.t"3Russell DowningUnited KingdomDFL-Cycling News-Litespeeds.t" Stage 3 31 August: Bradford to Sheffield, 180 km mi on The stage was dominated by a crosswind. Pedersen's teammates split the peloton to help him regain the lead, but were unable to catch Filippo Pozzato, who had escaped from the lead group near the finish. CyclistNationalityTeamTime1Filippo PozzatoItalyQuick-Step–Innergetic 4h 28'18"2Michael RogersAustraliaT-Mobile Team32"3Nick NuyensBelgiumQuick-Step–Innergetic 32" Stage 4 1 September: Wolverhampton to Birmingham, 130.3 km mi on In another stage, a group broke away early, and the peloton was unable to catch them again. Manning was leading as the race reached the final roundabout but he was directed the wrong way and lost the stage. CyclistNationalityTeamTime1Frederik WillemsBelgiumChocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen2h 54'12" 2Mark CavendishUnited KingdomT-Mobile Team2"3Paul ManningUnited KingdomLandbouwkrediet–Colnago6" Stage 5 2 September: Rochester to Canterbury, 152.6 km mi on The riders went on strike, after being misled by race officials, with their main complaint being poor security. They eventually resumed the race, and the stage concluded with a mass sprint. CyclistNationalityTeamTime1Francesco ChicchiItalyQuick-Step–Innergetic4h 24'42" 2Mark CavendishUnited KingdomT-Mobile Teams.t"3Aart VierhoutenNetherlandsSkil–Shimanos.t" Stage 6 3 September: Greenwich to The Mall, 82 km mi on (38 km mi on, plus 20 laps of 2.2 km mi on) There was a number of breakaways on the final stage, but all were eliminated, and the stage concluded with a mass sprint. CyclistNationalityTeamTime1Tom BoonenBelgiumQuick-Step–Innergetic2h 00'41" 2Roger HammondUnited KingdomTeam Great Britains.t"3Mark CavendishUnited KingdomT-Mobile Teams.t" Final classifications General classification Name Nationality Team Time 1 Martin Pedersen Denmark Team CSC21h 51'24" 2 Luis Pasamontes Spain Unibet.com+ 51" 3 Filippo Pozzato Italy Quick-Step–Innergetic+ 2'11" 4 Nick Nuyens Belgium Quick-Step–Innergetic+ 2'46" 5 Michael Rogers Australia T-Mobile Team+ s.t. 6 Iljo Keisse Belgium Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen+ 3'06" 7 Johann Tschopp Switzerland Phonak iShares+ 3'07" 8 Andy Schleck Luxembourg Team CSC+ 3'14" 9 Russell Downing United Kingdom DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed+ 3'16" 10 Maarten Tjallingii Netherlands Skil–Shimano+ 3'18" External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20110923190621/http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/ 23 September 2011 Category:2006 in road cycling Category:2006 in British sport 2006 Category:2006 in sport in London Category:August 2006 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:September 2006 sports events in the United Kingdom