2006 Danmark Rundt

June 2026 DEN 2006 Danmark Rundt 2–6 August 2006 6 874 km 19h 49' 14" Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2006 yellow Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 Thomas Ziegler GER THR 2006 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2006 violet Aart Vierhouten NED Skil–Shimano polkadot Jacob Nielsen DEN Glud & Marstrand–Horsens green Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2006 white SAX 2006 DEN 2005 2007 The 2006 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 2 to 6 August 2006. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara of Team CSC captured the overall title. It was the 16th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985. Stages Stage 1: Frederikshavn–Viborg, Denmark (210 km) The 2006 Danmark Rundt started in Frederikshavn and the first stage took the riders across Vendsyssel before turning south towards Viborg. This was also the race's longest stage. Route: Frederikshavn–Hjørring–Løkken–Brovst–Løgstør–Farsø–Gedsted–Skals–Viborg, ending with 2 laps of 4.5 km. Results # Rider Team Time 1 ESP Aitor Galdos Alonso Panaria Navigare 4h44'08" 2 AUT René Haselbacher GST 2005 s.t. 3 AUS Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t. 4 ITA Manuel Quinziato LIQ 2005 at 10" 5 ARG Maximiliano Richeze Panaria Navigare at 18" Full result This meant that Aitor Galos Alonso lead the general classification, as well as the point classification. Aart Vierhouten lead the hill competition, Alex Rasmussen held the youth jersey, Jacob Nielsen the fighter jersey and GST 2005 lead the team competition. Stage 2: Aalestrup–Vejle (185 km) Stage 2 took the riders south through Jutland, reaching the race's highest point some 170 metres above sea level at Yding Skovhøj. The stage also featured a rough 21% climb on Kiddesvej in Vejle which was included on both of the final laps. Route: Aalestrup–Møldrup–Viborg–Dollerup Bakker–Kjellerup–Silkeborg–Gl. Rye–Yding Skovhøj–Uldum–Vejle, ending with 2 laps of 5.5 km. Results # Rider Team Time 1 SUI Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 4h16'34" 2 AUS Stuart O'Grady Team CSC at 21" 3 GER Thomas Ziegler Team T-Mobile s.t. 4 AUS Cadel Evans OLO 2005 at 23" 5 AUS Baden Cooke Unibet.com Cycling Team s.t. Full result This means that Fabian Cancellara moved into yellow and took the white youth-jersey too, although Aitor Galdos Alonso retained the dark-purple point-jersey. Aart Vierhouten kept the dotted hill-jersey, and Maarten Tjallingi took the fighter-jersey. Team CSC moved into first in the team classification. Stage 3: Kolding–Odense (205 km) The third stage reached the Little Belt Bridge before following the western and south coast of Funen until Svendborg, then heading north to the island's largest city, Odense. Route: Kolding–Middelfart–Assens–Hårby–Faaborg–Svendborg–Ringe–Odense, ending with 2 laps of 4.4 km. Results # Rider Team Time 1 GER Robert Förster GST 2005 4h40'41" 2 AUS Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t. 3 DEN Alex Rasmussen Team Post Danmark s.t. 4 NED Aart Vierhouten Skil–Shimano s.t. 5 ARG Maximiliano Richeze Panaria Navigare s.t. Full result After stage 3, Stuart O'Grady held the yellow and purple jerseys. Aart Vierhouten kept the dotted jersey, and Fabian Cancellara was still the best youngster. Jacob Nielsen took the fighter jersey, and Team CSC was still on top of the team-leaderboard. Stage 4: Sorø–Hillerød (100 km) Stage 4 was a so-called "half-stage", with an individual time trial being held in the evening of 5 August. The stage went north-east from Sorø through Tølløse, birth city of 2005 and 2006 Tour de France polka-dot winner Michael Rasmussen, on its way to Hillerød. Route: Sorø–Stenlille–Tølløse–Kirke Hyllinge–Skibby–Frederikssund–Slangerup–Hillerød, ending with 2 laps of 4.0 km. Results # Rider Team Time 1 GER Olaf Pollack T-Mobile Team 2h30'04" 2 AUS Baden Cooke Unibet.com Cycling Team s.t. 3 AUS Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t. 4 AUT René Haselbacher GST 2005 s.t. 5 POL Dariusz Rudnicki Team Intel Action s.t. Full result No classements got new leaders in this short stage, leaving O'Grady leading the individual classification and CSC the team classification. Stage 5: Elsinore (14 km, ITT) Stage 5, the penultimate stage, was a short individual time trial. A few days before this stage, it was shortened from 15.5 to 14 km. The stage took place on the same day as stage 4. Route (streets are unlinked): Kronborgvej–Ndr. Strandvej–Hellebæk–Ålsgårde (turning point)–Hellebæk–Elsinore–Kronborgvej Results # Rider Team Time 1 CHE Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 0h16'15" 2 GER Thomas Ziegler Team T-Mobile at 18" 3 DEN Alex Rasmussen Team Post Danmark at 24" 4 ITA Vincenzo Nibali LIQ 2005 at 27" 5 AUS Stuart O'Grady Team CSC at 27" Full result Stage 6: Gilleleje–Frederiksberg (156 km) The final stage crossed Benbrækkeren, a steep hill in northern Zealand, before ending with the traditional finish at Frederiksberg Allé. Route: Gilleleje–"Benbrækkeren"–Helsinge–Hillerød–Blovstrød–Vedbæk–Frederiksberg, ending with 10 laps of 6.0 km. Stage winner: Robert Förster Participation list The peloton consisted of 125 riders on 16 teams (7–8 per team). This is the list of the participants, as seen on the official site."Startliste" https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214053/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/startliste.php 27 September 2007 on postdanmarkrundt.dk TeamRidersProTour teamsDEN Team CSCStuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Piil, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Allan Johansen, Lars Bak and Matti BreschelGER T-Mobile TeamOlaf Pollack, Scott Davis, Bas Giling, Sergey Ivanov, Berhard Kohl, André Korff, Eric Baumann and Thomas ZieglerITA LIQ 2005Magnus Bäckstedt, Alberto Curtolo, Mauro Da Dalto, Nicola Loda, Vincenzo Nibali, Manuel Quinziato and Marco RighettoBEL OLO 2005Cadel Evans, Olivier Kaisen, Bert Roesems, Tom Steels, Preben Van Hecke, Léon van Bon, Peter Van Petegem and Fred RodriguezGER GST 2005Frank Høj, Robert Förster, Thomas Fothen, René Haselbacher, Volker Ordowski, Sven Krauss, Matthias Russ and Michael RichUCI Professional Continental teamsBEL Unibet.com Cycling TeamBaden Cooke, Glenn Bak, Gorik Gardeyn, Jeremy Hunt, Geert Omloop, Bobbie Traksel, Matthew Wilson and Marco ZanottiITA Panaria NavigareParide Grillo, Brett Lancaster, Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Moisés Aldape Chávez, Mirko Allegrini, Matteo Priamo, Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Aitor Galdos AlonsoGBR Team BarloworldIgor Astarloa, Giosuè Bonomi, Diego Caccia, Enrico Degano, Mauro Facci, Rodney Green, Jeremy Maartens and James PerryBEL Chocolade Jacques – Topsport VlaanderenGlenn D'Hollander, Kenny Lisabeth, Kenny Dehaes, Frederik Willems, Iljo Keisse, Bart Vanheule, Wouter Van Mechelen and Koen BarbePOL Team Intel ActionMarcin Osinski, Dariusz Rudnicki, Krzysztof Miara, Krzysztof Kuznmiak, Denys Kostyuk, Bogdan Bondrev and Łukasz BodnarCHE Team LPRSamuele Marzoli, Andreas Dietziker, Mikhaylo Khalilov, Yuri Metlushenko, Alessandro Maserati, Roberto Traficante and Gene Michael BatesNED Skil–ShimanoAart Vierhouten, Rik Reinerink, Piet Rooyakkers, Maarten Tjallingi, Paul Martens, René Weissinger, Kenny van Hummel and Christoph MesschenmoserContinental teamsDEN Team GLSJacob Moe Rasmussen, Jimmy Hansen, Kristoffer G. Nielsen, Michael Mørkøv, Kasper Jebjerg, Anders Lund, Lasse Bøchmann and Jonas Aaen JørgensenDEN Team Designa KøkkenRene Jørgensen, Michael Reihs, Michael Larsen, Chris Anker Sørensen, Daniel Holm Foder, Jakob Fuglsang, Allan Bo Andresen and Jens-Erik MadsenDEN Glud & Marstrand–HorsensMichael Skelde, Morten Christiansen, Jacob Nielsen, Troels Vinther, André Steensen, Roy Hegreberg, Rune Udby and Michael BerlingNational teamsDEN Team Post Danmark*Alex Rasmussen, Casper Jørgensen, Martin Mortensen, Peter Riis Andersen, Michael Tronborg, Jacob Kodrup, Nikola Aistrup and Jan Almblad *Team Post Danmark is a team of Danish riders, whose teams don't enter the race. Post Danmark is sponsor for the national team, so therefore the team is registered as a national one. References cyclingnews External links da Official site 2006 Category:2006 in road cycling Category:2006 in Danish sport Category:August 2006 sports events in Europe