2006 Deutschland Tour

The 30th edition of the Deutschland Tour road bicycle race took place in Germany from 1 to 9 August 2006. It consisted of a Prologue and eight stages covering a total of 1390.5 km mi on, starting in Düsseldorf and finishing in Karlsruhe. Jens Voigt claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer. Classification tables General classification CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 32h 11' 10"2Levi LeipheimerGST 2006 1' 38"3Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 2' 23"4Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 2' 33"5Evgeni PetrovLAM 2006 2' 57"6Marzio BruseghinLAM 2006 3' 42"7Íñigo CuestaSAX 2006 4' 08"8Stijn DevolderDSC 2006 4' 09"9Eddy MazzoleniTHR 2006 4' 36"10Pablo LastrasGCE 2006 4' 38" King of the Mountains Classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Sebastian LangGST 2006 212Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 213Jens VoigtSAX 2006 20 Points Classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Erik ZabelMRM 2006 1152Jens VoigtSAX 2006 883Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 62 Young Rider Classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 32h 13' 43"2Stefan SchumacherGST 2006 2' 15"3 Thomas DekkerRAB 2006 3' 49" Best Team TeamCountryTime1GST 2006 96h 42' 18"2SAX 2006 13"3DSC 2006 3' 01" Stages Prologue - Tuesday 1 August: Düsseldorf, 5.5 km. (ITT) Prologue Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 6' 42"2Linus GerdemannTHR 2006 s.t.3Sebastian LangGST 2006 1"General classification after Prologue CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 6' 42"2Linus GerdemannTHR 2006 s.t.3Sebastian LangGST 2006 1" Stage 1 - Wednesday 2 August: Düsseldorf-Bielefeld, 198 km. Stage 1 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Assan BazayevONC 2006d 4h 43' 06"2Danilo NapolitanoLAM 2006 s.t.3Erik ZabelMRM 2006 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 4h 49' 47"2Linus GerdemannTHR 2006 1"3Sebastian LangGST 2006 2" Stage 2 - Thursday 3 August: Minden-Goslar, 181.5 km. Stage 2 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 4h 22' 25"2Davide RebellinGST 2006 s.t.3Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d s.t.General classification after Stage 2 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 9h 12' 17"2Linus GerdemannTHR 2006 1"3Davide RebellinGST 2006 7" Stage 3 - Friday 4 August: Witzenhausen-Schweinfurt, 203.3 km. Stage 3 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Gerald CiolekTeam Wiesenof 4h 56' 22"2Erik ZabelMRM 2006 s.t.3André GreipelTHR 2006 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 14h 08' 39"2Erik ZabelMRM 2006 s.t.3Linus GerdemannTHR 2006 1" Stage 4 - Saturday 5 August: Heidenheim-Bad Tölz, 203 km. Stage 4 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Graeme BrownRAB 2006 4h 34' 38"2Stefan SchumacherGST 2006 s.t.3Erik ZabelMRM 2006 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Erik ZabelMRM 2006 18h 43' 10"2Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 7"3Linus GerdemannTHR 2006 8" Stage 5 - Sunday 6 August: Bad Tölz-Seefeld, 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. Stage 5 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Levi LeipheimerGST 2006 3h 44' 20"2Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 3"3Marzio BruseghinLAM 2006 3"General classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 22h 27' 51"2Vladimir GusevDSC 2006 3"3Marzio BruseghinLAM 2006 15" Stage 6 - Monday 7 August: Seefeld-St Anton am Arlberg, 196.6 km. Stage 6 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 5h 11' 48"2Levi LeipheimerGST 2006 2"3Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 8"General classification after Stage 6 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 27h 39' 29"2Levi LeipheimerGST 2006 24"3Evgeni PetrovLAM 2006 56" Stage 7 - Tuesday 8 August: Bad Säckingen, 38.2 km. (ITT) Stage 7 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 45' 03"2László BodrogiC.A 2006 1' 03"3Sebastian LangGST 2006 1' 04"General classification after Stage 7 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 28h 24' 32"2Levi LeipheimerGST 2006 1' 38"3Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 2' 23" Stage 8 - Wednesday 9 August: Bad Krozingen-Karlsruhe, 172.1 km. Stage 8 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Graeme BrownRAB 2006 3h 46' 38"2Erik ZabelMRM 2006 s.t.3Danilo NapolitanoLAM 2006 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtSAX 2006 32h 11' 10"2Levi LeipheimerGST 2006 1' 38"3Andrey KashechkinONC 2006d 2' 23" Jersey progress Stage(Winner) General classification(Gelbes Trikot) Points Classification(Rotes Trikot) Climber Classification(Bergtrikot) Young Rider Classification(Weißes Trikot) Team Classification Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer) Prologue(Vladimir Gusev) Vladimir Gusev Vladimir Gusev Vladimir Gusev Vladimir Gusev DSC 2006 No award Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev) Stefan Schumacher Andreas Matzbacher Stage 2 (Jens Voigt) Davide Rebellin GST 2006 Ronny Scholz Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek) Erik Zabel Stefan Schumacher Marco Pinotti Stage 4 (Graeme Brown) Erik Zabel Marcel Sieberg Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer) Jens Voigt Andrey Kashechkin SAX 2006 Sven Teutenberg Stage 6 (Jens Voigt) Sebastian Lang Erik Zabel Stage 7 (Jens Voigt) GST 2006 No award Stage 8 (Graeme Brown) No award Final Jens Voigt Erik Zabel Sebastian Lang Vladimir Gusev GST 2006 External links Race website 2006 Category:2006 UCI ProTour Deutschland Tour Category:August 2006 sports events in Germany