2006 Tour de Romandie

Cycling race 2006 Tour de Romandie 2006 UCI ProTour 11 27 25 – 30 April 2006 5 + Prologue 656.3 km 16h 43' 08" Cadel Evans SIL 2006 AUS Alberto Contador ONC 2006a ESP Alejandro Valverde MOV 2006 ESP Alejandro Valverde MOV 2006 ESP Iván Ramiro Parra COF men 2006 COL ONC 2006a 2005 2007 thumb|French cyclist Rémy Di Gregorio during the Prologue The 2006 Tour de Romandie was the 60th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling road race and the 11th event of the 2006 UCI ProTour. It took place from 25 to 30 April in Switzerland. It was won by Australian climber Cadel Evans of the OLO 2006 who surprisingly won the final time trial stage and won the general classification despite starting the time trial in third position overall.https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 Stages Prologue – April 25: Geneva ITT, 3.4km The stage was a short individual time trial. Pre-Tour favorite, Jan Ullrich, a notable time trialist and Tour de France winner, underperformed, clocking only 4 minutes 53 seconds, almost 30 seconds slower than fastest time of the day. Prologue results 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2006 4' 27" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 0" 3 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 4" 4 Óscar Pereiro ESP MOV 2006 + 7" 5 László Bodrogi HUN C.A 2006 + 7" 6 Tadej Valjavec SLO LAM 2006 + 8" 7 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Euskaltel 2006 + 8" 8 Laurent Lefèvre FRA BBO 2006 + 9" 9 Andreas Dietziker SUI LPR 2006 + 9" 10 Bobby Julich USA CSC 2006 + 9" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/prologue Tour de Romandie 2006 Prologue results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/romandie06?id=results/romandie060 Savoldelli stands the test of time Tan Anthony cyclingnews.com 7 May 2026General classification after Prologue 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2006 4' 27" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 0" 3 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 4" 4 Óscar Pereiro ESP MOV 2006 + 7" 5 László Bodrogi HUN C.A 2006 + 7" 6 Tadej Valjavec SLO LAM 2006 + 8" 7 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Euskaltel 2006 + 8" 8 Laurent Lefèvre FRA BBO 2006 + 9" 9 Andreas Dietziker SUI LPR 2006 + 9" 10 Bobby Julich USA CSC 2006 + 9" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/prologue-gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Prologue results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 Stage 1 – April 26: Payerne–Payerne, 169.0km Stage 1 results 1 Robbie McEwen AUS OLO 2006 4h 10' 21" 2 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA MRM 2006 + 0" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LAM 2006 + 0" 4 Enrico Gasparotto ITA LIQ 2006 + 0" 5 Bram de Groot NED RAB 2006 + 0" 6 Alberto Ongarato ITA MRM 2006 + 0" 7 Pedro Horrillo ESP RAB 2006 + 0" 8 Arnaud Gérard FRA FDJ 2006 + 0" 9 Leonardo Fabio Duque COL COF men 2006 + 0" 10 Fabrizio Guidi ITA PHO 2006 + 0" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-1 Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 1 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/romandie06?id=results/romandie061 Davitamon delivers on McEwen's promise Tan Anthony cyclingnews.com 7 May 2026General classification after Stage 1 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2006 4h 14' 48" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 0" 3 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2006 + 2" 4 Robbie McEwen AUS OLO 2006 + 2" 5 László Bodrogi HUN C.A 2006 + 6" 6 Daniele Bennati ITA LAM 2006 + 7" 7 Óscar Pereiro ESP MOV 2006 + 7" 8 Tadej Valjavec SLO LAM 2006 + 9" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Euskaltel 2006 + 9" 10 Bram de Groot NED RAB 2006 + 9" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-1-gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 1 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 Stage 2 – April 27: Porrentruy–Porrentruy, 171.2km Following an early breakaway by Swiss cyclists Roger Beuchat and David Loosli, which lasted for the majority of the stage, they were finally caught at the final climb of the day (less than 20  km from the finish), the 1st Category Col de la Croix; which is particularly steep at some points. On the climb itself a 15-man group which was led by Spaniard Joaquim Rodríguez was quickly formed, including provisional leader Paolo Savoldelli, but excluding General Classement favorites Bradley McGee and Óscar Pereiro. Following the climb, the descent led by specialist Savoldelli stretched the lead group out even further, and the leaders' group was split into two groups. With 5  km to go the second of the two groups were looking to approach the lead, and OLO 2006's Christopher Horner used this as a springboard for his own attack, and managed to stay ahead of the chase group to take the stage. Stage 2 results 1 Chris Horner USA OLO 2006 4h 16' 22" 2 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 5" 3 Alexandre Moos SUI PHO 2006 + 5" 4 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 8" 5 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2006 + 8" yellow 6 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 + 8" 7 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 8" 8 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero ESP PHO 2006 + 8" 9 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a + 8" 10 Dario Cioni ITA LIQ 2006 + 8" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-2 Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 2 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/romandie06?id=results/romandie062 Lest we forget: Horner fantastic in the Jurassic! Tan Anthony cyclingnews.com 7 May 2026General classification after Stage 2 1 Chris Horner USA OLO 2006 8h 31' 11" 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2006 + 7" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 7" 4 Alexandre Moos SUI PHO 2006 + 9" 5 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 11" 6 Dario Cioni ITA LIQ 2006 + 17" 7 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 + 17" 8 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a + 19" 9 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero ESP PHO 2006 + 26" 10 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 30" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-2-gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 2 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 Stage 3 – April 28: Bienne–Leysin, 164.6km Stage Three featured a relatively flat stage profile until the final 15 km, where the course shifted to a 1st Category climb up to the Swiss mountain resort of Leysin. A breakaway from the peloton after 25 km, led by Wouter Weylandt of the QST 2006 team, and joined by José Antonio Redondo of the Liberty Seguros team gained a quick lead, which expanded to a maximum of 9 minutes 20 minutes at around the 100 km mark. The lead was reduced by the peloton to about three minutes at the start of the final climb of the day. On the climb, Redondo quickly shook off Weylandt, and started up the climb by himself. Several early attacks from out of the peloton were pulled back, but the first which succeeded was by Spanish THR 2006 climber Óscar Sevilla who quickly opened a lead of several hundred meters. He was shortly followed by LIQ 2006's Dario Cioni, and as the climb entered its steepest final stage, the solo leader Redondo was caught and passed. A drive from the GC leaders in the group chasing Sevilla and Cioni eventually led to the two being pulled in with several kilometres left to go, and as the climb approached the summit, 23-year-old Spanish all-rounder Alberto Contador launched an attack up the hill that quickly gained a lead of 20 seconds, which was held until the summit and the finish. A notable underperformance of the stage was DSC 2006's Paolo Savoldelli, 2nd in the GC that day, who suffered from diarrhoea and had to stop several times during the stage, and eventually lost 12 minutes on the leaders. Also, Overall Leader Christopher Horner and local favorite Alexandre Moos were not able to keep up with the blistering pace on the final climb and both lost over a minute to stage winner Contador. Stage 3 results 1 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a 4h 03' 41" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 24" 3 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 + 24" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 26" 5 Sergio Ghisalberti ITA MRM 2006 + 30" 6 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero ESP PHO 2006 + 32" 7 Andrea Noè ITA LIQ 2006 + 32" 8 Óscar Sevilla ESP TMO 2006 + 32" 9 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 32" 10 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2006 + 42" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-3 Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 3 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/romandie06?id=results/romandie063 The Liberty to win: Contador triumphs with copycat victory Tan Anthony cyclingnews.com 7 May 2026General classification after Stage 3 1 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a 12h 35' 01" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 16" 3 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 28" 4 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 + 28" 5 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero ESP PHO 2006 + 49" 6 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 53" 7 Sergio Ghisalberti ITA MRM 2006 + 54" 8 Andrea Noè ITA LIQ 2006 + 57" 9 Chris Horner USA OLO 2006 + 57" 10 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2006 + 1' 07" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-3-gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 3 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 Stage 4 – April 29: Sion–Sion, 127.7km Stage 4 results 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 3h 41' 24" green 2 Alexandre Moos SUI PHO 2006 + 0" 3 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 + 0" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 0" 5 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2006 + 0" 6 Óscar Sevilla ESP TMO 2006 + 0" 7 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a + 0" yellow 8 Christophe Moreau FRA A2R 2006 + 0" 9 Andrea Noè ITA LIQ 2006 + 0" 10 Sergio Ghisalberti ITA MRM 2006 + 0" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-4 Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 4 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/romandie06?id=results/romandie064 V is for victory, versatility - and Valverde! Tan Anthony cyclingnews.com 7 May 2026General classification after Stage 4 1 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a 16h 16' 25" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 6" 3 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 + 24" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 28" 5 Sergio Ghisalberti ITA MRM 2006 + 54" 6 Andrea Noè ITA LIQ 2006 + 57" 7 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 1' 04" 8 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2006 + 1' 07" 9 Alexandre Moos SUI PHO 2006 + 1' 11" 10 Chris Horner USA OLO 2006 + 1' 14" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-4-gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 4 results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 Stage 5 – April 30: Lausanne ITT, 20.4km The stage was an individual time trial. Cadel Evans rode superbly in the last few kilometers, taking the provisional lead, and when General Classement leader Alberto Contador and close GC number 2 Alejandro Valverde both lost more than 50 seconds to Evans, the Australian all-rounder rode to overall victory. Stage 5 results 1 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 26' 19" 2 Leif Hoste GER DSC 2006 + 22" 3 Bobby Julich USA CSC 2006 + 38" 4 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 44" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR TMO 2006 + 49" 6 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 50" 7 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a + 51" yellow 8 Christophe Moreau FRA A2R 2006 + 51" 9 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL DSC 2006 + 53" 10 Dario Cioni ITA LIQ 2006 + 53" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/stage-5 Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/romandie06?id=results/romandie065 Evans incredible! Tan Anthony cyclingnews.com 7 May 2026General classification after Stage 5 1 Cadel Evans AUS OLO 2006 16h 43' 08" 2 Alberto Contador ESP ONC 2006a + 27" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2006 + 44" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2006a + 54" 5 Andrey Kashechkin KAZ ONC 2006a + 1' 24" 6 Dario Cioni ITA LIQ 2006 + 1' 46" 7 Chris Horner USA OLO 2006 + 1' 50" 8 Alexandre Moos SUI PHO 2006 + 1' 51" 9 Sergio Ghisalberti ITA MRM 2006 + 1' 55" 10 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2006 + 2' 21" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2006/gc Tour de Romandie 2006 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 7 May 2026 References Category:Tour de Romandie Tour de Romandie Tour de Romandie