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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2006 Tour de France

| series = 2006 UCI ProTour

| race_no = 17

| season_no = 27

| image = Route of the 2006 Tour de France.png

| image_size = 360px

| image_caption = Route of the 2006 Tour de France

| date = 1–23 July 2006

| stages = 20 + prologue

| distance = 3657

| unit = km

| time = 89h 40' 27"

| first = Floyd Landis Óscar Pereiro

| first_nat = ESP

| first_team = {{UCI team code|GCE|2006}}

| first_color = yellow

| second = Andreas Klöden

| second_nat = GER

| second_team = {{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

| third = Carlos Sastre

| third_nat = ESP

| third_team = {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}

| points = Robbie McEwen

| points_nat = AUS

| points_team = {{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}

| points_color = green

| mountains = Michael Rasmussen

| mountains_nat = DEN

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}

| mountains_color = polkadot

| youth = Damiano Cunego

| youth_nat = ITA

| youth_team = {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}

| youth_color = white

| team = {{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

| team_color = yellow_number

| combativity = David de la Fuente

| combativity_nat = ESP

| combativity_team = {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}}

| combativity_color = red_number

| previous = 2005

| next = 2007

}}

The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between the 1st and the 23rd of July. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of Floyd Landis. Due to the United States Anti-Doping Agency announcing on August 24, 2012, that they had disqualified Lance Armstrong, a former teammate of Landis, from all of his results since August 1, 1998, including his seven Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005, this is also the first Tour to have an overall winner since 1998. By terms of margin of victory the 2006 Tour was the 3rd closest of all time.

The Tour began with a prologue in Strasbourg, on the French-German border, and ended on Sunday 23 July in Paris. The distance of the course (run counterclockwise around France) was {{convert|3657|km|mi|abbr=on}}. 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 apparent winner, Floyd Landis, was found to have failed a drug test after stage 17; Landis contested the result and demanded arbitration. On 20 September 2007, Landis was found guilty and suspended retroactive to 30 January 2007 and stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title making Óscar Pereiro the title holder.{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20889737 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005203439/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20889737 |archive-date=5 October 2007|title='I am innocent,' Landis says after losing verdict|publisher=MSNBC|url-status=dead |date=20 September 2007}} Landis appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which upheld the ban.

Pereiro was also suspected of having taken a forbidden substance during this Tour after failing a drug test. However, his use of the substance in question, salbutamol, was approved by the UCI for medical reasons.{{Cite web|date=19 January 2007|title=Pereiro positive for asthma drug|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/pereiro-positive-for-asthma-drug-26281106.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-09|website=independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709215848/https://www.independent.ie/sport/pereiro-positive-for-asthma-drug-26281106.html |archive-date=9 July 2021 }}

Of the six Americans to complete this Tour, four of them had their results voided. The results of Chris Horner and Christian Vande Velde remain official, although Vande Velde had previous results voided. American Sprinter Fred Rodriguez did not finish the Tour, but his results remain valid.

Teams

{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France }}

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 Alberto Contador (who would return to win the following year, 2007). Alexander 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 then-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. All 21 teams were composed of nine cyclists, so 189 riders commenced the 2006 Tour de France.{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Riders list|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/RIDERS/us/partants.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825144159/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/RIDERS/us/partants.html|archive-date=25 August 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The teams entering the race were:{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Teams|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/r1_equipes.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006210516/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/r1_equipes.html|archive-date=6 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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  • {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|COF|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|GST|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|QSI|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}}
  • {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}}

{{div col end}}

Pre-race favourites

After the retirement of then seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, the main contenders for the overall win were expected to be Ivan Basso from {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}, the 2005 runner-up; and Jan Ullrich from {{UCI team code|THR|2006}}, 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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/5132320.stm Ullrich and Basso out of Le Tour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705081947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/5132320.stm |date=5 July 2006 }}, from BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2006. The 2006 Tour also saw the return of former yellow jersey holder and three-time stage winner David Millar ({{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}) 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.

Francisco Mancebo of the French team {{UCI team code|ALM|2006}}, who finished fourth in 2005 and sixth in 2004, was also suspended by his team due to the Puerto investigation, and subsequently it was reported by the press that he announced his retirement. Mancebo denied this, claiming that he decided to change his focus.{{cite web|title=Mancebo Nonplussed By Revised 2005 Tour de France Result

|work=Cycling News

|author=Clara Cureton

|date=22 February 2012

|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mancebo-nonplussed-by-revised-2005-tour-de-france-result/

|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225003906/http://www.cyclingnews.com:80/news/mancebo-nonplussed-by-revised-2005-tour-de-france-result |archive-date=25 February 2012 }} He would return to ride for Team Relax–GAM the following year and while he continued riding for more than another decade; with his change in focus he never entered another grand tour.

Alexander Vinokourov would have been the only returning rider with a top-five finish from last year's race. However, his team, {{UCI team code|ONC|2006c}}, 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.

{{cite web

|year=2006

|url=http://www.velonews.com/tour2006/news/articles/10182.0.html

|title=Bookies react quickly to Tour scandal

|publisher=velonews

|access-date=30 June 2006

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017094511/http://velonews.com/tour2006/news/articles/10182.0.html

|archive-date=17 October 2006

|url-status=dead

|df=dmy-all

}}

Route and stages

The highest point of elevation in the race was {{convert|2642|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the summit of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 16.{{cite news|title=93rd Tour de France – The mountains|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/tour06/?id=launch|access-date=23 December 2019|website=Cyclingnews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813131210/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/tour06/?id=launch|archive-date=13 August 2019|url-status=live}}

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|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – List of stages|url=http://www.letour.fr:80/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/r2_etapes_liste.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126180805/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/r2_etapes_liste.html|archive-date=26 November 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=93ème Tour de France 2006|trans-title=93rd Tour de France 2006|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2006.php|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|access-date=6 April 2020|language=fr}}{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2006 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2006/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012412/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2006/vainqueurs.html|url-status=dead}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" | P

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 July

|Strasbourg

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|7.1|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Time Trial.svg || Individual time trial

| {{Flag athlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}}

scope="row" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 2 July

|Strasbourg

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|184.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Jimmy Casper|FRA}}

scope="row" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 3 July

|Obernai to Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|228.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

scope="row" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 4 July

|Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) to Valkenburg (Netherlands)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|216.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{Flag athlete|Matthias Kessler|GER}}

scope="row" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | 5 July

|Huy (Belgium) to Saint-Quentin

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|207.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

scope="row" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 6 July

|Beauvais to Caen

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|225.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Óscar Freire|ESP}}

scope="row" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 7 July

|Lisieux to Vitré

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|189.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

scope="row" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" | 8 July

|Saint Grégoire to Rennes

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|52.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Time Trial.svg || Individual time trial

| {{Flag athlete|Serhiy Honchar|UKR}}

scope="row" | 8

| style="text-align:center;" | 9 July

|Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Lorient

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|181.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Sylvain Calzati|FRA}}

scope="row" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July

| colspan="2" | Bordeaux

|

| colspan="2" | Rest day

scope="row" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | 11 July

|Bordeaux to Dax

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|169.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Óscar Freire|ESP}}

scope="row" | 10

| style="text-align:center;" | 12 July

|Cambo-les-Bains to Pau

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|190.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{Flag athlete|Juan Miguel Mercado|ESP}}

scope="row" | 11

| style="text-align:center;" | 13 July

|Tarbes to Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret (Spain)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|206.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{Flag athlete|Denis Menchov|RUS}}

scope="row" | 12

| style="text-align:center;" | 14 July

|Luchon to Carcassonne

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|211.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{Flag athlete|Yaroslav Popovych|UKR}}

scope="row" | 13

| style="text-align:center;" | 15 July

|Béziers to Montélimar

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|230.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Jens Voigt|GER}}

scope="row" | 14

| style="text-align:center;" | 16 July

|Montélimar to Gap

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|180.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{Flag athlete|Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}}

scope="row" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 17 July

| colspan="2" | Gap

|

| colspan="2" | Rest day

scope="row" | 15

| style="text-align:center;" | 18 July

|Gap to Alpe d'Huez

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|187.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{Flag athlete|Fränk Schleck|LUX}}

scope="row" | 16

| style="text-align:center;" | 19 July

|Le Bourg-d'Oisans to La Toussuire

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|182.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{Flag athlete|Michael Rasmussen|DEN}}

scope="row" | 17

| style="text-align:center;" | 20 July

|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Morzine

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|200.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{Flag athlete|Carlos Sastre|ESP}}

scope="row" | 18

| style="text-align:center;" | 21 July

|Morzine to Mâcon

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|197.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Matteo Tosatto|ITA}}

scope="row" | 19

| style="text-align:center;" | 22 July

|Le Creusot to Montceau-les-Mines

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|57.0|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Time Trial.svg || Individual time trial

| {{Flag athlete|Serhiy Honchar|UKR}}

scope="row" | 20

| style="text-align:center;" | 23 July

|Antony/Parc de Sceaux to Paris (Champs-Élysées)

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|154.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

| {{Flag athlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|3657|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=110}}

Race overview

{{main|2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11|2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20}}

File:TDF06 (stage13) Anduze edit.jpg

Due to the developing doping case known as Operacion Puerto several top tier riders were denied entry to the 2006 Tour including Jan Ullrich, Joseba Beloki, Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and indirectly, as his team did not have enough eligible riders, Alexander Vinokourov. The Prologue was won by Thor Hushovd and over the first few flat stages Robbie McEwen claimed three stage victories, but did not take the overall lead at any point as by Stage 3 another sprinter, Tom Boonen, had claimed the Yellow Jersey, which he held until the ITT in Stage 7.

The ITT was won handily by Serhiy Gonchar who claimed the maillot jaune with Floyd Landis finishing in 2nd in the Stage, as well as moving up the standings into 2nd place in the overall. After the ITT Team T-Mobile had four riders in the top 6 overall including Honchar and Andreas Klöden. The top of the GC remained more or less static until Stage 10 when a pair of riders escaped early in the day and stayed away to the finish with Juan Miguel Mercado winning the stage and moving into 2nd place overall and Cyril Dessel finishing the stage 2nd with the same time as Mercado, but taking over the Yellow Jersey as the new race leader.

Stage 11 was a brutal mountain stage with five highly categorised climbs. It was won by Dennis Menchov with Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis staying with him to the finish line. Landis took over the Yellow Jersey as the new race leader :08 ahead of Dessel. Cadel Evans and Carlos Sastre finished 4th and 5th in the stage and at the same time moved into 4th and 5th in the overall standings. Stage 12 was an intermediate stage won by Yaroslav Popovych who jumped from outside the top 20 to tenth place overall.

The top GC Contenders wouldn't change places until Stage 13 when Jens Voigt and Óscar Pereiro outlasted Manuel Quinziato and Sylvain Chavanel in a four-man breakaway that finished about 30 minutes ahead of the Peloton. Pereiro jumped everyone to take the overall lead by about 1:30 over Landis and Dessel and around 2:30 ahead of Menchov and Evans with Sastre over 3:00 back.

The situation remained the same after Stage 14, but in Stage 15 from Col d'Izoard to Alpe d'Huez the race blew apart with Fränk Schleck winning the stage and among the GC riders Landis and Kloden winning considerable time on everyone but one another. Landis was back in Yellow by a thread of :10 with the 3rd through 7th place riders of Dessel, Menchov, Sastre, Kloden and Evans each within only three minutes of Landis and Pereiro. Stage 16 was won by Michael Rasmussen as Pereiro took over the race lead with Sastre jumping up to 2nd, Kloden taking over 3rd and Landis coming entirely unhinged and dropping outside the top 10.

In Stage 17 however, Landis made the potentially catastrophic decision to attack off the front of the Peloton entirely on his own over 100 km from the finish in pursuit of the morning Breakaway bunch. Before long he caught the escapees, rode with the break for a while, then attacked off the front with only Patrice Halgand and Patrik Sinkewitz able to stay with him for any length of time, though without doing any work being as Halgand was nearly cooked, and Sinkewitz was teammates with two riders placed higher than Landis in Kloden and Michael Rogers. Landis won the stage with Sastre finishing nearly six minutes back and Pereiro finishing over seven minutes back barely hanging onto the maillot jaune by :30 over Floyd Landis and :12 over Carlos Sastre. At this point in the Tour, Kloden, Evans, Menchov and Dessel were all within 5:00 of the Yellow Jersey; not since the 1987 Tour de France had even five riders been within 5:00 of the overall lead this late in the race.

Stage 18 there were no serious (Cat-1 or HC) climbs and Matteo Tosatto won the Sprint with no change in the overall situation. The Stage 19 ITT would decide the race and Gonchar would win his second stage of the Tour putting in the fastest ride of the day. Floyd Landis won the 2006 TDF by defeating all of the other GC Contenders except for Kloden taking the Yellow Jersey back for the 3rd and final time. Pereiro finished 2nd overall at 0:59 back, Kloden rounded out the podium at plus 1:29, Sastre was 4th over three minutes behind and Cadel Evans finished 5th just over 5:00 slower than Landis.{{cite news|last=Tan|first=Anthony|title=Floyd Landis: Cycling's new American hero|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/tour06/?id=results/tour0620|access-date=17 February 2019|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=23 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607134204/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/tour06/?id=results%2Ftour0620|archive-date=7 June 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf2006.html|title = 2006 Tour de France by BikeRaceInfo |access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616053735/http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf2006.html|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=live}}

=Doping=

{{main|Floyd Landis doping case}}

This was the first TDF since the first retirement of Lance Armstrong and to the majority of American fans doping by contending riders was thought of as a rare occurrence that just didn't happen even though in reality many GC Contenders, Sprinters and Domestiques of the Armstrong Era, as well as previous eras admitted to doping or were implicated in some form of doping incident. Landis would be stripped of his only Tour de France victory soon after winning it following a confirmed failed drug test after Stage 17 and Óscar Pereiro would be declared the winner.

2006 Tour de France winner Óscar Pereiro was an incredibly talented athlete who finished 10th, 1st, 10th and 10th in the four TDF's that he finished and even scored a goal apiece in the two professional soccer games he played in. He initially failed a drug test in this Tour de France as well, but was cleared after providing sufficient medical evidence that he had a legitimate medical reason for taking the substance he failed for.

Despite Landis having this entire TDF vacated for doping, among some modern riders and fans when a GC rider attacks and finishes a seemingly impossible solo breakaway, as Chris Froome did in Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro, it is referred to as "Doing a Landis".{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bennett-defends-his-froome-did-a-landis-comments/|title = Bennett defends his 'Froome did a Landis' comments {{!}} Cyclingnews.com |date = 26 May 2018 |access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612182915/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bennett-defends-his-froome-did-a-landis-comments/|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}

This was initially the closest three-way finish in the race's history to date. Floyd's final time was 89h 39'30". While Landis was a leading favourite even before the Spanish doping scandal came to light,{{cite web |url=http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200607/tour-de-france-2006-floyd-landis-1.html |title=Tour de France 2006: Floyd Landis |publisher=Outside Online |access-date=18 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611034938/http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200607/tour-de-france-2006-floyd-landis-1.html |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} in an epic eight-minute loss of performance in Stage 16, it appeared he had lost all hope to finish on the podium, much less win.

But the following day, during Stage 17, 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 Stage 19 time trial.

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/sports/05cnd-landis.ready.html|title=Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive|work=The New York Times|date=5 August 2006|access-date=5 October 2009|first=Juliet|last=Macur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506012542/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/sports/05cnd-landis.ready.html|archive-date=6 May 2012|url-status=live}} Landis indicated that he would appeal the test results with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.{{cite news|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN2424870720080325|title=Landis appeal hearing ends, decision expected in June|date=24 March 2008|author=Larry Fine|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723230857/http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN2424870720080325|archive-date=23 July 2008|url-status=live}}

On 20 September 2007, Landis' doping accusation was upheld by an arbitration panel deciding between him and USADA and will be banned for two years. In response to this, the UCI formally stripped him of his 2006 Tour de France title. Second place finisher Óscar Pereiro was officially declared the winner.{{cite news|url=http://www.vlelonews.com/news/fea/13354.0.html|title=Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive|work=Velonews|date=20 September 2007}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The only previous Tour de France winner to be disqualified was 1904 Tour de France winner Maurice Garin.

Not long after getting surgery for his hip, while still on crutches, Landis briefly participated in a 2008 documentary film about steroids and performance-enhancing drugs titled Bigger, Stronger, Faster*. During his brief interview he showed the homemade altitude chamber he slept in, which by the time of the documentary was kept on the ground outside his garage. He stated that he slept at an altitude of 13,000 feet, felt proud of what he accomplished in the 2006 Tour and at that time, still considered himself the winner.

Classification leadership and minor prizes

File:MaillotAmarilloPereiro (cropped).jpg's yellow jersey of the 2006 Tour]]

There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2006 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=15}} There time bonuses given at the end of each mass start stage.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=17}} If a crash had happened within the final {{convert|3|km|1|abbr=on}} of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=10}} The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=15}} The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=15–16}} The leader was identified by a green jersey.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

The third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=16}} The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1981.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=16}} The leader wore a white jersey.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=16–17}} The riders in the team that lead this classification were for the first time identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass start stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship".{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=17}} The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}} At the conclusion of the Tour, David de la Fuente ({{UCI team code|SDV|2006|nolink=yes}}) was given the overall super-combativity award.{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Overall combativity standing|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/ICG.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006031715/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/ICG.html|archive-date=6 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 16, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage 11.{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|p=25}} Michael Rasmussen won the Henri Desgrange and de la Fuente won the Jacques Goddet.{{cite news|last1=Maloney|first1=Tim|last2=Jones|first2=Jeff|title="No Gifts": Armstrong sprints to third consecutive stage win|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/stage17|access-date=2 March 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=22 July 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302161732/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results%2Fstage17|archive-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Tan|first1=Anthony|last2=Kroner|first2=Hedwig|title=An orange fiesta of the third kind|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/tour06/?id=results/tour0611|access-date=4 March 2019|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=13 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807195812/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/tour06/?id=results%2Ftour0611|archive-date=2018-08-07|url-status=live}}

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|+Classification leadership by stage{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Leaders overview|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2006/gc/stages/leaders-overview|website=ProCyclingStats|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216221833/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2006/gc/stages/leaders-overview|archive-date=16 February 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=van den Akker|first=Pieter|title=Informatie over de Tour de France van 2006|trans-title=Information about the Tour de France from 2006|url=http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302052727/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=2006|archive-date=2 March 2019|language=nl|website=TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl|access-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:1%;"| Stage

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Winner

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| General classification
File:Jersey yellow.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Points classification
File:Jersey green.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Mountains classification
File:Jersey polkadot.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Young rider classification
File:Jersey white.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Team classification
File:Jersey yellow number.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Combativity award
File:Jersey red number.svg

scope="row" | P

| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#FFEB64;"|Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#9CE97B;"|Thor Hushovd

| no award

| style="background:white;"|Joost Posthuma

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="7"|{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}

| no award

scope="row" | 1

| Jimmy Casper

| style="background:#FFEB64;"|George Hincapie

| style="background:#9CE97B;"|Jimmy Casper

| style="background:#FFA8A4;"|Fabian Wegmann

| style="background:white;" rowspan="2"|Benoît Vaugrenard

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Walter Bénéteau

scope="row" | 2

| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:#FFEB64;"|Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#9CE97B;"|Robbie McEwen

| style="background:#FFA8A4;"|David de la Fuente

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|David de la Fuente

scope="row" | 3

| Matthias Kessler

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="4"|Tom Boonen

| style="background:#9CE97B;"|Tom Boonen

| style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan="7"|Jérôme Pineau

| style="background:white;" rowspan="3"|Markus Fothen

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|José Luis Arrieta

scope="row" | 4

| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="17"|Robbie McEwen

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Egoi Martínez

scope="row" | 5

| Óscar Freire

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Samuel Dumoulin

scope="row" | 6

| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:white;"|Benoît Vaugrenard

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Anthony Geslin

scope="row" | 7

| Serhiy Honchar

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="3"|Serhiy Honchar

| style="background:white;" rowspan="10"|Markus Fothen

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="3"|{{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

| |no award

scope="row" | 8

| Sylvain Calzati

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Sylvain Calzati

scope="row" | 9

| Óscar Freire

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Christian Knees

scope="row" | 10

| Juan Miguel Mercado

| style="background:#FFEB64;"|Cyril Dessel

| style="background:#FFA8A4;"|Cyril Dessel

| style="background:#FFCD5F;"|{{UCI team code|ALM|2006}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Juan Miguel Mercado

scope="row" | 11

| Denis Menchov

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"|Floyd Landis Cyril Dessel

| style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan="5"|David de la Fuente

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="2"|{{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|David de la Fuente

scope="row" | 12

| Yaroslav Popovych

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Daniele Bennati

scope="row" | 13

| Jens Voigt

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"|Óscar Pereiro

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="4"|{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Jens Voigt

scope="row" | 14

| Pierrick Fédrigo

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Salvatore Commesso

scope="row" | 15

| Fränk Schleck

| style="background:#FFEB64;"|Floyd Landis Óscar Pereiro

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Stefano Garzelli

scope="row" | 16

| Michael Rasmussen

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="3"|Óscar Pereiro

| style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan="5"|Michael Rasmussen

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Michael Rasmussen

scope="row" | 17

| Floyd Landis Carlos Sastre

| style="background:white;" rowspan="4"|Damiano Cunego

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="4"|{{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Floyd Landis

scope="row" | 18

| Matteo Tosatto

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Levi Leipheimer

scope="row" | 19

| Serhiy Honchar

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"|Floyd Landis Óscar Pereiro

| |no award

scope="row" | 20

| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|Aitor Hernández

colspan="2" | Final

! style="background:#FFDB00;"|Floyd Landis
Óscar Pereiro

! style="background:#46E800;"|Robbie McEwen

! style="background:#FF3E33;" | {{font color|white|Michael Rasmussen|link=Michael Rasmussen (cyclist)}}

! style="background:white;"|Damiano Cunego

! style="background:#FFB927;"|{{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

! style="background:#E42A19;" | {{font color|white|David de la Fuente|link=yes}}

  • In stage 1, George Hincapie wore the green jersey.
  • In stage 4, Daniele Bennati wore the green jersey.
  • In stage 11, Juan Miguel Mercado wore the polka-dot jersey
  • Stage 17 was originally won by Floyd Landis, who also wore the yellow jersey on the 19th and 20th stage. After the court's decision{{cite web|url=http://www.usantidoping.org/files/active/arbitration_rulings/landis%20final%20%2820-09-07%29%20%283%29.pdf|title=United States Anti-Doping Agency vs Floyd Landis|quote=The violation of the UCI Rules having occurred as a result of an In-Competition test will result under UCI Articles 256 and 257.2 in the automatic disqualification of the Athlete's results in the 2006 Tour de France and forfeiture of any medals, points or prizes.|date=20 September 2007|access-date=30 December 2010|publisher=UNITED STATES ANTI-DOPING AGENCY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726001553/http://www.usantidoping.org/files/active/arbitration_rulings/Landis%20Final%20(20-09-07)%20(3).pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} to forfeit all his results in the 2006 Tour de France, Carlos Sastre became the winner of the 17th stage, and Cyril Dessel and Óscar Pereiro should be considered having led the general classification as shown in the table.

Final standings

class="wikitable"
scope="col" colspan="4" | Legend
File:Jersey yellow.svg

| Denotes the winner of the general classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

| File:Jersey green.svg

| Denotes the winner of the points classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

File:Jersey polkadot.svg

| Denotes the winner of the mountains classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

| File:Jersey white.svg

| Denotes the winner of the young rider classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

File:Jersey yellow number.svg

| Denotes the winner of the team classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

| File:Jersey red number.svg

| Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award{{sfn|Race regulations|2006|pp=5–6}}

=General classification=

class="wikitable" style="width:44em;margin-bottom:0;"

|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Overall standing by time (definitive)|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/ITG.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006032045/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/ITG.html|archive-date=6 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{Flag athlete|Floyd Landis|USA}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | 89h 39' 30"

scope="row" | 1

| {{Flag athlete|Óscar Pereiro|ESP}} File:Jersey yellow.svg || {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | 89h 40' 27"

scope="row" | 2

| {{Flag athlete|Andreas Klöden|GER}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 0' 32"

scope="row" | 3

| {{Flag athlete|Carlos Sastre|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 16"

scope="row" | 4

| {{Flag athlete|Cadel Evans|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 11"

scope="row" | 5

| {{Flag athlete|Denis Menchov|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 6' 09"

scope="row" | 6

| {{Flag athlete|Cyril Dessel|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 44"

scope="row" | 7

| {{Flag athlete|Christophe Moreau|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 40"

scope="row" | 8

| {{Flag athlete|Haimar Zubeldia|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 11' 08"

scope="row" | 9

| {{Flag athlete|Michael Rogers|AUS}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 14' 10"

scope="row" | 10

| {{Flag athlete|Fränk Schleck|LUX}} || {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 16' 49"

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:44em;margin-top:-1px;"
scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–138)
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

scope="row" | 11

| {{Flag athlete|Damiano Cunego|ITA}} File:Jersey white.svg || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 18' 22"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{Flag athlete|Levi Leipheimer|USA}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | +18' 25"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{Flag athlete|Michael Boogerd|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 18' 49"

scope="row" | 13

| {{Flag athlete|Markus Fothen|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 19' 00"

scope="row" | 14

| {{Flag athlete|Pietro Caucchioli|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 20' 15"

scope="row" | 15

| {{Flag athlete|Tadej Valjavec|SLO}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 25' 28"

scope="row" | 16

| {{Flag athlete|Michael Rasmussen|DEN}} File:Jersey polkadot.svg || {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 27' 36"

scope="row" | 17

| {{Flag athlete|José Azevedo|POR}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 37' 11"

scope="row" | 18

| {{Flag athlete|Marzio Bruseghin|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 42' 08"

scope="row" | 19

| {{Flag athlete|David Arroyo|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 43' 03"

scope="row" | 20

| {{Flag athlete|Francisco Javier Vila|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 43' 31"

scope="row" | 21

| {{Flag athlete|Patrik Sinkewitz|GER}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 48' 04"

scope="row" | 22

| {{Flag athlete|Christian Vande Velde|USA}} || {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 49' 22"

scope="row" | 23

| {{Flag athlete|Yaroslav Popovych|UKR}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 51' 05"

scope="row" | 24

| {{Flag athlete|Giuseppe Guerini|ITA}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 57' 02"

scope="row" | 25

| {{Flag athlete|Eddy Mazzoleni|ITA}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 01' 43"

scope="row" | 26

| {{Flag athlete|José Luis Arrieta|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 02' 03"

scope="row" | 27

| {{Flag athlete|Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 04' 30"

scope="row" | 28

| {{Flag athlete|Vladimir Karpets|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 06' 21"

scope="row" | 29

| {{Flag athlete|Axel Merckx|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 08' 31"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{Flag athlete|George Hincapie|USA}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | +1h 10' 17"

scope="row" | 30

| {{Flag athlete|Xabier Zandio|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 15' 50"

scope="row" | 31

| {{Flag athlete|Sylvain Calzati|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 19' 29"

scope="row" | 32

| {{Flag athlete|Iker Camaño|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 20' 37"

scope="row" | 33

| {{Flag athlete|Mikel Astarloza|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 23' 29"

scope="row" | 34

| {{Flag athlete|Stéphane Goubert|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 27' 36"

scope="row" | 35

| {{Flag athlete|Laurent Lefèvre|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 29' 27"

scope="row" | 36

| {{Flag athlete|Benoit Salmon|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 29' 58"

scope="row" | 37

| {{Flag athlete|Christophe Brandt|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 33' 27"

scope="row" | 38

| {{Flag athlete|Christophe Rinero|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 34' 02"

scope="row" | 39

| {{Flag athlete|Egoi Martínez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 34' 15"

scope="row" | 40

| {{Flag athlete|Iván Ramiro Parra|COL}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 36' 12"

scope="row" | 41

| {{Flag athlete|Cristian Moreni|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37' 10"

scope="row" | 42

| {{Flag athlete|Sylvain Chavanel|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 39' 08"

scope="row" | 43

| {{Flag athlete|Ruben Lobato|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 39' 55"

scope="row" | 44

| {{Flag athlete|Georg Totschnig|AUT}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 41' 58"

scope="row" | 45

| {{Flag athlete|Patrice Halgand|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 42' 06"

scope="row" | 46

| {{Flag athlete|Alexander Bocharov|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 43' 49"

scope="row" | 47

| {{Flag athlete|Iñigo Landaluze|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 25"

scope="row" | 48

| {{Flag athlete|Matthieu Sprick|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 34"

scope="row" | 49

| {{Flag athlete|Serhiy Honchar|UKR}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 48' 25"

scope="row" | 50

| {{Flag athlete|Jens Voigt|GER}} || {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 49' 44"

scope="row" | 51

| {{Flag athlete|Matthias Kessler|GER}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|TMO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 51' 06"

scope="row" | 52

| {{Flag athlete|Stefano Garzelli|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 52' 58"

scope="row" | 53

| {{Flag athlete|David de la Fuente|ESP}} File:Jersey red number.svg || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 54' 22"

scope="row" | 54

| {{Flag athlete|Salvatore Commesso|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 55' 58"

scope="row" | 55

| {{Flag athlete|David Moncoutié|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 02' 13"

scope="row" | 56

| {{Flag athlete|David Millar|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 03' 13"

scope="row" | 57

| {{Flag athlete|Gilberto Simoni|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 06' 21"

scope="row" | 58

| {{Flag athlete|Moisés Dueñas|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 07' 02"

scope="row" | 59

| {{Flag athlete|Koos Moerenhout|NED}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 08' 06"

scope="row" | 60

| {{Flag athlete|Thomas Lövkvist|SWE}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 11' 16"

scope="row" | 61

| {{Flag athlete|Chris Horner|USA}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 11' 28"

scope="row" | 62

| {{Flag athlete|Pavel Padrnos|CZE}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 15' 48"

scope="row" | 63

| {{Flag athlete|Sebastian Lang|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 24' 18"

scope="row" | 64

| {{Flag athlete|Alessandro Ballan|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 25' 37"

scope="row" | 65

| {{Flag athlete|Fabian Wegmann|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 26' 20"

scope="row" | 67

| {{Flag athlete|Sandy Casar|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 27' 37"

scope="row" | 68

| {{Flag athlete|Paolo Tiralongo|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 31' 11"

scope="row" | 69

| {{Flag athlete|Iñaki Isasi|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 31' 39"

scope="row" | 70

| {{Flag athlete|Juan Manuel Gárate|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|QSI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 31' 50"

scope="row" | 71

| {{Flag athlete|Didier Rous|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 31' 57"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{Flag athlete|David Zabriskie|USA}} || {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | +2h 32' 49"

scope="row" | 72

| {{Flag athlete|Gorka Verdugo|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 32' 55"

scope="row" | 73

| {{Flag athlete|Christophe Le Mével|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 33' 27"

scope="row" | 74

| {{Flag athlete|Carlos Da Cruz|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 39' 04"

scope="row" | 75

| {{Flag athlete|Francisco José Ventoso|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 40' 25"

scope="row" | 76

| {{Flag athlete|Simon Gerrans|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 45' 36"

scope="row" | 77

| {{Flag athlete|Manuel Quinziato|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 46' 36"

scope="row" | 78

| {{Flag athlete|Björn Schröder|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 46' 51"

scope="row" | 79

| {{Flag athlete|Juan Antonio Flecha|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 48' 56"

scope="row" | 80

| {{Flag athlete|Jérôme Pineau|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 50' 25"

scope="row" | 81

| {{Flag athlete|Viatcheslav Ekimov|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 50' 36"

scope="row" | 82

| {{Flag athlete|Joost Posthuma|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 51' 03"

scope="row" | 83

| {{Flag athlete|Erik Zabel|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 51' 16"

scope="row" | 84

| {{Flag athlete|Benoît Vaugrenard|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 51' 34"

scope="row" | 85

| {{Flag athlete|Anthony Geslin|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 51' 34"

scope="row" | 86

| {{Flag athlete|Thomas Voeckler|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 00"

scope="row" | 87

| {{Flag athlete|Manuel Calvente|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 30"

scope="row" | 88

| {{Flag athlete|Stuart O'Grady|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|CSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 54' 28"

scope="row" | 89

| {{Flag athlete|José-Luis Rubiera|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 54' 47"

scope="row" | 90

| {{Flag athlete|Pieter Weening|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 55' 06"

scope="row" | 91

| {{Flag athlete|Bram Tankink|NED}} || {{UCI team code|QSI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 56' 05"

scope="row" | 92

| {{Flag athlete|Cédric Vasseur|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|QSI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 57' 58"

scope="row" | 93

| {{Flag athlete|Ronny Scholz|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 59' 51"

scope="row" | 94

| {{Flag athlete|Alexandre Moos|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 00' 37"

scope="row" | 95

| {{Flag athlete|Riccardo Riccò|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|SDV|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 00' 40"

scope="row" | 96

| {{Flag athlete|Marco Velo|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 01' 12"

scope="row" | 97

| {{Flag athlete|Nicolas Portal|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 01' 23"

scope="row" | 98

| {{Flag athlete|Luca Paolini|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 03' 21"

scope="row" | 99

| {{Flag athlete|Ralf Grabsch|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 03' 24"

scope="row" | 100

| {{Flag athlete|Nicolas Jalabert|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 04' 08"

scope="row" | 101

| {{Flag athlete|Christian Knees|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 05' 01"

scope="row" | 102

| {{Flag athlete|Gustav Larsson|SWE}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 05' 17"

scope="row" | 103

| {{Flag athlete|Mario Aerts|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 05' 29"

scope="row" | 104

| {{Flag athlete|Bert Grabsch|GER}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 07' 26"

scope="row" | 105

| {{Flag athlete|Bernhard Eisel|AUT}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 08' 02"

scope="row" | 106

| {{Flag athlete|Daniele Righi|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 11' 54"

scope="row" | 107

| {{Flag athlete|Philippe Gilbert|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 12' 06"

scope="row" | 108

| {{Flag athlete|Walter Bénéteau|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BTL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 14' 44"

scope="row" | 109

| {{Flag athlete|Johan Vansummeren|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 17' 47"

scope="row" | 110

| {{Flag athlete|Sébastien Hinault|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 18' 18"

scope="row" | 111

| {{Flag athlete|Anthony Charteau|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 19' 32"

scope="row" | 112

| {{Flag athlete|José Vicente Garcia|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|CEI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 19' 35"

scope="row" | 113

| {{Flag athlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}} File:Jersey green.svg || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 20' 04"

scope="row" | 114

| {{Flag athlete|Eduardo Gonzalo|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 20' 30"

scope="row" | 115

| {{Flag athlete|Michael Albasini|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 20' 37"

scope="row" | 116

| {{Flag athlete|Matej Mugerli|SLO}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 20' 51"

scope="row" | 117

| {{Flag athlete|Samuel Dumoulin|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|A2R|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 21' 18"

scope="row" | 118

| {{Flag athlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 22' 55"

scope="row" | 119

| {{Flag athlete|Víctor Hugo Peña|COL}} || {{UCI team code|PHO|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 23' 39"

scope="row" | 120

| {{Flag athlete|Stéphane Augé|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 24' 22"

scope="row" | 121

| {{Flag athlete|Bradley Wiggins|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 24' 35"

scope="row" | 122

| {{Flag athlete|Matteo Tosatto|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|QSI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 24' 57"

scope="row" | 123

| {{Flag athlete|Christophe Laurent|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 25' 26"

scope="row" | 124

| {{Flag athlete|Unai Etxebarria|VEN}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 29' 15"

scope="row" | 125

| {{Flag athlete|Julian Dean|NZL}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 29' 36"

scope="row" | 126

| {{Flag athlete|Patrick Calcagni|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 32' 31"

scope="row" | 127

| {{Flag athlete|Arnaud Coyot|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 34' 37"

scope="row" | 128

| {{Flag athlete|Christophe Mengin|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 34' 55"

scope="row" | 129

| {{Flag athlete|Kjell Carlström|FIN}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 34' 56"

scope="row" | 130

| {{Flag athlete|Filippo Pozzato|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|QSI|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 36' 09"

scope="row" | 131

| {{Flag athlete|Cédric Coutouly|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 38' 03"

scope="row" | 132

| {{Flag athlete|Peter Wrolich|AUT}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 38' 23"

scope="row" | 133

| {{Flag athlete|Aitor Hernández|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 49' 19"

scope="row" | 134

| {{Flag athlete|Gert Steegmans|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 58' 19"

scope="row" | 135

| {{Flag athlete|Jimmy Casper|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 59' 08"

scope="row" | 136

| {{Flag athlete|Wim Vansevenant|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|DVL|2006}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 01' 04"

{{columns-start}}

=Points classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final points classification (1–10){{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Overall points standing|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/IPG.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003090901/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/IPG.html|archive-date=3 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Teamscope="col" | Points
scope="row" | 1

|{{Flag athlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}} File:Jersey green.svg||{{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 288

scope="row" | 2

|{{Flag athlete|Erik Zabel|GER}}||{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 199

scope="row" | 3

|{{Flag athlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}}||{{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 195

scope="row" | 4

|{{Flag athlete|Bernhard Eisel|AUT}}||{{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 176

scope="row" | 5

|{{Flag athlete|Luca Paolini|ITA}}||{{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 174

scope="row" | 6

|{{Flag athlete|Iñaki Isasi|ESP}}||{{UCI team code|EUS|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 130

scope="row" | 7

|{{Flag athlete|Francisco Ventoso|ESP}}||{{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 128

scope="row" | 8

|{{Flag athlete|Cristian Moreni|ITA}}||{{UCI team code|COF|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 116

scope="row" | 9

|{{Flag athlete|Jimmy Casper|FRA}}||{{UCI team code|COF|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 98

scope="row" | 10

|{{Flag athlete|Óscar Pereiro|ESP}} File:Jersey yellow.svg||{{UCI team code|GCE|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 88

{{column}}

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final mountains classification (1–10){{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Overall climber standing|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/IMG.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003090636/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/IMG.html|archive-date=3 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Teamscope="col" | Points
scope="row" | 1

|{{Flag athlete|Michael Rasmussen|DEN}} File:Jersey polkadot.svg||{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 166

scope="row" | 2

|{{Flag athlete|David de la Fuente|ESP}} File:Jersey red number.svg||{{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 113

scope="row" | 3

|{{Flag athlete|Carlos Sastre|ESP}}||{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 99

scope="row" | 4

|{{Flag athlete|Fränk Schleck|LUX}}||{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 96

scope="row" | DSQ

|{{Flag athlete|Michael Boogerd|NED}}||{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 93

scope="row" | 6

|{{Flag athlete|Damiano Cunego|ITA}} File:Jersey white.svg||{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 80

scope="row" | 7

|{{Flag athlete|Cyril Dessel|FRA}}||{{UCI team code|ALM|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 72

scope="row" | DSQ

|{{Flag athlete|Levi Leipheimer|USA}}||Team Gerolsteiner|| style="text-align:right;" | 66

scope="row" | 9

|{{Flag athlete|Andreas Klöden|GER}}||{{UCI team code|THR|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 64

scope="row" | 10

|{{Flag athlete|Óscar Pereiro|ESP}} File:Jersey yellow.svg||{{UCI team code|GCE|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 63

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Young rider classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final young rider classification (1–10){{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Overall youth standing|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/IJG.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002224820/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/IJG.html|archive-date=2 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Teamscope="col" | Time
scope="row" | 1

|{{Flag athlete|Damiano Cunego|ITA}} File:Jersey white.svg||{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 89h 58' 49"

scope="row" | 2

|{{Flag athlete|Markus Fothen|GER}}||Team Gerolsteiner|| style="text-align:right;" | + 38"

scope="row" | 3

|{{Flag athlete|Matthieu Sprick|FRA}}||{{UCI team code|BBO|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 29' 12"

scope="row" | 4

|{{Flag athlete|David de la Fuente|ESP}} File:Jersey red number.svg||{{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 36' 00"

scope="row" | 5

|{{Flag athlete|Moisés Dueñas|ESP}}||Agritubel|| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 48' 40"

scope="row" | 6

|{{Flag athlete|Thomas Lövkvist|SWE}}||{{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 52' 54"

scope="row" | 7

|{{Flag athlete|Francisco Ventoso|ESP}}||{{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 22' 03"

scope="row" | 8

|{{Flag athlete|Joost Posthuma|NED}}||{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 32' 41"

scope="row" | 9

|{{Flag athlete|Benoît Vaugrenard|FRA}}||{{UCI team code|FDJ|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 33' 12"

scope="row" | 10

|{{Flag athlete|Pieter Weening|NED}}||{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 36' 44"

{{column}}

=Team classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final team classification (1–10){{cite web|title=Tour de France 2006 – Overall team standing|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/ETG.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006210729/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/ETG.html|archive-date=6 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Teamscope="col" | Time
scope="row" | 1

|{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg|| style="text-align:right;" | 269h 08' 46"

scope="row" | 2

| {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 17' 04"

scope="row" | 3

| {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" |+ 23' 26"

scope="row" | 4

| {{UCI team code|ALM|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" |+ 33' 19"

scope="row" | 5

| {{UCI team code|GCE|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 56' 53"

scope="row" | 6

| {{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 57' 37"

scope="row" | 7

| Team Gerolsteiner|| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 45' 25"

scope="row" | 8

| {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 19' 17"

scope="row" | 9

| {{UCI team code|EUS|2006}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 26' 38"

scope="row" | 10

| Phonak Hearing Systems|| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 49' 06"*

{{columns-end}}

See also

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite web|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|work=Tour de France|location=Paris|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|title=Race regulations|url=http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/docs/reglement_2006_us.pdf|work=Tour de France|location=Paris|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705025939/http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/LIVE/docs/reglement_2006_us.pdf|archive-date=5 July 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=27 October 2016|year=2006|ref={{harvid|Race regulations|2006}}}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=228–229|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Landis|first1=Floyd|author-link1=Floyd Landis|last2=Mooney|first2=Loren|title=Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France|url=https://archive.org/details/positivelyfalser0000land|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York City|isbn=978-1-4169-5023-3}}
  • {{cite book|last=Wilcockson|first=John|author-link=John Wilcockson|title=The 2006 Tour de France: Triumph and Turmoil for Floyd Landis|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781931382915|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=VeloPress|location=Boulder, Colorado|isbn=978-1-931382-91-5}}

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