2006 Tour de France
| 2006 UCI ProTour, race 17 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route of the 2006 Tour de France
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| Dates | 1–23 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,657 km (2,272 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 40' 27" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
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(Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears) |
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| Second |
 Andreas Klöden (GER)
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(T-Mobile Team) | |
| Third |
Carlos Sastre (ESP)
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(Team CSC) | |
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Points |
 Robbie McEwen (AUS)
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(Davitamon–Lotto) |
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Mountains |
 Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
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(Rabobank) |
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Youth |
 Damiano Cunego (ITA)
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(Lampre–Fondital) |
| Team | T-Mobile Team | ||
The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took between 1 July to 23 July. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis. Due to United States Anti-Doping Agency announcing in August 2012 that they had disqualified Lance Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999–2005, this is the first Tour to have an overall winner since 1998.
The Tour began with a prologue in Strasbourg, on the French-German border, and ended on Sunday July 23 in Paris. The distance of the course (run counterclockwise around France) was 3,657 km (2,272 mi). 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.
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