Paris-Nice 2006
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| Dates | March 5 – March 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,276.3 km (793.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 31h 54' 41" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Floyd Landis (USA)
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(Phonak) | |
| Second |
 Patxi Vila (ESP)
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(Lampre–Fondital) | |
| Third |
Antonio Colóm (ESP)
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(Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears) | |
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| Points |
Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
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(Euskaltel–Euskadi) | |
| Mountains |
 David Moncoutié (FRA)
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(Cofidis) | |
| Youth |
Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
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(Liberty Seguros–Würth) | |
| Team | Lampre–Fondital | ||
The 2006 edition of the Paris–Nice bicycle race was run from March 5 to March 12. The race was won by United States rider Floyd Landis, of Team Phonak.
The prologue stage saw 2005 GC winner Bobby Julich retain the yellow/white GC leader's jersey after defeating Kazakh Andrey Kaschechkin, who held the best time through most of the stage's duration, by a narrow margin of 1 second. As the winner of the first stage he also received the green/white points jersey. The blue jersey for best young rider went to Alberto Contador.
By winning the peloton sprint in Saint-Amand-Montrond ahead of Allan Davis, Tom Boonen (who finished fifth in the prologue stage five seconds down on Bobby Julich) took over the yellow/white jersey due to the time bonus awarded to stage winners. He also took over first place in the points classification.
After a short solo breakaway effort by David Zabriskie, Frenchmen Cristophe Laurent and Stéphane Augé launched a long attack at the 60-km point but were caught by the chasing peloton only 2 km before the finish line. Augé was awarded the first red polka dotted jersey in the mountains classification.
Stage 2 saw a repeat of Tom Boonen's victory over Allan Davis in the first stage, the Belgian finishing first in another bunch sprint.
The polka-dotted mountains jersey changed hands due to a long breakaway by French rider Nicolas Crosbie, who established a maximum lead of 27'30" after 81 kilometers. Crosbie was caught by the peloton 10 km before the finish line.
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