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2006 Paris–Nice

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name	2006 Paris–Nice
series	[2006 UCI ProTour](2006-uci-protour)
race_no	1
season_no	27
date	5–12 March 2006
stages	7 + Prologue
distance	1274.8
unit	km
time	31h 54' 41"
first	Floyd Landis
first_nat	USA
first_team
first_color	yellow
second	Patxi Vila
second_nat	ESP
second_team
third	Antonio Colóm
third_nat	ESP
third_team
points	Samuel Sánchez
points_nat	ESP
points_team
points_color	green
mountains	David Moncoutié
mountains_nat	FRA
mountains_team
mountains_color	polkadot
youth	Luis León Sánchez
youth_nat	ESP
youth_team
youth_color	white
team
team_nat	ITA

The 2006 Paris–Nice was the 64th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 5 March to 12 March 2006. The race started in Chaville and finished in Nice. The race was won by Floyd Landis of Team Phonak.

Teams

Twenty-one teams, containing a total of 168 riders, participated in the race:

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	P	1	2
5 March	Issy-les-Moulineaux	4.8 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Individual time trial	Bobby Julich
6 March	Villemandeur to Saint-Amand-Montrond	193 km	[[File:Plainstage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Flat stage	Tom Boonen
7 March	Cérilly to Belleville	200 km	[[File:Hillystage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Hilly stage	Tom Boonen
8 March	Juliénas to Saint-Étienne	168.5 km	[[File:Mediummountainstage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Medium mountain stage	Patxi Vila
9 March	Saint-Étienne to Rasteau	193 km	[[File:Mediummountainstage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Medium mountain stage	Tom Boonen
10 March	Avignon to Digne-les-Bains	201.5 km	[[File:Mountainstage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Mountain stage	Joaquim Rodríguez
11 March	Digne-les-Bains to Cannes	179 km	[[File:Mediummountainstage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Medium mountain stage	Andrey Kashechkin
12 March	Nice to Nice	135 km	[[File:Mountainstage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Mountain stage	Markus Zberg

Stages

Prologue

;5 March 2006 — Issy-les-Moulineaux to Issy-les-Moulineaux, 4.8 km (ITT) 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.

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Bobby Julich
2	Andrey Kaschechkin
3	Bradley McGee

Stage 1

;6 March 2006 — Villemandeur to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 193 km 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.

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Tom Boonen
2	Allan Davis
3	Francisco Ventoso

Stage 2

;7 March 2006 — Cérilly to Belleville, 200 km 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.

The blue jersey for the best young rider was awarded to Benoît Vaugrenard who took over first place with former leader Alberto Contador finishing 1'13 behind the pack.

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Tom Boonen
2	Allan Davis
3	Danilo Napolitano

Stage 3

;8 March 2006 — Juliénas to Saint-Étienne, 168.5 km In the third stage to Saint-Étienne, where Kazakh racer Andrei Kivilev died after a fall in the 2003 edition of Paris–Nice (prompting the UCI to make the wearing of helmets mandatory during all UCI-sanctioned races), there were some changes to the race classifications as American Floyd Landis took over first place in the GC, placing second in the stage after Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea.

Nicolas Crosbie and Tom Boonen retained their respective climber and sprinter jerseys, whereas the blue jersey for the best young rider was awarded to Stefan Schumacher who finished 1'25 behind the winner.

As expected of a hilly stage Stage 3 saw breakaway attempts on the different climbs, the defining break happening on the last climb of the day, the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret.

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Patxi Vila
2	Floyd Landis
3	Samuel Sánchez

Stage 4

;9 March 2006 — Saint-Étienne to Rasteau, 193 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Tom Boonen
2	Allan Davis
3	Stefan Schumacher

Stage 5

;10 March 2006 — Avignon to Digne-les-Bains, 201.5 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Joaquim Rodríguez
2	Joost Posthuma
3	Jérôme Pineau

Stage 6

;11 March 2006 — Digne-les-Bains to Cannes, 179 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Andrey Kaschechkin
2	Sylvain Chavanel
3	Sandy Casar

Stage 7

;12 March 2006 — Nice to Nice, 135 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Markus Zberg
2	Evgeni Petrov
3	Alberto Contador

General Standings

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Floyd Landis
2	Patxi Vila
3	Antonio Colóm

Mountains Classification

Cyclist	Team	Points
1	David Moncoutié
2	Christophe Laurent
3	Joaquim Rodríguez

Points Classification

Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Samuel Sánchez
2	Sandy Casar
3	Jérôme Pineau

Best Young Rider

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Luis León Sánchez
2	Joost Posthuma
3	Thomas Löfkvist

Best Team

Team	Country	Total time
1		Italy
2		United States
3		Spain

References

"Paris-Nice (Pro Tour-Historic)". BikeRaceInfo.
"64ème Paris-Nice 2006". Memoire du cyclisme.
"Start list". Cycling News.
"Stages & results". Cycling News.

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