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2006 UCI ProTour


The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races.

The prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/dec05/dec09news3 On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225248/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=MTcx&MenuId=MTY5Mw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuID=MTY5Mw, guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.

2006 ProTour races

DateRaceCountryWinnerTeam
March 5–12Paris–NiceFloyd Landis
March 8–14Tirreno–AdriaticoThomas Dekker
March 18Milan – San RemoFilippo Pozzato
April 2Tour of FlandersTom Boonen
April 3–8Vuelta al País VascoJosé Ángel Gómez Marchante
April 5Gent–WevelgemThor Hushovd
April 9Paris–RoubaixFabian Cancellara
April 16Amstel Gold RaceFränk Schleck
April 19La Flèche WallonneAlejandro Valverde
April 23Liège–Bastogne–LiègeAlejandro Valverde
April 25–30Tour de RomandieCadel Evans
May 6–28Giro d'ItaliaIvan Basso
May 15–21Volta a CatalunyaDavid Cañada
June 4–11Critérium du Dauphiné LibéréLevi Leipheimer
June 10–18Tour de SuisseJan Ullrich
June 18Eindhoven Team Time Trialteam event
July 1–23Tour de FranceÓscar Pereiro
July 30Vattenfall CyclassicsÓscar Freire
August 1–9Deutschland TourJens Voigt
August 12Clásica de San SebastiánXavier Florencio
August 16–23Eneco Tour of Benelux
Stefan Schumacher
August 27GP Ouest-FranceVincenzo Nibali
August 28 – September 19Vuelta a EspañaAlexander Vinokourov
September 4–10Tour de PologneStefan Schumacher
October 1Züri-MetzgeteSamuel Sánchez
October 8Paris–ToursFrédéric Guesdon
October 14Giro di LombardiaPaolo Bettini

Final individual standings

NameTeamPoints12852213316541625156615571548144913810133
Alejandro Valverde
Samuel Sánchez
Fränk Schleck
Cadel Evans
Andrey Kashechkin
Alessandro Ballan
Tom Boonen
Paolo Bettini
Ivan Basso
Stefan Schumacher
  • A total of 209 riders were classified
  • Floyd Landis had 175 points before the UCI removed his name from the standings following his removal from the Phonak team.

Final team standings

TeamNationalityPoints1388235033464327532762947270826992681025811253122491324814247152191621417208181851918420173
United States

Final nation standings

NationPoints180826513475434053166292728682718269102341119012165
United States
  • Riders from 29 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point.

2006 ProTour Points System

Tour de FranceGiro d'Italia
Vuelta a EspañaMilan – San Remo
Tour of Flanders
Paris–Roubaix
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Giro di Lombardia
Lesser stageracesLesser one-day races
Overall Classification
11008550
2756540
3605035
4554530
5504025
6453520
7403015
8352610
930225
1025192
112016
121513
131211
14109
1587
1665
1754
1843
1932
2021
Stage wins (if applicable)
11083
2542
3321
  • If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
  • Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...-1.
  • Team time trial doesn't give points for riders.
  • In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.
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