2006 UCI ProTour explained

2006 UCI ProTour
Edition:2
Competition:UCI ProTour
Dates:March 5 – October 14
Location:Europe
Rounds:27
Nations Champion:
Previous:2005
Next:2007

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 5–12 Paris–Nice
March 8–14Tirreno–Adriatico
March 18Milan – San Remo
April 2Tour of Flanders
April 3–8
April 5
April 9 Paris–Roubaix
April 16
April 19La Flèche Wallonne
April 23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
April 25–30 Tour de Romandie
May 6–28Giro d'Italia
May 15–21 Volta a Catalunya
June 4–11Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
June 10–18 Tour de Suisse
June 18 Eindhoven Team Time Trialteam event
July 1–23Tour de France
July 30Vattenfall Cyclassics
August 1–9Deutschland Tour
August 12Clásica de San Sebastián
August 16–23Eneco Tour of Benelux
August 27GP Ouest-France
August 28 – September 19Vuelta a España
September 4–10Tour de Pologne
October 1Züri-Metzgete
October 8Paris–Tours
October 14Giro di Lombardia

Final individual standings

Final nation standings

2006 ProTour Points System

Tour de FranceGiro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
Milan – San Remo
Tour of Flanders
Paris–Roubaix
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Giro di Lombardia
Lesser stageraces
Lesser one-day races
Overall Classification
1100855040
275654030
360503525
455453020
550402515
645352011
74030157
83526105
9302253
10251921
112016
121513
131211
14109
1587
1665
1754
1843
1932
2021
Stage wins (if applicable)
1108 3
25 4 2
3321

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