2006 Deutschland Tour Explained

The 30th edition of the Deutschland Tour road bicycle race took place in Germany from 1 to 9 August 2006. It consisted of a Prologue and eight stages covering a total of 1390.5km (864miles), starting in Düsseldorf and finishing in Karlsruhe. Jens Voigt claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer.

Classification tables

General classification

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	32h 11' 10"
2	Levi Leipheimer	1' 38"
3	Andrey Kashechkin	2' 23"
4	Vladimir Gusev	2' 33"
5	Evgeni Petrov	2' 57"
6	Marzio Bruseghin	3' 42"
7	Íñigo Cuesta	4' 08"
8	Stijn Devolder	4' 09"
9	Eddy Mazzoleni	4' 36"
10	Pablo Lastras	4' 38"

King of the Mountains Classification

	Cyclist	Points
1	Sebastian Lang	21
2	Andrey Kashechkin	21
3	Jens Voigt	20

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Points
1	Erik Zabel	115
2	Jens Voigt	88
3	Andrey Kashechkin	62

Young Rider Classification

	Cyclist	Points
1	Vladimir Gusev	32h 13' 43"
2	Stefan Schumacher	2' 15"
3	Thomas Dekker	3' 49"

Best Team

	Team	Country	Time
1			96h 42' 18"
2			13"
3			3' 01"

Stages

Prologue - Tuesday 1 August: Düsseldorf, 5.5 km. (ITT)

Prologue Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Vladimir Gusev	6' 42"
2	Linus Gerdemann	s.t.
3	Sebastian Lang	1"

General classification after Prologue

	Cyclist	Time
1	Vladimir Gusev	6' 42"
2	Linus Gerdemann	s.t.
3	Sebastian Lang	1"

Stage 1 - Wednesday 2 August: Düsseldorf-Bielefeld, 198 km.

Stage 1 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Assan Bazayev	4h 43' 06"
2	Danilo Napolitano	s.t.
3	Erik Zabel	s.t.

General classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Time
1	Vladimir Gusev	4h 49' 47"
2	Linus Gerdemann	1"
3	Sebastian Lang	2"

Stage 2 - Thursday 3 August: Minden-Goslar, 181.5 km.

Stage 2 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	4h 22' 25"
2	Davide Rebellin	s.t.
3	Andrey Kashechkin	s.t.

General classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Time
1	Vladimir Gusev	9h 12' 17"
2	Linus Gerdemann	1"
3	Davide Rebellin	7"

Stage 3 - Friday 4 August: Witzenhausen-Schweinfurt, 203.3 km.

Stage 3 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gerald Ciolek	Team Wiesenof	4h 56' 22"
2	Erik Zabel		s.t.
3	André Greipel		s.t.

General classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Time
1	Vladimir Gusev	14h 08' 39"
2	Erik Zabel	s.t.
3	Linus Gerdemann	1"

Stage 4 - Saturday 5 August: Heidenheim-Bad Tölz, 203 km.

Stage 4 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Graeme Brown	4h 34' 38"
2	Stefan Schumacher	s.t.
3	Erik Zabel	s.t.

General classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Time
1	Erik Zabel	18h 43' 10"
2	Vladimir Gusev	7"
3	Linus Gerdemann	8"

Stage 5 - Sunday 6 August: Bad Tölz-Seefeld, 192.1 km.

Because of bad weather on top of Mount Kühtai (Top of the Deutschland Tour 2006 at 2017 meters), the riders asked the organisation before the start to remove it from the Stage, which they did. As a result, the stage was only 160 kilometres long.

Stage 5 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Levi Leipheimer	3h 44' 20"
2	Andrey Kashechkin	3"
3	Marzio Bruseghin	3"

General classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	22h 27' 51"
2	Vladimir Gusev	3"
3	Marzio Bruseghin	15"

Stage 6 - Monday 7 August: Seefeld-St Anton am Arlberg, 196.6 km.

Stage 6 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	5h 11' 48"
2	Levi Leipheimer	2"
3	Andrey Kashechkin	8"

General classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	27h 39' 29"
2	Levi Leipheimer	24"
3	Evgeni Petrov	56"

Stage 7 - Tuesday 8 August: Bad Säckingen, 38.2 km. (ITT)

Stage 7 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	45' 03"
2	László Bodrogi	1' 03"
3	Sebastian Lang	1' 04"

General classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	28h 24' 32"
2	Levi Leipheimer	1' 38"
3	Andrey Kashechkin	2' 23"

Stage 8 - Wednesday 9 August: Bad Krozingen-Karlsruhe, 172.1 km.

Stage 8 Result

	Cyclist	Time
1	Graeme Brown	3h 46' 38"
2	Erik Zabel	s.t.
3	Danilo Napolitano	s.t.

General classification after Stage 8

	Cyclist	Time
1	Jens Voigt	32h 11' 10"
2	Levi Leipheimer	1' 38"
3	Andrey Kashechkin	2' 23"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General classification (Gelbes Trikot)	Points Classification (Rotes Trikot)	Climber Classification (Bergtrikot)	Young Rider Classification (Weißes Trikot)	Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer)
Prologue (Vladimir Gusev)	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	No award
Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev)			Stefan Schumacher		Andreas Matzbacher
Stage 2 (Jens Voigt)			Davide Rebellin		Ronny Scholz
Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek)		Erik Zabel	Stefan Schumacher		Marco Pinotti
Stage 4 (Graeme Brown)	Erik Zabel		Stefan Schumacher		Marcel Sieberg
Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer)	Jens Voigt		Andrey Kashechkin		Sven Teutenberg
Stage 6 (Jens Voigt)			Sebastian Lang		Erik Zabel
Stage 7 (Jens Voigt)					No award
Stage 8 (Graeme Brown)					No award
Final	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev

External links

Race website