2006 Tour de Georgia explained

2006 Tour de Georgia
Series:2005–06 UCI America Tour
Date:April 18  - April 23
Stages:6
Distance:967.9
Unit:km
Time:24h 00' 54"
Speed:40.3081
First:Floyd Landis
First Nat:USA
First Team:Phonak Hearing Systems
Second:Tom Danielson
Second Nat:USA
Second Team:Discovery Channel
Third:Yaroslav Popovych
Third Nat:UKR
Third Team:Discovery Channel
Points:Fred Rodriguez
Points Nat:USA
Points Team:Davitamon–Lotto
Mountains:Jason McCartney
Mountains Nat:USA
Mountains Team:Discovery Channel
Youth:Janez Brajkovič
Youth Nat:SLO
Youth Team:Discovery Channel
Team:Discovery Channel
Team Nat:USA
Previous:2005
Next:2007

The 2006 Tour de Georgia was a six-stage race held April 18 through April 23, 2006 with the overall title won by Floyd Landis of the . American Fred Rodriguez claimed the points jersey for sprinters. Jason McCartney won his second KOM crown; he previously won the 2004 climbers title. McCartney's teammate Janez Brajkovič won the Best Young Rider competition. Celebrity bike riders from Mountain Home, Arkansas, Gary and Zach Beck, made cameo appearances at the fifth stage to the Brasstown Bald and the final stage to Alpharetta.

Stages

StageRouteDistanceStage WinnerTeam
1Augusta, GeorgiaMacon207.4 km
128.9 miles
2Fayetteville, GeorgiaRome186.9 km
116.1 miles
Yaroslav Popovych
3ChickamaugaChattanooga39.9 km
24.8 miles
Floyd Landis
4Dalton, Georgia -
Dahlonega, Georgia
191.4 km
118.9 miles
Fred Rodriguez
5Blairsville, GeorgiaBrasstown Bald152.1 km
94.5 miles
Tom Danielson
6Cumming, Georgia -
Alpharetta, Georgia
190.2 km
118.2 miles
Juan José Haedo Toyota–United Pro

Teams

2006 Tour de Georgia

UCI ProTour Teams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams

Final results

2006 general classification
  1. Floyd Landis, 24.00.54
  2. Tom Danielson, 0.04
  3. Yaroslav Popovych, 1.55
2006 King of the Mountain leader
  1. Jason McCartney, 35 points
  2. Lucas Euser, 28 points
  3. Tom Danielson, 12 points
2006 sprint leader
  1. Fred Rodriguez, 48 points
  2. Yaroslav Popovych, 41 points
  3. Juan José Haedo, 36 points
2006 team competition
  1. Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
  2. Phonak Hearing Systems
  3. Team CSC

Stage winners progress

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Yellow Jersey progress

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References