2006 Deutschland Tour

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 {{convert|1390.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}, starting in Düsseldorf and finishing in Karlsruhe. Jens Voigt claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer.

==Classification tables==

===General classification=== {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- bgcolor=yellow |'''1''' |Jens Voigt |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}} |align=right| '''32h 11' 10"''' |- |'''2''' |Levi Leipheimer |{{USA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 1' 38" |- |'''3''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 2' 23" |- |'''4''' |Vladimir Gusev |{{RUS}} |{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} |align=right| 2' 33" |- |'''5''' |Evgeni Petrov |{{RUS}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| 2' 57" |- |'''6''' |Marzio Bruseghin |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| 3' 42" |- |'''7''' |Íñigo Cuesta |{{ESP}} |{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}} |align=right| 4' 08" |- |'''8''' |Stijn Devolder |{{BEL}} |{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} |align=right| 4' 09" |- |'''9''' |Eddy Mazzoleni |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| 4' 36" |- |'''10''' |Pablo Lastras |{{ESP}} |{{UCI team code|GCE|2006}} |align=right| 4' 38" |}

===King of the Mountains Classification===

{| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Points |- |'''1''' |Sebastian Lang |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 21 |- |'''2''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 21 |- |'''3''' |Jens Voigt |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}} |align=right| 20 |}

===Points Classification===

{| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Points |- |'''1''' |Erik Zabel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} |align=right| 115 |- |'''2''' |Jens Voigt |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}} |align=right| 88 |- |'''3''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 62 |}

===Young Rider Classification===

{| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Points |- |'''1''' |Vladimir Gusev |{{RUS}} |{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} |align=right| 32h 13' 43" |- |'''2''' |Stefan Schumacher |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 2' 15" |- |'''3''' | Thomas Dekker |{{NED}} |{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}} |align=right| 3' 49" |}

===Best Team=== {| class="wikitable" ! !Team !Country !Time |- |'''1''' |'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}''' |'''{{GER}}''' |align=right| '''96h 42' 18"''' |- |'''2''' |{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}} |{{DEN}} |align=right| 13" |- |'''3''' |{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} |{{USA}} |align=right| 3' 01" |}

==Stages==

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

{| |'''Prologue Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Vladimir Gusev''' |'''{{RUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}''' |align=right| '''6' 42"''' |- |'''2''' |Linus Gerdemann |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Sebastian Lang |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 1" |} || |'''General classification after Prologue''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Vladimir Gusev''' |'''{{RUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}''' |align=right| '''6' 42"''' |- |'''2''' |Linus Gerdemann |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Sebastian Lang |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 1" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 1 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Assan Bazayev''' |'''{{KAZ}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}}''' |align=right| '''4h 43' 06"''' |- |'''2''' |Danilo Napolitano |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Erik Zabel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |} || |'''General classification after Stage 1''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Vladimir Gusev''' |'''{{RUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}''' |align=right| '''4h 49' 47"''' |- |'''2''' |Linus Gerdemann |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| 1" |- |'''3''' |Sebastian Lang |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 2" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 2 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''4h 22' 25"''' |- |'''2''' |Davide Rebellin |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| s.t. |} || |'''General classification after Stage 2''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Vladimir Gusev''' |'''{{RUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}''' |align=right| '''9h 12' 17"''' |- |'''2''' |Linus Gerdemann |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| 1" |- |'''3''' |Davide Rebellin |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 7" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 3 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Gerald Ciolek''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''Team Wiesenof''' |align=right| '''4h 56' 22"''' |- |'''2''' |Erik Zabel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |André Greipel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |} || |'''General classification after Stage 3''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Vladimir Gusev''' |'''{{RUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}''' |align=right| '''14h 08' 39"''' |- |'''2''' |Erik Zabel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Linus Gerdemann |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| 1" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 4 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Graeme Brown''' |'''{{AUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}''' |align=right| '''4h 34' 38"''' |- |'''2''' |Stefan Schumacher |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Erik Zabel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |} || |'''General classification after Stage 4''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Erik Zabel''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}}''' |align=right| '''18h 43' 10"''' |- |'''2''' |Vladimir Gusev |{{RUS}} |{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} |align=right| 7" |- |'''3''' |Linus Gerdemann |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|THR|2006}} |align=right| 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''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Levi Leipheimer''' |'''{{USA}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}''' |align=right| '''3h 44' 20"''' |- |'''2''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 3" |- |'''3''' |Marzio Bruseghin |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| 3" |} || |'''General classification after Stage 5''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''22h 27' 51"''' |- |'''2''' |Vladimir Gusev |{{RUS}} |{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} |align=right| 3" |- |'''3''' |Marzio Bruseghin |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| 15" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 6 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''5h 11' 48"''' |- |'''2''' |Levi Leipheimer |{{USA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 2" |- |'''3''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 8" |} || |'''General classification after Stage 6''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''27h 39' 29"''' |- |'''2''' |Levi Leipheimer |{{USA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 24" |- |'''3''' |Evgeni Petrov |{{RUS}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| 56" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 7 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''45' 03"''' |- |'''2''' |László Bodrogi |{{HUN}} |{{UCI team code|C.A|2006}} |align=right| 1' 03" |- |'''3''' |Sebastian Lang |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 1' 04" |} || |'''General classification after Stage 7''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''28h 24' 32"''' |- |'''2''' |Levi Leipheimer |{{USA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 1' 38" |- |'''3''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 2' 23" |} |}

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

{| |'''Stage 8 Result''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- style="background:lightblue" |'''1''' |'''Graeme Brown''' |'''{{AUS}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}''' |align=right| '''3h 46' 38"''' |- |'''2''' |Erik Zabel |{{GER}} |{{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |- |'''3''' |Danilo Napolitano |{{ITA}} |{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}} |align=right| s.t. |} || |'''General classification after Stage 8''' {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Country !Team !Time |- |- style="background:yellow" |'''1''' |'''Jens Voigt''' |'''{{GER}}''' |'''{{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}''' |align=right| '''32h 11' 10"''' |- |'''2''' |Levi Leipheimer |{{USA}} |{{UCI team code|GST|2006}} |align=right| 1' 38" |- |'''3''' |Andrey Kashechkin |{{KAZ}} |{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}} |align=right| 2' 23" |} |}

===Jersey progress===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;" |- style="background-color: #efefef;" ! width="12%" | Stage (Winner) ! style="background:#FFFF00;" width="15%" | General classification (Gelbes Trikot) ! style="background:#FFCCCC;" width="15%" | Points Classification (Rotes Trikot) ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" width="15%" | Climber Classification (Bergtrikot) ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" width="15%" | Young Rider Classification (Weißes Trikot) ! style="background:#90D0EA;" width="15%" | Team Classification ! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%" | Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer) |- | {{0}}Prologue (Vladimir Gusev) | style="background:#FFFF80;" rowspan="4" | Vladimir Gusev | style="background:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="3" | Vladimir Gusev | Vladimir Gusev | rowspan="9" | Vladimir Gusev | style="background:#D5E5EC;" rowspan="2" | {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} | bgcolor="silver" | ''No award'' |- | {{0}}Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev) | Stefan Schumacher | Andreas Matzbacher |- | {{0}}Stage 2 (Jens Voigt) | Davide Rebellin | style="background:#D5E5EC;" rowspan="3" | {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} | Ronny Scholz |- | {{0}}Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="6" | Erik Zabel | rowspan="2" | Stefan Schumacher | Marco Pinotti |- | {{0}}Stage 4 (Graeme Brown) | style="background:#FFFF80;" | Erik Zabel | Marcel Sieberg |- | {{0}}Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer) | style="background:#FFFF80;" rowspan="4" | Jens Voigt | Andrey Kashechkin | style="background:#D5E5EC;" rowspan="2" | {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}} | Sven Teutenberg |- | {{0}}Stage 6 (Jens Voigt) | rowspan="3" | Sebastian Lang | Erik Zabel |- | {{0}}Stage 7 (Jens Voigt) | style="background:#D5E5EC;" rowspan="2"| {{UCI team code|GST|2006}} | bgcolor="silver" | ''No award'' |- | {{0}}Stage 8 (Graeme Brown) | bgcolor="silver" | ''No award'' |- style="background-color: #efefef;" | '''Final''' ! style="background:#FFFF00;" width="15%" | '''Jens Voigt''' ! style="background:#FFCCCC;" width="15%" | '''Erik Zabel''' ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" width="15%" | '''Sebastian Lang''' ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" width="15%" | '''Vladimir Gusev''' ! style="background:#90D0EA;" width="15%" | '''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}''' ! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%" | |}

==External links== *[http://www.deutschland-tour.de/ Race website]

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