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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = {{flagicon|DEN}} 2006 Danmark Rundt
| image              = 
| image_caption      = 
| date               = August 2&ndash;6, 2006
| series             = 
| stages             = 6
| distance           = 874
| unit               = km
| time               = 19h 49' 14"
| speed              = 44.0956
| first              = [[Fabian Cancellara]]
| first_nat          = SUI
| first_team         = {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}
| first_color        = yellow
| second             = [[Stuart O'Grady]]
| second_nat         = AUS
| second_team        = {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}
| third              = [[Thomas Ziegler (cyclist)|Thomas Ziegler]]
| third_nat          = GER
| third_team         = {{UCI team code|THR|2006}}
| points             = [[Stuart O'Grady]] 
| points_nat         = AUS
| points_team        = {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}
| points_color       = violet
| mountains          = [[Aart Vierhouten]]
| mountains_nat      = NED
| mountains_team     = Skil–Shimano
| mountains_color    = polkadot
| sprints        = [[Jacob Nielsen (cyclist)|Jacob Nielsen]]
| sprints_nat    = DEN
| sprints_team   = Glud & Marstrand–Horsens
| sprints_color  = green
| youth          = [[Fabian Cancellara]]
| youth_nat      = SUI
| youth_team     = {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}
| youth_color       = white
| team = {{UCI team code|SAX|2006}}
| team_nat = DEN
| previous           = [[2005 Danmark Rundt|2005]]
| next               = [[2007 Danmark Rundt|2007]]
}}
The '''[[2006 in men's road cycling|2006]] [[Danmark Rundt]]''' was a men's [[road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]] held from 2 to 6 August 2006. Swiss rider [[Fabian Cancellara]] of [[Team CSC]] captured the overall title. It was the 16th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985.

==Stages==

===Stage 1: [[Frederikshavn]]–[[Viborg, Denmark]] (210 km)===
The 2006 Danmark Rundt started in Frederikshavn and the first stage took the riders across [[Vendsyssel]] before turning south towards Viborg. This was also the race's longest stage.

<small>Route: Frederikshavn–[[Hjørring]]–[[Løkken-Vrå|Løkken]]–[[Brovst]]–[[Løgstør]]–[[Farsø]]–[[Gedsted]]–[[Skals]]–Viborg, ending with 2 laps of 4.5&nbsp;km.</small>

====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Rider !! Team !! Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aitor Galdos Alonso]] || [[Panaria Navigare]] ||align=right| 4h44'08"
|-
|align=right| 2 || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[René Haselbacher]] || {{UCI team code|GST|2005}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart O'Grady]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Manuel Quinziato]] || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}} ||align=right| at 10"
|-
|align=right| 5 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Maximiliano Richeze]] || [[Panaria Navigare]] ||align=right| at 18"
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040811074642/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/etape.php?etapeid=8 Full result]
|}

This meant that Aitor Galos Alonso lead the general classification, as well as the point classification. [[Aart Vierhouten]] lead the hill competition, [[Alex Rasmussen]] held the youth jersey, [[Jacob Nielsen (cyclist)|Jacob Nielsen]] the fighter jersey and {{UCI team code|GST|2005}} lead the team competition.

===Stage 2: [[Aalestrup]]–[[Vejle]] (185 km)===
Stage 2 took the riders south through [[Jutland]], reaching the race's highest point some 170 metres above sea level at Yding Skovhøj. The stage also featured a rough 21% climb on Kiddesvej in Vejle which was included on both of the final laps.

<small>Route: Aalestrup–[[Møldrup]]–[[Viborg, Denmark|Viborg]]–[[Dollerup Bakker]]–[[Kjellerup]]–[[Silkeborg]]–[[Gammel Rye|Gl. Rye]]–[[Yding Skovhøj]]–[[Uldum]]–Vejle, ending with 2 laps of 5.5&nbsp;km.</small>

====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Rider !! Team !! Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Fabian Cancellara]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| 4h16'34"
|-
|align=right| 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart O'Grady]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| at 21"
|-
|align=right| 3 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Ziegler (cyclist)|Thomas Ziegler]] || [[Team T-Mobile]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cadel Evans]] || {{UCI team code|OLO|2005}} ||align=right| at 23"
|-
|align=right| 5 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Baden Cooke]] || [[Unibet.com Cycling Team]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060428140055/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/etape.php?etapeid=2 Full result]
|}

This means that [[Fabian Cancellara]] moved into yellow and took the white youth-jersey too, although [[Aitor Galdos Alonso]] retained the dark-purple point-jersey. [[Aart Vierhouten]] kept the dotted hill-jersey, and [[Maarten Tjallingi]] took the fighter-jersey.  [[Team CSC]] moved into first in the team classification.

===Stage 3: [[Kolding]]–[[Odense]] (205 km)===
The third stage reached the [[Little Belt Bridge]] before following the western and south coast of [[Funen]] until Svendborg, then heading north to the island's largest city, Odense.

<small>Route: Kolding–[[Middelfart]]–[[Assens, Denmark|Assens]]–[[Hårby]]–[[Faaborg]]–[[Svendborg]]–[[Ringe, Denmark|Ringe]]–Odense, ending with 2 laps of 4.4&nbsp;km.</small>

====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Rider !! Team !! Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Robert Förster]] || {{UCI team code|GST|2005}} ||align=right| 4h40'41"
|-
|align=right| 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart O'Grady]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Alex Rasmussen]] || Team Post Danmark ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Aart Vierhouten]] || [[Skil–Shimano]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 5 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Maximiliano Richeze]] || [[Panaria Navigare]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [https://web.archive.org/web/20010822060525/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/etape.php?etapeid=3 Full result]
|}

After stage 3, Stuart O'Grady held the yellow and purple jerseys. Aart Vierhouten kept the dotted jersey, and [[Fabian Cancellara]] was still the best youngster. Jacob Nielsen took the fighter jersey, and Team CSC was still on top of the team-leaderboard.

===Stage 4: [[Sorø]]–[[Hillerød]] (100 km)===
Stage 4 was a so-called "half-stage", with an [[individual time trial]] being held in the evening of 5 August. The stage went north-east from Sorø through Tølløse, birth city of [[2005 Tour de France|2005]] and [[2006 Tour de France]] polka-dot winner [[Michael Rasmussen (cyclist)|Michael Rasmussen]], on its way to Hillerød.

<small>Route: Sorø–[[Stenlille]]–[[Tølløse]]–[[Kirke Hyllinge]]–[[Skibby]]–[[Frederikssund]]–[[Slangerup]]–Hillerød, ending with 2 laps of 4.0&nbsp;km.</small>

====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Rider !! Team !! Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Olaf Pollack]] || [[T-Mobile Team]] ||align=right| 2h30'04"
|-
|align=right| 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Baden Cooke]] || [[Unibet.com Cycling Team]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart O'Grady]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[René Haselbacher]] || {{UCI team code|GST|2005}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 5 || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Dariusz Rudnicki]] || [[Team Intel Action]] ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [https://web.archive.org/web/20010822060525/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/etape.php?etapeid=3 Full result]
|}

No classements got new leaders in this short stage, leaving O'Grady leading the individual classification and CSC the team classification.

===Stage 5: [[Elsinore]] (14 km, ITT)===
Stage 5, the penultimate stage, was a short [[individual time trial]]. A few days before this stage, it was shortened from 15.5 to 14&nbsp;km. The stage took place on the same day as stage 4.

<small>Route (streets are unlinked): Kronborgvej–Ndr. Strandvej–[[Hellebæk]]–[[Ålsgårde]] (turning point)–[[Hellebæk]]–[[Elsinore]]–Kronborgvej</small>

====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Rider !! Team !! Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Fabian Cancellara]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| 0h16'15"
|-
|align=right| 2 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Ziegler (cyclist)|Thomas Ziegler]] || [[Team T-Mobile]] ||align=right| at 18"
|-
|align=right| 3 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Alex Rasmussen]] || Team Post Danmark ||align=right| at 24"
|-
|align=right| 4 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vincenzo Nibali]] || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}} ||align=right| at 27"
|-
|align=right| 5 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart O'Grady]] || [[Team CSC]] ||align=right| at 27"
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040814222411/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/etape.php?etapeid=5 Full result]
|}

===Stage 6: [[Gilleleje]]–[[Frederiksberg]] (156 km)===
The final stage crossed ''Benbrækkeren'', a steep hill in northern [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]], before ending with the traditional finish at Frederiksberg Allé.

<small>Route: Gilleleje–"[[Benbrækkeren]]"–[[Helsinge]]–[[Hillerød]]–[[Blovstrød]]–[[Vedbæk]]–Frederiksberg, ending with 10 laps of 6.0&nbsp;km.</small>

* Stage winner: [[Robert Förster]]

==Participation list==
The [[peloton]] consisted of 125 riders on 16 teams (7–8 per team). This is the list of the participants, as seen on the official site.<ref>[http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/startliste.php "Startliste"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214053/http://event.postdanmarkrundt.dk/startliste.php |date=2007-09-27 }} on ''postdanmarkrundt.dk''</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Riders
|-
!colspan=3|[[UCI ProTour|ProTour]] teams
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Team CSC]]
|[[Stuart O'Grady]], [[Brian Vandborg]], [[Fabian Cancellara]], [[Jakob Piil]], [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]], [[Allan Johansen]], [[Lars Bak]] and [[Matti Breschel]]
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} [[T-Mobile Team]]
|[[Olaf Pollack]], [[Scott Davis (cyclist)|Scott Davis]], [[Bas Giling]], Sergey Ivanov, [[Berhard Kohl]], [[André Korff]], [[Eric Baumann (cyclist)|Eric Baumann]] and Thomas Ziegler
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}
|[[Magnus Bäckstedt]], [[Alberto Curtolo]], [[Mauro Da Dalto]], [[Nicola Loda]], [[Vincenzo Nibali]], [[Manuel Quinziato]] and [[Marco Righetto]]
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|BEL}} {{UCI team code|OLO|2005}}
|[[Cadel Evans]], [[Olivier Kaisen]], [[Bert Roesems]], [[Tom Steels]], [[Preben Van Hecke]], [[Léon van Bon]], [[Peter Van Petegem]] and [[Fred Rodriguez]]
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} {{UCI team code|GST|2005}}
|[[Frank Høj]], [[Robert Förster]], [[Thomas Fothen]], [[René Haselbacher]], [[Volker Ordowski]], [[Sven Krauss]], [[Matthias Russ]] and [[Michael Rich (cyclist)|Michael Rich]]
|-
!colspan=3|[[UCI Professional Continental]] teams
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|BEL}} Unibet.com Cycling Team
|[[Baden Cooke]], Glenn Bak, Gorik Gardeyn, Jeremy Hunt, Geert Omloop, Bobbie Traksel, Matthew Wilson and Marco Zanotti
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} Panaria Navigare
|[[Paride Grillo]], [[Brett Lancaster]], Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Moisés Aldape Chávez, Mirko Allegrini, Matteo Priamo, Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Aitor Galdos Alonso
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Team Barloworld
|[[Igor Astarloa]], Giosuè Bonomi, Diego Caccia, Enrico Degano, Mauro Facci, Rodney Green, Jeremy Maartens and James Perry
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|BEL}} Chocolade Jacques – Topsport Vlaanderen
|Glenn D'Hollander, Kenny Lisabeth, Kenny Dehaes, Frederik Willems, Iljo Keisse, Bart Vanheule, Wouter Van Mechelen and Koen Barbe
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|POL}} Team Intel Action
|Marcin Osinski, Dariusz Rudnicki, Krzysztof Miara, Krzysztof Kuznmiak, Denys Kostyuk, Bogdan Bondrev and Łukasz Bodnar
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|CHE}} Team LPR
|[[Samuele Marzoli]], Andreas Dietziker, Mikhaylo Khalilov, Yuri Metlushenko, Alessandro Maserati, Roberto Traficante and Gene Michael Bates
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Skil–Shimano
|Aart Vierhouten, Rik Reinerink, Piet Rooyakkers, Maarten Tjallingi, Paul Martens, René Weissinger, Kenny van Hummel and Christoph Messchenmoser
|-
!colspan=3|Continental teams
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|DEN}} Team GLS
|[[Jacob Moe Rasmussen]], Jimmy Hansen, Kristoffer G. Nielsen, [[Michael Mørkøv]], Kasper Jebjerg, [[Anders Lund]], [[Lasse Bøchmann]] and [[Jonas Aaen Jørgensen]]
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|DEN}} Team Designa Køkken
|Rene Jørgensen, Michael Reihs, Michael Larsen, [[Chris Anker Sørensen]], Daniel Holm Foder, [[Jakob Fuglsang]], Allan Bo Andresen and Jens-Erik Madsen
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|DEN}} Glud & Marstrand–Horsens
|[[Michael Skelde]], Morten Christiansen, [[Jacob Nielsen (cyclist)|Jacob Nielsen]], Troels Vinther, André Steensen, Roy Hegreberg, Rune Udby and Michael Berling
|-
!colspan=3|National teams
|-
|nowrap|{{flagicon|DEN}} Team Post Danmark*
|[[Alex Rasmussen]], Casper Jørgensen, [[Martin Mortensen (cyclist)|Martin Mortensen]], Peter Riis Andersen, Michael Tronborg, Jacob Kodrup, Nikola Aistrup and Jan Almblad
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Team Post Danmark is a team of Danish riders, whose teams don't enter the race. [[Post Danmark]] is sponsor for the national team, so therefore the team is registered as a national one.

==References==
*[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/aug06/postdanmark06/default cyclingnews]
<references />

==External links==
*{{in lang|da}} [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/ Official site]

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