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{{short description|Cycling race}}
The '''2006 [[Tour de Pologne]]''' [[road cycling race]] took place from September 4 until September 10. German [[Stefan Schumacher]] won the last the two last stages on his way to capturing his second consecutive stage race; previously winning the [[Eneco Tour of Benelux 2006|Eneco Tour of Benelux]].

==Stages==

=== Stage 1: 04-09-2006: Pułtusk-Olsztyn, 214 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 1 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Max van Heeswijk]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Netherlands}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''5h 55' 34"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 1'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Max van Heeswijk]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Netherlands}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''5h 55' 34"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|}
|}

=== Stage 2: 05-09-2006: Ostróda-Elbląg, 119.6 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 2 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Daniele Bennati]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''2h 54' 49"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Jose Rojas Gil]]
|{{flagu|Spain}}
|{{UCI team code|ONC|2006d}}
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 2'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Wouter Weylandt]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Belgium}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''8h 50' 13"'''
|- 
|'''2'''
|[[Max van Heeswijk]]
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
|{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Daniele Bennati]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|}
|}

=== Stage 3: 06-09-2006: Gdańsk-Toruń, 225.5 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 1 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Fabrizio Guidi]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''5h 28' 37"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Daniele Bennati]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Koldo Fernández]]
|{{flagu|Spain}}
|{{UCI team code|EUS|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 3'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Fabrizio Guidi]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''14h 18' 43"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Daniele Bennati]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| + 1"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|align=right| + 5"
|}
|}

=== Stage 4: 07-09-2006: Bydgoszcz-Poznań, 182 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 4 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Daniele Bennati]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''4h 15' 43"'''
|- bgcolor=yellow
|'''2'''
|[[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Sébastien Chavanel]]
|{{flagu|France}}
|{{UCI team code|BBO|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 4'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Daniele Bennati]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''18h 34' 17"'''
|- 
|'''2'''
|[[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
|align=right| + 3"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|align=right| + 14"
|}
|}

=== Stage 5: 08-09-2006: Legnica-Jelenia Góra, 192 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 5 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|[[Stéphane Augé]]
|{{flagu|France}}
|{{UCI team code|COF|2006}}
|align=right|4h 58' 10"
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Aaron Olson (cyclist)|Aaron Olson]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|{{UCI team code|FUJ|2006}}
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Max van Heeswijk]]
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
|{{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}
|align=right| + 21"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 5'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Daniele Bennati]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''[[Lampre–Fondital|LAM]]'''
|align=right| '''23h 32'48"'''
|- 
|'''2'''
|[[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
|align=right| + 3"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|align=right| + 14"
|}
|}

=== Stage 6: 09-09-2006: Szczawno Zdrój-Karpacz, 162.4 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 6 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Stefan Schumacher]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Germany}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''4h 19'39"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Fabian Wegmann]]
|{{flagu|Germany}}
|{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}
|align=right| + 2"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Cadel Evans]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|{{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}
|align=right| + 4"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 6'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Stefan Schumacher]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Germany}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''27h 52'43"'''
|- 
|'''2'''
|[[Cadel Evans]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|{{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}
|align=right| + 10"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Alessandro Ballan]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| + 16"
|}
|}

=== Stage 7: 10-09-2006: Jelenia Góra-Karpacz, 126 km ===

{|
|'''Stage 7 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Stefan Schumacher]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Germany}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''3h 17'08"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}}
|align=right| + 2"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Cadel Evans]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|{{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}
|align=right| + 2"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 7'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Stefan Schumacher]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Germany}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''31h 09'41"'''
|- 
|'''2'''
|[[Cadel Evans]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|{{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}
|align=right| + 18"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Alessandro Ballan]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| + 31"
|}
|}

==General Standings==
''Final (After Stage 7)''

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|-bgcolor="yellow"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Stefan Schumacher]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Germany}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|GST|2006}}'''
|align=right| '''31h 09'41"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Cadel Evans]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|{{UCI team code|SIL|2006}}
|align=right| + 18"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Alessandro Ballan]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| + 31"
|-
|'''4'''
|[[Marek Rutkiewicz]]
|{{flagu|Poland}}
|[[Intel–Action]]
|align=right| + 31"
|-
|'''5'''
|[[Alexandr Kolobnev]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}
|align=right| + 39"
|-
|'''6'''
|[[Alexander Bocharov]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|{{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}
|align=right| + 40"
|-
|'''7'''
|[[Cristian Moreni]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|COF|2006}}
|align=right| + 45"
|-
|'''8'''
|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2006}}
|align=right| + 52"
|-
|'''9'''
|[[Marzio Bruseghin]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|align=right| + 56"
|-
|'''10'''
|[[Leonardo Bertagnolli]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|COF|2006}}
|align=right| + 1' 01"
|}

==KOM Classification==

The leader of the climbers classification (or ''[[King of the Mountains]]'') is determined by obtaining points for reaching 19 mountain primes ahead of the competition.  The classification leader will wear green jersey. Order of riders will be decided by the total number of points scored during the mountain primes.

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Points
|-bgcolor="lightgreen"
|'''1'''
|[[Bartosz Huzarski]]
|{{flagu|Poland}}
|[[Intel–Action]]
|50 points
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Joost Posthuma]]
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
|{{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}
|37 points
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Marzio Bruseghin]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|31 points
|}

==Points Classification==

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Points
|-bgcolor="navyblue"
|'''1'''
|[[Wouter Weylandt]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|{{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
|81 points
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Daniele Bennati]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2006}}
|74 points
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|{{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}
|71 points
|}

==Best Team==

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Team
!Country
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}
|{{flagu|France}}
|93h 31' 22"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{UCI team code|COF|2006}}
|{{flagu|France}}
| + 1' 56"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{UCI team code|GCE|2006}}
|{{flagu|Spain}}
| + 4' 12"
|}

==Jersey progress chart==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
|- style="background-color: #efefef;"
! width="12%" | Stage<br />(Winner)
! style="background:#FFD800;" width="15%"|General Classification<br />Yellow Jersey
! style="background:#339966;" width="15%"|Mountains Classification<br />Green Jersey
! style="background:#0066CC;" width="15%"|Points Classification<br />Navy Blue Jersey
! style="background:#FF9900;" width="15%"|Team Classification
|-
| {{0}}Stage 1<br />([[Max van Heeswijk]])
| style="background:#FBEC5D;" rowspan="1"| [[Max van Heeswijk]]
| style="background:#50C878;" rowspan="1"| ''no award''
| style="background:#3399FF;" rowspan="1"| [[Max van Heeswijk]]
| style="background:#FF9933;" rowspan="4"| {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}}
|-
| {{0}}Stage 2<br />([[Daniele Bennati]])
| style="background:#FBEC5D;" rowspan="1"| [[Wouter Weylandt]]
| style="background:#50C878;" rowspan="3"| [[Sven Krauss]]
| style="background:#3399FF;" rowspan="6"| [[Wouter Weylandt]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 3<br />([[Fabrizio Guidi]])
| style="background:#FBEC5D;" rowspan="1"| [[Fabrizio Guidi]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 4<br />([[Daniele Bennati]])
| style="background:#FBEC5D;" rowspan="2"| [[Daniele Bennati]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 5<br />([[Stéphane Augé]])
| style="background:#50C878;" rowspan="1"| [[Aaron Olson (cyclist)|Aaron Olson]]
| style="background:#FF9933;" rowspan="1"| {{UCI team code|COF|2006}}
|-
| {{0}}Stage 6<br />([[Stefan Schumacher]])
| style="background:#FBEC5D;" rowspan="2"| [[Stefan Schumacher]]
| style="background:#50C878;" rowspan="1"| [[Joost Posthuma]]
| style="background:#FF9933;" rowspan="2"| {{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}
|-
| {{0}}Stage 7<br />([[Stefan Schumacher]])
| style="background:#50C878;" rowspan="1"| [[Bartosz Huzarski]]
|-
|-
| FINAL STANDINGS<br />
! style="background:#FFD800;" rowspan="1"|[[Stefan Schumacher]]
! style="background:#339966;" rowspan="1"|Bartosz Huzarski
! style="background:#0066CC;" rowspan="1"|Wouter Weylandt
! style="background:#FF9900;" rowspan="1"|{{UCI team code|C.A|2006}}
|-
|}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070714180021/http://langteam.bikeworld.pl/tour/ Race website]
*[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/sep06/poland06/ Tour of Poland] on cyclingnews.com

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