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 , starting in Düsseldorf and finishing in Karlsruhe. Jens Voigt claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer.

Classification tables

General classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt		Template:Cycling data SAX	32h 11' 10"
2	Levi Leipheimer		Template:Cycling data GST	1' 38"
3	Andrey Kashechkin		Template:Cycling data ONC	2' 23"
4	Vladimir Gusev		Template:Cycling data DSC	2' 33"
5	Evgeni Petrov		Template:Cycling data LAM	2' 57"
6	Marzio Bruseghin		Template:Cycling data LAM	3' 42"
7	Íñigo Cuesta		Template:Cycling data SAX	4' 08"
8	Stijn Devolder		Template:Cycling data DSC	4' 09"
9	Eddy Mazzoleni		Template:Cycling data THR	4' 36"
10	Pablo Lastras		Template:Cycling data GCE	4' 38"

King of the Mountains Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Lang		Template:Cycling data GST	21
2	Andrey Kashechkin		Template:Cycling data ONC	21
3	Jens Voigt		Template:Cycling data SAX	20

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel		Template:Cycling data MRM	115
2	Jens Voigt		Template:Cycling data SAX	88
3	Andrey Kashechkin		Template:Cycling data ONC	62

Young Rider Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Vladimir Gusev		Template:Cycling data DSC	32h 13' 43"
2	Stefan Schumacher		Template:Cycling data GST	2' 15"
3	Thomas Dekker		Template:Cycling data RAB	3' 49"

Best Team

	Team	Country	Time
1	Template:Cycling data GST		96h 42' 18"
2	Template:Cycling data SAX		13"
3	Template:Cycling data DSC		3' 01"

Stages

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

Prologue Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 6' 42" 2 Linus Gerdemann Template:Cycling data THR s.t. 3 Sebastian Lang Template:Cycling data GST 1"

General classification after Prologue Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 6' 42" 2 Linus Gerdemann Template:Cycling data THR s.t. 3 Sebastian Lang Template:Cycling data GST 1"

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

Stage 1 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Assan Bazayev Template:Cycling data ONC 4h 43' 06" 2 Danilo Napolitano Template:Cycling data LAM s.t. 3 Erik Zabel Template:Cycling data MRM s.t.

General classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 4h 49' 47" 2 Linus Gerdemann Template:Cycling data THR 1" 3 Sebastian Lang Template:Cycling data GST 2"

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

Stage 2 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 4h 22' 25" 2 Davide Rebellin Template:Cycling data GST s.t. 3 Andrey Kashechkin Template:Cycling data ONC s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 9h 12' 17" 2 Linus Gerdemann Template:Cycling data THR 1" 3 Davide Rebellin Template:Cycling data GST 7"

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

Stage 3 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Gerald Ciolek Team Wiesenof 4h 56' 22" 2 Erik Zabel Template:Cycling data MRM s.t. 3 André Greipel Template:Cycling data THR s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 14h 08' 39" 2 Erik Zabel Template:Cycling data MRM s.t. 3 Linus Gerdemann Template:Cycling data THR 1"

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

Stage 4 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Graeme Brown Template:Cycling data RAB 4h 34' 38" 2 Stefan Schumacher Template:Cycling data GST s.t. 3 Erik Zabel Template:Cycling data MRM s.t.

General classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Erik Zabel Template:Cycling data MRM 18h 43' 10" 2 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 7" 3 Linus Gerdemann Template:Cycling data THR 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 Country Team Time 1 Levi Leipheimer Template:Cycling data GST 3h 44' 20" 2 Andrey Kashechkin Template:Cycling data ONC 3" 3 Marzio Bruseghin Template:Cycling data LAM 3"

General classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 22h 27' 51" 2 Vladimir Gusev Template:Cycling data DSC 3" 3 Marzio Bruseghin Template:Cycling data LAM 15"

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

Stage 6 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 5h 11' 48" 2 Levi Leipheimer Template:Cycling data GST 2" 3 Andrey Kashechkin Template:Cycling data ONC 8"

General classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 27h 39' 29" 2 Levi Leipheimer Template:Cycling data GST 24" 3 Evgeni Petrov Template:Cycling data LAM 56"

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

Stage 7 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 45' 03" 2 László Bodrogi Template:Cycling data C.A 1' 03" 3 Sebastian Lang Template:Cycling data GST 1' 04"

General classification after Stage 7 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 28h 24' 32" 2 Levi Leipheimer Template:Cycling data GST 1' 38" 3 Andrey Kashechkin Template:Cycling data ONC 2' 23"

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

Stage 8 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Graeme Brown Template:Cycling data RAB 3h 46' 38" 2 Erik Zabel Template:Cycling data MRM s.t. 3 Danilo Napolitano Template:Cycling data LAM s.t.

General classification after Stage 8 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt Template:Cycling data SAX 32h 11' 10" 2 Levi Leipheimer Template:Cycling data GST 1' 38" 3 Andrey Kashechkin Template:Cycling data ONC 2' 23"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General classification (Gelbes Trikot)	Points Classification (Rotes Trikot)	Climber Classification (Bergtrikot)	Young Rider Classification (Weißes Trikot)	Team Classification	Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer)
0Prologue (Vladimir Gusev)	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Template:Cycling data DSC	No award
0Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev)			Stefan Schumacher			Andreas Matzbacher
0Stage 2 (Jens Voigt)			Davide Rebellin		Template:Cycling data GST	Ronny Scholz
0Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek)		Erik Zabel	Stefan Schumacher			Marco Pinotti
0Stage 4 (Graeme Brown)	Erik Zabel					Marcel Sieberg
0Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer)	Jens Voigt		Andrey Kashechkin		Template:Cycling data SAX	Sven Teutenberg
0Stage 6 (Jens Voigt)			Sebastian Lang			Erik Zabel
0Stage 7 (Jens Voigt)					Template:Cycling data GST	No award
0Stage 8 (Graeme Brown)						No award
Final	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev	Template:Cycling data GST

External links

• Race website