2006 UCI ProTour

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox cycling season The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races.

The prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour.[1] On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached [2], guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.

2006 ProTour races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team
March 5–12	Paris–Nice		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
March 8–14	Tirreno–Adriatico		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
March 18	Milan – San Remo		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 2	Tour of Flanders		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 3–8	Vuelta al País Vasco		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 5	Gent–Wevelgem		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 9	Paris–Roubaix		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 16	Amstel Gold Race		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 19	La Flèche Wallonne		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 23	Liège–Bastogne–Liège		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
April 25–30	Tour de Romandie		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
May 6–28	Giro d'Italia		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
May 15–21	Volta a Catalunya		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
June 4–11	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
June 10–18	Tour de Suisse		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
June 18	Eindhoven Team Time Trial		team event	Template:UCI team code
July 1–23	Tour de France		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
July 30	Vattenfall Cyclassics	Template:GER	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
August 1–9	Deutschland Tour	Template:GER	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
August 12	Clásica de San Sebastián		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
August 16–23	Eneco Tour of Benelux		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
August 27	GP Ouest-France		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
August 28 – September 19	Vuelta a España		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
September 4–10	Tour de Pologne		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
October 1	Züri-Metzgete		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
October 8	Paris–Tours		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code
October 14	Giro di Lombardia		Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code

Final individual standings

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	285
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	213
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	165
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	162
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	156
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	155
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	154
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	144
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	138
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:UCI team code	133

• A total of 209 riders were classified
• Floyd Landis had 175 points before the UCI removed his name from the standings following his removal from the Phonak team.

Final team standings

	Team	Nationality	Points
1	Template:UCI team code		388
2	Template:UCI team code		350
3	Template:UCI team code		346
4	Template:UCI team code	Template:Flagu	327
5	Template:UCI team code		327
6	Template:UCI team code	Template:GER	294
7	Template:UCI team code		270
8	Template:UCI team code	Template:GER	269
9	Template:UCI team code		268
10	Template:UCI team code		258
11	Template:UCI team code		253
12	Template:UCI team code		249
13	Template:UCI team code		248
14	Template:UCI team code		247
15	Template:UCI team code		219
16	Template:UCI team code		214
17	Template:UCI team code		208
18	Template:UCI team code		185
19	Template:UCI team code		184
20	Template:UCI team code		173

Final nation standings

	Nation	Points
1		808
2		651
3	Template:GER	475
4		340
5	Template:Flagu	316
6		292
7		286
8		271
8		269
10		234
11		190
12		165

• Riders from 29 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point.

2006 ProTour Points System

	Tour de France	Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España	Milan – San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Lesser stageraces	Lesser one-day races
Overall Classification
1	100	85	50	40
2	75	65	40	30
3	60	50	35	25
4	55	45	30	20
5	50	40	25	15
6	45	35	20	11
7	40	30	15	7
8	35	26	10	5
9	30	22	5	3
10	25	19	2	1
11	20	16
12	15	13
13	12	11
14	10	9
15	8	7
16	6	5
17	5	4
18	4	3
19	3	2
20	2	1
Stage wins (if applicable)
1	10	8	3
2	5	4	2
3	3	2	1

• If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
• Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...-1.
• Team time trial doesn't give points for riders.
• In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.

External links

• Official Website
• CSC Web site Template:Webarchive source of preliminary race table.