2006 UCI ProTour

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	Phonak
March 8–14	Tirreno–Adriatico		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB
March 18	Milan – San Remo		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data QST
April 2	Tour of Flanders		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data QST
April 3–8	Vuelta al País Vasco		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FUJ
April 5	Gent–Wevelgem		Template:Flagathlete	Crédit Agricole
April 9	Paris–Roubaix		Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC
April 16	Amstel Gold Race		Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC
April 19	La Flèche Wallonne		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE
April 23	Liège–Bastogne–Liège		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE
April 25–30	Tour de Romandie		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SIL
May 6–28	Giro d'Italia		Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC
May 15–21	Volta a Catalunya		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FUJ
June 4–11	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré		Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner
June 10–18	Tour de Suisse		Template:Flagathlete	T-Mobile Team
June 18	Eindhoven Team Time Trial		team event	Team CSC
July 1–23	Tour de France		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE
July 30	Vattenfall Cyclassics		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB
August 1–9	Deutschland Tour		Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC
August 12	Clásica de San Sebastián		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data BBO
August 16–23	Eneco Tour of Benelux		Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner
August 27	GP Ouest-France		Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas
August 28 – September 19	Vuelta a España		Template:Flagathlete	Astana
September 4–10	Tour de Pologne		Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner
October 1	Züri-Metzgete		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data EUS
October 8	Paris–Tours		Template:Flagathlete	Française des Jeux
October 14	Giro di Lombardia		Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data QST

Final individual standings

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE	285
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data EUS	213
3	Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC	165
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SIL	162
5	Template:Flagathlete	Astana	156
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	155
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data QST	154
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data QST	144
9	Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC	138
10	Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner	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	Team CSC		388
2	Template:Cycling data GCE		350
3	Template:Cycling data RAB		346
4	Discovery Channel	Template:Flagu	327
5	Template:Cycling data LAM		327
6	Gerolsteiner		294
7	Phonak		270
8	T-Mobile Team		269
9	Template:Cycling data FUJ		268
10	Astana		258
11	Crédit Agricole		253
12	Template:Cycling data COF		249
13	Template:Cycling data QST		248
14	Liquigas		247
15	Template:Cycling data ALM		219
16	Template:Cycling data SIL		214
17	Template:Cycling data EUS		208
18	Team Milram		185
19	Template:Cycling data BBO		184
20	Française des Jeux		173

Final nation standings

	Nation	Points
1		808
2		651
3		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 source of preliminary race table.