2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Template:Short description Template:Sidebar games events The 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Broniš in last place (+ 13'38").

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Nation	Time
1	Paolo Bettini	Template:FlagUCIRoad	6h 15' 36" (42.476 km/h)
2	Erik Zabel	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 0"
3	Alejandro Valverde	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 0"
4	Samuel Sánchez	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
5	Robbie McEwen	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
6	Stuart O'Grady	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
7	Uroš Murn	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
8	Alexander Bocharov	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
9	Tom Boonen	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
10	Vladimir Gusev	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
11	Bernhard Eisel	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
12	Nicki Sørensen	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
13	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
14	Martin Elmiger	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
15	Freddie Rodriguez	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
16	Karsten Kroon	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
17	Marcus Ljungqvist	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
18	René Haselbacher	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
19	László Bodrogi	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
20	Gerben Löwik	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
21	Stefan Schumacher	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
22	Steffen Wesemann	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
23	Christophe Le Mével	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
24	Anthony Geslin	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
25	Andrey Kashechkin	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
26	Alexandr Kolobnev	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
27	Matija Kvasina	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
28	Michael Boogerd	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
29	Fränk Schleck	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
30	Moisés Aldape Chávez	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
31	Fabian Cancellara	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
32	Gorazd Štangelj	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
33	Nuno Ribeiro	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
34	Danilo Di Luca	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
35	David Millar	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
36	Xavier Florencio	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
37	Grégory Rast	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
38	Luca Paolini	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
39	David George	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
40	Cadel Evans	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
41	Rui Sousa	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
42	Sérgio Paulinho	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
43	Vladimir Karpets	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
44	Alexander Arekeev	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
45	Sylvain Chavanel	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2"
46	Tadej Valjavec	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
47	Christopher Horner	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
48	Davide Rebellin	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
49	Carlos Sastre	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
50	Michael Rogers	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
51	Filippo Pozzato	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
52	Alexander Vinokourov	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 15"
53	Sergei Yakovlev	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 34"
54	Fabian Wegmann	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 56"
55	Marlon Pérez Arango	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 25"
56	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 25"
57	Raivis Belohvoščiks	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
58	José Carlos Rodrigues	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
59	Radoslav Rogina	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
60	Ján Valach	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
61	Alexandre Usau	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
62	Roger Hammond	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
63	Ruslan Pidgornyy	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
64	Dainius Kairelis	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
65	Georg Totschnig	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
66	Stijn Devolder	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
67	Max van Heeswijk	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
68	Christian Vande Velde	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
69	Aurélien Clerc	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
70	Cyril Dessel	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
71	Sébastien Joly	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
72	Joaquim Rodríguez	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
73	Michael Albasini	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
74	Lars Bak	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
75	Yaroslav Popovych	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
76	Nick Nuyens	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 1' 53"
77	Borut Božič	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 2' 02"
78	Erki Pütsep	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 3' 33"
79	Alexandre Bazhenov	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 3' 43"
80	Przemysław Niemiec	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 3' 43"
81	Daniel Petrov	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 3' 43"
82	Jurgen Van Goolen	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
83	Martin Riška	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
84	Kjell Carlström	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
85	Matej Mugerli	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
86	Nélson Vitorino	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
87	Roman Kreuziger	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
88	Alessandro Ballan	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
89	Simon Gerrans	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
90	Vladimir Efimkin	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
91	Bram Tankink	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
92	Philippe Gilbert	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
93	Thomas Voeckler	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
94	Sylvain Calzati	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
95	Alexander Efimkin	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
96	Robert Hunter	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
97	Beat Zberg	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
98	Alexei Markov	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
99	Christian Knees	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
100	Mathew Hayman	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
101	Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
102	Jonathan Patrick McCarty	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
103	Oliver Zaugg	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
104	Tomáš Bucháček	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
105	David Loosli	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
106	Patrik Sinkewitz	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
107	Guido Trenti	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
108	Janez Brajkovič	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
109	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
110	Luis Pérez Rodríguez	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
111	Volodymyr Zagorodniy	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
112	Andriy Hrivko	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
113	Gabriel Rasch	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
114	Thor Hushovd	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 19"
115	Íñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 59"
116	Ryan Cox	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 59"
117	Christian Pfannberger	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 59"
118	Danny Pate	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 59"
119	Marzio Bruseghin	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 6' 59"
120	David McCann	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 8' 45"
121	Petr Benčík	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 8' 45"
122	Matej Jurčo	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 8' 45"
123	Tomasz Marczyński	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 8' 45"
124	Fumiyuki Beppu	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 8' 45"
125	Allan Johansen	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 8' 45"
126	Roman Broniš	Template:FlagUCIRoad	+ 13' 38"
DNF	Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Matteo Tosatto	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Rinaldo Nocentini	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	José Adrián Bonilla	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Aliaksandr Kychinski	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Serge Baguet	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Tarmo Raudsepp	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Russell Downing	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Krzysztof Szczawiński	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Hidenori Nodera	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Philip Deignan	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Stephan Schreck	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Danail Petrov	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Leif Hoste	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Kevin Hulsmans	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Matthew White	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Nicolas Roche	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Nick Gates	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Ronny Scholz	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Marcel Sieberg	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	José Rujano Guillen	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Tyler Farrar	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Ian McLeod	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Luis Felipe Laverde	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Chris Baldwin	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Bradley McGee	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Hrvoje Miholjević	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Aleksejs Saramotins	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Shinichi Fukushima	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Luciano André Pagliarini	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Bram de Groot	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Jan Boven	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Maarten Tjallingii	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Kyrylo Pospyeyev	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Mauricio Soler	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Ryder Hesjedal	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Darren Lill	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Sébastien Hinault	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Martin Mareš	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Peter Wrolich	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Linus Gerdemann	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Bruno Neves	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Murilo Fischer	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Mart Ojavee	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Stanislav Kozubek	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Marek Rutkiewicz	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Tomasz Kiendyś	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Martin Prázdnovský	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Maroš Kováč	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Volodymyr Starchyk	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Gerardo Fernández	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Svetoslav Tchanliev	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Manuel Eduardo Medina Marino	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Thierry Marichal	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Jackson Stewart	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Pedro Nicacio	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Tiaan Kannemeyer	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Samuel Dumoulin	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Jorge Martín Montenegro	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Joost Posthuma	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Bernhard Kohl	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	František Raboň	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Robert Radosz	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Alex Cano Ardila	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Márcio May	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Soelito Gohr	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Jose Antonio Ramos Querales	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Abdul Wahab Sawadogo	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo	Template:FlagUCIRoad
DNF	Saïdou Rouamba	Template:FlagUCIRoad

Selected riders

Based on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received a number of riders they can send to the championships. The number of allowed riders is different for each continent:

• Qualified Nations by the UCI Protour: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Switzerland get 9 starters. Canada, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Luxembourg get 1 starter.
• Qualified Nations by the UCI Africa Tour: South Africa gets 6 starters. Burkina Faso gets 3 starters.
• Qualified Nations by the UCI America Tour: Brazil and Colombia get 6 starters. Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela get 3 starters. Costa Rica and Cuba get 1 starter.
• Qualified Nations by the UCI Asia Tour: Iran gets 6 starters. Kazakhstan and Japan get 3 starters.
• Qualified Nations by the UCI European Tour: Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine get 6 starters. Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia and Norway get 3 starters. Sweden gets 1 starter. Note: Because Austria is the host nation, they are given 3 extra starters to give them 6 riders in total.
• Qualified Nations by the UCI Oceania Tour: New Zealand gets 3 starters.

All nations are allowed to select reserves too, 5 reserves for nations with 9 riders, 3 reserves for nations with 6 riders, 2 reserves for nations with 3 riders and 1 reserve for nations with 1 rider.

Nations allowed nine riders

Australia

On September 14, the selection was released:

• Cadel Evans, Template:Cycling data SIL
• Nick Gates, Template:Cycling data SIL
• Simon Gerrans, Template:Cycling data ALM
• Mathew Hayman, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Robbie McEwen, Template:Cycling data SIL
• Bradley McGee, Template:Cycling data FDJ
• Stuart O'Grady, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Michael Rogers, Template:Cycling data THR
• Matthew White, Template:Cycling data DSC

Belgium

National Coach: Carlo Bomans

On September 11, the selection was released:

• Serge Baguet, Template:Cycling data QST
• Tom Boonen, Template:Cycling data QST
• Stijn Devolder, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Philippe Gilbert, Template:Cycling data FDJ
• Leif Hoste, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Kevin Hulsmans, Template:Cycling data QST
• Nick Nuyens, Template:Cycling data QST
• Jurgen Van Goolen, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Johan Vansummeren, Template:Cycling data SIL Vansummeren was replaced by Thierry Marichal from Template:Cycling data COF, because he severely injured his shoulder in a crash on training just days before the event.

Also 5 reserves were appointed:

• Björn Leukemans, Template:Cycling data SIL
• Thierry Marichal, Template:Cycling data COF
• Kevin van Impe, Template:Cycling data QST
• Geert Verheyen, Template:Cycling data QST
• Frederik Willems, Template:Cycling data TSV

France

Selection released on September 12:

• Sylvain Calzati, Template:Cycling data ALM
• Sylvain Chavanel, Template:Cycling data COF
• Cyril Dessel, Template:Cycling data ALM
• Samuel Dumoulin, Template:Cycling data ALM
• Anthony Geslin, Template:Cycling data BBO
• Sébastien Hinault, Template:Cycling data C.A
• Sébastien Joly, Template:Cycling data FDJ
• Christophe Le Mével, Template:Cycling data C.A
• Thomas Voeckler, Template:Cycling data BBO

Germany

On September 11, the first selection was released, but since then many things have changed. Matthias Kessler and Jens Voigt have refused their selection as they claim to be "too tired after a long tiring season". Andreas Klöden has declared he only wants to ride in the Time Trial World Championships 2006.

Current Selection:

• Linus Gerdemann, Template:Cycling data THR
• Christian Knees, Template:Cycling data MRM
• Ronny Scholz, Template:Cycling data GST
• Stephan Schreck, Template:Cycling data THR
• Stefan Schumacher, Template:Cycling data GST
• Marcel Sieberg, Team Wiesenhof
• Patrik Sinkewitz, Template:Cycling data THR
• Fabian Wegmann, Template:Cycling data GST
• Erik Zabel, Template:Cycling data MRM

Italy

National coach Franco Ballerini selected the following riders:

• Alessandro Ballan, Template:Cycling data LAM
• Paolo Bettini, Template:Cycling data QST
• Marzio Bruseghin, Template:Cycling data LAM
• Danilo Di Luca, Template:Cycling data LIQ
• Rinaldo Nocentini, Template:Cycling data ASA
• Luca Paolini, Template:Cycling data LIQ
• Filippo Pozzato, Template:Cycling data QST
• Davide Rebellin, Template:Cycling data GST
• Matteo Tosatto, Template:Cycling data QST

Netherlands

National coach Egon van Kessel selected the following riders:

• Michael Boogerd, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Jan Boven, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Bram de Groot, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Karsten Kroon, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Gerben Löwik, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Joost Posthuma, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Bram Tankink, Template:Cycling data QST
• Maarten Tjallingii, Template:Cycling data SKS
• Max van Heeswijk, Template:Cycling data DSC

Russia

• Alexander Arekeev, Template:Cycling data ASA
• Alexandre Bazhenov, Naturino–Sapore di Mare
• Alexander Bocharov, Template:Cycling data C.A
• Alexander Efimkin, Template:Cycling data BAR
• Vladimir Efimkin, Template:Cycling data GCE
• Vladimir Gusev, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Vladimir Karpets, Template:Cycling data GCE
• Alexandr Kolobnev, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Alexei Markov, Template:Cycling data GCE

Spain

• Íñigo Cuesta, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Juan Antonio Flecha, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Xavier Florencio, Template:Cycling data BBO
• Luis Pérez Rodríguez, Template:Cycling data COF
• Joaquim Rodríguez, Template:Cycling data GCE
• Samuel Sánchez, Template:Cycling data EUS
• Alejandro Valverde, Template:Cycling data GCE
• Francisco Ventoso, Template:Cycling data FUJ
• Carlos Sastre, Template:Cycling data SAX

Switzerland

Selection released on September 14:

• Michael Albasini, Template:Cycling data LIQ
• Fabian Cancellara, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Aurélien Clerc, Template:Cycling data PHO
• Martin Elmiger, Template:Cycling data PHO
• David Loosli, Template:Cycling data LAM
• Grégory Rast, Template:Cycling data PHO
• Steffen Wesemann, Template:Cycling data THR
• Oliver Zaugg, Template:Cycling data FUJ
• Beat Zberg, Template:Cycling data GST

United States

• Chris Baldwin, Template:Cycling data TUP
• Tyler Farrar, Template:Cycling data COF
• Chris Horner, Template:Cycling data SIL
• Jason McCartney, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Danny Pate, Template:Cycling data GRM
• Fred Rodriguez, Template:Cycling data SIL
• Jackson Stewart, Kodakgallery.com–Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling
• Guido Trenti, Template:Cycling data QST
• Christian Vande Velde, Template:Cycling data SAX

Nations allowed six riders

Austria

The home nation was represented by:

• Bernhard Eisel, Template:Cycling data FDJ
• René Haselbacher, Template:Cycling data GST
• Bernhard Kohl, Template:Cycling data THR
• Christian Pfannberger, Template:Cycling data ELK
• Georg Totschnig, Template:Cycling data GST
• Peter Wrolich, Template:Cycling data GST

Brazil

• Murilo Fischer, Naturino–Sapore di Mare
• Soelito Gohr, Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos
• Márcio May, Scott/Marcondes
• Pedro Nicacio, Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos
• Luciano Pagliarini, Template:Cycling data FUJ

Colombia

• Mauricio Ardila, Template:Cycling data RAB
• Alex Caño, Unknown
• Félix Cárdenas, Template:Cycling data BAR
• Luis Felipe Laverde, Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
• Marlon Pérez Arango, Team Tenax Salmilano
• Mauricio Soler, Template:Cycling data ASA

Czech Republic

• Petr Benčík, Template:Cycling data PSK
• Tomáš Bucháček, Template:Cycling data PSK
• Stanislav Kozubek, Template:Cycling data PSK
• Roman Kreuziger, Template:Cycling data LIQ
• Martin Mareš, Naturino–Sapore di Mare
• František Raboň, Template:Cycling data THR

Poland

• Tomasz Kiendyś, Knauf Team
• Tomasz Marczyński, Ceramica Flaminia
• Przemysław Niemiec, Miche
• Robert Radosz, DHL–Author
• Marek Rutkiewicz, Intel–Action
• Kristzof Szczawinski, Ceramica Flaminia

Portugal

• Bruno Neves, Madeinox–BRIC–AR Canelas
• Sérgio Paulinho, Template:Cycling data ONC
• Nuno Ribeiro, LA Aluminios–Liberty Seguros
• José Rodrigues, Carvalhelhos–Boavista
• Rui Sousa, LA Aluminios–Liberty Seguros
• Nelson Victorino, Duja–Tavira

Slovenia

• Janez Brajkovič, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Borut Božič, Perutnina Ptuj
• Matej Mugerli, Template:Cycling data LIQ
• Uroš Murn, Template:Cycling data PHO
• Gorazd Štangelj, Template:Cycling data LAM
• Tadej Valjavec, Template:Cycling data LAM

Slovakia

• Roman Broniš, Dukla Trenčín
• Matej Jurčo, Template:Cycling data MRM
• Maroš Kováč, Dukla Trenčín
• Martin Prázdnovský, Team Sparebanken Vest
• Martin Riška, Template:Cycling data PSK
• Ján Valach, Aposport Krone Linz

South Africa

• Ryan Cox, Template:Cycling data BAR
• David George, Relax
• Robert Hunter, Template:Cycling data PHO
• Tiaan Kannemeyer, Template:Cycling data BAR
• Darren Lill, Schwinn
• Ian McLeod, Template:Cycling data FDJ

Ukraine

• Andriy Hryvko, Template:Cycling data MRM
• Ruslan Pidgornyy, Tenax Nobili Rubinetterie
• Yaroslav Popovych, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Kyrylo Pospeyev, Template:Cycling data ASA
• Volodymyr Starchyk, Mykolaiv
• Volodymyr Zagorodniy, S. C. Pagnoncelli-NGC-Perrel

Nations allowed three riders

Argentina

• Gerardo Fernández, Viña Magna–Cropu
• Jorge Martín Montenegro, Unknown

Belarus

• Aliaksandr Kuscynski, Ceramica Flaminia
• Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Template:Cycling data ASA
• Alexander Usov, Template:Cycling data ALM

Bulgaria

• Daniel Andonov Petrov, Maia Milaneza
• Daniel Petrov, Duja–Tavira
• Svetoslav Tchanliev, Unknown

Burkina Faso

• Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo, Unknown
• Abdul Wahab Sawadogo, Unknown
• Saïdou Rouamba, Unknown

Croatia

• Matija Kvasina, Perutnina Ptuj
• Hrvoje Miholjević, Perutnina Ptuj
• Radoslav Rogina, Perutnina Ptuj

Denmark

• Lars Bak, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Jakob Piil, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Nicki Sørensen, Template:Cycling data SAX

Estonia

• Mart Ojavee, Kalev Chocolate Team
• Erki Pütsep, Template:Cycling data ALM
• Tarmo Raudsepp, Union Cycliste Nantes Atlantique

Great Britain

• Russell Downing, DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed
• Roger Hammond, Template:Cycling data DSC
• David Millar, Template:Cycling data FUJ

Ireland

• David McCann, Giant Asia Racing Team
• Nicolas Roche, Template:Cycling data COF
• Philip Deignan, Template:Cycling data ALM

Japan

• Fumiyuki Beppu, Template:Cycling data DSC
• Shinichi Fukushima, Cycle Racing Team Vang
• Hidenori Nodera, Template:Cycling data SKS

Kazakhstan

• Andrey Kashechkin, Template:Cycling data ONC
• Alexander Vinokourov, Template:Cycling data ONC
• Sergei Yakovlev, Template:Cycling data ONC

Latvia

• Raivis Belohvoščiks, C.B. Immobiliare–Universal Caffé
• Aleksejs Saramotins, Rietumu Banka–Riga

New Zealand

New Zealand chose not to send riders to the Road World Championships 2006, as their most important riders are injured and thus unavailable.

Norway

• Kurt Asle Arvesen, Template:Cycling data SAX
• Thor Hushovd, Template:Cycling data C.A
• Gabriel Rasch, Team Maxbo Bianchi

Venezuela

• Manuel Medina, Alcaldia de Cabimas
• José Ramos, Alcaldia de Cabimas
• José Rujano, Template:Cycling data QST

Nations allowed one rider

Canada

• Ryder Hesjedal, Template:Cycling data PHO

Finland

• Kjell Carlström, Template:Cycling data LIQ

Hungary

• László Bodrogi, Template:Cycling data C.A

Lithuania

• Dainius Kairelis, Amore & Vita–McDonald's

Luxembourg

• Fränk Schleck, Template:Cycling data SAX

Sweden

• Marcus Ljungqvist, Template:Cycling data SAX

References

• cyclingnews

External links

• Race website