2006 Tour Down Under

The 2006 Tour Down Under was held from 18 to 22 January 2006 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 685 kilometres and is part of the 2005–06 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2006 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event. The event was awarded the Australian Sport Tourism Award of the year at the Australian Sport Awards in February 2006, having attracted 495,000 spectators and more than 11,670 visitors to South Australia.^[1]

2006 Tour Down Under

Race details
Dates	17—22 January 2006
Stages	6
Winning time	16h 36' 54"
Results
Winner  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (AG2R Prévoyance)   Second  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Liberty Seguros–Würth)   Third  Robbie McEwen (AUS) (Davitamon–Lotto) Points  Allan Davis (AUS) (Liberty Seguros–Würth) Mountains  Cadel Evans (AUS) (Davitamon–Lotto) Youth  William Walker (AUS) (Rabobank)   Team Team UniSA–Australia
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Men's stage summary

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Distance	Stage Top 3	Leading Top 3	Time
1	18 January	Mawson Lakes	Angaston	148 km	Simon Gerrans Luis León Sánchez Robbie McEwen	Simon Gerrans Luis León Sánchez Robbie McEwen	3:38.24 + 0.07 + 0.18
2	19 January	Stirling	Hahndorf	146 km	Allan Davis Paul Crake Eladio Sanchez Prado	Simon Gerrans Luis León Sánchez Robbie McEwen	7:12.55 + 0.07 + 0.18
3	20 January	Strathalbyn	Yankalilla	154 km	Carlos Barredo Daniel Becke Cadel Evans	Simon Gerrans Luis León Sánchez Robbie McEwen	11:11.32 + 0.07 + 0.18
4	21 January	Willunga	Willunga	147 km	Russell Van Hout Paul Crake Rony Martias	Simon Gerrans Luis León Sánchez Robbie McEwen	14:47.07 + 0.07 + 0.18
5	22 January	Adelaide	Adelaide	90 km	Allan Davis Robbie McEwen Simone Cadamuro	Simon Gerrans Luis León Sánchez Robbie McEwen	16:36.54 + 0.07 + 0.14

Other leading top threes

Stage	Mountains	Pts	Sprint	Pts	Under 23	Pts	Teams	Time
1	Samuel Dumoulin Cadel Evans Gene Bates	16 12 8	Simon Gerrans Russell Van Hout Luis León Sánchez	14 6 6	William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi	3:39.10 + 2.33 + 4.03	UniSA–Australia Southaustralia.com–AIS Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team	11:05.08 + 10.37 + 11.54
2	Samuel Dumoulin Gene Bates Cadel Evans	32 20 20	Simon Gerrans Allan Davis Hilton Clarke	14 12 12	William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi	7:13.41 + 2.33 + 4.03	UniSA–Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team Southaustralia.com–AIS	21:41.31 + 5.22 + 12.37
3	Cadel Evans Samuel Dumoulin Gene Bates	36 32 20	Daniel Becke Simon Gerrans Allan Davis	18 14 12	William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi	11:12.18 + 2.33 + 4.03	UniSA–Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team Southaustralia.com–AIS	33:29.50 + 3.42 + 18.01
4	Cadel Evans Samuel Dumoulin Russell Van Hout	36 32 20	Russell Van Hout Daniel Becke Simon Gerrans	18 18 14	William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi	14:47.53 + 2.33 + 4.03	UniSA–Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team Davitamon Lotto	44:11.09 + 7.40 + 23.18
5	Cadel Evans Samuel Dumoulin Luca Paolini	40 38 32	Allan Davis Russell Van Hout Daniel Becke	20 18 18	William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi	16:37.40 + 2.33 + 4.07	UniSA–Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team Southaustralia.com–AIS	49:40.44 + 7.26 + 23.27

Men's top 10 overall

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Simon Gerrans	16:36.54
2	Luis León Sánchez	+ 0.07
3	Robbie McEwen	+ 0.14
4	William Walker	+ 0.46
5	Gene Bates	+ 1.48
6	Samuel Dumoulin	+ 2.42
7	Russell Van Hout	+ 3.00
8	Simon Clarke	+ 3.19
9	Chris Jongewaard	+ 3.19
10	Glenn d'Hollander	+ 3.31