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 1,390.5 km (864.0 mi), 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	Germany	Team CSC	32h 11' 10"
2	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Gerolsteiner	1' 38"
3	Andrey Kashechkin	Kazakhstan	Astana	2' 23"
4	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Discovery Channel	2' 33"
5	Evgeni Petrov	Russia	Lampre–Fondital	2' 57"
6	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	3' 42"
7	Íñigo Cuesta	Spain	Team CSC	4' 08"
8	Stijn Devolder	Belgium	Discovery Channel	4' 09"
9	Eddy Mazzoleni	Italy	T-Mobile Team	4' 36"
10	Pablo Lastras	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	4' 38"

King of the Mountains Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Lang	Germany	Gerolsteiner	21
2	Andrey Kashechkin	Kazakhstan	Astana	21
3	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	20

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel	Germany	Team Milram	115
2	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	88
3	Andrey Kashechkin	Kazakhstan	Astana	62

Young Rider Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Discovery Channel	32h 13' 43"
2	Stefan Schumacher	Germany	Gerolsteiner	2' 15"
3	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	3' 49"

Best Team

	Team	Country	Time
1	Gerolsteiner	Germany	96h 42' 18"
2	Team CSC	Denmark	13"
3	Discovery Channel	United States	3' 01"

Stages

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

Prologue Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 6' 42" 2 Linus Gerdemann  Germany T-Mobile Team s.t. 3 Sebastian Lang  Germany Gerolsteiner 1"

General classification after Prologue Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 6' 42" 2 Linus Gerdemann  Germany T-Mobile Team s.t. 3 Sebastian Lang  Germany Gerolsteiner 1"

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

Stage 1 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Assan Bazayev  Kazakhstan Astana 4h 43' 06" 2 Danilo Napolitano  Italy Lampre–Fondital s.t. 3 Erik Zabel  Germany Team Milram s.t.

General classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 4h 49' 47" 2 Linus Gerdemann  Germany T-Mobile Team 1" 3 Sebastian Lang  Germany Gerolsteiner 2"

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

Stage 2 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 4h 22' 25" 2 Davide Rebellin  Italy Gerolsteiner s.t. 3 Andrey Kashechkin  Kazakhstan Astana s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 9h 12' 17" 2 Linus Gerdemann  Germany T-Mobile Team 1" 3 Davide Rebellin  Italy Gerolsteiner 7"

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

Stage 3 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Gerald Ciolek  Germany Team Wiesenof 4h 56' 22" 2 Erik Zabel  Germany Team Milram s.t. 3 André Greipel  Germany T-Mobile Team s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 14h 08' 39" 2 Erik Zabel  Germany Team Milram s.t. 3 Linus Gerdemann  Germany T-Mobile Team 1"

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

Stage 4 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Graeme Brown  Australia Rabobank 4h 34' 38" 2 Stefan Schumacher  Germany Gerolsteiner s.t. 3 Erik Zabel  Germany Team Milram s.t.

General classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Erik Zabel  Germany Team Milram 18h 43' 10" 2 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 7" 3 Linus Gerdemann  Germany T-Mobile Team 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  United States Gerolsteiner 3h 44' 20" 2 Andrey Kashechkin  Kazakhstan Astana 3" 3 Marzio Bruseghin  Italy Lampre–Fondital 3"

General classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 22h 27' 51" 2 Vladimir Gusev  Russia Discovery Channel 3" 3 Marzio Bruseghin  Italy Lampre–Fondital 15"

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

Stage 6 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 5h 11' 48" 2 Levi Leipheimer  United States Gerolsteiner 2" 3 Andrey Kashechkin  Kazakhstan Astana 8"

General classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 27h 39' 29" 2 Levi Leipheimer  United States Gerolsteiner 24" 3 Evgeni Petrov  Russia Lampre–Fondital 56"

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

Stage 7 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 45' 03" 2 László Bodrogi  Hungary Crédit Agricole 1' 03" 3 Sebastian Lang  Germany Gerolsteiner 1' 04"

General classification after Stage 7 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 28h 24' 32" 2 Levi Leipheimer  United States Gerolsteiner 1' 38" 3 Andrey Kashechkin  Kazakhstan Astana 2' 23"

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

Stage 8 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Graeme Brown  Australia Rabobank 3h 46' 38" 2 Erik Zabel  Germany Team Milram s.t. 3 Danilo Napolitano  Italy Lampre–Fondital s.t.

General classification after Stage 8 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 32h 11' 10" 2 Levi Leipheimer  United States Gerolsteiner 1' 38" 3 Andrey Kashechkin  Kazakhstan Astana 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	Discovery Channel	No award
0Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev)			Stefan Schumacher			Andreas Matzbacher
0Stage 2 (Jens Voigt)			Davide Rebellin		Gerolsteiner	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		Team CSC	Sven Teutenberg
0Stage 6 (Jens Voigt)			Sebastian Lang			Erik Zabel
0Stage 7 (Jens Voigt)					Gerolsteiner	No award
0Stage 8 (Graeme Brown)						No award
Final	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev	Gerolsteiner

External links

• Race website