Venue | Valkenburg and Heerlen, Netherlands |
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Date(s) | 13–16 July 2006 |
Events | 8 |
The 2006 European Road Championships were held in Valkenburg and Heerlen, Netherlands, between 13 July and 16 July 2006. Regulated by the European Cycling Union. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under 23 and juniors.
Individual time trial
| Road race
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
Road race [1] | Benoit Sinner France | 4 h 34 min 08s | Rene Mandri Estonia | s.t. | Francesco Gavazzi Italy | s.t. |
Time trial [2] | Dmytro Grabovskyy Ukraine | 38 min 36s | Jérôme Coppel France | + 46s | Dominique Cornu Belgium | + 52s |
Women's Under-23 Events | ||||||
Road race [1] | Marianne Vos Netherlands | 3 h 07 min 06s | Tatiana Guderzo Italy | s.t. | Monica Holler Sweden | + 58s |
Time trial [2] | Linda Villumsen Denmark | 36 min 32s | Tatiana Guderzo Italy | + 27s | Bianca Knoepfle Germany | + 1 min 13s |
Men's Junior Events | ||||||
Road race [1] | Etienne Pieret France | 3 h 20 min 14s | Thomas Bertolini Italy | s.t. | Ronan van Zandbeek Netherlands | s.t. |
Time trial [2] | Dmitry Sokolov Russia | 33 min 28s | Tony Gallopin France | + 16s | Adriano Malori Italy | + 33s |
Women's Junior Events | ||||||
Road race [1] | Mie Bekker Lacota Denmark | 2 h 12 min 56s | Elise Van Hage Netherlands | + 2s | Julie Krasniak France | + 9s |
Time trial [2] | Mie Bekker Lacota Denmark | 23 min 38s | Trine Schmidt Hansen Denmark | + 28s | Alexandra Bourchenkova Russia | + 28s |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Denmark (DNK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Netherlands (NLD) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
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