Venue | Aigle, Switzerland (SUI) |
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Date(s) | 11–18 September 2006 |
Nations participating | 32 [1] |
Cyclists participating | [1] |
Events | 31 |
The 2006 IPC Cycling World Championships were the 2nd World Championships for track and road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Aigle, Switzerland from 11 to 18 September 2006, with track events on the first three days of competition, time trials on days 4 and 5, and road races on days 6 and 7.
Organised by the International Paralympic Committee, the event was the forerunner of the UCI organized Para-cycling Track and Road Championships, and the last to be organized by IPC Cycling; UCI took over the running of the event in 2007.
24 events were held on the track, while 34 events were held on the road.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany (GER) | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
2 | Spain (ESP) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
6 | China (CHN) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
7 | France (FRA) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
9 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
10 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
15 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
20 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
22 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 entries) | 58 | 55 | 57 | 170 |
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