2006 in men's road cycling

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World Championships

The World Road Championships were held in Salzburg, Austria, from 21 to 28 September 2006.

Contents

RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef
World Championship Time Trial September 21Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)Flag of the United States.svg  David Zabriskie  (USA)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ)
World Championship Road Race September 24Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bettini  (ITA)Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Zabel  (GER)Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)

Grand Tours

RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef
Flag of Italy.svg Giro d'Italia May 6–28Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Basso  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  José Enrique Gutiérrez  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Gilberto Simoni  (ITA)
Flag of France.svg Tour de France July 1–23Flag of Spain.svg  Óscar Pereiro  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Klöden  (GER)Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Sastre  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg Vuelta a España August 26 – September 17Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ)Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Kashechkin  (KAZ)

UCI Pro Tour

RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef
Flag of France.svg Paris–Nice March 5–12Flag of the United States.svg  Floyd Landis  (USA)Flag of Spain.svg  Patxi Vila  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Colom  (ESP)
Flag of Italy.svg Tirreno–Adriatico March 8–14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thomas Dekker  (NED)Flag of Germany.svg  Jörg Jaksche  (GER)Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg Milan–San Remo March 18Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Pozzato  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Petacchi  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Luca Paolini  (ITA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tour of Flanders April 2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Leif Hoste  (BEL)Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA)
Flag of Spain.svg Tour of the Basque Country April 3–8Flag of Spain.svg  José Ángel Gómez Marchante  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Colom  (ESP)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gent–Wevelgem April 5Flag of Norway.svg  Thor Hushovd  (NOR)Flag of Germany.svg  David Kopp  (GER)Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Petacchi  (ITA)
Flag of France.svg Paris–Roubaix April 9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amstel Gold Race April 16Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Fränk Schleck  (LUX)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Steffen Wesemann  (SUI)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Michael Boogerd  (NED)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg La Flèche Wallonne April 19Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Samuel Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Karsten Kroon  (NED)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Liège–Bastogne–Liège April 23Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bettini  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Damiano Cunego  (ITA)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tour de Romandie April 25–30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro d'Italia May 6–28Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Basso  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  José Enrique Gutiérrez  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Gilberto Simoni  (ITA)
Flag of Spain.svg Volta a Catalunya May 15–21Flag of Spain.svg  David Cañada  (ESP)Flag of Colombia.svg  Santiago Botero  (COL)Flag of France.svg  Christophe Moreau  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré June 4–11Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA)Flag of France.svg  Christophe Moreau  (FRA)Flag of Austria.svg  Bernhard Kohl  (AUT)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tour de Suisse June 10–18Flag of Germany.svg  Jan Ullrich  (GER)Flag of Spain.svg  Koldo Gil  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Jörg Jaksche  (GER)
Flag of France.svg Tour de France July 1–23Flag of Spain.svg  Óscar Pereiro  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Klöden  (GER)Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Sastre  (ESP)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven Team Time Trial June 18 Team CSC Discovery Channel Gerolsteiner
Flag of Germany.svg Vattenfall Cyclassics July 30Flag of Spain.svg  Óscar Freire  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Zabel  (GER)Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Pozzato  (ITA)
Flag of Germany.svg Deutschland Tour August 1–9Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Voigt  (GER)Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Kashechkin  (KAZ)
Flag of Spain.svg Clásica de San Sebastián August 12Flag of Spain.svg  Xavier Florencio  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Garzelli  (ITA)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Kashechkin  (KAZ)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eneco Tour August 16–23Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER)Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA)Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA)
Flag of Spain.svg Vuelta a España August 26 – September 17Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ)Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Kashechkin  (KAZ)
Flag of France.svg GP Ouest-France August 27Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Antonio Flecha  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Manuele Mori  (ITA)
Flag of Poland.svg Tour de Pologne September 4–10Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Züri-Metzgete October 1Flag of Spain.svg  Samuel Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stuart O'Grady  (AUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Rebellin  (ITA)
Flag of France.svg Paris–Tours October 8Flag of France.svg  Frédéric Guesdon  (FRA)Flag of Norway.svg  Kurt Asle Arvesen  (NOR)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stuart O'Grady  (AUS)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro di Lombardia October 14Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bettini  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Samuel Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Fabian Wegmann  (GER)

2.HC Category Races

RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tour Down Under January 17–22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Gerrans  (AUS)Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robbie McEwen  (AUS)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tour de Langkawi February 3–12Flag of South Africa.svg  David George  (RSA)Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Bellotti  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Missaglia  (ITA)
Flag of France.svg Critérium International March 25–26Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Basso  (ITA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Erik Dekker  (NED)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Hrivko  (UKR)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Three Days of De Panne March 28–30Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Leif Hoste  (BEL)Flag of Austria.svg  Bernhard Eisel  (AUT)Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP)
Flag of the United States.svg Tour de Georgia April 18–23Flag of the United States.svg  Floyd Landis  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Danielson  (USA)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslav Popovych  (UKR)
Flag of France.svg Four Days of Dunkirk May 3–7Flag of Italy.svg  Roberto Petito  (ITA)Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Pétilleau  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Didier Rous  (FRA)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Course de la Paix May 13–20Flag of Italy.svg  Giampaolo Cheula  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Tonti  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Cristian Gasperoni  (ITA)
Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Rundfahrt May 24–28Flag of Spain.svg  José Alberto Martínez  (ESP)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Beat Zberg  (SUI)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Luke Roberts  (AUS)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Tour de Luxembourg May 31 – June 4Flag of the United States.svg  Christian Vande Velde  (USA)Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Brożyna  (POL)Flag of Denmark.svg  Allan Johansen  (DEN)
Flag of Spain.svg Euskal Bizikleta May 31 – June 4Flag of Spain.svg  Koldo Gil  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  David Herrero  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Jesús Del Nero  (ESP)
Flag of Austria.svg Tour of Austria July 3–9Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Danielson  (USA)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ruslan Pidgornyy  (UKR)Flag of Austria.svg  Christian Pfannberger  (AUT)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tour of Qinghai Lake July 15–23Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Maarten Tjallingii  (NED)Flag of Iran.svg  Hossein Askari  (IRI)Flag of Spain.svg  Nácor Burgos  (ESP)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tour de Wallonie July 24–28Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Guidi  (ITA)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nico Sijmens  (BEL)Flag of Norway.svg  Kurt Asle Arvesen  (NOR)
Flag of Denmark.svg Danmark Rundt August 2–6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stuart O'Grady  (AUS)Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Ziegler  (GER)
Flag of Portugal.svg Volta a Portugal August 5–15Flag of Spain.svg  David Blanco  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Héctor Guerra  (ESP)Flag of Portugal.svg  Cândido Barbosa  (POR)
Flag of Spain.svg Vuelta a Burgos August 6–10Flag of Spain.svg  Iban Mayo  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  José Antonio Pecharromán  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Daniel Moreno  (ESP)

1.HC Category Races

RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Omloop Het Volk February 25Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Bert De Waele  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Léon van Bon  (NED)
Flag of Italy.svg Milano–Torino March 4Flag of Spain.svg  Igor Astarloa  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Franco Pellizotti  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Mirko Celestino  (ITA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E3 Harelbeke March 25Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aart Vierhouten  (NED)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Scheldeprijs April 12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Steven de Jongh  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gert Steegmans  (BEL)
Flag of Germany.svg Rund um den Henninger Turm May 1Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Garzelli  (ITA)Flag of Germany.svg  Gerald Ciolek  (GER)Flag of Germany.svg  Danilo Hondo  (GER)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg GP du canton d'Argovie June 4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Beat Zberg  (SUI)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nick Nuyens  (BEL)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Grégory Rast  (SUI)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Veenendaal–Veenendaal June 7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)Flag of Germany.svg  Steffen Radochla  (GER)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Max van Heeswijk  (NED)
Flag of the United States.svg Wachovia Cycling Series-Philadelphia June 11Flag of New Zealand.svg  Greg Henderson  (NZL)Flag of Cuba.svg  Iván Domínguez  (CUB)Flag of Russia.svg  Oleg Grishkine  (RUS)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro del Lazio August 5Flag of Italy.svg  Giuliano Figueras  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Damiano Cunego  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Emanuele Sella  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg Tre Valli Varesine August 15Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Garzelli  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Rinaldo Nocentini  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Ferrara  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro del Veneto August 26Flag of Italy.svg  Rinaldo Nocentini  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Ferrara  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Sergio Marinangeli  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg Coppa Placci September 2Flag of Italy.svg  Rinaldo Nocentini  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Emanuele Sella  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Ferrara  (ITA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paris–Bruxelles September 9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robbie McEwen  (AUS)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Steven de Jongh  (NED)
Flag of France.svg Grand Prix de Fourmies September 10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)Flag of Spain.svg  Adrián Palomares  (ESP)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michael Albasini  (SUI)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro dell'Emilia October 7Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Rebellin  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Danilo Di Luca  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Di Grande  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro del Piemonte October 12Flag of Italy.svg  Daniele Bennati  (ITA)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Grégory Rast  (SUI)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Gene Bates  (AUS)

UCI tours

TourIndividual championIndividual champion's teamTeam championNations champion
Pro Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears Team CSC Flag of Spain.svg Spain
UCI Africa Tour Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo  (BUR) Cycling Team Capec Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
UCI America Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  José Serpa  (COL) Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
UCI Asia Tour Flag of Iran.svg  Ghader Mizbani  (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team Giant Asia Racing Team Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
UCI Europe Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Niko Eeckhout  (BEL) Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen Acqua & Sapone Flag of Italy.svg Italy
UCI Oceania Tour Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gordon McCauley  (NZL) Successfulliving.com-Parkpre Successfulliving.com-Parkpre Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Continental Championships

African Championships

RaceDateWinnerSecondThird
Road raceDecember 9, 2005Flag of South Africa.svg  Rupert Rheeder  (RSA)Flag of Mauritius.svg  Thomas Desvaux De Marigny  (MRI)Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdel Aziz Wahab  (EGY)
Individual time trialDecember 6, 2005Flag of South Africa.svg  Alexander Pavlov  (RSA)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rafaâ Chtioui  (TUN)Flag of South Africa.svg  Rupert Rheeder  (RSA)

Asian Championships

RaceDateWinnerSecondThird
Road raceSeptember 16Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Sohrabi  (IRI)Flag of Japan.svg  Shinichi Fukushima  (JPN)Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Omar Hasanin  (SYR)
Individual time trialSeptember 14Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Mizurov  (KAZ)Flag of Iran.svg  Ghader Mizbani  (IRI)Flag of Japan.svg  Makoto Iijima  (JPN)

European Championships (under-23)

RaceDateWinnerSecondThird
Road raceJuly 16Flag of France.svg  Benoît Sinner  (FRA)Flag of Estonia.svg  René Mandri  (EST)Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Gavazzi  (ITA)
Individual time trialJuly 14Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Grabovskyy  (UKR)Flag of France.svg  Jérôme Coppel  (FRA)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dominique Cornu  (BEL)

Oceania Championships

RaceDateWinnerSecondThird
Road raceDecember 4, 2005Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gordon McCauley  (NZL)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Phillip Thuaux  (AUS)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Geoffrey Burndred  (NZL)
Individual time trialDecember 3, 2005Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gordon McCauley  (NZL)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Robin Reid  (NZL)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Aaron Strong  (NZL)

Pan American Championships

RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef
Road raceJune 4Flag of Colombia.svg  José Serpa  (COL)Flag of Brazil.svg  Breno Sidoti  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Alex Diniz  (BRA)
Individual time trialJune 6Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Nicacio  (BRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Magno Nazaret  (BRA)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Eric Wohlberg  (CAN)

International Games

Asian Games

RaceWinnerSecondThird
Road raceFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Wong Kam-po  (HKG)Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Sohrabi  (IRI)Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Sung-Baek  (KOR)
Time trialFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Song Baoqing  (CHN)Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Eugen Wacker  (KGZ)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Mizurov  (KAZ)

Central American and Caribbean Games

RaceWinnerSecondThird
Road raceFlag of Mexico.svg  Fausto Esparza  (MEX)Flag of Colombia.svg  Jhon García  (COL)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Artur García  (VEN)
Time trialFlag of Colombia.svg  José Serpa  (COL)Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Chacón Díaz  (VEN)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Tomás Gil  (VEN)

Commonwealth Games

RaceWinnerSecondThird
Road raceFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Mathew Hayman  (AUS)Flag of South Africa.svg  David George  (RSA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Allan Davis  (AUS)
Time trialFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan O'Neill  (AUS)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ben Day  (AUS)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gordon McCauley  (NZL)

South American Games

RaceWinnerSecondThirdRef
Road raceFlag of Argentina.svg  Alejandro Borrajo  (ARG)Flag of Chile.svg  Francisco Cabrera  (CHI)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Artur García  (VEN)
Time trialFlag of Argentina.svg  Matías Médici  (ARG)Flag of Colombia.svg  Libardo Niño  (COL)Flag of Chile.svg  José Medina  (CHI)

South Asian Games

RaceWinnerSecondThird
Road raceFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Meemanage Perera  (SRI)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Lokuye Upul  (SRI)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Ali Dilsher  (PAK)
Time trialFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Meemanage Perera  (SRI)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Dinesh Thusitha  (SRI)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Kumara Mhemantha  (SRI)

National Championships

UCI Teams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

References

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