The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races.
| Second edition of the UCI ProTour | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 5 – October 14 |
| Location | Europe |
| Races | 27 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion |  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears) |
| Teams' champion | Team CSC |
| Nations' champion | Spain |
The prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour.[1] On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached [2], guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.
2006 ProTour races
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Final individual standings
edit| Name | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
|
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 285 |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
|
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 213 |
| 3 |  Fränk Schleck (LUX)
|
Team CSC | 165 |
| 4 |  Cadel Evans (AUS)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | 162 |
| 5 |  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)
|
Astana | 156 |
| 6 |  Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
|
Lampre–Fondital | 155 |
| 7 |  Tom Boonen (BEL)
|
Quick-Step–Innergetic | 154 |
| 8 | Paolo Bettini (ITA)
|
Quick-Step–Innergetic | 144 |
| 9 | Ivan Basso (ITA)
|
Team CSC | 138 |
| 10 |  Stefan Schumacher (GER)
|
Gerolsteiner | 133 |
- A total of 209 riders were classified
- Floyd Landis had 175 points before the UCI removed his name from the standings following his removal from the Phonak team.
Final team standings
edit| Team | Nationality | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team CSC |  Denmark
|
388 |
| 2 | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | Spain
|
350 |
| 3 | Rabobank |  Netherlands
|
346 |
| 4 | Discovery Channel |  United States
|
327 |
| 5 | Lampre–Fondital | Italy
|
327 |
| 6 | Gerolsteiner | Germany
|
294 |
| 7 | Phonak |  Switzerland
|
270 |
| 8 | T-Mobile Team | Germany
|
269 |
| 9 | Saunier Duval–Prodir | Spain
|
268 |
| 10 | Astana | Spain
|
258 |
| 11 | Crédit Agricole |  France
|
253 |
| 12 | Cofidis | France
|
249 |
| 13 | Quick-Step–Innergetic | Belgium
|
248 |
| 14 | Liquigas | Italy
|
247 |
| 15 | AG2R Prévoyance | France
|
219 |
| 16 | Davitamon–Lotto | Belgium
|
214 |
| 17 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain
|
208 |
| 18 | Team Milram | Italy
|
185 |
| 19 | Bouygues Télécom | France
|
184 |
| 20 | Française des Jeux | France
|
173 |
Final nation standings
edit| Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain
|
808 |
| 2 | Italy
|
651 |
| 3 | Germany
|
475 |
| 4 | Australia
|
340 |
| 5 | United States
|
316 |
| 6 | Belgium
|
292 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan
|
286 |
| 8 | France
|
271 |
| 8 | Netherlands
|
269 |
| 10 |  Russia
|
234 |
| 11 | Switzerland
|
190 |
| 12 | Luxembourg
|
165 |
- Riders from 29 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point.
2006 ProTour Points System
edit| Tour de France | Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España |
Milan – San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Lesser stageraces |
Lesser one-day races | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Classification | |||||
| 1 | 100 | 85 | 50 | 40 | |
| 2 | 75 | 65 | 40 | 30 | |
| 3 | 60 | 50 | 35 | 25 | |
| 4 | 55 | 45 | 30 | 20 | |
| 5 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 15 | |
| 6 | 45 | 35 | 20 | 11 | |
| 7 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 7 | |
| 8 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | |
| 9 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | |
| 10 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1 | |
| 11 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 15 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 17 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 18 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Stage wins (if applicable) | |||||
| 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
- If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
- Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...-1.
- Team time trial doesn't give points for riders.
- In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.
External links
edit- Official Website
- CSC Web site Archived April 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine source of preliminary race table.