List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France

The list of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 2006 Tour de France from July 1 to July 23, 2006. In prior years, 21 teams of nine riders each have participated in the annual Tour de France, but following the Operación Puerto doping investigation, the Astana–Würth team as well as four individual riders (Ivan Basso (CSC), Jan Ullrich (TMO), Óscar Sevilla (TMO) and Francisco Mancebo (A2R)) were not allowed to start the race.

Teams

• Discovery Channel
• Team CSC
• T-Mobile Team
• AG2R Prévoyance
• Gerolsteiner
• Rabobank
• Davitamon–Lotto
• Phonak
• Lampre–Fondital
• Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
• Quick-Step–Innergetic
• Crédit Agricole
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Cofidis
• Saunier Duval–Prodir
• Française des Jeux
• Liquigas
• Bouygues Télécom
• Team Milram
• Agritubel

Cyclists by starting number

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Age	Pos.
1	José Azevedo	Portugal	Discovery Channel	32	19
2	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Russia	Discovery Channel	40	84
3	George Hincapie	United States	Discovery Channel	33	32
4	Egoi Martínez	Spain	Discovery Channel	28	42
5	Benjamín Noval	Spain	Discovery Channel	27	DNF
6	Pavel Padrnos	Czech Republic	Discovery Channel	35	65
7	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Discovery Channel	26	25
8	José Luis Rubiera	Spain	Discovery Channel	33	92
9	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	Discovery Channel	33	DNF
11	Bobby Julich	United States	Team CSC	34	DNF
12	Giovanni Lombardi	Italy	Team CSC	37	DNF
13	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	Team CSC	32	91
14	Carlos Sastre	Spain	Team CSC	31	4
15	Fränk Schleck	Luxembourg	Team CSC	26	11
16	Christian Vande Velde	United States	Team CSC	30	24
17	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	34	53
18	David Zabriskie	United States	Team CSC	27	74
21	Andreas Klöden	Germany	T-Mobile Team	30	3
22	Giuseppe Guerini	Italy	T-Mobile Team	36	26
23	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	T-Mobile Team	35	52
24	Matthias Kessler	Germany	T-Mobile Team	27	54
25	Eddy Mazzoleni	Italy	T-Mobile Team	32	27
26	Michael Rogers	Australia	T-Mobile Team	26	10
27	Patrik Sinkewitz	Germany	T-Mobile Team	25	23
31	Christophe Moreau	France	AG2R Prévoyance	35	8
32	José Luis Arrieta	Spain	AG2R Prévoyance	35	28
33	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	AG2R Prévoyance	26	36
34	Sylvain Calzati	France	AG2R Prévoyance	27	34
35	Cyril Dessel	France	AG2R Prévoyance	31	7
36	Samuel Dumoulin	France	AG2R Prévoyance	25	120
37	Simon Gerrans	Australia	AG2R Prévoyance	26	79
38	Stéphane Goubert	France	AG2R Prévoyance	36	37
41	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Gerolsteiner	32	13
42	Markus Fothen	Germany	Gerolsteiner	24	15
43	David Kopp	Germany	Gerolsteiner	27	DNF
44	Sebastian Lang	Germany	Gerolsteiner	26	66
45	Ronny Scholz	Germany	Gerolsteiner	28	96
46	Georg Totschnig	Austria	Gerolsteiner	35	47
47	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	Gerolsteiner	26	68
48	Peter Wrolich	Austria	Gerolsteiner	32	135
49	Beat Zberg	Switzerland	Gerolsteiner	35	DNF
51	Denis Menchov	Russia	Rabobank	28	6
52	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Rabobank	34	14
53	Bram de Groot	Netherlands	Rabobank	31	DNF
54	Erik Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	35	DNF
55	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	Rabobank	28	82
56	Óscar Freire	Spain	Rabobank	30	DNF
57	Joost Posthuma	Netherlands	Rabobank	25	85
58	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	Rabobank	32	18
59	Pieter Weening	Netherlands	Rabobank	25	93
61	Cadel Evans	Australia	Davitamon–Lotto	29	5
62	Mario Aerts	Belgium	Davitamon–Lotto	31	106
63	Christophe Brandt	Belgium	Davitamon–Lotto	29	40
64	Chris Horner	United States	Davitamon–Lotto	34	64
65	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Davitamon–Lotto	34	116
66	Fred Rodriguez	United States	Davitamon–Lotto	32	DNF
67	Gert Steegmans	Belgium	Davitamon–Lotto	25	137
68	Wim Vansevenant	Belgium	Davitamon–Lotto	34	139
69	Johan Van Summeren	Belgium	Davitamon–Lotto	25	112
71	Floyd Landis	United States	Phonak	30	DSQ
72	Bert Grabsch	Germany	Phonak	31	107
73	Robert Hunter	South Africa	Phonak	29	DNF
74	Nicolas Jalabert	France	Phonak	33	103
75	Martin Perdiguero	Spain	Phonak	33	DNF
76	Axel Merckx	Belgium	Phonak	33	31
77	Koos Moerenhout	Netherlands	Phonak	32	62
78	Alexandre Moos	Switzerland	Phonak	33	97
79	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	Phonak	31	122
81	Damiano Cunego	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	24	12
82	Alessandro Ballan	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	26	67
83	Daniele Bennati	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	25	DNF
84	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	32	20
85	Salvatore Commesso	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	31	57
86	Daniele Righi	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	30	109
87	Paolo Tiralongo	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	28	70
88	Tadej Valjavec	Slovenia	Lampre–Fondital	29	17
89	Patxi Vila Errandonea	Spain	Lampre–Fondital	30	22
91	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	26	DNF
92	David Arroyo	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	26	21
93	Florent Brard	France	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	30	DNF
94	Isaac Gálvez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	31	DNF
95	José Garcia	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	33	115
96	Vladimir Karpets	Russia	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	25	30
97	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	28	2nd (awarded 1st)
98	Nicolas Portal	France	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	27	100
99	Xabier Zandio	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	29	33
101	Tom Boonen	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	25	DNF
102	Wilfried Cretskens	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	30	DNF
103	Steven de Jongh	Netherlands	Quick-Step–Innergetic	28	DNF
104	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	Quick-Step–Innergetic	30	72
105	Filippo Pozzato	Italy	Quick-Step–Innergetic	24	133
106	José Rujano	Venezuela	Quick-Step–Innergetic	24	DNF
107	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	Quick-Step–Innergetic	27	94
108	Matteo Tosatto	Italy	Quick-Step–Innergetic	32	125
109	Cédric Vasseur	France	Quick-Step–Innergetic	35	95
111	Pietro Caucchioli	Italy	Crédit Agricole	30	16
112	Alexander Botcharov	Russia	Crédit Agricole	31	49
113	Anthony Charteau	France	Crédit Agricole	27	114
114	Julian Dean	New Zealand	Crédit Agricole	31	128
115	Jimmy Engoulvent	France	Crédit Agricole	26	DNF
116	Patrice Halgand	France	Crédit Agricole	32	48
117	Sébastien Hinault	France	Crédit Agricole	32	113
118	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	28	121
119	Christophe Le Mével	France	Crédit Agricole	25	76
121	Iban Mayo	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	28	DNF
122	Iker Camaño	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	27	35
123	Unai Etxebarría	Venezuela	Euskaltel–Euskadi	33	127
124	Aitor Hernández	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	24	136
125	Iñaki Isasi	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	29	71
126	Íñigo Landaluze	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	29	50
127	David López	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	25	DNF
128	Gorka Verdugo	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	27	75
129	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	29	9
131	David Moncoutié	France	Cofidis	31	58
132	Stéphane Augé	France	Cofidis	31	123
133	Jimmy Casper	France	Cofidis	28	138
134	Sylvain Chavanel	France	Cofidis	27	45
135	Arnaud Coyot	France	Cofidis	24	130
136	Cristian Moreni	Italy	Cofidis	33	44
137	Iván Parra	Colombia	Cofidis	30	43
138	Rik Verbrugghe	Belgium	Cofidis	31	DNF
139	Bradley Wiggins	Great Britain	Cofidis	26	124
141	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	Saunier Duval–Prodir	34	60
142	David Cañada	Spain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	31	DNF
143	David de la Fuente	Spain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	25	56
144	José Gómez Marchante	Spain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	26	DNF
145	Rubén Lobato	Spain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	27	46
146	David Millar	Great Britain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	29	59
147	Riccardo Riccò	Italy	Saunier Duval–Prodir	22	98
148	Christophe Rinero	France	Saunier Duval–Prodir	32	41
149	Francisco Ventoso	Spain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	24	78
151	Sandy Casar	France	Française des Jeux	27	69
152	Carlos Da Cruz	France	Française des Jeux	31	77
153	Bernhard Eisel	Austria	Française des Jeux	25	108
154	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	Française des Jeux	23	110
155	Sébastien Joly	France	Française des Jeux	27	DNF
156	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	Française des Jeux	25	105
157	Thomas Lövkvist	Sweden	Française des Jeux	22	63
158	Christophe Mengin	France	Française des Jeux	37	131
159	Benoît Vaugrenard	France	Française des Jeux	24	87
161	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	Liquigas	30	DNF
162	Michael Albasini	Switzerland	Liquigas	25	118
163	Magnus Bäckstedt	Sweden	Liquigas	31	DNF
164	Patrick Calcagni	Switzerland	Liquigas	28	129
165	Kjell Carlström	Finland	Liquigas	29	132
166	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	Liquigas	33	55
167	Matej Mugerli	Slovenia	Liquigas	25	119
168	Luca Paolini	Italy	Liquigas	29	101
169	Manuel Quinziato	Italy	Liquigas	26	80
171	Thomas Voeckler	France	Bouygues Télécom	27	89
172	Walter Bénéteau	France	Bouygues Télécom	33	111
173	Laurent Brochard	France	Bouygues Télécom	38	DNF
174	Pierrick Fédrigo	France	Bouygues Télécom	27	29
175	Anthony Geslin	France	Bouygues Télécom	26	88
176	Laurent Lefèvre	France	Bouygues Télécom	29	38
177	Jérôme Pineau	France	Bouygues Télécom	26	83
178	Didier Rous	France	Bouygues Télécom	35	73
179	Matthieu Sprick	France	Bouygues Télécom	24	51
181	Erik Zabel	Germany	Team Milram	35	86
182	Mirko Celestino	Italy	Team Milram	32	DNF
183	Ralf Grabsch	Germany	Team Milram	33	102
184	Andriy Hrivko	Ukraine	Team Milram	22	DNF
185	Maxim Iglinsky	Kazakhstan	Team Milram	25	DNF
186	Christian Knees	Germany	Team Milram	25	104
187	Fabio Sacchi	Italy	Team Milram	32	DNF
188	Björn Schröder	Germany	Team Milram	25	81
189	Marco Velo	Italy	Team Milram	32	99
191	Juan Miguel Mercado	Spain	Agritubel	27	DNF
192	Manuel Calvente	Spain	Agritubel	29	90
193	Cédric Coutouly	France	Agritubel	26	134
194	Moisés Dueñas	Spain	Agritubel	25	61
195	Eduardo Gonzalo	Spain	Agritubel	22	117
196	Christophe Laurent	France	Agritubel	28	126
197	José Alberto Martínez	Spain	Agritubel	29	DNF
198	Samuel Plouhinec	France	Agritubel	30	DNF
199	Benoît Salmon	France	Agritubel	32	39

Cyclists by team

Discovery Channel United States DSC Nr. Age Pos. 1 José Azevedo 32 Portugal 19th 2 Viatcheslav Ekimov 40 Russia 84th 3 George Hincapie 33 USA 32nd 4 Egoi Martínez 28 Spain 42nd 5 Benjamín Noval 27 Spain DNF 6 Pavel Padrnos 35 Czech Republic 65th 7 Yaroslav Popovych 26 Ukraine 25th 8 José Luis Rubiera 33 Spain 92nd 9 Paolo Savoldelli 33 Italy DNF Team manager: Johan Bruyneel	Team CSC Denmark CSC Nr. Age Pos. 11 Bobby Julich 34 USA DNF 12 Giovanni Lombardi 37 Italy DNF 13 Stuart O'Grady 32 Australia 91st 14 Carlos Sastre 31 Spain 4th 15 Fränk Schleck 26 Luxembourg 11th 16 Christian Vande Velde 30 USA 24th 17 Jens Voigt 34 Germany 53rd 18 David Zabriskie 27 USA 74th Team manager: Bjarne Riis	T-Mobile Team Germany TMO Nr. Age Pos. 21 Andreas Klöden 30 Germany 3rd 22 Giuseppe Guerini 36 Italy 26th 23 Serhiy Honchar 35 Ukraine 52nd 24 Matthias Kessler 27 Germany 54th 25 Eddy Mazzoleni 32 Italy 27th 26 Michael Rogers 26 Australia 10th 27 Patrik Sinkewitz 25 Germany 23rd Team manager: Olaf Ludwig
AG2R Prévoyance France A2R Nr. Age Pos. 31 Christophe Moreau 35 France 8th 32 José Luis Arrieta 35 Spain 28th 33 Mikel Astarloza 26 Spain 36th 34 Sylvain Calzati 27 France 34th 35 Cyril Dessel 31 France 7th 36 Samuel Dumoulin 25 France 120th 37 Simon Gerrans 26 Australia 79th 38 Stéphane Goubert 36 France 37th Team manager: Vincent Lavenu	Gerolsteiner Germany GST Nr. Age Pos. 41 Levi Leipheimer 32 USA 13th 42 Markus Fothen 24 Germany 15th 43 David Kopp 27 Germany DNF 44 Sebastian Lang 26 Germany 66th 45 Ronny Scholz 28 Germany 96th 46 Georg Totschnig 35 Austria 47th 47 Fabian Wegmann 26 Germany 68th 48 Peter Wrolich 32 Austria 135th 49 Beat Zberg 35 Switzerland DNF Team manager: Renate Holczer	Rabobank Netherlands RAB Nr. Age Pos. 51 Denis Menchov 28 Russia 6th 52 Michael Boogerd 34 Netherlands 14th 53 Bram de Groot 31 Netherlands DNF 54 Erik Dekker 35 Netherlands DNF 55 Juan Antonio Flecha 28 Spain 82nd 56 Óscar Freire 30 Spain DNF 57 Joost Posthuma 25 Netherlands 85th 58 Michael Rasmussen 32 Denmark 18th 59 Pieter Weening 25 Netherlands 93rd Team managers: Theo de Rooij
Davitamon–Lotto Belgium DVL Nr. Age Pos. 61 Cadel Evans 29 Australia 5th 62 Mario Aerts 31 Belgium 106th 63 Christophe Brandt 29 Belgium 40th 64 Chris Horner 34 United States 64th 65 Robbie McEwen 34 Australia 116th 66 Fred Rodriguez 32 United States DNF 67 Gert Steegmans 25 Belgium 137th 68 Wim Vansevenant 34 Belgium 139th 69 Johan Van Summeren 25 Belgium 112th Team manager: Geert Coeman	Phonak Switzerland PHO Nr. Age Pos. 71 Floyd Landis 30 USA DSQ 72 Bert Grabsch 31 Germany 107th 73 Robert Hunter 29 South Africa DNF 74 Nicolas Jalabert 33 France 103rd 75 Martin Perdiguero 33 Spain DNF 76 Axel Merckx 33 Belgium 31st 77 Koos Moerenhout 32 Netherlands 62nd 78 Alexandre Moos 33 Switzerland 97th 79 Víctor Hugo Peña 31 Colombia 122nd Team manager: John Lelangue	Lampre–Fondital Italy LAM Nr. Age Pos. 81 Damiano Cunego 24 Italy 12th 82 Alessandro Ballan 26 Italy 67th 83 Daniele Bennati 25 Italy DNF 84 Marzio Bruseghin 32 Italy 20th 85 Salvatore Commesso 31 Italy 57th 86 Daniele Righi 30 Italy 109th 87 Paolo Tiralongo 28 Italy 70th 88 Tadej Valjavec 29 Slovenia 17th 89 Patxi Vila Errandonea 30 Spain 22nd Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears Spain CEI Nr. Age Pos. 91 Alejandro Valverde 26 Spain DNF 92 David Arroyo 26 Spain 21st 93 Florent Brard 30 France DNF 94 Isaac Gálvez 31 Spain DNF 95 José Garcia 33 Spain 115th 96 Vladimir Karpets 25 Russia 30th 97 Óscar Pereiro 28 Spain 2nd (awarded 1st) 98 Nicolas Portal 27 France 100th 99 Xabier Zandio 29 Spain 33rd Team manager: José Miguel Echavarri Garcia	Quick-Step–Innergetic Belgium QSI Nr. Age Pos. 101 Tom Boonen 25 Belgium DNF 102 Wilfried Cretskens 30 Belgium DNF 103 Steven de Jongh 28 Netherlands DNF 104 Juan Manuel Gárate 30 Spain 72nd 105 Filippo Pozzato 24 Italy 133rd 106 José Rujano 24 Venezuela DNF 107 Bram Tankink 27 Netherlands 94th 108 Matteo Tosatto 32 Italy 125th 109 Cédric Vasseur 35 France 95th Team manager: Patrick Lefevere	Crédit Agricole France C.A Nr. Age Pos. 111 Pietro Caucchioli 30 Italy 16th 112 Alexander Botcharov 31 Russia 49th 113 Anthony Charteau 27 France 114th 114 Julian Dean 31 New Zealand 128th 115 Jimmy Engoulvent 26 France DNF 116 Patrice Halgand 32 France 48th 117 Sébastien Hinault 32 France 113th 118 Thor Hushovd 28 Norway 121st 119 Christophe Le Mével 25 France 76th Team manager: Roger Legeay
Euskaltel–Euskadi Spain EUS Nr. Age Pos. 121 Iban Mayo 28 Spain DNF 122 Iker Camaño 27 Spain 35th 123 Unai Etxebarría 33 Venezuela 127th 124 Aitor Hernández 24 Spain 136th 125 Iñaki Isasi 29 Spain 71st 126 Íñigo Landaluze 29 Spain 50th 127 David López 25 Spain DNF 128 Gorka Verdugo 27 Spain 75th 129 Haimar Zubeldia 29 Spain 9th Team manager: Miguel Madaragia	Cofidis France COF Nr. Age Pos. 131 David Moncoutié 31 France 58th 132 Stéphane Augé 31 France 123rd 133 Jimmy Casper 28 France 138th 134 Sylvain Chavanel 27 France 45th 135 Arnaud Coyot 24 France 130th 136 Cristian Moreni 33 Italy 44th 137 Iván Parra 30 Colombia 43rd 138 Rik Verbrugghe 31 Belgium DNF 139 Bradley Wiggins 26 United Kingdom 124th Team manager: Éric Boyer	Saunier Duval–Prodir Spain SDV Nr. Age Pos. 141 Gilberto Simoni 34 Italy 60th 142 David Cañada 31 Spain DNF 143 David de la Fuente 25 Spain 56th 144 José Gómez Marchante 26 Spain DNF 145 Rubén Lobato 27 Spain 46th 146 David Millar 29 United Kingdom 59th 147 Riccardo Riccò 22 Italy 98th 148 Christophe Rinero 32 France 41st 149 Francisco Ventoso 24 Spain 78th Team manager: Mauro Gianetti
Française des Jeux France FDJ Nr. Age Pos. 151 Sandy Casar 27 France 69th 152 Carlos Da Cruz 31 France 77th 153 Bernhard Eisel 25 Austria 108th 154 Philippe Gilbert 23 Belgium 110th 155 Sébastien Joly 27 France DNF 156 Gustav Larsson 25 Sweden 105th 157 Thomas Lövkvist 22 Sweden 63rd 158 Christophe Mengin 37 France 131st 159 Benoît Vaugrenard 24 France 87th Team manager: Marc Madiot	Liquigas Italy LIQ Nr. Age Pos. 161 Danilo Di Luca 30 Italy DNF 162 Michael Albasini 25 Switzerland 118th 163 Magnus Bäckstedt 31 Sweden DNF 164 Patrick Calcagni 28 Switzerland 129th 165 Kjell Carlström 29 Finland 132nd 166 Stefano Garzelli 33 Italy 55th 167 Matej Mugerli 25 Slovenia 119th 168 Luca Paolini 29 Italy 101st 169 Manuel Quinziato 26 Italy 80th Team manager: Roberto Amadio	Bouygues Télécom France BTL Nr. Age Pos. 171 Thomas Voeckler 27 France 89th 172 Walter Bénéteau 33 France 111th 173 Laurent Brochard 38 France DNF 174 Pierrick Fédrigo 27 France 29th 175 Anthony Geslin 26 France 88th 176 Laurent Lefèvre 29 France 38th 177 Jérôme Pineau 26 France 83rd 178 Didier Rous 35 France 73rd 179 Matthieu Sprick 24 France 51st Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Team Milram Italy MRM Nr. Age Pos. 181 Erik Zabel 35 Germany 86th 182 Mirko Celestino 32 Italy DNF 183 Ralf Grabsch 33 Germany 102nd 184 Andriy Hrivko 22 Ukraine DNF 185 Maxim Iglinsky 25 Kazakhstan DNF 186 Christian Knees 25 Germany 104th 187 Fabio Sacchi 32 Italy DNF 188 Björn Schröder 25 Germany 81st 189 Marco Velo 32 Italy 99th Team manager: Gianluigi Stanga	Agritubel France AGR Nr. Age Pos. 191 Juan Miguel Mercado 27 Spain DNF 192 Manuel Calvente 29 Spain 90th 193 Cédric Coutouly 26 France 134th 194 Moisés Dueñas 25 Spain 61st 195 Eduardo Gonzalo 22 Spain 117th 196 Christophe Laurent 28 France 126th 197 José Alberto Martínez 29 Spain DNF 198 Samuel Plouhinec 30 France DNF 199 Benoît Salmon 32 France 39th Team manager: David Fornes

Teams

Discovery Channel DSC Nr. Age Pos. 1 José Azevedo 32 19th 2 Viatcheslav Ekimov 40 84th 3 George Hincapie 33 32nd 4 Egoi Martínez 28 42nd 5 Benjamín Noval 27 DNF 6 Pavel Padrnos 35 65th 7 Yaroslav Popovych 26 25th 8 José Luis Rubiera 33 92nd 9 Paolo Savoldelli 33 DNF Team manager: Johan Bruyneel	Team CSC CSC Nr. Age Pos. 11 Bobby Julich 34 DNF 12 Giovanni Lombardi 37 DNF 13 Stuart O'Grady 32 91st 14 Carlos Sastre 31 4th 15 Fränk Schleck 26 11th 16 Christian Vande Velde 30 24th 17 Jens Voigt 34 53rd 18 David Zabriskie 27 74th Team manager: Bjarne Riis	T-Mobile Team TMO Nr. Age Pos. 21 Andreas Klöden 30 3rd 22 Giuseppe Guerini 36 26th 23 Serhiy Honchar 35 52nd 24 Matthias Kessler 27 54th 25 Eddy Mazzoleni 32 27th 26 Michael Rogers 26 10th 27 Patrik Sinkewitz 25 23rd Team manager: Olaf Ludwig
AG2R Prévoyance A2R Nr. Age Pos. 31 Christophe Moreau 35 8th 32 José Luis Arrieta 35 28th 33 Mikel Astarloza 26 36th 34 Sylvain Calzati 27 34th 35 Cyril Dessel 31 7th 36 Samuel Dumoulin 25 120th 37 Simon Gerrans 26 79th 38 Stéphane Goubert 36 37th Team manager: Vincent Lavenu	Gerolsteiner GST Nr. Age Pos. 41 Levi Leipheimer 32 13th 42 Markus Fothen 24 15th 43 David Kopp 27 DNF 44 Sebastian Lang 26 66th 45 Ronny Scholz 28 96th 46 Georg Totschnig 35 47th 47 Fabian Wegmann 26 68th 48 Peter Wrolich 32 135th 49 Beat Zberg 35 DNF Team manager: Renate Holczer	Rabobank RAB Nr. Age Pos. 51 Denis Menchov 28 6th 52 Michael Boogerd 34 14th 53 Bram de Groot 31 DNF 54 Erik Dekker 35 DNF 55 Juan Antonio Flecha 28 82nd 56 Óscar Freire 30 DNF 57 Joost Posthuma 25 85th 58 Michael Rasmussen 32 18th 59 Pieter Weening 25 93rd Team managers: Theo de Rooij
Davitamon–Lotto DVL Nr. Age Pos. 61 Cadel Evans 29 5th 62 Mario Aerts 31 106th 63 Christophe Brandt 29 40th 64 Chris Horner 34 64th 65 Robbie McEwen 34 116th 66 Fred Rodriguez 32 DNF 67 Gert Steegmans 25 137th 68 Wim Vansevenant 34 139th 69 Johan Van Summeren 25 112th Team manager: Geert Coeman	Phonak PHO Nr. Age Pos. 71 Floyd Landis 30 DSQ 72 Bert Grabsch 31 107th 73 Robert Hunter 29 DNF 74 Nicolas Jalabert 33 103rd 75 Martin Perdiguero 33 DNF 76 Axel Merckx 33 31st 77 Koos Moerenhout 32 62nd 78 Alexandre Moos 33 97th 79 Víctor Hugo Peña 31 122nd Team manager: John Lelangue	Lampre–Fondital LAM Nr. Age Pos. 81 Damiano Cunego 24 12th 82 Alessandro Ballan 26 67th 83 Daniele Bennati 25 DNF 84 Marzio Bruseghin 32 20th 85 Salvatore Commesso 31 57th 86 Daniele Righi 30 109th 87 Paolo Tiralongo 28 70th 88 Tadej Valjavec 29 17th 89 Patxi Vila Errandonea 30 22nd Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears CEI Nr. Age Pos. 91 Alejandro Valverde 26 DNF 92 David Arroyo 26 21st 93 Florent Brard 30 DNF 94 Isaac Gálvez 31 DNF 95 José Garcia 33 115th 96 Vladimir Karpets 25 30th 97 Óscar Pereiro 28 2nd (awarded 1st) 98 Nicolas Portal 27 100th 99 Xabier Zandio 29 33rd Team manager: José Miguel Echavarri Garcia	Quick-Step–Innergetic QSI Nr. Age Pos. 101 Tom Boonen 25 DNF 102 Wilfried Cretskens 30 DNF 103 Steven de Jongh 28 DNF 104 Juan Manuel Gárate 30 72nd 105 Filippo Pozzato 24 133rd 106 José Rujano 24 DNF 107 Bram Tankink 27 94th 108 Matteo Tosatto 32 125th 109 Cédric Vasseur 35 95th Team manager: Patrick Lefevere	Crédit Agricole C.A Nr. Age Pos. 111 Pietro Caucchioli 30 16th 112 Alexander Botcharov 31 49th 113 Anthony Charteau 27 114th 114 Julian Dean 31 128th 115 Jimmy Engoulvent 26 DNF 116 Patrice Halgand 32 48th 117 Sébastien Hinault 32 113th 118 Thor Hushovd 28 121st 119 Christophe Le Mével 25 76th Team manager: Roger Legeay
Euskaltel–Euskadi EUS Nr. Age Pos. 121 Iban Mayo 28 DNF 122 Iker Camaño 27 35th 123 Unai Etxebarría 33 127th 124 Aitor Hernández 24 136th 125 Iñaki Isasi 29 71st 126 Íñigo Landaluze 29 50th 127 David López 25 DNF 128 Gorka Verdugo 27 75th 129 Haimar Zubeldia 29 9th Team manager: Miguel Madaragia	Cofidis COF Nr. Age Pos. 131 David Moncoutié 31 58th 132 Stéphane Augé 31 123rd 133 Jimmy Casper 28 138th 134 Sylvain Chavanel 27 45th 135 Arnaud Coyot 24 130th 136 Cristian Moreni 33 44th 137 Iván Parra 30 43rd 138 Rik Verbrugghe 31 DNF 139 Bradley Wiggins 26 124th Team manager: Éric Boyer	Saunier Duval–Prodir SDV Nr. Age Pos. 141 Gilberto Simoni 34 60th 142 David Cañada 31 DNF 143 David de la Fuente 25 56th 144 José Gómez Marchante 26 DNF 145 Rubén Lobato 27 46th 146 David Millar 29 59th 147 Riccardo Riccò 22 98th 148 Christophe Rinero 32 41st 149 Francisco Ventoso 24 78th Team manager: Mauro Gianetti
Française des Jeux FDJ Nr. Age Pos. 151 Sandy Casar 27 69th 152 Carlos Da Cruz 31 77th 153 Bernhard Eisel 25 108th 154 Philippe Gilbert 23 110th 155 Sébastien Joly 27 DNF 156 Gustav Larsson 25 105th 157 Thomas Lövkvist 22 63rd 158 Christophe Mengin 37 131st 159 Benoît Vaugrenard 24 87th Team manager: Marc Madiot	Liquigas LIQ Nr. Age Pos. 161 Danilo Di Luca 30 DNF 162 Michael Albasini 25 118th 163 Magnus Bäckstedt 31 DNF 164 Patrick Calcagni 28 129th 165 Kjell Carlström 29 132nd 166 Stefano Garzelli 33 55th 167 Matej Mugerli 25 119th 168 Luca Paolini 29 101st 169 Manuel Quinziato 26 80th Team manager: Roberto Amadio	Bouygues Télécom BTL Nr. Age Pos. 171 Thomas Voeckler 27 89th 172 Walter Bénéteau 33 111th 173 Laurent Brochard 38 DNF 174 Pierrick Fédrigo 27 29th 175 Anthony Geslin 26 88th 176 Laurent Lefèvre 29 38th 177 Jérôme Pineau 26 83rd 178 Didier Rous 35 73rd 179 Matthieu Sprick 24 51st Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Team Milram MRM Nr. Age Pos. 181 Erik Zabel 35 86th 182 Mirko Celestino 32 DNF 183 Ralf Grabsch 33 102nd 184 Andriy Hrivko 22 DNF 185 Maxim Iglinsky 25 DNF 186 Christian Knees 25 104th 187 Fabio Sacchi 32 DNF 188 Björn Schröder 25 81st 189 Marco Velo 32 99th Team manager: Gianluigi Stanga	Agritubel AGR Nr. Age Pos. 191 Juan Miguel Mercado 27 DNF 192 Manuel Calvente 29 90th 193 Cédric Coutouly 26 134th 194 Moisés Dueñas 25 61st 195 Eduardo Gonzalo 22 117th 196 Christophe Laurent 28 126th 197 José Alberto Martínez 29 DNF 198 Samuel Plouhinec 30 DNF 199 Benoît Salmon 32 39th Team manager: David Fornes

Facts about the riders

• 26 countries were represented. France has the most riders, with 36 from the total of 176.
• Bouygues Télécom is only team with all nine riders from the same country.
• Team CSC is only team without rider from the country the team is from (Denmark)
• 31 riders who have already completed Giro: Ekimov, Padrnos, Rubiera, Savoldelli, Julich, Lombardi, Sastre, Voigt, Kessler, Calzati, Peña, Cunego, Bruseghin, Tiralongo, Valjavec, Vila Errandonea, Garate, Botcharov, Halgand, Lopez, Parra, Simoni, Lobato, Casar, da Cruz, Larsson, Di Luca, Calcagni, Lefevre, Knees, Sacchi
• 11 riders who took part in Giro but abandoned: Honchar, Rogers, Scholz, Rasmussen, Brandt, McEwen, Merckx, Rujano, Moreni, Verbrugghe, Gilbert
• Following a non-start from Jan Ullrich, it is the first time since 1999 that the race has not included a former Tour de France winner.
• Five riders have won Grand Tour: Garzelli (Giro 2000), Simoni (Giro 2001 and 2003), Savoldelli (Giro 2002 and 2005), Cunego (Giro 2004) and Menchov (Vuelta 2005)
• Three riders have won points competition in Tour de France: Zabel (1996 to 2001), McEwen (2002 and 2004) and Hushovd (2005)
• Two riders have won mountains classification in Tour de France: Rinero (1998) and Rasmussen (2005)
• Four riders have won under-25 classification in Tour de France: Salmon (1999), Menchov (2003), Karpets (2004) and Popovych (2005)
• Eleven riders had led the general classification: Vasseur, Zabel, O'Grady, Millar, Moreau, Voigt, Peña, Hushovd, McEwen, Voeckler and Zabriskie.
• Riders who lead the general classification for the first time during the 2006 Tour: Hincapie, Boonen, Honchar, Dessel, Landis and Pereiro.
• At the start, riders who had won a stage in Tour de France: Ekimov, Zabel, Boogerd, Vasseur, Brochard, Mengin, Rous, O'Grady, Bäckstedt, Guerini, Commesso, McEwen, Millar, Dekker, Moreau, Verbrugghe, Voigt, Freire, Halgand, Hushovd, Mayo, Flecha, Sastre, Simoni, Boonen, Pozzato, Moncoutié, Mercado, Zabriskie, Weening, Rasmussen, Valverde, Totschnig, Hincapie, Pereiro and Savoldelli.
• New stage winners during the Tour: Casper, Kessler, Honchar, Calzati, Menchov, Popovych, Fedrigo, Schleck, and Landis. (Note: Popovych was part of the Discovery Channel team that won the time trial stage in the 2005 Tour de France. However it's his first individual stage victory. There are other riders as well who have been part of winning team in TTT but haven't won an individual stage)

See also

• 2006 Tour de France
• List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Tour de France

References

http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2006/standing_dsc460.shtml (Used for final GC Positions)