2006 Danmark Rundt

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The 2006 Danmark Rundt was held from 2 to 6 August 2006. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara of Team CSC captured the overall title.

Contents 1 Stages 1.1 Stage 1: Frederikshavn–Viborg (210 km) 1.1.1 Results 1.2 Stage 2: Aalestrup–Vejle (185 km) 1.2.1 Results 1.3 Stage 3: Kolding–Odense (205 km) 1.3.1 Results 1.4 Stage 4: Sorø–Hillerød (100 km) 1.4.1 Results 1.5 Stage 5: Elsinore (14 km, ITT) 1.5.1 Results 1.6 Stage 6: Gilleleje–Frederiksberg (156 km) 2 Participation list 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Stages

The race will concist of 6 stages, with a combined distance of 870 km.

[edit] Stage 1: Frederikshavn–Viborg (210 km)

The 2006 Danmark Rundt started in Frederikshavn and the first stage took the riders across Vendsyssel before turning south towards Viborg. This was also the race's longest stage.

Route: Frederikshavn–Hjørring–Løkken–Brovst–Løgstør–Farsø–Gedsted–Skals–Viborg, ending with 2 laps of 4.5 km.

[edit] Results

#	Rider	Team	Time
1	Aitor Galdos Alonso	Panaria Navigare	4h44'08"
2	René Haselbacher	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
3	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
4	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	at 10"
5	Maximiliano Richeze	Panaria Navigare	at 18"
Full result

This means that Aitor Galos Alonso leads the general classification, as well as the point classification. Aart Vierhouten leads the hill competition, Alex Rasmussen has the youth jersey, Jacob Nielsen has the fighter jersey and Team Gerolsteiner is leading the team competition.

[edit] Stage 2: Aalestrup–Vejle (185 km)

Stage 2 will take the riders down Jutland, reaching the race's highest point some 170 metres above sea level at Yding Skovhøj. Note that this stage also features a rough 21% climb on Kiddesvej in Vejle which will be passed on both of the final laps.

Route: Aalestrup–Møldrup–Viborg–Dollerup Bakker–Kjellerup–Silkeborg–Gl. Rye–Yding Skovhøj–Uldum–Vejle, ending with 2 laps of 5.5 km.

[edit] Results

#	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	4h16'34"
2	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	at 21"
3	Thomas Ziegler	Team T-Mobile	s.t.
4	Cadel Evans	Davitamon-Lotto	at 23"
5	Baden Cooke	Unibet.com Cycling Team	s.t.
Full result

This means that Fabian Cancellara moves into yellow and gets the white youth-jersey too, Aitor Galdos Alonso retains the dark-purple point-jersey, though. Aart Vierhouten keeps the dotted hill-jersey, and Maarten Tjallingi gets the fighter-jersey. Team CSC moves into first in the team classification.

[edit] Stage 3: Kolding–Odense (205 km)

The third stage reaches Little Belt Bridge before following the western and south coast of Funen until Svendborg, then heading north to the island's largest city, Odense.

Route: Kolding–Middelfart–Assens–Hårby–Faaborg–Svendborg–Ringe–Odense, ending with 2 laps of 4.4 km.

[edit] Results

#	Rider	Team	Time
1	Robert Förster	Team Gerolsteiner	4h40'41"
2	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
3	Alex Rasmussen	Team Post Danmark	s.t.
4	Aart Vierhouten	Skil-Shimano	s.t.
5	Maximiliano Richeze	Panaria Navigare	s.t.
Full result

After stage 3, Stuart O'Grady snatches the yellow and purple jerseys. Aart Vierhouten keeps the dotted jersey, and Fabian Cancellara is still the best youngster. Jacob Nielsen gets the fighter jersey, and Team CSC is still on top of the team-leaderboard.

[edit] Stage 4: Sorø–Hillerød (100 km)

Stage 4 is a so-called "half-stage", since a time trial will be held in the evening of 5 August. This stage primarily goes north-east from Sorø through Tølløse, birth city of 2005 and 2006 Tour de France polka-dot winner Michael Rasmussen, on its way to Hillerød.

Route: Sorø–Stenlille–Tølløse–Kirke Hyllinge–Skibby–Frederikssund–Slangerup–Hillerød, ending with 2 laps of 4.0 km.

[edit] Results

#	Rider	Team	Time
1	Olaf Pollack	T-Mobile Team	2h30'04"
2	Baden Cooke	Unibet.com Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
4	René Haselbacher	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
5	Dariusz Rudnicki	Team Intel Action	s.t.
Full result

No classements got new leaders in this short stage, so O'Grady is still in yellow and purple, Viethouten still in dotted, Cancellara still in white, Nielsen still leads the fighter classification and CSC still leads the team classification.

[edit] Stage 5: Elsinore (14 km, ITT)

Stage 5, the penultimate stage, is a short individual time trial. A few days before this stage, it was shortened from 15.5 to 14 km.

Route (streets are unlinked): Kronborgvej–Ndr. Strandvej–Hellebæk–Ålsgårde (turning point)–Hellebæk–Elsinore–Kronborgvej

[edit] Results

#	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	0h16'15"
2	Thomas Ziegler	Team T-Mobile	at 18"
3	Alex Rasmussen	Team Post Danmark	at 24"
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas	at 27"
5	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	at 27"
Full result

[edit] Stage 6: Gilleleje–Frederiksberg (156 km)

The final stage will cross Benbrækkeren, a steep hill in northern Zealand, before ending with the traditional finish at Frederiksberg Allé.

Route: Gilleleje–"Benbrækkeren"–Helsinge–Hillerød–Blovstrød–Vedbæk–Frederiksberg, ending with 10 laps of 6.0 km.

• Stage winner: Robert Förster

[edit] Participation list

The peloton consisted of 125 riders on 16 teams (7–8 per team). This is the list of the participants, as seen on the official site.^[1]

Team	Riders	Website
ProTour teams
Team CSC	Stuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Piil, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Allan Johansen, Lars Bak and Matti Breschel	[1]
T-Mobile Team	Olaf Pollack, Scott Davis, Bas Giling, Sergey Ivanov, Berhard Kohl, André Korff, Eric Baumann and Thomas Ziegler	[2]
Liquigas-Bianchi	Magnus Bäckstedt, Alberto Curtolo, Mauro Da Dalto, Nicola Loda, Vincenzo Nibali, Manuel Quinziato and Marco Righetto	[3]
Davitamon-Lotto	Cadel Evans, Olivier Kaisen, Bert Roesems, Tom Steels, Preben Van Hecke, Léon van Bon, Peter Van Petegem and Fred Rodriguez	[4]
Team Gerolsteiner	Frank Høj, Robert Förster, Thomas Fothen, René Haselbacher, Volker Ordowski, Sven Krauss, Matthias Russ and Michael Rich	[5]
Professional Continental teams
Unibet.com Cycling Team	Baden Cooke, Glenn Bak, Gorik Gardeyn, Jeremy Hunt, Geert Omloop, Bobbie Traksel, Matthew Wilson and Marco Zanotti	[6]
Panaria Navigare	Paride Grillo, Brett Lancaster, Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Moises Aldape Chavez, Mirko Allegrini, Matteo Priamo, Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Aitor Galdos Alonso	[7]
Team Barloworld	Igor Astarloa, Giosue Bonomi, Diego Caccia, Enrico Degano, Mauro Facci, Rodney Green, Jeremy Maartens and James Perry	[8]
Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	Glenn D'Hollander, Kenny Lisabeth, Kenny De Haes, Frederik Willems, Iljo Keisse, Bart Vanheule, Wouter Van Mechelen and Koen Barbe	[9]
Team Intel Action	Marcin Osinski, Dariusz Rudnicki, Krzysztof Miara, Krzysztof Kuznmiak, Denys Kostyuk, Bogdan Bondrev and Lukasz Bodnar	[10]
Team LPR	Samuele Marzoli, Andreas Dietziker, Mikhaylo Khalilov, Yuri Metlushenko, Alessandro Maserati, Roberto Traficante and Gene Michael Bates	[11]
Skil-Shimano	Aart Vierhouten, Rik Reinerink, Piet Rooyakkers, Maarten Tjallingi, Paul Martens, René Weissinger, Kenny Van Hummel and Christoph Messchenmoser	[12]
Continental teams
Team GLS	Jacob Moe Rasmussen, Jimmy Hansen, Kristoffer G. Nielsen, Michael Mørkøv, Kasper Jebjerg, Anders Lund, Lasse Bøchmann and Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	[13]
Team Designa Køkken	Rene Jørgensen, Michael Reihs, Michael Larsen, Chris Anker Sørensen, Daniel Holm Foder, Jacob Fuglsang, Allan Bo Andresen and Jens Erik Madsen	[14]
Glud & Marstrand Horsens	Michael Skelde, Morten Christiansen, Jacob Nielsen, Troels Vinther, André Steensen, Roy Hegreberg, Rune Udby and Michael Berling	[15]
National teams
Team Post Danmark*	Alex Rasmussen, Casper Jørgensen, Martin Mortensen, Peter Riis Andersen, Michael Tronborg, Jacob Kodrup, Nikola Aistrup and Jan Almblad	None

*Team Post Danmark is a team of Danish riders, whose teams don't enter the race. Post Danmark is sponsor for the national team, so therefore the team is registered as a national one.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Startliste" on postdanmarkrundt.dk

[edit] External links

• (Danish) Official site