2006 Tour Down Under
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Dates | 17—22 January | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 16h 36' 54" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 Tour Down Under was held from 18 to 22 January 2006 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 685 kilometres and is part of the . The was the official warm-up race for the event. The event was awarded the Australian Sport Tourism Award of the year at the Australian Sport Awards in February 2006, having attracted 495,000 spectators and more than 11,670 visitors to South Australia.[1]
Men's stage summary[]
Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance | Stage Top 3 | Leading Top 3 | Time |
1 | 18 January | Mawson Lakes | Angaston | 148 km | Simon Gerrans Luis Leon Sanchez Robbie McEwen |
Simon Gerrans Luis Leon Sanchez Robbie McEwen |
3:38.24 + 0.07 + 0.18 |
2 | 19 January | Stirling | Hahndorf | 146 km | Allan Davis Paul Crake |
Simon Gerrans Luis Leon Sanchez Robbie McEwen |
7:12.55 + 0.07 + 0.18 |
3 | 20 January | Strathalbyn | Yankalilla | 154 km | Carlos Barredo Daniel Becke Cadel Evans |
Simon Gerrans Luis Leon Sanchez Robbie McEwen |
11:11.32 + 0.07 + 0.18 |
4 | 21 January | Willunga | Willunga | 147 km | Russell Van Hout Paul Crake Rony Martias |
Simon Gerrans Luis Leon Sanchez Robbie McEwen |
14:47.07 + 0.07 + 0.18 |
5 | 22 January | Adelaide | Adelaide | 90 km | Allan Davis Robbie McEwen Simone Cadamuro |
Simon Gerrans Luis Leon Sanchez Robbie McEwen |
16:36.54 + 0.07 + 0.14 |
Other leading top threes[]
Stage | Mountains | Pts | Sprint | Pts | Under 23 | Pts | Teams | Time |
1 | Samuel Dumoulin Cadel Evans Gene Bates |
16 12 8 |
Simon Gerrans Russell Van Hout Luis Leon Sanchez |
14 6 6 |
William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi |
3:39.10 + 2.33 + 4.03 |
UniSA-Australia South Australia.com-AIS Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team |
11:05.08 + 10.37 + 11.54 |
2 | Samuel Dumoulin Gene Bates Cadel Evans |
32 20 20 |
Simon Gerrans Allan Davis Hilton Clarke |
14 12 12 |
William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi |
7:13.41 + 2.33 + 4.03 |
UniSA-Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team South Australia.com-AIS |
21:41.31 + 5.22 + 12.37 |
3 | Cadel Evans Samuel Dumoulin Gene Bates |
36 32 20 |
Daniel Becke Simon Gerrans Allan Davis |
18 14 12 |
William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi |
11:12.18 + 2.33 + 4.03 |
UniSA-Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team South Australia.com-AIS |
33:29.50 + 3.42 + 18.01 |
4 | Cadel Evans Samuel Dumoulin Russell Van Hout |
36 32 20 |
Russell Van Hout Daniel Becke Simon Gerrans |
18 18 14 |
William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi |
14:47.53 + 2.33 + 4.03 |
UniSA-Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team |
44:11.09 + 7.40 + 23.18 |
5 | Cadel Evans Samuel Dumoulin Luca Paolini |
40 38 32 |
Allan Davis Russell Van Hout Daniel Becke |
20 18 18 |
William Walker Simon Clarke Eros Capecchi |
16:37.40 + 2.33 + 4.07 |
UniSA-Australia Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team South Australia.com-AIS |
49:40.44 + 7.26 + 23.27 |
Men's top 10 overall[]
Pos | Rider | Time |
1 | Simon Gerrans | 16:36.54 |
2 | Luis Leon Sanchez | + 0.07 |
3 | Robbie McEwen | + 0.14 |
4 | William Walker | + 0.46 |
5 | Gene Bates | + 1.48 |
6 | Samuel Dumoulin | + 2.42 |
7 | Russell Van Hout | + 3.00 |
8 | Simon Clarke | + 3.19 |
9 | Chris Jongewaard | + 3.19 |
10 | Glenn d'Hollander | + 3.31 |
References[]
- ^ "Tour Down Under sprints across the line at Australian Sport Awards". Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under. 22 February 2006. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
Categories:
- Tour Down Under
- 2006 in road cycling
- 2006 in Australian sport
- 2006 in Oceanian sport
- January 2006 sports events in Australia