Tour of Austria 2006

58th Tour of Austria 2006 - final result
Route length	7 stages, 1042 km
Overall rating	Tom Danielson's victory denied	25:09:47 h
Second	Ruslan Pidhornyj	+ 0:16 min
Third	Christian Pfannberger	+ 1:27 min
Fourth	Thomas Rohrgger	+ 2:12 min
fifth	Bernhard Kohl	+ 2:46 min
Sixth	Marco Marzano	+ 3:32 min
seventh	Gerhard Trampusch	+ 4:12 min
Eighth	Gerrit Glomser	+ 4:41 min
Ninth	Jurgen Van Goolen	+ 4:54 min
Tenth	Johann Tschopp	+ 5:05 min
Sprint scoring	Florian Stalder	18 p.
Second	Lloyd Mondory	18 p.
Third	Pieter Ghyllebert	6 p.
Fourth	Fabio Baldato	6 p.
fifth	Hans-Peter Obwaller	6 p.
Mountain scoring	Thomas Rohrgger	26 p.
Second	Ruslan Pidhornyj	22 p.
Third	Christian Pfannberger	17 p.
Fourth	Vincenzo Nibali	17 p.
fifth	Bernhard Kohl	16 p.
Team evaluation	Team Tenax Salmilano	75:42:40 h
Second	Discovery Channel	+ 1:12 min
Third	Elk House-Simplon	+ 3:00 min
Fourth	Lampre-Fondital	+ 7:47 min
fifth	Aposport Krone Linz	+ 11:21 min

The 58th Tour of Austria began on Monday, July 3, 2006 in Gars am Kamp and ended after seven stages with a total of 1042 km on Sunday, July 9, at Vienna's Rathausplatz .

The American Tom Danielson from the Discovery Channel team was able to win the tour after he was able to distance the Austrian Christian Pfannberger from the Elk Haus-Simplon team in the time trial on the penultimate stage . Pfannberger's compatriot and team mate Thomas Rohrgger won the mountain classification, Florian Stalder from the Phonak Cycling Team won the sprint classification. The points evaluation went to the two-time Italian stage winner Danilo Napolitano from the Lampre-Fondital team . The Irish team Tenax Salmilano won the team competition .

In the course of the investigation into the case of the American Lance Armstrong , the winner of the tour, Danielson, confessed to having doped with Epo, growth hormones, testosterone, cortisone and autologous blood transfusions in 2005 and 2006. Thereupon the title of the tour winner was revoked.

Stages

Stages	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
1st stage	3rd of July	Gars am Kamp - Gars am Kamp	146	Danilo Napolitano	Danilo Napolitano
2nd stage	July 4th	Linz - Salzburg	188	Fabio Baldato	Fabio Baldato
3rd stage	5th July	Salzburg - Kitzbüheler Horn	196	Christian Pfannberger	Christian Pfannberger
4th stage	July 6th	Kitzbühel - Prägraten am Großvenediger	182	Pieter Ghyllebert	Christian Pfannberger
5th stage	7th of July	Wolfsberg - Graz	170	Danilo Napolitano	Christian Pfannberger
6th stage	8th of July	Podersdorf ( EZF )	31	László Bodrogi	Tom Danielson
7th stage	July 9	Podersdorf - Vienna Rathausplatz	129	Fabrizio Guidi	Tom Danielson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Armstrong's case lands in Austria derstandard.at (accessed on August 16, 2013)