Paris – Nice 2006

Final result after the 7th stage
winner	Floyd Landis	31:54:41 h (39.995 km / h)
Second	Francisco Vila	+ 0:09 min
Third	Antonio Colom	+ 1:05 min
Fourth	Samuel Sánchez	+ 1:13 min
fifth	Frank Schleck	+ 1:22 min
Sixth	José Azevedo	+ 1:35 min
seventh	Erik Dekker	+ 1:38 min
Eighth	Pietro Caucchioli	+ 1:39 min
Ninth	José Luis Rubiera	+ 1:40 min
Tenth	Christopher Horner	+ 1:43 min
Scoring	Samuel Sánchez	66 P.
Second	Sandy Casar	63 P.
Third	Jérôme Pineau	52 P.
Mountain scoring	David Moncoutié	51 P.
Second	Christophe Laurent	42 P.
Third	Joaquim Rodríguez	39 P.
Young talent evaluation	Luis León Sánchez Gil
Second	Joost Posthuma	+ 0:21 min
Third	Thomas Lövkvist	+ 0:52 min
Team evaluation	Lampre-Fondital	95:51:43 h
Second	Discovery Channel	+ 0:03 min
Third	Liberty Seguros-Würth	+ 0:34 min

The 64th Paris – Nice cycle race took place from March 5th to 12th, 2006. It was held in a prologue and seven stages over a distance of 1,276.3 kilometers. In addition to the 20 participating ProTour teams, the Agritubel team received a wildcard.

The prologue held in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux was won by last year's winner Bobby Julich . He was the first to wear the yellow jersey of the overall leader at Paris – Nice 2006. However, he lost this jersey the following day to the reigning cycling world champion Tom Boonen , the fifth of the prologue and winner of the following two stages. The preliminary decision in the overall ranking of this tour was made by Floyd Landis, who, together with Francisco Vila, was able to break away from his pursuers at the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret a few kilometers from the finish in Saint-Étienne . Floyd Landis finished second behind the day's winner Francisco Vila on this stage and took over the yellow jersey, which he was able to defend until Nice , the end of the tour. The points classification won after the retirement of the sprinters Tom Boonen (7th stage) and Allan Davis (5th stage) Samuel Sanchez. The best climber was David Moncoutié, who only took over the leading position from Christophe Laurent on the final stage.

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
prolog	5. March	Issy-les-Moulineaux	4.8 ( EZF )	Bobby Julich	Bobby Julich
1st stage	6th March	Villemandeur - Saint-Armand-Montrond	193	Tom Boonen	Tom Boonen
2nd stage	7th March	Cérilly - Belleville	200	Tom Boonen	Tom Boonen
3rd stage	8th of March	Juliénas - Saint-Étienne	170	Francisco Vila	Floyd Landis
4th stage	9th March	Saint-Etienne - Rasteau	193	Tom Boonen	Floyd Landis
5th stage	March 10th	Avignon - Digne-les-Bains	201.5	Joaquim Rodríguez	Floyd Landis
6th stage	March 11	Digne-les-Bains - Cannes	179	Andrei Kashechkin	Floyd Landis
7th stage	March 12th	Nice - Nice	135	Markus Zberg	Floyd Landis

Web links

• Paris-Nice website