Tour of Poland 2006
| Tour of Poland 2006 | |
| Racing series | UCI ProTour |
| Host country |
 Poland
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| Competition period | September 4-10, 2006 |
| Stages | 7 stages |
| overall length | 1221.5 km |
| Starting field | 177 1 in 23 teams (of which 82 arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Stefan Schumacher (GST) 31:09:41 h 2. Cadel Evans + 0:18 min 3. Alessandro Ballan (LAM) + 0:31 min  
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Stefan Schumacher (GST)
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 Intermediate sprint ranking
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 Wouter Weylandt (QST)
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 Mountain scoring
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Marcin Osiński (INT)
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 Scoring
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Bartosz Huzarski (INT)
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 Team ranking
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 Crédit Agricole
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| ← 2005 | 2007 → |
The 63rd Tour of Poland was held from September 4th to 10th, 2006 in seven stages over a distance of 1221.5 km. The stage race was part of the UCI ProTour 2006 .
In addition to the twenty ProTeams required to start , the Professional Continental Teams Miche , Ceramica Flaminia and Intel-Action received a wildcard.
The overall ranking was won by the German Stefan Schumacher , the points ranking by the Belgians Wouter Weylandt , the sprint ranking by the Pole Marcin Osiński , the mountain ranking by the Pole Bartosz Huzarski and the team ranking by the French team Crédit Agricole .
Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
| 1st stage | September 4th | Pułtusk - Olsztyn | 214 | Max van Heeswijk | Max van Heeswijk |
| 2nd stage | 5th September | Ostróda - Elbląg | 119.6 | Daniele Bennati | Wouter Weylandt |
| 3rd stage | September 6th | Gdańsk - Toruń | 225.5 | Fabrizio Guidi | Fabrizio Guidi |
| 4th stage | 7th of September | Bydgoszcz - Poznań | 182 | Daniele Bennati | Daniele Bennati |
| 5th stage | September 8th | Legnica - Jelenia Góra | 192 | Stéphane Augé | Daniele Bennati |
| 6th stage | the 9th of September | Szczawno Zdrój - Karpacz | 162.4 | Stefan Schumacher | Stefan Schumacher |
| 7th stage | September 10 | Jelenia Góra - Karpacz | 126 | Stefan Schumacher | Stefan Schumacher |
Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.
| stage |
Overall rating |
Sprint scoring |
Mountain scoring |
Scoring |
Team evaluation |
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| 1st stage |
 Max van Heeswijk (DSC)
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Marcin Osiński (INT)
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not forgiven |
Max van Heeswijk (DSC)
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Discovery Channel
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| 2nd stage |
Wouter Weylandt (QST)
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Sven Krauss (GST)
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Wouter Weylandt (QST)
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| 3rd stage |
Fabrizio Guidi (PHO)
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| 4th stage |
Daniele Bennati (LAM)
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| 5th stage |
Aaron Olsen (SAU)
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Cofidis-Le Crédit by Téléphone
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| 6th stage |
Stefan Schumacher (GST)
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Joost Posthuma (RAB)
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Crédit Agricole
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| 7th stage |
Bartosz Huzarski (INT)
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Remarks
- 1The starting field consisted of 23 teams of eight athletes, with three teams reporting a total of five fewer starters. The list of results for the 1st stage only shows 177 cyclists.
Web links
Commons : Tour of Poland 2006 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Tour de Pologne 2006 Live Radsport.ch, accessed on August 5, 2015