Tour de France 2006/1. stage
Result of the 1st stage | ||
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Stage winner | Jimmy Casper | 4:10:00 h (44.280 km / h) |
Second | Robbie McEwen | equal time |
Third | Erik Zabel | equal time |
Fourth | Daniele Bennati | equal time |
fifth | Luca Paolini | equal time |
Sixth | Isaac Gálvez | equal time |
seventh | Stuart O'Grady | equal time |
Eighth | Bernhard Eisel | equal time |
Ninth | Thor Hushovd | equal time |
Tenth | Óscar Freire | equal time |
Most combative driver | Walter Bénéteau | |
Intermediate results after the 1st stage | ||
Yellow jersey | George Hincapie | 4:18:15 h |
Second | Thor Hushovd | + 0:02 min |
Third | David Zabriskie | + 0:06 min |
Green jersey | Jimmy Casper | 35 p. |
Second | Thor Hushovd | 32 p. |
Third | Robbie McEwen | 30 p. |
Dotted jersey | Fabian Wegmann | 3 p. |
Second | Matthieu Sprick | 2 p. |
Third | Unai Etxebarria | 1 P. |
White jersey | Benoît Vaugrenard | 4:18:26 h |
Second | Joost Posthuma | + 0:07 min |
Third | Markus Fothen | + 0:09 min |
Team evaluation | Discovery Channel | 12:55:16 h |
Second | Team CSC | + 0:01 min |
Third | T-Mobile team | + 0:07 min |
The 1st stage of the Tour de France 2006 on July 2nd consisted of a 184.5 km circuit around Strasbourg . The route also ran 21 km over German territory (between Offenburg and Kehl ).
The race was shaped by a top group that had formed shortly after the start and consisted of seven drivers. Eight kilometers from the finish, however, on the Kehler Rhine bridge, the last runaway Walter Bénéteau was overtaken by the field. In the mass sprint for the stage win, the French Jimmy Casper came out on top rather surprisingly .
Thanks to two bonus seconds in the last sprint classification in Kehl, George Hincapie secured the lead in the overall classification. The previous overall first Thor Hushovd sustained a deep cut on the arm shortly before the finish because a spectator had held an advertising object over the barrier.
Intermediate sprints
1st intermediate sprint in Saverne (53 km)
First | Benoît Vaugrenard | 6 p. And 6 s |
Second | Walter Bénéteau | 4 p. And 4 s |
Third | Unai Etxebarria | 2 P. and 2 s |
2nd intermediate sprint in Plobsheim (137 km)
First | Walter Bénéteau | 6 p. And 6 s |
Second | Benoît Vaugrenard | 4 p. And 4 s |
Third | Matthieu Sprick | 2 P. and 2 s |
3rd intermediate sprint in Kehl (175.5 km)
First | Walter Bénéteau | 6 p. And 6 s |
Second | Sébastien Hinault | 4 p. And 4 s |
Third | George Hincapie | 2 P. and 2 s |
Mountain ratings
Côte de Heiligenstein , category 4 (101.5 km)
First | Fabian Wegmann | 3 p. |
Second | Matthieu Sprick | 2 p. |
Third | Unai Etxebarria | 1 P. |
- See also: driver field