Tour de France 2006/15. stage

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Result of the 15th stage
Stage winner Frank Schleck 4:52:22 h
(38.376 km / h)
Second Damiano Cunego + 0:11 min
Third Stefano Garzelli + 1:10 min
Fourth Floyd Landis equal time
fifth Andreas Klöden equal time
Sixth Rubén Lobato + 1:14 min
seventh Sylvain Chavanel + 1:18 min
Eighth Eddy Mazzoleni + 1:28 min
Ninth Carlos Sastre + 1:35 min
Tenth Levi Leipheimer + 1:49 min
Most combative driver Stefano Garzelli
Intermediate results after the 15th stage
Yellow jersey Floyd Landis 69:00:05 h
Second Óscar Pereiro + 0:10 min
Third Cyril Dessel + 2:02 min
Green jersey Robbie McEwen 252 P.
Second Óscar Freire 207 P.
Third Daniele Bennati 192 p.
Dotted jersey David de la Fuente 108 P.
Second Frank Schleck 74 P.
Third Michael Rasmussen 73 P.
White jersey Markus Fothen 69:08:28 h
Second Damiano Cunego + 6:58 min
Third Moisés Dueñas + 33:21 min
Team evaluation Team CSC 206: 51: 13 h
Second Caisse d'Epargne-
Illes Balears		 + 20:29 min
Third T-Mobile team + 20:45 min

The 15th stage of the 2006 Tour de France took the riders from Gap over 187 kilometers to the prestigious winter sports resort L'Alpe d'Huez at an altitude of 1850 meters (HC category) on July 18, after the rest day the previous day . In addition to the 13.8-kilometer final climb, the riders also had to conquer the Col d'Izoard (2360 m, category HC) and the Col du Lautaret (2058 m, category 2).

At this stage, too, there were a few attempts to break away from the start. But only at kilometer 30 did a 25-man leading group break away. It included George Hincapie , Jens Voigt , Fränk Schleck , Axel Merckx , Christian Knees , Damiano Cunego and Stefano Garzelli , among others . On the climb to the Col d'Izoard, José Rujano attacked from the main field to get closer to the leading group. This fell apart due to the pace dictated by the strong climbers on the climb. Meanwhile, another group of four riders attacked in the main field, to which Juan Miguel Mercado caught up a short time later . Garzelli was the first to reach the summit of the Col d'Izoard solo with 1:07 minutes ahead of the 16 remaining in the leading group.

At the foot of the Col du Lautaret, Garzelli broke off his solo journey and let the pursuers overtake him. The top group remained with 18 drivers, followed by a nine-man chasing group around 3:20 minutes behind, followed by the main field, around 4:20 minutes behind the leaders. The lead of the pursuers on the main field was quickly used up, and so it fell back into the field on the ascent to Lautaret. In the leading group, David de la Fuente and Francisco Vila took a lead on the main field. This remained constant at the summit at 4:17 min. In Le Bourg-d'Oisans , at the beginning of the final ascent to L'Alpe d'Huez, the 15 leaders were still 3:16 minutes ahead of the field.

In the climb to L'Alpe d'Huez, the outliers were relegated from favorites to extras. Only Damiano Cunego, Eddy Mazzoleni and Fränk Schleck stood up to them. In the main field, T-Mobile and Rabobank shot into the final climb at high speed. There Matthias Kessler and Andreas Klöden attacked , whom only Floyd Landis and Cadel Evans could follow. Denis Menschow and Óscar Pereiro had to be demolished, and a little later Kessler too. After an attack by Landis, Klöden went with him. While Evans fell back, Levi Leipheimer and Carlos Sastre caught up from behind . In the top group, Cunego attacked to shake off Mazzoleni, while in the group of favorites Klöden once again pushed the pace that only Landis could keep up. Schleck then distanced Cunego two kilometers from the finish in order to secure the day's victory.

Landis was able to recapture the yellow jersey from Pereiro with his fourth place.

tasks

  • 49 Beat Zberg - during the stage, bronchitis
  • 53 Bram de Groot - during the stage, large wound on the knee after a fall
  • 101 Tom Boonen - during the stage, breathing problems and bacterial infection
  • 184 Andrij Hrywko - during the stage

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Embrun (35 km)

First Bernhard Eisel 6 p. And 6 s
Second Michael Albasini 4 p. And 4 s
Third Francisco Vila 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Le Monêtier-les-Bains (121 km)

First David Zabriskie 6 p. And 6 s
Second Rubén Lobato 4 p. And 4 s
Third George Hincapie 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Col d'Izoard , category HC (86 km)

First Stefano Garzelli 20 p.
Second David de la Fuente 18 p.
Third Damiano Cunego 16 p.
Fourth Francisco Vila 14 p.
fifth Egoi Martínez 12 p.
Sixth Frank Schleck 10 p.
seventh Anthony Charteau 8 p.
Eighth José Luis Arrieta 7 p.
Ninth Jens Voigt 6 p.
Tenth David Arroyo 5 p.

Col du Lautaret , category 2 (134 km)

First David de la Fuente 10 p.
Second Francisco Vila 9 p.
Third Stefano Garzelli 8 p.
Fourth Jens Voigt 7 p.
fifth David Zabriskie 6 p.
Sixth Axel Merckx 5 p.

L'Alpe d'Huez * , category HC (187 km)

First Frank Schleck 40 p.
Second Damiano Cunego 36 P.
Third Stefano Garzelli 32 p.
Fourth Floyd Landis 28 p.
fifth Andreas Klöden 24 p.
Sixth Rubén Lobato 20 p.
seventh Sylvain Chavanel 16 p.
Eighth Eddy Mazzoleni 14 p.
Ninth Carlos Sastre 12 p.
Tenth Levi Leipheimer 10 p.

* The points of the mountain classification are doubled if the last pass of the stage corresponds to category HC, 1 or 2.