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The '''2006 Tour de France''' was the '''''93rd [[Tour de France]]'''''. It took place from 1 to 23 July 2006. The winner was [[Óscar Pereiro]]. [[Floyd Landis]] was the first person to finish the race, but was [[disqualification|disqualified]] on 20 September 2007 for taking the [[drug]] [[testosterone]] during the 17th stage of the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20889737|title='I am innocent,' Landis says after losing verdict|date=2007-09-20|publisher=MSNBC}}</ref>

The Tour began in [[Strasbourg]], on the [[France|French]]-[[Germany|German]] border. It ended Sunday 23 July in [[Paris]]. The [[distance]] of the race was 3657 [[kilometre|km]] (2272 [[mile|mi]]). The race was the third fastest in average [[speed]]. Along the way, the [[cyclist]]s passed through six different [[country|countries]] including France, [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]] (a stop at [[Valkenburg aan de Geul|Valkenburg]] in Stage 3), [[Belgium]] (at [[Huy]], Stages 3 and 4), [[Luxembourg]] (at [[Esch-sur-Alzette]], Stages 2 and 3), Germany (though not stopping there, Stage 1) and [[Spain]] ([[Pla-de-Beret]], Stage 11). For the first time since the [[1999 Tour de France|1999 race]], there was no [[team time trial]].

One day before the start of the Tour, there was a [[Doping in sport|doping]] [[scandal]]. 13 racers were removed from the Tour, because it was believed that they were getting drugs from a doctor named [[Operación Puerto doping case|Fuentes]]. Two of the 13 riders were the expected to do well in the race. They were [[Jan Ullrich]] and [[Ivan Basso]].

== Overall standings ==
=== General Classification ===

: ''See the section on [[2006 Tour de France#Finishing times|Finishing times]] for full details.''
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|- 
|'''1'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Óscar Pereiro]]'''||'''[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]'''||align=right| '''89h 40' 27"'''
|- 
|2||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Klöden]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align="right"| 32"
|-
|3||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sastre]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 2' 16"
|- 
|4||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cadel Evans]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 4' 11"
|- 
|5||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Denis Menchov]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align="right"| 6' 09"
|-
|6||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cyril Dessel]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 7' 44"
|- 
|7||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Moreau]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 8' 40"
|-
|8||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Haimar Zubeldia]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 11' 08"
|-
|9||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Rogers]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 14' 10"
|-
|10|| {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Fränk Schleck]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 16' 49" 
|}

=== Points Classification ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
|- bgcolor="limegreen"
|'''1'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Robbie McEwen]]'''||'''[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]'''||align="right"| '''288'''
|-
|2||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Erik Zabel]]||[[Team Milram]]||align="right"| 199
|-
|3||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Thor Hushovd]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align="right"| 195
|-
|4||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Bernhard Eisel]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align="right"| 176
|-
|5||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Paolini]]||[[Liquigas]]||align="right"| 174
|-
|6||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iñaki Isasi]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align="right"| 130
|-
|7||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Ventoso]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align="right"| 128
|-
|8||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Cristian Moreni]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align="right"| 116
|-
|9||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jimmy Casper]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align="right"| 98
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|10||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Óscar Pereiro]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align="right"| 88
|}

=== King of the Mountains classification ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Points
|- bgcolor="pink"
|'''1'''||{{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Michael Rasmussen]]'''||'''[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]'''||align="right"| '''166'''
|-  style="background:#ff7366"
|2||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David De La Fuente]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align="right"| 113
|-
|3||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sastre]]||[[Team CSC]]||align="right"| 99
|-
|4||{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Fränk Schleck]]||[[Team CSC]]||align="right"| 96
|-
|5||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Michael Boogerd]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align="right"| 93
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|6||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Damiano Cunego]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align="right"| 80
|-
|7||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cyril Dessel]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align="right"| 72
|-
|8||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Levi Leipheimer]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align="right"| 66
|-
|9||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Klöden]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align="right"| 64
|- bgcolor="yellow"
|10||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Óscar Pereiro]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align="right"| 63
|}

=== Young Riders' Classification ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|'''1'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Damiano Cunego]]'''||'''[[Lampre-Fondital]]'''||align=right| '''89h 58' 49"'''
|-
|2||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Fothen]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 38"
|-
|3||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Matthieu Sprick]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 1h 29' 12"
|- style="background:#ff7366"
|4||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David De La Fuente]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 1h 36' 00"
|- 
|5||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Moisés Dueñas]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 1h 48' 40"
|-
|6||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Lövkvist]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 1h 52' 54"
|-
|7||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Ventoso]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 2h 22' 03"
|-
|8||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Joost Posthuma]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 2h 32' 41"
|-
|9||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benoît Vaugrenard]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 2h 33' 12"
|- 
|10||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Pieter Weening]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 2h 36' 44"
|}

=== Teams Classification ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Team!!Time
|- bgcolor="gold"
|'''1'''||{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[T-Mobile Team]]'''||align="right"| '''269h 08' 46"'''
|- 
|2||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Team CSC]]||align="right"| 17' 04"
|- bgcolor="pink"
|3||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align="right"| 23' 26"
|- 
|4||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align="right"| 33' 19"
|- bgcolor=yellow
|5||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align="right"| 56' 53"
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|6||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lampre-Fondital]]||align="right"| 57' 37"
|-
|7||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align="right"| 1h 45' 25"
|-
|8||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align="right"| 2h 19' 17"
|-
|9||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align="right"| 2h 26' 38"
|-
|10||{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align="right"| 2h 49' 06"*
|}

=== Finishing times ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|- 
|DSQ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Floyd Landis]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right|89h 39' 30"
|- bgcolor=yellow
|'''1'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Óscar Pereiro]]'''||'''[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]'''||align=right| '''57"'''
|- 
|2||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Klöden]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align="right"| 1' 29"
|-
|3||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sastre]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 3' 13"
|- 
|4||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cadel Evans]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 5' 08"
|- 
|5||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Denis Menchov]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align="right"| 7' 06"
|-
|6||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cyril Dessel]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 8' 41"
|- 
|7||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Moreau]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 9' 37"
|-
|8||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Haimar Zubeldia]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 12' 05"
|-
|9||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Rogers]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 15' 07"
|- 
|10||{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Fränk Schleck]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 17' 46"
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|11||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Damiano Cunego]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align="right"| 19' 19"
|-
|12||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Levi Leipheimer]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 19' 22"
|- 
|13||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Michael Boogerd]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 19' 46"
|- 
|14||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marcus Fothen]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align="right"| 19' 57"
|-
|15||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pietro Caucchioli]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align=right| 21'12"
|- 
|16||{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Tadej Valjavec]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 26' 25"
|- bgcolor="pink"
|17||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Michael Rasmussen]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 28' 33"
|-
|18||{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Azevedo]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 38' 08"
|-
|19||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marzio Bruseghin]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 43' 05"
|-
|20||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Arroyo]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align=right| 44' 00"
|-
|21||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Patxi Vila Errandonea]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 44' 28"
|-
|22||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Patrik Sinkewitz]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 49' 01"
|-
|23||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christian Vandevelde]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 50' 19"
|-
|24||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yaroslav Popovych]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 52' 02"
|-
|25||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Guerini]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 57' 59"
|-
|26||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eddy Mazzoleni]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 1h 02' 40"
|-
|27||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Luis Arrieta]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 1h 03' 00"
|-
|28||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierrick Fedrigo]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 1h 05' 27"
|-
|29||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Karpets]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align=right| 1h 07' 18"
|-
|30||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Axel Merckx]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right| 1h 09' 28"
|-
|31||{{flagicon|USA}} [[George Hincapie]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 1h 11' 14"
|-
|32||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xabier Zandio]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align=right| 1h 16' 47"
|-
|33||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sylvain Calzati]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 1h 20' 26"
|-
|34||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iker Camaño]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 1h 21' 34"
|-
|35||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mikel Astarloza]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 1h 24' 26"
|-
|36||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stephane Goubert]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 1h 28' 33"
|-
|37||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Lefevre]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 1h 30' 24"
|-
|38||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benoît Salmon]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 1h 30' 55"
|-
|39||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Christophe Brandt]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 1h 34' 24"
|-
|40||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Rinero]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 1h 34' 59"
|-
|41||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Egoi Martínez]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 1h 35' 12"
|-
|42||{{flagicon|COL}} [[Iván Parra]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 1h 37' 09"
|-
|43||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Cristian Moreni]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 1h 38' 07"
|-
|44||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sylvain Chavanel]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 1h 40' 05"
|-
|45||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rubén Lobato]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 1h 40' 52"
|-
|46||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Georg Totschnig]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 1h 42' 55"
|-
|47||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrice Halgand]]||[[Crédit Agricole|Crédit Agricole (cycling team)]]||align=right| 1h 43' 03"
|-
|48||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandre Botcharov]]||[[Crédit Agricole|Crédit Agricole (cycling team)]]||align=right| 1h 44' 46"
|-
|49||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iñigo Landaluze]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 1h 48' 22"
|-
|50||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Matthieu Sprick]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 1h 48' 31"
|-
|51||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhiy Honchar]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 1h 49' 22"
|-
|52||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jens Voigt]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 1h 50' 41"
|-
|53||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Kessler]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||align=right| 1h 52' 03"
|-
|54||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Garzelli]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 1h 53' 55"
|- style="background:#ff7366"
|55||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David De La Fuente]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 1h 55' 19"
|-
|56||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Salvatore Commesso]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 1h 56' 55"
|-
|57||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[David Moncoutié]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 2h 03' 10"
|-
|58||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Millar]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 2h 04' 10"
|-
|59||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gilberto Simoni]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 2h 07' 18"
|-
|60||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Moisés Dueñas]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 2h 07' 59"
|-
|61||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Koos Moerenhout]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right| 2h 09' 03"
|-
|62||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Lövkvist]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 2h 12' 13"
|-
|63||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christopher Horner]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 2h 12' 25"
|-
|64||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Padrnos]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 2h 16' 45"
|-
|65||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sebastian Lang]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 2h 25' 15"
|-
|66||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Ballan]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 2h 26' 34"
|-
|67||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Fabian Wegmann]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 2h 27' 17"
|-
|68||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandy Casar]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 2h 28' 34"
|-
|69||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Tiralongo]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 2h 32' 08"
|-
|70||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iñaki Isasi]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 2h 32' 36"
|-
|71||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Manuel Gárate]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||align=right| 2h 32' 47"
|-
|72||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Rous]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 2h 32' 54"
|-
|73||{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Zabriskie]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 2h 33' 46"
|-
|74||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gorka Verdugo]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 2h 33' 52"
|-
|75||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Le Mével]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align=right| 2h 34' 24"
|-
|76||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Carlos Da Cruz]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 2h 40' 01"
|-
|77||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Ventoso]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 2h 41' 22"
|-
|78||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Simon Gerrans]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 2h 46' 33"
|-
|79||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Manuel Quinziato]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 2h 47' 33"
|-
|80||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Björn Schröder]]||[[Team Milram]]||align=right| 2h 47' 48"
|-
|81||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Antonio Flecha]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 2h 49' 53"
|-
|82||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérôme Pineau]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 2h 51' 22"
|-
|83||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 2h 51' 33"
|-
|84||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Joost Posthuma]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 2h 52' 00"
|-
|85||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Erik Zabel]]||[[Team Milram]]||align=right| 2h 52' 13"
|-
|86||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benoît Vaugrenard]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 2h 52' 31"
|-
|87||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Anthony Geslin]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 2h 52' 31"
|-
|88||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Voeckler]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 2h 52' 57"
|-
|89||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Manuel Calvente]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 2h 53' 27"
|-
|90||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart O'Grady]]||[[Team CSC]]||align=right| 2h 55' 25"
|-
|91||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Luis Rubiera]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||align=right| 2h 55' 44"
|-
|92||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Pieter Weening]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||align=right| 2h 56' 03"
|-
|93||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bram Tankink]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||align=right| 2h 57' 02"
|-
|94||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cédric Vasseur]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||align=right| 2h 58' 55"
|-
|95||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ronny Scholz]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 3h 00' 48"
|-
|96||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Alexandre Moos]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right| 3h 01' 34"
|-
|97||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Ricco]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||align=right| 3h 01' 37"
|-
|98||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Velo]]||[[Team Milram]]||align=right| 3h 02' 09"
|-
|99||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Portal]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align=right| 3h 02' 20"
|-
|100||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Paolini]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 3h 04' 18"
|-
|101||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ralf Grabsch]]||[[Team Milram]]||align=right| 3h 04' 21"
|-
|102||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Jalabert]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right| 3h 05' 05"
|-
|103||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Christian Knees]]||[[Team Milram]]||align=right| 3h 05' 58"
|-
|104||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gustav Larsson]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 3h 06' 14"
|-
|105||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mario Aerts]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 3h 06' 26"
|-
|106||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bert Grabsch]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right| 3h 08' 23"
|-
|107||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Bernhard Eisel]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 3h 08' 59"
|-
|108||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Righi]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||align=right| 3h 12' 51"
|-
|109||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Philippe Gilbert]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 3h 13' 03"
|-
|110||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Walter Bénéteau]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||align=right| 3h 15' 41"
|-
|111||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Johan Vansummeren]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 3h 18' 44"
|-
|112||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Hinault]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align=right| 3h 19' 15"
|-
|113||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Anthony Charteau]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align=right| 3h 20' 29"
|-
|114||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente Garcia Acosta]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||align=right| 3h 20' 32"
|- bgcolor="limegreen"
|115||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robbie McEwen]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 3h 21' 01"
|-
|116||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 3h 21' 27"
|-
|117||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michael Albasini]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 3h 21' 34"
|-
|118||{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Matej Mugerli]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 3h 21' 48"
|-
|119||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Samuel Dumoulin]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||align=right| 3h 22' 15"
|-
|120||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Thor Hushovd]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align=right| 3h 23' 52"
|-
|121||{{flagicon|COL}} [[Víctor Hugo Peña]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||align=right| 3h 24' 36"
|-
|122||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphane Augé]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 3h 25' 19"
|-
|123||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Bradley Wiggins]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 3h 25' 32"
|-
|124||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Tosatto]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||align=right| 3h 25' 54"
|-
|125||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Laurent]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 3h 26' 23"
|-
|126||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Unai Extebarria]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 3h 30' 12"
|-
|127||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Julian Dean]]||[[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]||align=right| 3h 30' 33"
|-
|128||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patrick Calcagni]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 3h 33' 28"
|-
|129||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arnaud Coyot]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 3h 35' 34"
|-
|130||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Mengin]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||align=right| 3h 35' 52"
|-
|131||{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kjell Carlström]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||align=right| 3h 35' 53"
|-
|132||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Filippo Pozzato]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||align=right| 3h 37' 06"
|-
|133||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cédric Coutouly]]||[[Agritubel]]||align=right| 3h 39' 00"
|-
|134||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Peter Wrolich]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||align=right| 3h 39' 20"
|-
|135||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aitor Hernandez]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||align=right| 3h 50' 16"
|-
|136||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Gert Steegmans]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 3h 59' 16"
|-
|137||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jimmy Casper]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||align=right| 4h 00' 05"
|-
|138||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Wim Vansevenant]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||align=right| 4h 02' 01"
|}

=== Withdrawals ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Stage
!Rider
!Team
!Reason
|-

|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ivan Basso]]||[[Team CSC]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jan Ullrich]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Oscar Sevilla]]||[[T-Mobile Team]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Mancebo]]||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alexander Vinokourov]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||Withdrawn by team
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Assan Bazayev]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||Withdrawn by team
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joseba Beloki]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Contador]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Allan Davis]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jörg Jaksche]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Andrey Kashechkin]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||Withdrawn by team
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Isidro Nozal]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||[[Operación Puerto doping case]]
|-
|DNS||P||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis León Sanchez]]||[[Astana Team|Astana-Würth]]||Withdrawn by team
|-
|DNS||2||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Danilo Di Luca]]||[[Liquigas (cycling)|Liquigas]]||Urinary infection
|-
|DNF||3||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Rodriguez]]||[[Predictor-Lotto|Davitamon-Lotto]]||Concussion
|-
|DNF||3||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Erik Dekker]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||Facial injuries
|-
|DNF||3||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Valverde]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||Fractured collarbone
|-
|DNS||6||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Sacchi]]||[[Team Milram]]||Bronchitis
|-
|DNF||7||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Julich]]||[[Team CSC]]||Wrist and Thigh Injury
|-
|DNS||10||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Brochard]]||[[Bouygues Télécom (cycling team)|Bouygues Télécom]]||Back pain
|-
|DNF||10||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jimmy Engoulvent]]||[[Crédit Agricole]]||Back pain
|-
|DNF||11||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Lombardi]]||[[Team CSC]]||Stomach problems
|-
|DNF||11||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iban Mayo]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||Throat infection
|-
|DNF||11||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Wilfried Cretskens]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||Grandmother died a few days earlier
|-
|DNF||12||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Isaac Gálvez]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||Back pain
|-
|DNF||12||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jose Alberto Martinez]]||[[Agritubel]]||Back pain
|-
|DNF||12||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Savoldelli]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||Crashed into spectator while riding to hotel and received stitches to his head after stage 11
|-
|DNF||12||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Benjamín Noval]]||[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]||Muscle pain
|-
|DNF||12||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Samuel Plouhinec]]||[[Agritubel]]||Back pain
|-
|DNF||14||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mirko Celestino]]||[[Team Milram]]||Unknown
|-
|DNF||14||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Bäckstedt]]||[[Liquigas-Bianchi]]||Cold
|-
|DNF||14||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Cañada]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||Fractured collarbone
|-
|DNF||14||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Rik Verbrugghe]]||[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone]]||Broken left leg
|-
|DNF||15||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bram de Groot]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||Knee injury
|-
|DNF||15||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Tom Boonen]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||Breathing problems and bacterial infection
|-
|DNF||15||{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Beat Zberg]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||Bronchitis
|-
|DNF||15||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Grivko]]||[[Team Milram]]||Unknown
|-
|DNF||16||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sebastien Joly]]||[[Française des Jeux]]||Lower back pain
|-
|DNF||16||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Maxim Iglinskiy]]||[[Team Milram]]||Abrasions and contusions after fall in stage 15
|-
|DNF||16||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Bennati]]||[[Lampre-Fondital]]||Thigh injury
|-
|DNF||16||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Steven de Jongh]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||Shoulder pain after fall in stage 15
|-
|DNF||16||{{flagicon|GER}} [[David Kopp (cyclist)|David Kopp]]||[[Team Gerolsteiner]]||Exhaustion
|-
|DNS||17||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[José Rujano]]||[[Quick Step-Innergetic]]||Unknown
|-
|DNF||17||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||Unknown
|-
|DNF||17||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Miguel Mercado]]||[[Agritubel]]||Exhaustion
|-
|DNF||17||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Ángel Gómez Marchante]]||[[Saunier Duval-Prodir]]||Unknown
|-
|DNS||18||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Óscar Freire]]||[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]||Unknown
|-
|DNF||18||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Lopez Garcia]]||[[Euskaltel-Euskadi]]||Unknown
|-
|DSQ||19||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Robert Hunter (cyclist)|Robert Hunter]]||[[Phonak (cycling team)|Phonak Hearing Systems]]||Outside time limit (Due to saddle sore - which caused him to ride the TT out of the saddle for the entire stage)
|-
|DNS||20||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Florent Brard]]||[[Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears]]||Broke his hand in stage 19
|}

== Notes ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/presentation/us/index.html Official page]
* [http://www.letour.fr/2006/presentationus/index.html Official Tour de France press releases on Strasbourg]
* [http://www.roadcycling.com/events/tdf2006/ 2006 Tour de France coverage on RoadCycling.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907132738/http://www.roadcycling.com/events/tdf2006/ |date=2008-09-07 }}
* [http://www.sport.be/fr/cyclisme/article.html?Article_ID=105602 Press release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106045124/http://www.sport.be/fr/cyclisme/article.html?Article_ID=105602 |date=2007-11-06 }} {{in lang|fr}}
* http://www.cycling.tv {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206135002/http://cycling.tv/ |date=2020-12-06 }} for the live TdF news show everyday.
* [http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance Tour de France race news from Bicycling Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704084430/http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance |date=2008-07-04 }}

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