The 30th edition of the Deutschland Tour road bicycle race took place in Germany from 1 to 9 August 2006. It consisted of a Prologue and eight stages covering a total of , starting in Düsseldorf and finishing in Karlsruhe. Jens Voigt claimed the victory ahead of defending champion Levi Leipheimer.
Classification tables
General classification CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 32h 11' 10"2Levi Leipheimer 1' 38"3Andrey Kashechkin 2' 23"4Vladimir Gusev 2' 33"5Evgeni Petrov 2' 57"6Marzio Bruseghin 3' 42"7Íñigo Cuesta 4' 08"8Stijn Devolder 4' 09"9Eddy Mazzoleni 4' 36"10Pablo Lastras 4' 38"
King of the Mountains Classification
CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Sebastian Lang 212Andrey Kashechkin 213Jens Voigt 20
Points Classification
CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Erik Zabel 1152Jens Voigt 883Andrey Kashechkin 62
Young Rider Classification
CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Vladimir Gusev 32h 13' 43"2Stefan Schumacher 2' 15"3 Thomas Dekker 3' 49"
Best Team TeamCountryTime1 96h 42' 18"2 13"3 3' 01"
Stages
Prologue - Tuesday 1 August: Düsseldorf, 5.5 km. (ITT)
Prologue Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir Gusev 6' 42"2Linus Gerdemann s.t.3Sebastian Lang 1"General classification after Prologue CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir Gusev 6' 42"2Linus Gerdemann s.t.3Sebastian Lang 1"
Stage 1 - Wednesday 2 August: Düsseldorf-Bielefeld, 198 km.
Stage 1 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Assan Bazayev 4h 43' 06"2Danilo Napolitano s.t.3Erik Zabel s.t.General classification after Stage 1 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir Gusev 4h 49' 47"2Linus Gerdemann 1"3Sebastian Lang 2"
Stage 2 - Thursday 3 August: Minden-Goslar, 181.5 km.
Stage 2 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 4h 22' 25"2Davide Rebellin s.t.3Andrey Kashechkin s.t.General classification after Stage 2 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir Gusev 9h 12' 17"2Linus Gerdemann 1"3Davide Rebellin 7"
Stage 3 - Friday 4 August: Witzenhausen-Schweinfurt, 203.3 km.
Stage 3 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Gerald CiolekTeam Wiesenof 4h 56' 22"2Erik Zabel s.t.3André Greipel s.t.General classification after Stage 3 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Vladimir Gusev 14h 08' 39"2Erik Zabel s.t.3Linus Gerdemann 1"
Stage 4 - Saturday 5 August: Heidenheim-Bad Tölz, 203 km.
Stage 4 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Graeme Brown 4h 34' 38"2Stefan Schumacher s.t.3Erik Zabel s.t.General classification after Stage 4 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Erik Zabel 18h 43' 10"2Vladimir Gusev 7"3Linus Gerdemann 8"
Stage 5 - Sunday 6 August: Bad Tölz-Seefeld, 192.1 km. Because of bad weather on top of Mount Kühtai (Top of the Deutschland Tour 2006 at 2017 meters), the riders asked the organisation before the start to remove it from the Stage, which they did. As a result, the stage was only 160 kilometres long.
Stage 5 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Levi Leipheimer 3h 44' 20"2Andrey Kashechkin 3"3Marzio Bruseghin 3"General classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 22h 27' 51"2Vladimir Gusev 3"3Marzio Bruseghin 15"
Stage 6 - Monday 7 August: Seefeld-St Anton am Arlberg, 196.6 km.
Stage 6 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 5h 11' 48"2Levi Leipheimer 2"3Andrey Kashechkin 8"General classification after Stage 6 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 27h 39' 29"2Levi Leipheimer 24"3Evgeni Petrov 56"
Stage 7 - Tuesday 8 August: Bad Säckingen, 38.2 km. (ITT)
Stage 7 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 45' 03"2László Bodrogi 1' 03"3Sebastian Lang 1' 04"General classification after Stage 7 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 28h 24' 32"2Levi Leipheimer 1' 38"3Andrey Kashechkin 2' 23"
Stage 8 - Wednesday 9 August: Bad Krozingen-Karlsruhe, 172.1 km.
Stage 8 Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Graeme Brown 3h 46' 38"2Erik Zabel s.t.3Danilo Napolitano s.t.General classification after Stage 8 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens Voigt 32h 11' 10"2Levi Leipheimer 1' 38"3Andrey Kashechkin 2' 23"
Jersey progress
Stage(Winner) General classification(Gelbes Trikot) Points Classification(Rotes Trikot) Climber Classification(Bergtrikot) Young Rider Classification(Weißes Trikot) Team Classification Most Active (Aktivster Fahrer) Prologue(Vladimir Gusev) Vladimir Gusev Vladimir Gusev Vladimir Gusev Vladimir Gusev No award Stage 1 (Assan Bazayev) Stefan Schumacher Andreas Matzbacher Stage 2 (Jens Voigt) Davide Rebellin Ronny Scholz Stage 3 (Gerald Ciolek) Erik Zabel Stefan Schumacher Marco Pinotti Stage 4 (Graeme Brown) Erik Zabel Marcel Sieberg Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer) Jens Voigt Andrey Kashechkin Sven Teutenberg Stage 6 (Jens Voigt) Sebastian Lang Erik Zabel Stage 7 (Jens Voigt) No award Stage 8 (Graeme Brown) No award Final Jens Voigt Erik Zabel Sebastian Lang Vladimir Gusev
External links Race website