2006 UCI ProTour

Second edition of the UCI ProTour
Details
Dates	March 5 – October 14
Location	Europe
Races	27
Champions
Individual champion	Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears)
Teams' champion	Team CSC
Nations' champion	Spain
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The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races.

The prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour.[1] On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached [2], guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.

2006 ProTour races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team
March 5–12	Paris–Nice	France	Floyd Landis (USA)	Phonak
March 8–14	Tirreno–Adriatico	Italy	Thomas Dekker (NED)	Rabobank
March 18	Milan – San Remo	Italy	Filippo Pozzato (ITA)	Quick-Step–Innergetic
April 2	Tour of Flanders	Belgium	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Quick-Step–Innergetic
April 3–8	Vuelta al País Vasco	Spain	José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP)	Saunier Duval–Prodir
April 5	Gent–Wevelgem	Belgium	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole
April 9	Paris–Roubaix	France	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Team CSC
April 16	Amstel Gold Race	Netherlands	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Team CSC
April 19	La Flèche Wallonne	Belgium	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
April 23	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Belgium	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
April 25–30	Tour de Romandie	Switzerland	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Davitamon–Lotto
May 6–28	Giro d'Italia	Italy	Ivan Basso (ITA)	Team CSC
May 15–21	Volta a Catalunya	Spain	David Cañada (ESP)	Saunier Duval–Prodir
June 4–11	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré	France	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Gerolsteiner
June 10–18	Tour de Suisse	Switzerland	Jan Ullrich (GER)	T-Mobile Team
June 18	Eindhoven Team Time Trial	Netherlands	team event	Team CSC
July 1–23	Tour de France	France	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
July 30	Vattenfall Cyclassics	Germany	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank
August 1–9	Deutschland Tour	Germany	Jens Voigt (GER)	Team CSC
August 12	Clásica de San Sebastián	Spain	Xavier Florencio (ESP)	Bouygues Télécom
August 16–23	Eneco Tour of Benelux	Belgium  Netherlands	Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Gerolsteiner
August 27	GP Ouest-France	France	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Liquigas
August 28 – September 19	Vuelta a España	Spain	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)	Astana
September 4–10	Tour de Pologne	Poland	Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Gerolsteiner
October 1	Züri-Metzgete	Switzerland	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi
October 8	Paris–Tours	France	Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)	Française des Jeux
October 14	Giro di Lombardia	Italy	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Quick-Step–Innergetic

Final individual standings

	Name	Team	Points
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	285
2	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	213
3	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Team CSC	165
4	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Davitamon–Lotto	162
5	Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)	Astana	156
6	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	Lampre–Fondital	155
7	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Quick-Step–Innergetic	154
8	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Quick-Step–Innergetic	144
9	Ivan Basso (ITA)	Team CSC	138
10	Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Gerolsteiner	133

• A total of 209 riders were classified
• Floyd Landis had 175 points before the UCI removed his name from the standings following his removal from the Phonak team.

Final team standings

	Team	Nationality	Points
1	Team CSC	Denmark	388
2	Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears	Spain	350
3	Rabobank	Netherlands	346
4	Discovery Channel	United States	327
5	Lampre–Fondital	Italy	327
6	Gerolsteiner	Germany	294
7	Phonak	Switzerland	270
8	T-Mobile Team	Germany	269
9	Saunier Duval–Prodir	Spain	268
10	Astana	Spain	258
11	Crédit Agricole	France	253
12	Cofidis	France	249
13	Quick-Step–Innergetic	Belgium	248
14	Liquigas	Italy	247
15	AG2R Prévoyance	France	219
16	Davitamon–Lotto	Belgium	214
17	Euskaltel–Euskadi	Spain	208
18	Team Milram	Italy	185
19	Bouygues Télécom	France	184
20	Française des Jeux	France	173

Final nation standings

	Nation	Points
1	Spain	808
2	Italy	651
3	Germany	475
4	Australia	340
5	United States	316
6	Belgium	292
7	Kazakhstan	286
8	France	271
8	Netherlands	269
10	Russia	234
11	Switzerland	190
12	Luxembourg	165

• Riders from 29 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point.

2006 ProTour Points System

• If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
• Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...-1.
• Team time trial doesn't give points for riders.
• In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.