2006 Danmark Rundt

Denmark 2006 Danmark Rundt
Race details
Dates August 2 – August 6
Stages 6
Distance 874 km (543.1 mi)
Winning time 19h 49' 14" (44.0956 km/h or 27.3997 mph)
Palmares
Winner  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (Team CSC)
Second  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Team CSC)
Third  Thomas Ziegler (GER) (T-Mobile Team)
Points  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Team CSC)
Mountains  Aart Vierhouten (NED) (Skil-Shimano)
Youth  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (Team CSC)
Sprints  Jacob Nielsen (DEN) (Glud & Marstrand Horsens)
Team Team CSC

The 2006 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 2 to 6 August 2006. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara of Team CSC captured the overall title. It was the 16th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985.

Stages

Stage 1: Frederikshavn–Viborg, Denmark (210 km)

The 2006 Danmark Rundt started in Frederikshavn and the first stage took the riders across Vendsyssel before turning south towards Viborg. This was also the race's longest stage.

Route: Frederikshavn–Hjørring–Løkken–Brovst–Løgstør–Farsø–Gedsted–Skals–Viborg, ending with 2 laps of 4.5 km.

Results

# Rider Team Time
1 Spain Aitor Galdos Alonso Panaria Navigare 4h44'08"
2 Austria René Haselbacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
3 Australia Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
4 Italy Manuel Quinziato Liquigas–Bianchi at 10"
5 Argentina Maximiliano Richeze Panaria Navigare at 18"
Full result

This meant that Aitor Galos Alonso lead the general classification, as well as the point classification. Aart Vierhouten lead the hill competition, Alex Rasmussen held the youth jersey, Jacob Nielsen the fighter jersey and Gerolsteiner lead the team competition.

Stage 2: Aalestrup–Vejle (185 km)

Stage 2 took the riders south through Jutland, reaching the race's highest point some 170 metres above sea level at Yding Skovhøj. The stage also featured a rough 21% climb on Kiddesvej in Vejle which was included on both of the final laps.

Route: Aalestrup–Møldrup–Viborg–Dollerup Bakker–Kjellerup–Silkeborg–Gl. Rye–Yding Skovhøj–Uldum–Vejle, ending with 2 laps of 5.5 km.

Results

# Rider Team Time
1 Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 4h16'34"
2 Australia Stuart O'Grady Team CSC at 21"
3 Germany Thomas Ziegler Team T-Mobile s.t.
4 Australia Cadel Evans Davitamon–Lotto at 23"
5 Australia Baden Cooke Unibet.com Cycling Team s.t.
Full result

This means that Fabian Cancellara moved into yellow and took the white youth-jersey too, although Aitor Galdos Alonso retained the dark-purple point-jersey. Aart Vierhouten kept the dotted hill-jersey, and Maarten Tjallingi took the fighter-jersey. Team CSC moved into first in the team classification.

Stage 3: Kolding–Odense (205 km)

The third stage reached the Little Belt Bridge before following the western and south coast of Funen until Svendborg, then heading north to the island's largest city, Odense.

Route: Kolding–Middelfart–Assens–Hårby–Faaborg–Svendborg–Ringe–Odense, ending with 2 laps of 4.4 km.

Results

# Rider Team Time
1 Germany Robert Förster Gerolsteiner 4h40'41"
2 Australia Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
3 Denmark Alex Rasmussen Team Post Danmark s.t.
4 Netherlands Aart Vierhouten Skil-Shimano s.t.
5 Argentina Maximiliano Richeze Panaria Navigare s.t.
Full result

After stage 3, Stuart O'Grady held the yellow and purple jerseys. Aart Vierhouten kept the dotted jersey, and Fabian Cancellara was still the best youngster. Jacob Nielsen took the fighter jersey, and Team CSC was still on top of the team-leaderboard.

Stage 4: Sorø–Hillerød (100 km)

Stage 4 was a so-called "half-stage", with an individual time trial being held in the evening of 5 August. The stage went north-east from Sorø through Tølløse, birth city of 2005 and 2006 Tour de France polka-dot winner Michael Rasmussen, on its way to Hillerød.

Route: Sorø–Stenlille–Tølløse–Kirke Hyllinge–Skibby–Frederikssund–Slangerup–Hillerød, ending with 2 laps of 4.0 km.

Results

# Rider Team Time
1 Germany Olaf Pollack T-Mobile Team 2h30'04"
2 Australia Baden Cooke Unibet.com Cycling Team s.t.
3 Australia Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
4 Austria René Haselbacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
5 Poland Dariusz Rudnicki Team Intel Action s.t.
Full result

No classements got new leaders in this short stage, leaving O'Grady leading the individual classification and CSC the team classification.

Stage 5: Elsinore (14 km, ITT)

Stage 5, the penultimate stage, was a short individual time trial. A few days before this stage, it was shortened from 15.5 to 14 km. The stage took place on the same day as stage 4.

Route (streets are unlinked): Kronborgvej–Ndr. Strandvej–Hellebæk–Ålsgårde (turning point)–Hellebæk–Elsinore–Kronborgvej

Results

# Rider Team Time
1 Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 0h16'15"
2 Germany Thomas Ziegler Team T-Mobile at 18"
3 Denmark Alex Rasmussen Team Post Danmark at 24"
4 Italy Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas–Bianchi at 27"
5 Australia Stuart O'Grady Team CSC at 27"
Full result

Stage 6: Gilleleje–Frederiksberg (156 km)

The final stage crossed Benbrækkeren, a steep hill in northern Zealand, before ending with the traditional finish at Frederiksberg Allé.

Route: Gilleleje–"Benbrækkeren"–Helsinge–Hillerød–Blovstrød–Vedbæk–Frederiksberg, ending with 10 laps of 6.0 km.

Participation list

The peloton consisted of 125 riders on 16 teams (7–8 per team). This is the list of the participants, as seen on the official site.[1]

Team Riders
ProTour teams
Denmark Team CSC Stuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Piil, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Allan Johansen, Lars Bak and Matti Breschel
Germany T-Mobile Team Olaf Pollack, Scott Davis, Bas Giling, Sergey Ivanov, Berhard Kohl, André Korff, Eric Baumann and Thomas Ziegler
Italy Liquigas–Bianchi Magnus Bäckstedt, Alberto Curtolo, Mauro Da Dalto, Nicola Loda, Vincenzo Nibali, Manuel Quinziato and Marco Righetto
Belgium Davitamon–Lotto Cadel Evans, Olivier Kaisen, Bert Roesems, Tom Steels, Preben Van Hecke, Léon van Bon, Peter Van Petegem and Fred Rodriguez
Germany Gerolsteiner Frank Høj, Robert Förster, Thomas Fothen, René Haselbacher, Volker Ordowski, Sven Krauss, Matthias Russ and Michael Rich
UCI Professional Continental teams
Belgium Unibet.com Cycling Team Baden Cooke, Glenn Bak, Gorik Gardeyn, Jeremy Hunt, Geert Omloop, Bobbie Traksel, Matthew Wilson and Marco Zanotti
Italy Panaria Navigare Paride Grillo, Brett Lancaster, Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Moises Aldape Chavez, Mirko Allegrini, Matteo Priamo, Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Aitor Galdos Alonso
United Kingdom Team Barloworld Igor Astarloa, Giosue Bonomi, Diego Caccia, Enrico Degano, Mauro Facci, Rodney Green, Jeremy Maartens and James Perry
Belgium Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen Glenn D'Hollander, Kenny Lisabeth, Kenny De Haes, Frederik Willems, Iljo Keisse, Bart Vanheule, Wouter Van Mechelen and Koen Barbe
Poland Team Intel Action Marcin Osinski, Dariusz Rudnicki, Krzysztof Miara, Krzysztof Kuznmiak, Denys Kostyuk, Bogdan Bondrev and Lukasz Bodnar
Switzerland Team LPR Samuele Marzoli, Andreas Dietziker, Mikhaylo Khalilov, Yuri Metlushenko, Alessandro Maserati, Roberto Traficante and Gene Michael Bates
Netherlands Skil-Shimano Aart Vierhouten, Rik Reinerink, Piet Rooyakkers, Maarten Tjallingi, Paul Martens, René Weissinger, Kenny Van Hummel and Christoph Messchenmoser
Continental teams
Denmark Team GLS Jacob Moe Rasmussen, Jimmy Hansen, Kristoffer G. Nielsen, Michael Mørkøv, Kasper Jebjerg, Anders Lund, Lasse Bøchmann and Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Denmark Team Designa Køkken Rene Jørgensen, Michael Reihs, Michael Larsen, Chris Anker Sørensen, Daniel Holm Foder, Jakob Fuglsang, Allan Bo Andresen and Jens Erik Madsen
Denmark Glud & Marstrand Horsens Michael Skelde, Morten Christiansen, Jacob Nielsen, Troels Vinther, André Steensen, Roy Hegreberg, Rune Udby and Michael Berling
National teams
Denmark Team Post Danmark* Alex Rasmussen, Casper Jørgensen, Martin Mortensen, Peter Riis Andersen, Michael Tronborg, Jacob Kodrup, Nikola Aistrup and Jan Almblad

*Team Post Danmark is a team of Danish riders, whose teams don't enter the race. Post Danmark is sponsor for the national team, so therefore the team is registered as a national one.

References

  1. ↑ "Startliste" on postdanmarkrundt.dk

External links


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