2006 Danmark Rundt

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.

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.

# Rider Team Time 1 Aitor Galdos Alonso Panaria Navigare 4h44'08" 2 René Haselbacher s. t. 3 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s. t. 4 Manuel Quinziato at 10" 5 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 lead the team competition.

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.

# Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 4h16'34" 2 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC at 21" 3 Thomas Ziegler Team T Mobile s. t. 4 Cadel Evans at 23" 5 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.

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.

# Rider Team Time 1 Robert Förster 4h40'41" 2 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s. t. 3 Alex Rasmussen Team Post Danmark s. t. 4 Aart Vierhouten Skil–Shimano s. t. 5 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 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.

# Rider Team Time 1 Olaf Pollack T Mobile Team 2h30'04" 2 Baden Cooke Unibet. com Cycling Team s. t. 3 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s. t. 4 René Haselbacher s. t. 5 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, 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

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. TeamRidersProTour teams Team CSCStuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Piil, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Allan Johansen, Lars Bak and Matti Breschel T Mobile TeamOlaf Pollack, Scott Davis, Bas Giling, Sergey Ivanov, Berhard Kohl, André Korff, Eric Baumann and Thomas Ziegler Magnus Bäckstedt, Alberto Curtolo, Mauro Da Dalto, Nicola Loda, Vincenzo Nibali, Manuel Quinziato and Marco Righetto Cadel Evans, Olivier Kaisen, Bert Roesems, Tom Steels, Preben Van Hecke, Léon van Bon, Peter Van Petegem and Fred Rodriguez Frank Høj, Robert Förster, Thomas Fothen, René Haselbacher, Volker Ordowski, Sven Krauss, Matthias Russ and Michael RichUCI Professional Continental teams Unibet. com Cycling TeamBaden Cooke, Glenn Bak, Gorik Gardeyn, Jeremy Hunt, Geert Omloop, Bobbie Traksel, Matthew Wilson and Marco Zanotti Panaria NavigareParide Grillo, Brett Lancaster, Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Moisés Aldape Chávez, Mirko Allegrini, Matteo Priamo, Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Aitor Galdos Alonso Team BarloworldIgor Astarloa, Giosuè Bonomi, Diego Caccia, Enrico Degano, Mauro Facci, Rodney Green, Jeremy Maartens and James Perry Chocolade Jacques – Topsport VlaanderenGlenn D'Hollander, Kenny Lisabeth, Kenny Dehaes, Frederik Willems, Iljo Keisse, Bart Vanheule, Wouter Van Mechelen and Koen Barbe Team Intel ActionMarcin Osinski, Dariusz Rudnicki, Krzysztof Miara, Krzysztof Kuznmiak, Denys Kostyuk, Bogdan Bondrev and Łukasz Bodnar Team LPRSamuele Marzoli, Andreas Dietziker, Mikhaylo Khalilov, Yuri Metlushenko, Alessandro Maserati, Roberto Traficante and Gene Michael Bates Skil–ShimanoAart Vierhouten, Rik Reinerink, Piet Rooyakkers, Maarten Tjallingi, Paul Martens, René Weissinger, Kenny van Hummel and Christoph MesschenmoserContinental teams Team GLSJacob Moe Rasmussen, Jimmy Hansen, Kristoffer G. Nielsen, Michael Mørkøv, Kasper Jebjerg, Anders Lund, Lasse Bøchmann and Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team Designa KøkkenRene Jørgensen, Michael Reihs, Michael Larsen, Chris Anker Sørensen, Daniel Holm Foder, Jakob Fuglsang, Allan Bo Andresen and Jens Erik Madsen Glud & Marstrand–HorsensMichael Skelde, Morten Christiansen, Jacob Nielsen, Troels Vinther, André Steensen, Roy Hegreberg, Rune Udby and Michael BerlingNational teams 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.