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.

2006 Danmark Rundt

Race details
Dates	August 2 – August 6
Stages	6
Distance	874 km (543.1 mi)
Winning time	19h 49' 14"
Results
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

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	Aitor Galdos Alonso	Panaria Navigare	4h44'08"
2	René Haselbacher	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
3	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
4	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas–Bianchi	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 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	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	Davitamon–Lotto	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.

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	Robert Förster	Gerolsteiner	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: 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	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	Gerolsteiner	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: 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	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	0h16'15"
2	Thomas Ziegler	Team T-Mobile	at 18"
3	Alex Rasmussen	Team Post Danmark	at 24"
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas–Bianchi	at 27"
5	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.

• Stage winner: Robert Förster

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

References

• cyclingnews

1. "Startliste" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine on postdanmarkrundt.dk

External links

• (in Danish) Official site