2006 Deutschland Tour

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

King of the Mountains Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Lang			21
2	Andrey Kashechkin			21
3	Jens Voigt			20

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel			115
2	Jens Voigt			88
3	Andrey Kashechkin			62

Young Rider Classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Vladimir Gusev			32h 13' 43"
2	Stefan Schumacher			2' 15"
3	Thomas Dekker			3' 49"

Stages

Prologue - Tuesday 1 August: [Düsseldorf], 5.5 km. (ITT)

'''Prologue Result'''

Stage 1 - Wednesday 2 August: Düsseldorf-[Bielefeld], 198 km.

'''Stage 1 Result'''

Stage 2 - Thursday 3 August: [Minden]-[Goslar], 181.5 km.

'''Stage 2 Result'''

Stage 3 - Friday 4 August: [Witzenhausen]-[Schweinfurt], 203.3 km.

'''Stage 3 Result'''

Stage 4 - Saturday 5 August: Heidenheim">Heidenheim an der Brenz">Heidenheim-[Bad Tölz], 203 km.

'''Stage 4 Result'''

Stage 5 - Sunday 6 August: Bad Tölz-Seefeld">Seefeld, Bavaria">Seefeld, 192.1 km.

Because of bad weather on top of Mount Kühtai, 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'''

Stage 6 - Monday 7 August: Seefeld-St Anton am Arlberg">St. Anton">St Anton am Arlberg, 196.6 km.

'''Stage 6 Result'''

Stage 7 - Tuesday 8 August: [Bad Säckingen], 38.2 km. (ITT)

'''Stage 7 Result'''

Stage 8 - Wednesday 9 August: [Bad Krozingen]-[Karlsruhe], 172.1 km.

'''Stage 8 Result'''

Jersey progress

Stage	General classification	Points Classification	Climber Classification	Young Rider Classification	Team Classification	Most Active
Prologue	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev		No award
Stage 1	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Stefan Schumacher	Vladimir Gusev		Andreas Matzbacher
Stage 2	Vladimir Gusev	Vladimir Gusev	Davide Rebellin	Vladimir Gusev		Ronny Scholz
Stage 3	Vladimir Gusev	Erik Zabel	Stefan Schumacher	Vladimir Gusev		Marco Pinotti
Stage 4	Erik Zabel	Erik Zabel	Stefan Schumacher	Vladimir Gusev		Marcel Sieberg
Stage 5	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Andrey Kashechkin	Vladimir Gusev		Sven Teutenberg
Stage 6	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev		Erik Zabel
Stage 7	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev		No award
Stage 8	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev		No award
Final	Jens Voigt	Erik Zabel	Sebastian Lang	Vladimir Gusev