2006 Tour Down Under
The 2006 Tour Down Under was held from 18 to 22 January 2006 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The eighth edition of the Tour Down Under was a stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of, and was part of the 2005–06 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2006 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event.
The race was won by Australian rider Simon Gerrans of. The event was awarded the Australian Sport Tourism Award of the year at the Australian Sport Awards in February 2006, having attracted 495,000 spectators and more than 11,670 visitors to South Australia.
Teams
- Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
- Credit Agricole
- Ag2r Prevoyance
- Davitamon-Lotto
- Team Milram
- Liquigas-Bianchi
- Bouygues Telecom
- Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
- Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
- South [Australia.com-AIS Cycling]
- UniSA-Australia
- United Water-Australia U/23