2006 Tour of Britain


The 2006 Tour of Britain took place at various locations across Great Britain, lasting from the 29th of August to the 3rd of September. A UCI Category 2.1 event, the tour consisted of six stages covering a total distance of, starting in Glasgow and finishing at The Mall in London.

Stages

Stage 1

;29 August: Glasgow to Castle Douglas,
The stage was dominated by an early breakaway of three riders, who were never caught and finished 2 minutes ahead of the peloton.
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Martin PedersenDenmark

Stage 2

;30 August: Blackpool to Liverpool,
The stage concluded in a mass sprint. Throughout the race, Goss secured enough time bonuses in the sprints to take the overall lead from Pedersen.
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Roger HammondUnited Kingdom

Stage 3

;31 August: Bradford to Sheffield,
The stage was dominated by a crosswind. Pedersen's teammates split the peloton to help him regain the lead, but were unable to catch Filippo Pozzato, who had escaped from the lead group near the finish.
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Filippo PozzatoItaly

Stage 4

;1 September: Wolverhampton to Birmingham,
In another stage, a group broke away early, and the peloton was unable to catch them again. Manning was leading as the race reached the final roundabout but he was directed the wrong way and lost the stage.
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Frederik WillemsBelgium

Stage 5

;2 September: Rochester to Canterbury,
The riders went on strike, after being misled by race officials, with their main complaint being poor security. They eventually resumed the race, and the stage concluded with a mass sprint.
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Francesco ChicchiItaly

Stage 6

;3 September: Greenwich to The Mall,
There was a number of breakaways on the final stage, but all were eliminated, and the stage concluded with a mass sprint.
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Tom BoonenBelgium

Final classifications

General classification

NameNationalityTeamTime
1Martin PedersenDenmark