2006 UCI ProTour
Date Race Country Winner Team
March 5-12 Paris-Nice France Floyd Landis ( USA ) Phonak
March 8-14 Tirreno-Adriatico Italy Thomas Dekker ( NED ) Rabobank
March 18 Milan - San Remo Italy Filippo Pozzato ( ITA ) Quick-Step-Innergetic
April 2 Tour of Flanders Belgium Tom Boonen ( BEL ) Quick-Step-Innergetic
April 3-8 Vuelta al País Vasco Spain José Ángel Gómez Marchante ( ESP ) Saunier Duval-Prodir
April 5 Gent-Wevelgem Belgium Thor Hushovd ( NOR ) Crédit Agricole
April 9 Paris-Roubaix France Fabian Cancellara ( SUI ) Team CSC
April 16 Amstel Gold Race Netherlands Fränk Schleck ( LUX ) Team CSC
April 19 La Flèche Wallonne Belgium Alejandro Valverde ( ESP ) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
April 23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Belgium Alejandro Valverde ( ESP ) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
April 25-30 Tour de Romandie Switzerland Cadel Evans ( AUS ) Davitamon-Lotto
May 6-28 Giro d'Italia Italy Ivan Basso ( ITA ) Team CSC
May 15-21 Volta a Catalunya Spain David Cañada ( ESP ) Saunier Duval-Prodir
June 4-11 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré France Levi Leipheimer ( USA ) Gerolsteiner
June 10-18 Tour de Suisse Switzerland Jan Ullrich ( GER ) T-Mobile Team
June 18 Eindhoven Team Time Trial Netherlands team event Team CSC
July 1-23 Tour de France France Óscar Pereiro ( ESP ) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
July 30 Vattenfall Cyclassics Germany Óscar Freire ( ESP ) Rabobank
August 1-9 Deutschland Tour Germany Jens Voigt ( GER ) Team CSC
August 12 Clásica de San Sebastián Spain Xavier Florencio ( ESP ) Bouygues Télécom
2006 ProTour races
The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races. The prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour. On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached , guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.