The 2006 edition of the

Eindhoven Team Time Trial The UCI ProTour Eindhoven Team Time Trial was an annual road bicycle race held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was approximately . Each team had six riders. In 2006, team size expanded to eight. Conceived as part of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was o ...

was held June 18 in

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. It marked the second year of this

UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, e ...

event, which is a

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

competition between the world's elite professional cycling teams and consists of the eight riders for each team riding in unison against the clock. The team with the fastest time through the 48.6 km course based on the time of its first five riders wins the competition. In 2006,

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finished in first place with a time of 52 minutes, 28 seconds, which was 42 seconds ahead of second-place finisher and 55 seconds ahead of the 2005 champion .

General Standings

18 June 2006: Eindhoven, 48.6 km. (TTT)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eindhoven Team Time Trial, 2006

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2006 UCI ProTour 2006 in Dutch sport