The 2006

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI World ...

was held from 18 to 22 January 2006 in and around

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. It was a multiple stage

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that took part over five stages with a total of 685 kilometres and is part of the 2005–06 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2006 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event. 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.

Men's stage summary

Other leading top threes

Men's top 10 overall

Women's stage summary

References

Official website

Cyclingnews.com Tour Down Under 2006 site
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