The 2006 edition of the

Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; ; ) was a European Classic cycle races, Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 until 2014. It was a race with a long history ...

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took place on October 1 in a circuit in and around the

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city of

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. It was part of the

2006 UCI ProTour The 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI UCI ProTour, 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 ...

, and won by

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. It turned out to be the last running of the Züri-Metzgete race.

General Standings

2006-10-01: Zürich, 241 km.

External links

Race website
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2006 UCI ProTour 2006 in Swiss sport