The 2006 Tour Down Under was held from 18 to 22 January 2006 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 685 kilometres and is part of the

2005–06 UCI Oceania Tour The 2005–06 UCI Oceania Tour was the second season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 9 October 2005 with the Herald Sun Tour and ended on 29 January 2006 with the Tour of Wellington, Trust House Cycle Classic. The points leader, bas ...

. 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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