In short
| Stage winner | Moises DUENAS NEVADO |
 (yellow/white jersey) |
Moises DUENAS NEVADO |
 (green/white jersey) |
Bruno NEVES |
 (red polka dotted jersey) |
Edvalo HAGEN |
All classifications
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• Individual time• Individual points • Best climber • Best team |
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• Individual time• Individual points • Best climber • Best team |
Stage by stage
| 1 | Thursday 31 August | 130 km |
| Charleroi - Charleroi | ||
| 2 | Friday 1 September | 180.5 km |
| Charleroi - Mont-Saint-Martin | ||
| 3 | Saturday 2 September | 144.5 km |
| Mont-Saint-Martin - Moyeuvre-Grande | ||
| 4 | Sunday 3 September | 149 km |
| Yutz - Metz | ||
| 5 | Monday 4 September | 151 km |
| Metz - Nancy | ||
| 6 | Tuesday 5 September | 161.5 km |
| Nancy - La Bresse | ||
| 7 | Wednesday 6 September | 163 km |
| La Bresse - Ornans | ||
| 8 | Thursday 7 September | 143.5 km |
| Salins-Les-Bains - Saint-Genis-Pouilly | ||
| 9 | Friday 8 September | 24.5 km |
| Chamonix-Mont-Blanc - Finhaut | ||
| 10 | Saturday 9 September | 145.5 km |
| Saint-Nicolas-La-Chapelle - Marcinelle-en-Montagne | ||
| Total | 1393 km | |
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The race
Tuesday 5 September 2006| stage 6 | Nancy - La Bresse - 161.5 km |  |
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Duenas Nevado so comfortably!
Nancy – La Bresse, 161 km. On the day: 4 climbs and 2 intermediate sprints. Duenas Nevado won without the slightest doubt on the road to La Bresse and cqptured the overall leader’s yellow jersey. Behind, his closest rivals struggled to keep up with the winning pace.
The film of the stage
Rapidly after the start, attacks occurred in the race lead but none really worried the pack until the 25km mark where Sonnery (FRA), Kozontchuk (RB3), Van der Linden (JAC), Bonnaire (BTL), Cauquil (JAR), Bergès (AUB), Myhre (NOR) and Neves (POR) managed to break away. In the climb up the Côte de Vaudémont (km 41,5), the advantage of the eight started looking interesting. Sonnery made it first to the top ahead of Myhre, Neves and Kozontchuk with a 1’45 lead over the pack.
The gap carried on growing. On the intermediate sprint line in Mattaincourt (km 64,5), Neves made it first in front of Cauquil and Bergès while the pack remained 5’10 adrift. At the bottom of the Côte de Xertigny the gap stabilized as the front men started the climb with a 3’45 lead on the pack. At the top (km 110), Sonnery, Kozontchuk and Myrhe captured the first three positions with the pack moving closer at 3’00.
The peloton then really started chasing seriously and indeed the gap dropped down: 2’20 in Saint-Nabord-Faillière (km 121) and only 1’35 at the exit of Dommartin-les-Remierement (km 132). In the climb up the Col du Cheneau, the pack moved closer at 1’30. The front riders tried to hang on to their lead but some started struggling. Cauquil and Myhre were dropped while Sonnery, Neves and Kozontchuk reached the the top of the climb with a 1’20 advantage.
In the downhill portion, Cauquil and Myrhe were quickly caught back by the main field while the six riders still in the front of the race hung on to their lead. On the bonus sprint line of Saulxure-sur-Moselotte (km 146,5), Neves grabbed the maximum points and seconds ahead of Kozontchuk and Bonnaire, with a 2’ advantage on the pack. But the peloton increased its pace as it moved closer to the Col de Brabant. The gap had dropped down to 1’ in Cornimont (km 150).
In the climb, quite a few teams started working together, and the leading riders were rapidly caught back. With 2 kilometres to go before the summit, Duenas Nevado (AGR) took off leaving everyone well behind. Kvasina and Pardilla did their best to try and resist but at the top Duenas Nevado could already enjoy a 30’’ advantage on Pardilla, Gesink, Pauwels and Stubbe, 40’’ on Cornu and Kvasina and 50’’ on Mazet and Mestre. Yellow jersey holder Roche was 1’35 adrift.
Going downhill, Duenas Nevado conforted his lead and managed to conquer stage victory on his own. Pauwels and Mazet made it on the line with a 25’’ deficit. Thanks to his feat, Duenas Nevado captured the yellow jersey while Neves was back in green and Hagen kept the polka-dot jersey.
The winner interview
"My goal was to win here"
This morning, we had decided to talk things over at the bottom of the last climb to see if there was a way to manage something today. I had great legs so I attacked as soon as we caught the front riders. It worked out! I’m actually really happy with this stage victory because I really wanted to win here. For the remaining part of the race, we will see but I feel great, I’ve kept enough energy and the profile of the upcoming stages could suit me.