Races Road An orange fiesta of the third kind By Cycling News published 20 July 2006 We did not have to wait till the Alps to find a new world order at the 93rd Tour de France. At the... Comments Race Home Stages Prologue 7km | Strasbourg - Strasbourg, ITT Stage 1 183km | Strasbourg - Strasbourg Stage 2 223km | Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) Stage 3 216km | Esch-sur-Alzette - Valkenburg (Netherlands) Stage 4 215km | Huy (Belgium) - Saint-Quentin Stage 5 219km | Beauvais - Caen Stage 6 184km | Lisieux - Vitré Stage 7 52km | Saint-Grégoire - Rennes ITT Stage 8 177km | Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Lorient Stage 9 170km | Bordeaux - Dax Stage 10 193km | Cambo-les-Bains - Pau Stage 11 208km | Tarbes - Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret (Spain) Stage 12 211km | Luchon - Carcassonne Stage 13 231km | Béziers - Montélimar Stage 14 181km | Montélimar - Gap Stage 15 187km | Gap - L'Alpe-d'Huez Stage 16 182km | Le Bourg-d'Oisans - La Toussuire Stage 17 199km | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Morzine Stage 18 193km | Morzine - Mâcon Stage 19 56km | Le Creusot - Montceau-les-Mines ITT Stage 20 152km | Antony (Parc de Sceaux) - Paris Champs-Elysées View all Stages Race history Start list Image 1 of 89Denis Menchov (Rabobank)(Image credit: AFP)Floyd Landis (Phonak)(Image credit: Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak)(Image credit: Jon Devich)The leaders(Image credit: Sirotti)Cadel Evans (Davitamon)(Image credit: Sirotti)Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile)(Image credit: Sirotti)A view of the climb(Image credit: Jon Devich)Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)(Image credit: AFP)Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom)(Image credit: Jon Devich)Cyril Dessel (AG2R)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)George Hincapie (Discovery)(Image credit: Jon Devich)Floyd Landis (Phonak)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Floyd Landis (Phonak)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)A view of the climb up the Col du Tourmalet.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)David De LaFuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) comes up the Col du Portillon by himself.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)The chase group comes up with Leipheimer and Landis still tucked in.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)Floyd Landis (Phonak) on his way to yellow.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)The yellow jersey had minimal protection today.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)George Hincapie (Discovery) comes by off the back.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)A Phonak rider makes his way up.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)Part of the split in the field.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)Another group makes its way up the Portillon.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)Riders were spread out all over the climb.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) finds it hard going after his earlier attack.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)David Millar (Saunier Duval) ready to start(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)The leaders near the summit of the final climb(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) drives the front group(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in some pain(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Landis sits at the back of the group(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Evans and Sastre chase the Landis trio(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) fought but lost 1'31 today(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)A couple of Vinokourov fans stand out in the mostly Basque crowd(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) pulls Frank Schleck (CSC)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Moreau's tongue wasn't as good as Boogerd's teeth(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Ivan Parra (Cofidis) was part of the lead group for a while(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Georg Totschnig leads Rogers and Fothen(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Marcus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) was a strong 13th place today(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Jose Azevedo (Discovery Channel) leads Gilberto Simoni(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Cyril Dessel (AG2R) tries to keep yellow(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) in the company of Bruseghin(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Axel Merckx (Phonak) follows Patrik Sinkewitz up(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Axel Merckx (Phonak) was the next best rider from his team(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) comes up the climb(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) lost the spotty jersey today(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) is cheered on(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) lost 6'25 today(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) fights for every metre(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)George Hincapie (Discovery) was over 20 minutes down(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) lost a lot of time(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)1 km to go for this trio(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wins in Pla-de-Beret(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) celebrates his win(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Cadel Evans (Davitamon) leads Sastre home for fourth(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) did a superb job today for Menchov(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) comes in behind Frank Schleck (CSC)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Christophe Moreau (AG2R) comes in 10th(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) post-stage, waiting for confirmation of yellow(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on stage(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) with his victory spoils(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) has finally done it(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) now in yellow(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) salutes from the podium(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) waves in the maillot jaune(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) became the fifth American to don the maillot jaune(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Marcus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) kept the white jersey of best young rider(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Floyd Landis (Phonak) hopes for a snug fit(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) was one of the early victims of today's stage(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) was good, but not quite good enough today(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cyril Dessel (AG2R) fights to hold the maillot jaune(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Floyd Landis (Phonak) comes up the final climb(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Floyd Landis (Phonak) leads the group through the mainly Basque fans(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks around as he follows Landis(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) beats Levi Leipheimer to win stage 11(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) leads the early breakaway(Image credit: AFP Photo)Floyd Landis (Phonak) drives the group on the final climb(Image credit: AFP Photo)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wins the stage on Pla-de-Beret(Image credit: AFP Photo)Denis Menchov (Rabobank) enjoys the win(Image credit: AFP Photo)Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the maillot jaune for the first time(Image credit: AFP Photo)