Tour de France 2006 - Start List
Start list
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- Victor Hugo Pena Grisales
- Nicolas Jalabert
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero
- Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
- Christopher Horner
- Michael Boogerd
- Mirko Celestino
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban
- Simon Gerrans
- Ronny Scholz
- Vladimir Karpets
- Tom Boonen
- Gustav Erik Larsson
- Marco Velo
- Moises Duenas Nevado
- Viatcheslav Ekimov
- Ruben Lobato Elvira
- Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto
- Sébastien Hinault
- Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
- Iker Camano Ortuzar
- Manuel Quinziato
- Stéphane Auge
- Thomas Lövkvist
- Pierrick Fédrigo
- Anthony Geslin
- Laurent Lefevre
- Philippe Gilbert
- Arnaud Coyot
- Daniele Righi
- José Vicente Garcia Acosta
- Cédric Vasseur
- Matthieu Sprick
- Maxim Iglinskiy
- Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea
- Wilfried Cretskens
- Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa
- Unai Etxebarria Arana
- Wim Vansevenant
- Pieter Weening
- Pavel Padrnos
- Carlos Sastre Candil
- Christophe Moreau
- Stuart O'Grady
- David Zabriskie
- Floyd Landis
- Tadej Valjavec
- Alexandre Botcharov
- Jimmy Engoulvent
- Peter Wrolich
- Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
- José Luis Rubiera Vigil
- Eddy Mazzoleni
- Stéphane Goubert
- David Moncoutie
- Jimmy Casper
- Ralf Grabsch
- Christophe Laurent
- Benoît Salmon
- Manuel Calvente Gorbas
- Jérôme Pineau
- Walter Beneteau
- Francisco Ventoso
- Michael Albasini
- Kjell Carlström
- Erik Zabel
- Christian Knees
- Bram de Groot
- Alexandre Moos
- Axel Merckx
- Florent Brard
- Oscar Freire Gomez
- Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
- Patrik Sinkewitz
- Samuel Dumoulin
- David Kopp
- Isaac Galvez Lopez
- Thor Hushovd
- Danilo Di Luca
- Magnus Backstedt
- Matej Mugerli
- Thomas Voeckler
- Christophe Rinero
- Riccardo Riccò
- Pietro Caucchioli
- Anthony Charteau
- Cristian Moreni
- Salvatore Commesso
- Robbie McEwen
- José Rujano Guillen
- Bram Tankink
- Patrice Halgand
- Sylvain Chavanel
- Oscar Pereiro Sio
- Paolo Tiralongo
- Levi Leipheimer
- Erik Dekker
- Koos Moerenhout
- Gilberto Simoni
- David Cañada Gracia
- Matthias Kessler
- Cyril Dessel
- Michael Rasmussen
- Christophe Brandt
- Yaroslav Popovych
- José Alberto Martinez Trinidad
- David De La Fuente Rasilla
- Luca Paolini
- Björn Schröder
- Sylvain Calzati
- Andreas Klöden
- Bert Grabsch
- Matteo Tosatto
- Julian Dean
- David Lopez Garcia
- Gert Steegmans
- Fred Rodriguez
- José Bento Carvalho de Azevedo
- Giuseppe Guerini
- Marcus Fothen
- Iban Mayo Diez
- Inaki Isasi Flores
- Cédric Coutouly
- Fränk Schleck
- Jens Voigt
- Serguei Gonchar
- Patrick Calcagni
- Bernhard Eisel
- Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
- Rik Verbrugghe
- David Millar
- Robert Hunter
- Damiano Cunego
- José Angel Gomez Marchante
- Sébastien Joly
- Benoït Vaugrenard
- Stefano Garzelli
- Bradley Wiggins
- Steven de Jongh
- Beat Zberg
- Cadel Evans
- Filippo Pozzato
- Laurent Brochard
- Andriy Grivko
- Joost Posthuma
- Denis Menchov
- Johan Vansummeren
- Mario Aerts
- Sebastian Lang
- Giovanni Lombardi
- Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
- Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
- George Hincapie
- Fabian Wegmann
- Georg Totschnig
- Nicolas Portal
- Christophe Le Mevel
- Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
- Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
- David Arroyo Duran
- Xabier Zandio Echaide
- Alessandro Ballan
- Daniele Bennati
- Marzio Bruseghin
- Sandy Casar
- Carlos Da Cruz
- Bobby Julich
- Christian Vande Velde
- Michael Rogers
- José Luis Arrieta Lujambio
- Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
- Samuel Plouhinec
- Christophe Mengin
- Didier Rous
- Fabio Sacchi
- Paolo Savoldelli
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