2006 UCI ProTour

The 2006 ProTour was the second year of the UCI 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 was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour. [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/dec05/dec09news3] On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached [http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=MTcx&MenuId=MTY5Mw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuID%3DMTY5Mw] , guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.

2006 ProTour races

Final nation standings

* Riders from 29 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point.

2006 ProTour Points System

* If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
* Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...-1.
* Team time trial doesn't give points for riders.
* In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.

External links

* [http://www.uciprotour.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.team-csc.com/ CSC Web site] source of preliminary race table.