Le Tour De France 2006
I'll start off with mentioning some important dates
1st July 2006 : Tour De France 2006 starts
15th July 2006 : Stage 13 : Floyd Landis completely blew it, finishing 10 minutes behind the stage winner, losing the overall lead
16th July 2006 : Stage 14 : Floyd manages to miraculously recover from the day before (read "miraculously recover from the day before" as "win after taking performance enhancing drugs, and punch his own team member at the finishing line for trying to give him a water bottle")
23rd July 2006 : Tour De France 2006 finishes, with Floyd Landis winning
27th July 2006 : Floyd's Stage 14 drugs test results come back positive
8th February 2007 : The hearing to decide whether to strip Floyd Landis of the Tour title was postponed until 14th May
Regardless of the hearing results on May 14th, I completely and utterly refuse to ever regard Floyd Landis as the winner of the Tour De France 2006. Below is the 2006 Tour results with the guilty party removed.
| Pos. |
N° |
 |
Name |
Nat. |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
097 |
 |
Pereiro Sio, Oscar |
 |
CEI |
89h 40m 27s |
| 2 |
021 |
 |
Klöden, Andréas |
 |
TMO |
@ 32s |
| 3 |
014 |
 |
Sastre, Carlos |
 |
CSC |
@ 02m 16s |
| 4 |
061 |
 |
Evans, Cadel |
 |
DVL |
@ 04m 11s |
| 5 |
051 |
 |
Menchov, Denis |
 |
RAB |
@ 06m 09s |
| 6 |
035 |
 |
Dessel, Cyril |
 |
A2R |
@ 07m 44s |
| 7 |
031 |
 |
Moreau, Christophe |
 |
A2R |
@ 08m 40s |
| 8 |
129 |
 |
Zubeldia, Haimar |
 |
EUS |
@ 11m 08s |
| 9 |
026 |
 |
Rogers, Michael |
 |
TMO |
@ 14m 10s |
| 10 |
015 |
 |
Schleck, Frank |
 |
CSC |
@ 16m 49s |
| 11 |
081 |
 |
Cunego, Damiano |
 |
LAM |
@ 18m 22s |
| 12 |
041 |
 |
Leipheimer, Levi |
 |
GST |
@ 18m 25s |
| 13 |
052 |
 |
Boogerd, Michael |
 |
RAB |
@ 18m 49s |
| 14 |
042 |
 |
Fothen, Marcus |
 |
GST |
@ 19m 00s |
| 15 |
111 |
 |
Caucchioli, Pietro |
 |
C.A |
@ 20m 15s |
| 16 |
088 |
 |
Valjavec, Tadej |
 |
LAM |
@ 25m 28s |
| 17 |
058 |
 |
Rasmussen, Mickael |
 |
RAB |
@ 27m 36s |
| 18 |
001 |
 |
Azevedo, José |
 |
DSC |
@ 37m 11s |
| 19 |
084 |
 |
Bruseghin, Marzio |
 |
LAM |
@ 42m 08s |
| 20 |
092 |
 |
Arroyo, David |
 |
CEI |
@ 43m 03s |
| 21 |
089 |
 |
Vila Errandonea, Patxi |
 |
LAM |
@ 44m 31s |
| 22 |
027 |
 |
Sinkewitz, Patrik |
 |
TMO |
@ 48m 04s |
| 23 |
016 |
 |
Vandevelde, Christian |
 |
CSC |
@ 49m 22s |
| 24 |
007 |
 |
Popovych, Yaroslav |
 |
DSC |
@ 51m 05s |
| 25 |
022 |
 |
Guerini, Giuseppe |
 |
TMO |
@ 57m 02s |
| 26 |
025 |
 |
Mazzoleni, Eddy |
 |
TMO |
@ 1h 01m 43s |
| 27 |
032 |
 |
Arrieta, Jose Luis |
 |
A2R |
@ 1h 02m 03s |
| 28 |
174 |
 |
Fedrigo, Pierrick |
 |
BTL |
@ 1h 04m 30s |
| 29 |
096 |
 |
Kerpets, Vladimir |
 |
CEI |
@ 1h 06m 21s |
| 30 |
076 |
 |
Merckx, Axel |
 |
PHO |
@ 1h 08m 31s |
| 31 |
003 |
 |
Hincapie, George |
 |
DSC |
@ 1h 10m 17s |
| 32 |
099 |
 |
Zandio, Xabier |
 |
CEI |
@ 1h 15m 50s |
| 33 |
034 |
 |
Calzati, Sylvain |
 |
A2R |
@ 1h 19m 29s |
| 34 |
122 |
 |
Camano, Iker |
 |
EUS |
@ 1h 20m 37s |
| 35 |
033 |
 |
Astarloza, Mikel |
 |
A2R |
@ 1h 23m 29s |
| 36 |
038 |
 |
Goubert, Stephane |
 |
A2R |
@ 1h 27m 36s |
| 37 |
176 |
 |
Lefevre, Laurent |
 |
BTL |
@ 1h 29m 27s |
| 38 |
199 |
 |
Salmon, Benoit |
 |
A2R |
@ 1h 29m 58s |
| 39 |
063 |
 |
Salmon, Benoit |
 |
DVL |
@ 1h 33m 27s |
| 40 |
148 |
 |
Rinero, Christophe |
 |
SDV |
@ 1h 34m 02s |
| 41 |
004 |
 |
Martinez, Egoi |
 |
DSC |
@ 1h 34m 15s |
| 42 |
137 |
 |
Parra, Ivan |
 |
COF |
@ 1h 36m 12s |
| 43 |
136 |
 |
Moreni, Cristian |
 |
COF |
@ 1h 37m 10s |
| 44 |
134 |
 |
Chavanel, Sylvain |
 |
COF |
@ 1h 39m 08s |
| 45 |
145 |
 |
Lobato, Ruben |
 |
SDV |
@ 1h 39m 55s |
| 46 |
046 |
 |
Totshnig, Georg |
 |
GST |
@ 1h 41m 58s |
| 47 |
116 |
 |
Halgand, Patrice |
 |
C.A |
@ 1h 42m 06s |
| 48 |
112 |
 |
Botcharov, Alexandre |
 |
C.A |
@ 1h 43m 49s |
| 49 |
126 |
 |
Landaluze, Inigo |
 |
EUS |
@ 1h 47m 25s |
| 50 |
179 |
 |
Sprick, Matthieu |
 |
BTL |
@ 1h 47m 34s |
| 51 |
023 |
 |
Honchar, Serhiy |
 |
TMO |
@ 1h 48m 25s |
| 52 |
017 |
 |
Voigt, Jens |
 |
CSC |
@ 1h 49m 44s |
| 53 |
024 |
 |
Kessler, Matthias |
 |
TMO |
@ 1h 51m 06s |
| 54 |
166 |
 |
Garzelli, Stefano |
 |
LIQ |
@ 1h 52m 58s |
| 55 |
143 |
 |
De La Fuente, David |
 |
SDV |
@ 1h 54m 22s |
| 56 |
085 |
 |
Commesso, Salvatore |
 |
LAM |
@ 1h 55m 58s |
| 57 |
131 |
 |
Moncoutie, David |
 |
COF |
@ 2h 02m 13s |
| 58 |
146 |
 |
Millar, David |
 |
SDV |
@ 2h 03m 13s |
| 59 |
141 |
 |
Simoni, Gilberto |
 |
SDV |
@ 2h 06m 21s |
| 60 |
194 |
 |
Duenas Nevado, Moises |
 |
A2R |
@ 2h 07m 02s |
| 61 |
077 |
 |
Moerenhout, Koos |
 |
PHO |
@ 2h 08m 06s |
| 62 |
157 |
 |
Lövkvist, Thomas |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 11m 16s |
| 63 |
064 |
 |
Horner, Christopher |
 |
SDV |
@ 2h 11m 28s |
| 64 |
006 |
 |
Padranos, Pavel |
 |
DSC |
@ 2h 15m 48s |
| 65 |
044 |
 |
Lang, Sebastian |
 |
GST |
@ 2h 24m 18s |
| 66 |
082 |
 |
Ballan, Alessandro |
 |
LAM |
@ 2h 25m 37s |
| 67 |
047 |
 |
Wegmann, Fabian |
 |
GST |
@ 2h 26m 20s |
| 68 |
151 |
 |
Casar, Sandy |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 27m 37s |
| 69 |
087 |
 |
Tiralongo, Paolo |
 |
LAM |
@ 2h 31m 11s |
| 70 |
125 |
 |
Isasi, Inaki |
 |
EUS |
@ 2h 31m 39s |
| 71 |
104 |
 |
Garate, Juan Manuel |
 |
QSI |
@ 2h 31m 50s |
| 72 |
178 |
 |
Rous, Didier |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 31m 57s |
| 73 |
018 |
 |
Zabriskie, David |
 |
CSC |
@ 2h 32m 49s |
| 74 |
128 |
 |
Verdugo, Gorka |
 |
EUS |
@ 2h 32m 55s |
| 75 |
119 |
 |
Le Mevel, Christophe |
 |
C.A |
@ 2h 33m 27s |
| 76 |
152 |
 |
Da Cruz, Carlos |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 39m 04s |
| 77 |
149 |
 |
Da Cruz, Carlos |
 |
SDV |
@ 2h 40m 25s |
| 78 |
037 |
 |
Gerrans, Simon |
 |
A2R |
@ 2h 45m 36s |
| 79 |
169 |
 |
Quinziato, Minuel |
 |
LIQ |
@ 2h 46m 36s |
| 80 |
188 |
 |
Schröder, Björn |
 |
MRM |
@ 2h 46m 51s |
| 81 |
055 |
 |
Flecha, Juan Antonio |
 |
RAB |
@ 2h 48m 56s |
| 82 |
177 |
 |
Pineau, Jérôme |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 50m 25s |
| 83 |
002 |
 |
Ekimov, Viatceslav |
 |
DSC |
@ 2h 50m 36s |
| 84 |
057 |
 |
Posthuma, Joost |
 |
RAB |
@ 2h 51m 03s |
| 85 |
181 |
 |
Zabel, Erik |
 |
MRM |
@ 2h 51m 16s |
| 86 |
159 |
 |
Vaugrenard, Benoît |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 51m 34s |
| 87 |
175 |
 |
Geslin, Anthony |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 51m 34s |
| 88 |
171 |
 |
Voeckler, Thomas |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 52m 00s |
| 89 |
192 |
 |
Calvente, Manuel |
 |
AGR |
@ 2h 52m 30s |
| 90 |
013 |
 |
O'Grady, Stuart |
 |
CSC |
@ 2h 54m 28s |
| 91 |
008 |
 |
Rubiera, José Luis |
 |
DSC |
@ 2h 54m 47s |
| 92 |
059 |
 |
Weening, Pieter |
 |
RAB |
@ 2h 55m 06s |
| 93 |
107 |
 |
Tankink, Bram |
 |
QSI |
@ 2h 56m 05s |
| 94 |
109 |
 |
Vasseur, Cédric |
 |
QSI |
@ 2h 57m 58s |
| 95 |
045 |
 |
Scholz, Ronny |
 |
GST |
@ 2h 59m 51s |
| 96 |
078 |
 |
Moos, Alexandre |
 |
PHO |
@ 3h 00m 37s |
| 97 |
147 |
 |
Ricco, Riccardo |
 |
SDV |
@ 3h 00m 40s |
| 98 |
189 |
 |
Velo, Marco |
 |
MRM |
@ 3h 01m 12s |
| 99 |
098 |
 |
Portal, Nicolas |
 |
CEI |
@ 3h 01m 23s |
| 100 |
168 |
 |
Paolini, Luca |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 03m 21s |
| 101 |
183 |
 |
Grabsch, Ralf |
 |
MRM |
@ 3h 03m 24s |
| 102 |
074 |
 |
Jalabert, Nicolas |
 |
PHO |
@ 3h 04m 08s |
| 103 |
186 |
 |
Knees, Christian |
 |
MRM |
@ 3h 05m 01s |
| 104 |
156 |
 |
Larsson, Gustav |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 05m 17s |
| 105 |
062 |
 |
Aerts, Mario |
 |
DVL |
@ 3h 05m 29s |
| 106 |
072 |
 |
Grabsch, Bert |
 |
PHO |
@ 3h 07m 26s |
| 107 |
072 |
 |
Eisel, Berhard |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 08m 02s |
| 108 |
086 |
 |
Righi, Daniele |
 |
LAM |
@ 3h 11m 54s |
| 109 |
154 |
 |
Gilbert, Philippe |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 12m 06s |
| 110 |
172 |
 |
Beneteua, Walter |
 |
BTL |
@ 3h 14m 44s |
| 111 |
069 |
 |
Vansummeren, Johan |
 |
DVL |
@ 3h 17m 47s |
| 112 |
117 |
 |
Hinault, Sébastien |
 |
C.A |
@ 3h 18m 18s |
| 113 |
113 |
 |
Charteua, Anthony |
 |
C.A |
@ 3h 19m 32s |
| 114 |
095 |
 |
Garcia Acosta, Vicente |
 |
CEI |
@ 3h 19m 35s |
| 115 |
065 |
 |
McEwan, Robbie |
 |
DVL |
@ 3h 20m 04s |
| 116 |
195 |
 |
Gonzalo Ramirez, Eduardo |
 |
AGR |
@ 3h 20m 30s |
| 117 |
162 |
 |
Albasini, Michael |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 20m 37s |
| 118 |
167 |
 |
Mugerli, Matej |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 20m 51s |
| 119 |
036 |
 |
Dumoulin, Samuel |
 |
A2R |
@ 3h 21m 18s |
| 120 |
118 |
 |
Hushovd, Thor |
 |
C.A |
@ 3h 22m 55s |
| 121 |
079 |
 |
Pena, Victor Hugo |
 |
PHO |
@ 3h 23m 39s |
| 122 |
132 |
 |
Auge, Stéphane |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 24m 22s |
| 123 |
139 |
 |
Wiggins, Bradley |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 24m 35s |
| 124 |
108 |
 |
Tosatto, Matteo |
 |
QSI |
@ 3h 24m 57s |
| 125 |
196 |
 |
Laurent, Christophe |
 |
A2R |
@ 3h 25m 26s |
| 126 |
123 |
 |
Etxebarria, Unai |
 |
EUS |
@ 3h 29m 15s |
| 127 |
114 |
 |
Dean, Julian |
 |
C.A |
@ 3h 29m 36s |
| 128 |
164 |
 |
Calcagni, Patrick |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 32m 31s |
| 129 |
135 |
 |
Coyot, Arnaud |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 34m 37s |
| 130 |
158 |
 |
Mengin, Christophe |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 34m 55s |
| 131 |
165 |
 |
Carlström, Kjell |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 34m 56s |
| 132 |
105 |
 |
Pozzato, Filippo |
 |
QSI |
@ 3h 36m 09s |
| 133 |
193 |
 |
Coutouly, Cedric |
 |
A2R |
@ 3h 38m 03s |
| 134 |
048 |
 |
Wrolich, Peter |
 |
GST |
@ 3h 38m 23s |
| 135 |
124 |
 |
Hernandez, Aitor |
 |
EUS |
@ 3h 49m 19s |
| 136 |
067 |
 |
Steegmans, Gert |
 |
DVL |
@ 3h 58m 19s |
| 137 |
133 |
 |
Casper, Jimmy |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 59m 08s |
| 138 |
068 |
 |
Vansevenant, Wim |
 |
DVL |
@ 4h 01m 04s |