Monday, July 24, 2006
2006 team standings
Even the team standings ended with a few surprises in 2006! The five teams who were on the road the longest in this Tour were:
16 AGRITUBEL 4h 45' 38"
17 FRANCAISE DES JEUX 5h 36' 05"
18 LIQUIGAS 6h 39' 10"
19 TEAM MILRAM 6h 40' 46"
20 QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 7h 02' 18"
Everybody seemed to think that Agritubel was a mercy slot, but they beat some long-established teams - in time on the road. Good for them!
The Quickstep boys ended as the Lanterne Rouge team in the overall standings. Their starting lineup was:
101 - BOONEN Tom BEL
102 - CRETSKENS Wilfried BEL
103 - DE JONGH Steven NED
104 - GARATE Juan Manuel ESP
105 - POZZATO Filippo ITA
106 - RUJANO José VEN
107 - TANKINK Bram NED
108 - TOSATTO Matteo ITA
109 - VASSEUR Cédric FRA
It's hard to do well when 44% of your team doesn't finish the game, though! Even Tom Boonen, their team leader, has only finished one Tour (120th in 2004).
Cretskens - abandoned Stage 11
Boonen - abandoned Stage 15
De Jonge - abandoned Stage 16
Rujano - abandoned Stage 17
However, Agritubel was indeed on the bottom in earnings (which are decided by such things as sprint points and finish positions, I believe). Pez says: "Phonak was the biggest earner in the 2006 Tour de France with just under 500,000 Euros: 496,280. 2nd? Caisse-D'Epargne with less than half that: 236,330. Agritubel rounded out the teams in dead last with 15,200."
16 AGRITUBEL 4h 45' 38"
17 FRANCAISE DES JEUX 5h 36' 05"
18 LIQUIGAS 6h 39' 10"
19 TEAM MILRAM 6h 40' 46"
20 QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 7h 02' 18"
Everybody seemed to think that Agritubel was a mercy slot, but they beat some long-established teams - in time on the road. Good for them!
The Quickstep boys ended as the Lanterne Rouge team in the overall standings. Their starting lineup was:
101 - BOONEN Tom BEL
102 - CRETSKENS Wilfried BEL
103 - DE JONGH Steven NED
104 - GARATE Juan Manuel ESP
105 - POZZATO Filippo ITA
106 - RUJANO José VEN
107 - TANKINK Bram NED
108 - TOSATTO Matteo ITA
109 - VASSEUR Cédric FRA
It's hard to do well when 44% of your team doesn't finish the game, though! Even Tom Boonen, their team leader, has only finished one Tour (120th in 2004).
Cretskens - abandoned Stage 11
Boonen - abandoned Stage 15
De Jonge - abandoned Stage 16
Rujano - abandoned Stage 17
However, Agritubel was indeed on the bottom in earnings (which are decided by such things as sprint points and finish positions, I believe). Pez says: "Phonak was the biggest earner in the 2006 Tour de France with just under 500,000 Euros: 496,280. 2nd? Caisse-D'Epargne with less than half that: 236,330. Agritubel rounded out the teams in dead last with 15,200."
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Thanks for doing this website. Watching the Tour is more fun when you are following it with "friends"! :-)
Thanks for following along and adding your informative comments, neca! I still have some finishing-up to do before we go on hiatus for the other 11 months of the year....
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