August 17, 2006 – Here are results from the first stage from Netherlands & Belgium:

Stage 1:

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.12.53 (41.971 km/h)
2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas
4 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole
5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
7 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems

Overall

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.19.47
2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.07
4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.08
5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.11
6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.15
7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.16
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.18
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.19