February 25, 2006 – T-Mobile’s Olaf Pollack gave his team its first win of the season in Stage 6, Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks, 144K . Pollack took the sprint finish over Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir in second and Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto in third place, with Canada’s Gord Fraser (Health Net p/b Maxxis) taking fourth. Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak continues to hold on to the overall lead going into Sunday’s final stage.

Results

1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.26.39
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
4 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis
5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
6 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
9 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems

11 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
21 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir
51 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance
72 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada

GC After Stage 6

1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.56.19
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.29
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.34
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.45
5 Nathan O’Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.08
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.10
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.29
8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.49
9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.55
10 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 1.58

17 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.56
53 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 16.35
70 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 20.30
74 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21.36
91 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.16